HORSE Final Table

When I left work last night it was raining. Not just raining - I'm talking pouring down buckets of rain and the sky was lit up from lightning bolts crashing all over the sky. I was trying to talk on my cell phone, but the thunder was booming so loudly that I couldn't hear a word. Not to mention I was wearing flip flops and although we have a covered walkway overhead that takes us to the employee parking garage, there are tons of holes in the tarp, so the ground was wet and I almost bit it a few times. The drive home was interesting too because Vegas is notorious for the flash floods. Most of the streets were flooded and I had to be extra careful not to wreck or drown in my brand new car! The good news is that the temperatures dropped about 30 degrees - god that was nice. Too bad the heat is back again today. As I'm watching the news right now, they say that 60 tree fires were reported last night just from the lightning.

Weather report is over - next topic is the HORSE event at the Rio. Friday was the final table of the main event and since Don and I were there hanging out with Pauly, I was determined to find a way to be seated in the bleachers to watch the event. They were scheduled to start at 9 p.m. so I walked over to where the line was already formed and I noticed how long it was already. I don't know how I did it, but I just sort of walked to the front and nobody noticed a thing. Cool! I'm pretty good like that (I think it's from years and years of cutting in line at clubs and bars). I managed to get a great seat in the 2nd row and I was very happy. I took about a million pictures, but like I said before, without a flash, a lot of the pics come out blurry. Here are a few of the shots I was able to salvage...

T.J. Cloutier...



Doyle at the final table...



Chip and T.J.



Phil Ivey...



Andy Bloch...




Jen Harmon's husband (on the left)...



Andrew Black playing at a cash game...




I managed to hang out and watch a few hours of the event (until about 2 a.m.), but I eventually grew tired and headed home, so I didn't get to see Andy Bloch and Chip Reese go heads up - I'm sure it was very exciting.

My next day off is Saturday, so I think the plan is to head to the Red Rock Casino (I got a 2 for 1 buffet coupon in the mail) and hopefully I'll get to play some Mr. Cashman too! Not sure about playing live poker because I've been running so bad lately. I did manage to score a 6th place finish last night in the 45 person SNG challenge though. That's it for me today.

Blogs that made me lol today, Waffles, Bobby, and Drewspop