Wsop update

Still here in Vegas. Got in Saturday at 3pm and quickly checked in and headed to the Rio for the 2500.00 mixed event. This is a wsop event where the players rotate games every 8 hands. The games (for you poker players) are nlh, limit holdem, 7 card stud , 7 stud 8/ob , Omaha 8/ob , plo , razz and 2-7. Yes all of those. We all started with 7500 in chips. After day 1 I had 28k and was well above the chip average on 14k. We started with almost 500 players but only 130 made it to yesterday. After playing til 3am on Saturday, we started at 4pm on Sunday. I didn't get much sleep but was ready to go. About 2am last night I got knocked out 30th and made 6600.00. A lot of work for only 6k!!! I am currently in the spa getting ready to spend part of my winnings to get the knots out of my back from sitting for 24 hours but otherwise am in good spirits. I can't really complain about 30th but it would really be nice to win one of these events. In time I guess. Have a great week and I will give a final wsop update on my plane to savannah Georgia tomorrow. Quote of the trip so far - I got on the elevator today and this really hot girl got on with her luggage and a noticable limp. I asked what happened and she replyed " I woke up this morning and my foot was broke. ". You gotta love Vegas.
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Wsop then savannah

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. After 48 hours at home, I am off again. There are certain times of the year that I search for something fun to do but summer is not that time. I am busy. Just landed in Vegas for the wsop. I will be playing in the 2500.00 mixed event tonight and then maybe another event Monday. This is always one of my favorite trips of the year. Most of the time it is profitable and always entertaining. Poker players are a different breed and getting them all together for one event always sparks some funny situations. I will be here until Wednesday when I will fly to Georgia to attend the final awards dinner in the real women of Philadelphia talent search. My wife is one of the four finalist and may win a talent contract with Paula dean and Kraft foods. Either way, I need to be there so the poker will end Tuesday for me. Btw, I found out that the fat jack sports hour ( my radio show ) is going to be on fox in the fall. Saturday mornings at 11:30 am. A great time for those that are sick of watching the games with their losing picks and are ready to get signed up for our winning selections. I am excited about football season but am going to have some fun before we get back to full time work in August. Have a great weekend and I will have a poker update on Wednesday. Ps. I sat next to a total b#*+h on the plane to Vegas. Just sayin.
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My Bahamas trip? Pretty sure I ate dog!

After a about 10 days of work / play in Florida my family and I decided to go to the Bahamas to meet some friends. I have talked in the past about my feelings on the Bahamas , both pros and cons. To recap, I love the fact the Bahamas are made up of mostly religious people just trying to do a good job in their lives. I love how beautiflu the islands and the water is. I love conch. My kids love the Atlantis and all it has to offer an 11 and 7 year old. I don't love the lack of costumer service. I hate the fact that it takes 45 min to get a bellman. I hate the greedy nature of a lot of the thinking at some of the businesses. The price of most things ( bottle water 6.00 ) and their lack of plain business experience when making some of their rules. For example, we tried to go to this Italian resturaunt. I didn't want to go but some others did. We get there and the main courses are 50.00 to 65.00 a piece and I don't see any Italians around , just bahamanians. When we ask for our table to this ridiculously overpriced place they said they don't allow kids under 8 to eat in the place after 6pm!! I have a 7 year old and we had a 9 month old in our 12 person party. Now I know how that lady that had to sit on the back of the bus in Alabama felt! After a second of them discussing how they were possibly going to allow our 12 people filled with drinkers and heavy eaters to come in the place with our kids, I went up and announced, I would not be eating there if the kids weren't welcomed and we took our 1500.00 tab and went elsewhere. Good idea, right? I m not so sure. We ended up at a brazillian place for dinner. I love brazillian food. I love the all you can eat meat and always leave happy. Well I have never had brazillian in the Bahamas. Again, we walk in and no brazillians, only bahamians. Not a good sign. The salas bar was terrible and I am pretty sure a couple of the meats they served us were dog or monkey. Not steak as they claimed. I have eaten a lot of steak and something in the flavor said inappropriate to my taste buds. Oh well, we are coming back today which is always the best part of going to the Bahamas.
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Ok, its official.. I hate the world cup.

I hope everyone is having a great summer. I am in the Bahamas airport heading home for a couple of days before I go to the wsop in Vegas and resting with my family. We had a great hoops season. Not just good but great! After one of our worst football seasons in the last 10 years, it was important to follow it up with a profitable hoops season and boy did we. We more than made up for football and completed a great gambling year. I always feel bad for those that only bet one sport but try and always offer them a great deal on upcoming seasons if they quit after a below average run. One of the things I have been doing while on hiatus is watching some world cup. I want to like this sport. I see how passionate some of the countries are about their soccer and I want to understand their hysteria. After watching about 4 games ( 3 of which ended in ties) I can honestly say the world cup is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen! First of all, the ties! Who the hell is ok with a tie!!??!?!? These fans get all riled up, blowing their stupid hornes and cheering their team to a 0-0 barnburner and then they go home!? That makes no sense ! How can someone paint their face, call in sick for work and pay money to go to a game knowing their is a very good chance that nobody is going to win! What do you tell your wife when she says " so honey, how was the game you spent 300.00 to go to and another 50.00 in body paint. Who won?". Do you tuen to her and simply say...... Tie. ? If your team ties, is that good or bad for you!? I know the scoring in pool play , blah blah... But you as a face painting soccer idiot, are you happy with a tie ? Ridiculous! Second, the flopping!! I have never seen such a poor use of a stretcher! It really makes a mockery of everyone that has ever really been injured enough to actually need a stretcher! Some guy falls down after being blown on by an opponent then out come the medics ! I thought I was watching some bad video game. Then the red card comes out ! For what!!! He didn't even touch the guy. I think it woulkd be funny to start using the same strecther standards for the nfl. Can you imagine? Someone gets tackled after a 2 yard game and out comes the stretcher! It would take 8 hours to play a game. Anyway, as I was saying, I am really looking forward to a great football season and am heading to the wsop on Friday so a busy June continues. Btw, my wife is in the finals for a Paula dean / Kraft cooking contest. The winner gets a 25k talent contract and lots of cream cheese!! So wish her luck. Have a great summer and get signed up to save money on the fall packages.
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