Posted by Johnnymac 7:10 AM
We are heading to Las Vegas this afternoon to play a little poker and hang out by the pool. This weekend was original supposed to be a "bachelor party" for me, but as this was about the only weekend that works for me it's not good for a lot of the other guys. Instead the bachelor party element is getting reduced and it's just going to be more of a "normal" trip to Vegas, if there is such a thing.

Anyway, most of the other guys who are going are not degenerate addicted poker players like Champ Canonico and I, so we are going a day early to get in a good 24 hours of poker before the other guys show up and the fun begins. I am writing this about 7:00 in the morning on Thursday CDT - by 17:00 PDT I will likely be sitting in an 8-16 game at Bellagio unless I find something better first at Mirage or Binions.

A few of the other guys do play a little poker, though, so one of the fun things we have planned this weekend is to play in a couple of the $30 touristy limit holdem tournaments that are in every poker room these days. I think Champ and I are going to play in the Golden Nugget's 11:00am NL rebuy tourney tomorrow, then on Saturday morning we'll take my brother, whose idea it was in the first place, and some of the other guys and go spend $25 in the Luxor's limit freezeout tournament.

I know the odds of winning any prizes in either of these events are rather small, but the investment is also so small that I think the fun of playing in a professionally run tournament for the first time will certainly be enough to outweigh any losing. It will especially be fun to play with some of my friends who have never played casino poker and who have only started playing poker at all in the past year or so. I might also get some ideas for the next tournament that I help to organize, too, for things like chip racing, rebuys, seat selection, etc etc.

I will post a report when I get back next week, and hopefully it will have some positive news of my outstanding luck and skill in running over all of the old men and drunk tourists. If anyone has anything suggestions or ideas on anything that is new or has changed in the past couple of months, please send me a head up via email.

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