Hey gang...
Time to go home. I'm in the lobby now, checking on the forum and email real quick. Going to check out and walk around the property for a little bit, and then off to the airport.
Yesterday was another awesome day. I got up early, relative to when I went to bed, and went scuba diving. Did an AWESOME shark dive. The first dive was normal, in an area with lots of sharks around. The second dive was one of my favirite dives to date. It basically involved all of us sitting in a half circle, with a good 30-40 (maybe more?) sharks being fed in the middle of the circle. They were everywhere. And then would bang into you, etc... I got finned, tailed (smacked right in the face once), and even shouldered by these things. The one hit nearly knocked me over. I wasn't even remotely nervous, but I was concentrating to keep my hands in, so as to not get bitten
I have some photos... I'll post one or two when I get home.
Went to dinner when I got back and then to the Goodbye Party. Chatted with Lee Jones for a good 5-10 minutes (he was jealous of my diving adventures), and then bumped into Isabelle. She told me her mom was going to be defending her $30 SNG title (from the night before - long story), and asked if I wanted to play. Naturally, I couldn't resist.
When we got to the card room, we set up a semi-private SNG tourney (bypassing the entire waiting list) - BJ (from CardPlayer) knew the guy running it, and he hooked us up. I got bdawg and Steve (stolz) to play, and we also has Isabelle, Isabelle's Mom, BJ, the CardPlayer Forum guy and his wife, and Paul from the WPT. There was also one dude who didn't know anyone that we let in to fill the table.
Well............... we had SO MUCH fun playing this thing, that we actualy had railbirds, more side action that the prizepool, and a waiting list for the "second chance" tourney. LOL. In the second one, the random guy left, and we squeezed in Gavin Smith, Wil Wheaton, Adam (the "crying" guy from the WSOP) and one other girl I didn't know (WPT connection). Yup, TWELVE players! It was great.
I didn't get anywhere in either tourney. Isabelle's KQ took out my TT in the first one (I was really short) and bdawg took me out of the second one with JJ vs my A7s (short again - I played the second one way too tight). BJ won the first tourney, and Isabelle took the second, defeating Wil - who is a very nice guy, as it turns out. I was seated to his left, and enjoyed chatting with him. bdawg finished 3rd in that one.
Anyway, these two SNGs took hours and hours, but were just tons of fun. People were taking photos, video, etc. BJ promised some pics will make CardPlayer.com.
It was pushing 2:30 when we finished up, so we said our goodbyes and went our separate ways.
And there you have it. See you guys when I get across the pond.