WSOP 2006 - TP's Updates...

[Talking Poker]

Today's update will be short and sweet:

I travelled for most of the day and finally got to Vegas. I rented a car, made my way to my friends' place, and hung out with them and their adorable 2.5 year old kid for a few hours.

I headed down to the Rio tonight, registered for the Main Event (there were ZERO people in line - tomorrow, I expect there to be dozens if not 100+), I let ImageMasters take my picture for their cool facial recognition software, and then I walked around for a while. I railed the 2-7 single draw lowball table for bit and learned that Evelyn Ng and David Williams are a "thing" now. I might have known that, but I'm not sure. Anyway, pretty funny how this guy goes from being a complete nobody (a former Magic player) to going deep at the 2004 WSOP... and now 2 years (and numerous accomplishments) later, he's got a gold bracelet and is on his way to another one, wih the beautiful Evelyn Ng by his side. Yeah, I'd say it's been a pretty good couple of years for David. It just makes me wonder what unknown person will be on top of the poker world 2 years from now. I mean, it stands to reason that the winner of this year's Main Event will be a completely unknown person... but someone who will be a household name this time next year. Isn't that crazy?

Anyway, I digress... All of the suites/lounges were closed, but from the outside, everything looks bigger and better than last year. It looks to me like UB, Bodog, Full Tilt and Stars all have nice suites. I didn't see one for Party, but I did see a Party Poker bus drive by on Las Vegas Blvd - there were at least a dozen models living it up on the open air roof.

The trade show (or whatever they call it) - the Expo thing - starts tomorrow. I expect that to be better than last year's and last year's was pretty cool.

Oh, and I checked out the new food court and extra bathrooms area. Well done, Harrahs.

I guess that's it. Tomorrow, I'll head over to the trade show for a while, get my passes for the UB party tomorrow night, and hopefully get together with Zybomb for that. The UB party was fun last year, and I know a lot more UB people now than I did then, so I'm looking forward to it.