Monday, July 31, 2006

WSOP Baby!

This is it! WSOP Event #1, Casino Employees, NLHE (no limit Texas hold'em). Who do Killer and I run into here, but one of our shift managers- Robert.
What can I say...hot chicks are attracted to me (LOL!). On a scale of 1 to Phoenix, these girls are cute, but no Jen! Actually, as far as girls in Vegas go, they ALL have "breast augmentation" if they work in a casino (company benefit), but they aren't "all that". I did a serious look (go figure), and saw only THREE totally hot girls- A WSOP model, a waitress at the Rio, and a dealer at Hooter's, who happened to be Miss Hooter's February 2006. THEREFORE, Canadian girls are hotter overall... The wall of champions at Binion's. Talk about history! This is what poker is all about.
Doyle Brunson and Benny Binion had a conversation a few years ago (1977 ?) before the main event. I believe it went something like this:

Benny: I think this poker thing is really going to take off some day.
Doyle: Ya think?
Benny: Yes. We have 34 (?) entries this year, up over last year, and I can see a hundred someday soon.

Well, 5 years later, he made 104, doubled that within 10 years, and this year, the main event will be over 8,000. My event had 1236 entrants, double last year, and bigger than the main event 2003 (839).



Well, that's it, no more dough...Next year, look out, SERIOUS preparation has already begun.
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