I wrote this blog before the WSOP and never got around to finishing it/posting it.

This summer every serious gambler, along with every professional poker player converged on Vegas to get ready for the WSOP,† including many of my good friends I met when I first got started in poker.† So naturally we did what we always do when we all get together, went out and partied like rock stars.

For David Benfieldís birthday we got two tables on the main dance floor at tryst and popped bottles all night.† Floyd Mayweather and his entourage had the table immediately behind us (Tom had booked the table and he is such a legend that yes he gets better tables than Mayweather), and his table looked like a scene from a rap video.† It was full of† beautiful women with gigantic asses and monstrous bodyguards.† During the song, ìget your swag onî, Floyd, who was†dancing on the booth directly behind me took out appoxtimarly $20,000 and started waving it around.† For about 15 seconds I was sure he was going to make it rain right on top of me and I got into ready position.† I certainly am not too cool to pick up 5k off the ground, but†sadly he did not make it rain.†† At one point during the night David and a few of our other friends were sitting on the booth that shared a side with Floydís table.† Floydís bodyguard told Dave, ìTo get off Floydís tableî and Dave being the brash young whippersnapper that he is respectfully told the bodyguard, ìIt was his tableî.† The bodyguard gave Dave a evil glare, and†I for one thought us poor nerdy internet poker players were about to be beat down by the best pound for pound fighter in the world, but Dave backed down and a small section of the booth was taken over by booty dancers.

Later in the night Chris Ferguson and Fatality came over and joined our table to say hi to everyone.† Eventually, Tom wandered out to the Chrisís table with them which was out†by the pool.† They got to talking about how much money they would need to jump in fully clothed and Chris offered Tom 3k to throw one of our girlfriends in the pool.† He instantly picked her up and jumped into the pool with her.†Hearing about the story the next day I talked to the girl and told her I hoped she negotiated a share of the money.† She was soooooooo angry and said that Tom didnít give her a dime.

Anyway, a few days later we were by the pool and Tom had decided he was going to donate all of the money to the girlís favorite charity.† I told him that she was of course going to say to donate it to her bank account and shortly after I finished saying it she sent him a text confirming just that! Guess I know girls .

On the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend we made plans to go XS once again.† After finishing dinner with a beautiful girl I escorted her to the club only to find that much to my dismay the hallway connecting Encore and Wynn had been roped†off and they were only letting XS hotel guests through.† To get to XS even if you had a table you had too wait in a literally mile long line.† There must have been four times as many people outside the club as inside the club, I have never seen anything like it in my life.† Smoking hot girls, who surly never had to wait in a†line before were on raging tilt, throwing a fit, and yelling at security.† It was beautiful.†As much fun as†I have going out, the more I go out the more I see the dark-underbelly of the club scene and remind myself to keep one foot grounded in reality at all times.

As I have†lived here for 18 months now, Iíve gotten to know people everywhere.† Itís a nice feeling to be recognized by dealers, valet, waitresses, club hosts etc. and it makes you feel at home and†in control in your environment.† When I first moved here Vegas often seemed like a hostile and intimidating environment and things that were once a pain in the ass are now a breeze.

To maximize my earn during the WSOP Iíve made a bet with Antonio and Alec Torelli that we can not drink during the duration of the WSOP.† We are allowed to drink two nights during the WSOP and for every other time we drink it is a 1k penalty per night.