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Viva Las Vegas - let's go. News, updates & goss about our qualifiers.
The boys are in town, & they are all registered for their event tomorrow.
In this thread, we'll try & follow their progress, tell you what's going off, & answer questions.
Off we go.
Please be aware of time difference - Vegas is 8 hours behind the UK.
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They arrived over the last week or so, but most flew in yesterday.
At 7pm last night, in a private suite @ Palazzo, most of them assembled for a "Welcome Party", with drinks, a finger buffet, & so on. They are all billeted in Palazzo, & by all accounts, the rooms are pretty neat.
Sam is based at Palazzo, & Dan (Sky Poker TV) & myself are over at Rio.
Dan & I went across to the Welcome Party, & we interviewed most of them, though our attempts to get Ben Nuttall on camera ended in failure, as usual.
Won't be the greatest footage ever, as there was a lot of noise in the room - they had a FIFA X-Box thing going (think that's a childrens football game, like Subbeteo but posher) but you'll capture the atmo with any luck. The Video will likely be released in the next 12 hours or so.
To most of them, who had not been to Vegas before, the heat was a bit of a shock. It's impossible to describe the heat. It was 112f @ 5pm yesterday, & at Midnight, it was still 103f.
Today, at around 2pm local time, they all caught a coach (eventually....) across to The Rio to pay in for the event.
There are TWO starting flights for their event tomorrow (Tuesday), it's officially Event # 61a & 61b, & the players seem to be equally spread between the two flights.
Flight A is at 10m Vegas, which is 6pm UK.
Flight B is at 4pm Vegas, which is Midnight UK.
Blinds start at 25-50, they start with 10,000 chips, with a one hour clock.
Mmm......
Not wrong, I'm seriously tempted.
Fortunately, tomorrow is a "work day", so that saves any further dilemmas.
Dan has kindly given me this evening off, so I can go watch a baseball game - Las Vegas 51ers (51-32, .584) v Sacramento River Cats (32-45, .416).
I've been to watch them every year for a few years now, at Cashman Field.
It starts in blazing sunshine, & then, as it gets dark, & the floodlights come on, the atmo is amazing.
I only stay until the bottom of the 7th innings, which is when, as at all Baseball games everywhere, the spectators all sing a song together.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Out_to_the_Ball_Game
Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd;
Just buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack
I don't care if I never get back.
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win, it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game.
Katie Casey saw all the games,
Knew the players by their first names.
Told the umpire he was wrong,
All along,
Good and strong.
When the score was just two to two,
Katie Casey knew what to do,
Just to cheer up the boys she knew,
She made the gang sing this song:
It's just lovely. Somehow can't see that sort of community spirit at The Sports Arena Direct, or Elland Road, can you?
Best of luck to everyone out there, will be following along tomorrow intensely.
Don't forget to drink plenty of water not alcohol lol.
but most of all have the most amazing time.
Nannypat66
looking forward to seeing the sky guys spank the yanks yeee haaa
FCHD asked me a similar question for his excellent WSOP thread, but Sky Poker don't feel it is appropriate, for a bunch of reasons, (understandably) to "match" aliases to real names.
So in this thread, we will use REAL NAMES.
It is now 10am Vegas, & the morning "batch" are just starting.
We met them all in the corridor, along with Mr Ambo, & they are all revved up.
I took a group photo, will try & Upload it soonest.
Sam is going to send me a lost of who is playing this morning, & as soon as I get it, I'll post it here.
Any questions, fire away.
Does Liamboii not speak English?
Strewth, he's hard to understand.
Morning Liam, how are you?
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This might not work, but let's see......
Alan ShoreABrasilia Blue Table 9 seat 6Ben NuttallAPavillion White T 116 S4Darren TaylorAPav Yellow T273 S4David Galvez WilliamsAPav White T135 S6David MaudlinABras Blue T15 S8Gerard GardnerAPav Black t150 s7Lee RogersABras Red T71 S1Michael ScudderABras Red T84 S8Nathan ThomasABras Red T71 S2Paul WoodAPav Black T157 S4Neil ChanningAPav White T1110 S6Timothy RowlandAPav White T142 S8William KerrABra Blue T19 S2
Nah, it never worked, lol.
Bear with me please.....
Can someone do me a favour, please?
Match those names above with these seat & table numbers?
They are both in the same order, I just can't copy the info in a way that fits the page.
Brasilia Blue Table 9 seat 6Pavillion White T 116 S4Pav Yellow T273 S4Pav White T135 S6Bras Blue T15 S8Pav Black t150 s7Bras Red T71 S1Bras Red T84 S8Bras Red T71 S2Pav Black T157 S4Pav White T1110 S6Pav White T142 S8Bra Blue T19 S2
oioi, thanks Belsibub.
Add one more please.....
Richard Swainson Table 158 S1
Good luck all and i hope to be writing about some of you soon.