Today we wanted to try a buffet, not something I've done a lot of over here (except the Aladdin buffet which wasn't really that good). Me and three others went to the Wynn, a rather new and very grand hotel to test their buffet. Compared to the Aladdin this one was far superior. Only downside is that their speciality was seafood, which isn't exactly my kinda thing. Anyways, it was great food and a great scenery! After eating at the Wynn we went downtown to Fremont Street to see the incredible lightshows. ...

Today there was to be no gambling... A day I never thought was possible. After I got up at around 5 PM I went with Morten to the Hooters hotel & casino to dine and look around. The Hooters girls are in a class of their own, they're much nicer than most of the Spearmint girls, I simply have to stay at this hotel at some point! Unfortunately when we got our pics taken we didn't switch cameras, so I've got the picture of Sally (our lovely waitress) together with Morten and vice versa, but nevermind, Sally's...

The last $1500 NLHE event was starting at 10 AM, so I really had to get up early. Though I'd never be able to do so at home, I actually managed to get up at 8 AM and get to the Rio at 9 AM. When I registered I was told that the tournament wasn't starting until 11 AM though - it seems I messed up in the dates, the last $1500 event was actually tomorrow, not today. After eating breakfast I still had one and a half hours of time to kill... So I found myself a free...

Today was the second last $1500 NLHE event of this years WSOP. I went to bed at 8 PM the night before and slept all the way until 9 AM so I couldn't blame my performance on lack of sleep today - unfortunately. I had Bill Chen (2-time WSOP bracelet winner in the 2006 series!) and Max Pescatori (1-time WSOP bracelet winner in the 2006 series) to my left, there were definitely a couple of other pros at the table, but those were the only two I really recognized. Also Joe Hachem was sitting at the table right next...

I got back home from Spearmint at around 7:30 AM, pretty wasted to say the least. I know from experience that setting my alarm clock on my cell phone won't help as I'll just keep sleeping if I don't have a life threatening reason to get out of bed, so I'd just sleep until I woke up. I woke up just three hours later at around 11 AM... Hmm, I really did plan to get just a little bit more slep, or else I'd be completely burned out that night. I closed my eyes for a second... When I...

At last I got a good nights sleep before the big day, day three of the 2006 WSOP Main Event! I had my strategy totally planned, I knew all about the guys at my table (as written in an earlier blog entry), knew about the chip stacks, who to bully and so forth. I was prepared. My strategy was to play pretty tight and semi passive up until the bubble (which would probably arrive after 4-5 hours). Utilizing this strategy would avoid marginal situations that could bust me before the bubble, as well as establishing a...

Today was a weird day. Yesterday was the day that the WSOP Day 2B was played. Since we (me and Rune - the only two left in the WSOP ME from the camp) both played on 2A, we had the day off. Today is the official WSOP ME break day before we start on the 5 day marathon beginning from tomorrow, friday, day 3. Neither of us wanted to do anything big today as it's very important that we get our sleep and are ready for the big and long day tomorrow. I got up somewhere between...

Today I got up relatively early at about 1 PM. Before I knew of it, it had somehow become 7 PM, and several of us were starting to become quite hungry. We weren't really in the mood for the usual fast food, and neither of use were turned on by the local sushi bar. Instead we went a couple hundred meters down Eastern Avenue to a local placed called 'The T-Bird'. The scenery was a classical 60's highway truckerstop place. It was kinda sad as it really looked like it was stuck in the 60's. When our...

I made it! Before starting on day two, I made myself the promise that I would get a good nights sleep this time, last time I only got about four hours. So I went to bed at around 1 AM that night, falling asleep very quickly while watcing South Park episodes on my laptop. Perfect. I woke up three hours later at 4 AM. Dammit, this is just not happening. Luckily I fell asleep again. One hour later I woke up for good. I tried sleeping, but everytime I was close to sleeping, someone made...

... happened today. I got up early (around 2 PM) as I really needed to be able to go to bed early tonight. Tomorrow is the second day of the WSOP Main Event tournament. They're expected the day to last around 15 hours like the first day, so I will need to be well rested, unlike on day one. I went to the New York New York tonight for a dinner party arranged on the 2+2 forums. We met up at the ESPN Zone and got a couple of beers, some above average fast food and then...