Sometimes it's pretty good to be me...

[Talking Poker]

After the Charity Event, I left the Rio and headed over to the Ghostbar at the top of the Palms for the UB party. Little did I know this was an open bar party. TP likey open bar Within 2 minutes of walking in, I bumped into Jennifer Tilly and Phil Laak. I congratulated Tilly on her win, shook her hand, and took a photo of the two of them. Phil then took a photo of the two of us, and let me just say, DAMN I am one ugly S.O.B. compared to Phil Laak! No wonder I don't have a hot celebrity girlfriend (or do I?). Anyhoo, I chatted with them for a few minutes and told Phil that of the celebrity poker shows, I think his is the best. I like the home game feel of it a lot more than the ones where the announcers pretend to be amazed by the (terrible) play of the celebs. I wished them both good luck in the Main Event and went on my way.

2 feet away, Antonio Estfandari was doing magic. GOOD magic. Card tricks, to be exact.... That guy's sleight of hand is amazing. I watched for a little while and then got his picture too.

A few beers later, Mr. Phil Hellmuth finally showed up. This was great. I very sarcastically brought up how "not one, Phil, but TWO guys now have 10 bracelets. I mean, you're not even second best any more!" It was great. His exact words, "Yeah, I'm not very happy about that. People are breaking all my records." hehe... I told him I was confident he'd get #10 someday and probably #11 too, but he'd have to wait til next year. He reminded me that he still has another shot at this year, and if he wins, he'll break ALL the records. Uh huh. Good luck with that, Phil. I asked him if he had seen the Bill Filmoff videos, and he said yes, and he though they were "very well done." I agreed, and did my best imitation of Bill's imitation of one of Phil's hand gestures (the one with both hands in the air, palms up). hehe....

The next thing I know, Devilfish takes the stage and starts jamming, playing guitar and singing too. This guy is good! When I left a half an hour or so later, he was still rocking away...

Man.... I know I am leaving some stuff out, but that's a decent recap of my day. Sorry it got so long. I hope you enjoyed the read.

P.S. Did you SEE the picture of my new girlfriend at the top of this thread???