Today was the big day. Had breakfast in Venice where RB discovered the joys of scrambled egg with onion - we thought that was basically an omelette...
Headed for the Rio and had a look around the poker show before kick off. Much more up market than last year - no Dunk the Stripper this time instead a load of speedboats (?). The Aussie millions boys were there but no particular deals for the tournament next January in Melbourne.
Got to my table in plenty of time - I am in an overflow room (the Brasilia) off the main one, but thankfully they have dispensed with the big tent from last year.
My table turns out to be pretty much fish free which helps keep me focused for the day. There is one well known pro - Amir Vahedi - http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/13456/amir-vahedi.htm. I play a couple of hands with him later. There are a couple of big internet players - the guy who I get my dose of good fortune against is Chris Lee http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2007/01/2007-pca-day-1b-ends.html.
I am in seat 9, immediately to the right of the dealer - considered by some to be the worse seat. But actually I quite like it - you can look at your cards with no danger of anyone else sneaking a peek.
I categorise the rest of the table as follows:
Seat 1 - the quiet man - never said a word all day - think he was a Lithuanian
Seat 2 - Amir "the King" Vahedi.
Seat 3 - tight girl - a scots born jewess (as she delights in telling us) who acts absolutely according to the stereotype
Seat 4 - 24 tables - a pokerstars pro - is attempting to become a pokerstars "super elite" player by playing 24 tables at a time on-line - surely this can't be possible!!! I have a freaky hand with him later.
Seat 5 - the Milwaukee kid - drinks impressive amounts of beer during the afternoon - clearly knows what he is doing beneath the drunken bum exterior
Seat 6 - the agressive oriental - Chris Lee - a well known online player
Seat 7 - surfer dude - an old boy of 70 from california - he is an aspiring actor - well voice-over anway
Seat 8 - the gifted amateur - he had made it to a final table a couple of weeks ago and was well happy with his appearance on ESPN. He is a cardiologist from florida - could have needed him at several times during the day
Seat 9 - the actuary - don't mess with him
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