More From Vegas

I'm long overdue for a poker report from the last trip to Vegas. Up front, let me just say that this was a work trip, not a poker trip (just in case the boss is reading ;). Also, since this was the first time that my bride had been to Vegas and we only had three nights there, I wanted to maximize the amount of sight-seeing and quality (read: kid-free) time with her. Those factors conspired to not allow me much time at the tables, but I did get out a couple of nights.

I played a little $2/4 at both Aladdin and Flamingo. The Aladdin room has improved since last October. Then the room was out in the middle of the casino, now it has been moved over near the front. I think they've got a couple more tables now, but it's still pretty noisy in there. I made about $30 in a couple of hours there and had a pretty good time while I was at it.

The Flamingo has about 10 or 12 tables, but I never saw it much more than half full while I was there. Overall it wasn't a bad room, but it wasn't terribly exciting - I broke even after a couple of hours. Neither of these rooms can rival my Vegas favorite - MGM. I'm a little bummed that I didn't make it down to play at MGM this trip, but it's a sure stop next time.

The pictures in this post are from the 25k WPT Championship that was going on at the Bellagio while we were in town. The first pic is of the tournament monitor. As you can see, the blinds were already pretty big by the time we made it over to the Bellagio (day 3). You already know who the next picture is from the signature Sox cap. Yup, it's Dan the man Harrington, in the flesh. Sorry the pictures suck, but the tournament was in the Fontana Room behind a very large bar. Since I wasn't on 'the list' to get into the play area, I had to try and shoot through the bar window. My sole regret from my visit over to the tournament area was that I didn't get to see the Doctor. I didn't hang around too long, since there wasn't much that I could see from out in the casino area. It was cool to see such a big tourney in progress though - gives me something to shoot for.