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AAroddersAA:
I have just survived a heart attack.
As some of you might know I kinda booked this trip up at not quite the last minute but I wasn"t exactly well prepared. One issue I did come across is that my passport was due to expire in January. I quickly checked with Virgin Atlantic and was told this was no problem as long it it was valid for the time I was actually in the USA. I therefore happily booked up and forgot all about it.
So I am on the train today and am happily reading through some threads on the forum. I happen to click on a post by Paulie (who knows about things like this) which states that you need a passport with six months left on it. I get kinda worried for about 10 minutes until I check the government site below
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/north-central-america/united-states?ta=entryRequirements&pg=4
Which confirms all is OK. That was nearly a legendary fail, to say I would have been unhappy is an understatement.
Anyway I have just gone through Hereford and am speeding into the Midlands towards Manchester. Not long now :-)
duke3016:
AAroddersAA:
I got around the above problem and got into Vegas fine. It has been a fun trip so far. We arrived on Thursday and the plane landed early (nice) but due to not having a parking spot it had to wait for about 20 minutes before we could get off. Anyway we take JB"s limo to the hotel. You could have bottled the atmosphere in that car and sold it as Red Bull at that stage. Anyway we get to Harrahs and go downstairs and all end up at Carnival Court. For some silly reason I decide to play poker at the end of the night and manage to drop $50 before I wonder why I am playing poker when I don"t even want too and then go to bed.
Friday was different, there is a 10am tournament but I decide I can"t be bothered to play poker and sit talkig to Ger, Stu and a few others. We then head over to the Imperial Palace for the $1 drinks. The night goes from one place to another, getting to the Monte Carlo was an experience, I think Stu could tell that story better. We go from one place to another, I am not sure how but I somehow end up back at Harrahs at about 3am. This seems strange as to why I am here, I think I got lost or something and the homing device came on. Anyway I am not tired but now basically have nothing to do. I find Del playing poker so decide to do this. I get rid of about $300 in short order but it was fun, again could not really sort out actually playing properly.
Saturday was APAT. I got a nice table but again got bored very quickly and was really not playing very well at all. The table did liven up though and there were lots of apaters on it and I manage to click my game on a little but still nowhere near where it should be. I somehow make day two with 15 left but my hopes are not high. The final table would be nice but I doubt it.
Yeah, anyway Vegas is cool, poker sucks. that is about it.
AAroddersAA:
Somehow or another managed to come third in the APAT event over here. At least my conversion rate of final tables to medals is good and having three final tables is also something to be pleased with. That was actually my main aim when I started playing APAT at the beginning of last season - to match Darren Shallis" 3 final tables. OK I have done that now so anyway, oh hang on he got another three in between then and now again *lol*
The APAT crowd are all legends - every one of them. Will do a post on the non-poker parts of this trip when I get back. I will just say I have enjoyed them far more than the poker *lol*
I am going to try a cash game today, still really not feeling it for live poker which is a shame. I hoped that Vegas would spark my interest but can"t say I have any great desire to even play today. I will as I had always intended to spend today and tomorrow doing that. I am not that excited about it to be honest though. Will be taking it seriously on this occasion though.
Des:
Job very well done in Vegas Rodder"s and hope you had a great time besides.
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