WSOP 1,818 Miles Ahead
I’m going to miss the first week of the World Series of Poker. I’m attending a friend’s wedding this weekend in New Orleans. On Monday, my girlfriend, roommate, his girlfriend and I will drive back to Houston. My girlfriend will get on a flight back to New York. Not long thereafter, my father will arrive on an inbound flight. The two of us will catch a night’s rest and then, along with my dog, embark on a road trip to Las Vegas where I’ll remain for six weeks of WSOP action. All told, it’s an 1,818 mile drive from New Orleans to Las Vegas, most of it on Interstate-10. We plan to do the Houston to Vegas leg in three days with nights in El Paso and Phoenix. In the latter city, we’ll rendezvous for an evening with my sister on the eve of her 24th birthday. On day three, it’s into Vegas.
I’m skipping the $1,500 event on Friday to spend time with my father in a city he’s never visited. On Saturday, barely an hour after his plane for home departs, cards will be in the air for the $1,000 tournament which will be the first of many events I plan to play this summer. With the exception of a weekend in New York to visit my girlfriend and clear my head of Vegas, desert heat, and the debilitating effects of spending most of one’s time around other males chasing a pot of gold at the end of the poker rainbow, I plan to spend time in one tournament or another during each day of this trip.
As I have for the past four years, I will be blogging live from the WSOP on PokerTips.org. I’ll be cross-posting those entries on this blog. Although this is my sixth year at the WSOP (wow, six years), this will be the first time I’ve spent the majority of the series in Vegas. That I’ll actually be living in Vegas rather than flying back and forth in a week-on, week-off fashion, has me anticipating this WSOP with unprecedented excitement.
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