Make the Pilgrimage to the WSOP, if you can

After checking in today at the Grandview in Las Vegas, which is pretty nice, I check out the forum to see what was going on at the WSOP and caught the Rizen post. My wife and I were going to go grab a bite as it was almost 4:00 and we had not eaten all friggin day, but lo and behold I see Rizen is at the final table.

Well, we jump in the car and run over to the Rio. Going to the WSOP was one of the coolest things that I have done in a very long time. Railing Rizen was also great fun. I had never met him before, but I felt like he was my friend, a family member almost. It was with great pride and admiration to root him on.

Walking around the WSOP hall is one of neatest experiences a poker player can ever have, outside of sitting at a table with Doyle, or Ivey and the like at a big event like this. It was just too damn cool standing next to Phil Gordon or listening to Greg Raymer discuss a hand. And then you can bump into Daniel Negreanu coming out of the bathroom or brush past Eric Lindstrom or Barry Greenstein, or Matusow, D'Agostino, the list goes on and on and on, and with each star sighting I kept thinking how cool is this.

I mean this was like the Academy Awards of Poker with all the stars that you see out and about. I even saw the guy that came in 2nd at the Bellagio WPT final that was just on TV this week. Seeing Chris Ferguson without his hat on was also kind of a wierd thing, scary looking dude, lol.

I would highly recommend that if you can come to Las Vegas during the WSOP run it is well worth it. I felt like a kid at Christmass all day long and then I also got to meet Santa, I mean, Rizen and he was just as nice as can be.

I know that this has just furthered my determination to play in some of the events at the WSOP whether this year or next year. It is without a doubt my number one goal and after today, and after today I will not forget how incredible it really is to be here and play. Now I just have to get the play part down and it will be even more magical if that is possible.