|  Vegas November 2007 | | Day Zero | | Last Updated: 2007-10-29 | | This is the placeholder for my November 2007 Vegas trip. "Day zero" may be updated between now and the time Matt and I depart, which is Thursday 11/8 at 8:00PM out of DIA.
| | My plan is to play in three tournaments on this trip. The 2nd weekend of every month Binions has been running an Omaha tournament weekend. PL Omaha High Friday, PL Omaha 8/b Saturday and L Omaha 8/b on Sunday. $150 buy-in, aside from that I don't know much about the format.
| | Unfortunately my plans may already be derailed somewhat. Turns out I may be playing softball instead of poker on Saturday...
| | See, the reason I've been going to Vegas every November for the last couple of years is my neighbor Matt plays in a softball tournament there. Last year the team had a couple of last-minute cancellations (partly due to a last minute change in dates) and I was pressed into service. You can read about that in the Nov 2006 Blog, but even Matt will say he and I were the only two who hit for the team that weekend ... it wasn't pretty.
| | This year he's already struggling to get a whole team together. He's got a quality softball team, one that can make noise in this tournament. Back in the day, I was a very good "modified" hitter (at least I thought so), but I've never been much of an "arc-pitch" hitter. Add to that the fact that I've played softball all of twice since last year's tournament ... so let's just say I'm probably a downgrade from whoever Matt was hoping to have play for him. But I will not let Matt down, that's for sure! If he needs me, I'm playing.
| | Alas it may interfere with the one tournament I most wanted to play in, the PL 8/b, because we'd have to go 0-2 (double-elimination) for me to get back in time and even with me Matt's team won't be THAT bad. Hopefully the team will fill up for Matt and everyone will be happy... | | Post a comment |
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