Archive for the year 2008
Day 3: October 28, Tuesday
Posted on October 29, 2008 by Ching under Flickr, Poker, Travel.
Tuesday is when we had the $500 freeroll and we had several more main event satellites. So more poker, yeah!
More poker meant more winners. Woot! Woot!
We had the WPTAPL private party at Henri’s disco on Tuesday also. Here are some highlights from the party.
Follow this link for tons more pictures!
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Montego Bay, Jamaica
Posted on October 28, 2008 by Ching under Travel.
We will be in Montego Bay tomorrow. Woot! Woot!
We are really looking forward to our stop in Mo’ Bay. Our plan is to hit up Island Village for some shopping and, of course, Brian wants some fresh, hand-rolled cigars.
Click here for more information on excursions and things to do in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
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El Capitan
Posted on October 28, 2008 by Ching under Flickr, Travel.
A picture of Brian and I with the captain of the cruise ship.
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Day 2: October 27, Monday
Posted on October 28, 2008 by Ching under Poker, Travel.
These are some photo highlights from October 27, Monday. Man, it was a long day!
That was the day we had the big tournament that ran through dinner. It was the first formal night and lobster was on the menu. The bosses agreed that we would allow a two-hour break for dinner, but someone had to stay in the room and watch the chips. Brian volunteered to stay. I would have stayed with him, but he told me that I could go and enjoy lobster with everyone.
I was worried that they would kick me out of the dining hall because I wasn’t in formal attire that night, but no one said anything. I got some looks, but the rest of the folks at our table weren’t in so-called “cruise elegant” either so it’s not like I was the only one. I feel like I blogged this already so I won’t go through and repeat everything.
We had a lot of winners that day. I hope you all enjoy the photo highlights.
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Post-Breakfast Blog Post
Posted on October 28, 2008 by Ching under Poker, Travel.
This is the obligatory post-breakfast blog post. LOL.
Yesterday was pretty interesting. Brian and I found out we had a handicapped-accessible room. Like the foldable bench seat in the shower wasn’t proof enough, we actually had to verify this for ourselves. There’s a string in the shower that hangs from the ceiling all the way down to the floor. I asked Brian what it was and, like a goober, he started tugging on it. Almost immediately our phone rings. I was like, you know if something happened to me and I’ve fallen in the shower I’m probably not going to pick up the phone. I guess they do that to make sure you are okay and this way they only have to send someone down if you don’t pick up. In a way that’s good because then you know they won’t barge into your room in the middle of a rough poop. Then again, if you’re sitting in the pot when you accidentally tug on the string and are unable to get to the phone then they just might walk in on you. =P
We had another long day yesterday. We had several SNG satellites to the main event and then we also held the 4 PM poker tournament. Initially we thought we would play through dinner and just catch the late dinner, but the crew kept telling everyone that they couldn’t switch dinner schedules. It was lobster night and players were having to choose between poker or dinner. Kurt made the decision to break right before 6 PM so that the players would have time to go to dinner and enjoy their lobster. I’m glad he decided to do that because then I didn’t get to miss out on the lobster.
Brian, who is not a big lobster fan and has done formal night before, volunteered to stay and watch the conference room. I felt bad but he told me I could go and have sit down dinner. I was worried that they would kick me out for not being in “cruise elegant” attire, but no one said anything. I think that might be because our entire table, except for Kathy and Jen, was in casual attire. We did stick out among the other guests, though. We are such rebels. LOL.
Speaking of the wait staff… Ours are fantastic. I told Brian that we are going to need to leave them an equally fantastic tip. The bar server assigned to our table remembered Brian’s preference for soda and had a glass of ice and can of Coke ready for him. When he delivered it to our table, he told me that it is for my husband. I regretfully told him that Brian wasn’t coming tonight and without missing a beat he said, “This is for you then.” What a nice guy.
Anyway, Brent finished his dinner really quickly and then went down to relieve Brian from guarding the room. That was really nice of him. Brian arrived too late to order dinner, but our server Mamat managed to give him an entree. I was telling Shawn that I didn’t know how he got Brian’s food so quickly. It seemed like we had to wait 30-45 minutes for our entrees to arrive. Jen was picking on Shane because he ordered three different entrees and that he might be the reason for the hold up on our food. “Brian must have gotten some poor schmuck’s chicken dinner,” I told Shawn. Shawn had finished his first entree and was waiting for his second entree, the chicken one, to arrive. Shawn had been waiting for a while so he goes, “I think they gave Brian my chicken entree.” Open mouth, insert foot. I felt sooo bad. I apologized to Shawn, but he said it was okay because he got to eat his first entree anyway. No sooner than he said that and Mamat arrives with a fresh knife and for him. He was like, “Maybe my dinner is still coming?” Sure enough it arrived. Both he and Kylie got their chicken entrees after all, leaving me to conclude that Brian got some other poor schmuck’s chicken entree. LOL. It was really nice of Brent to switch Brian so he could sit down with us.
After dinner we got right back to work. It wasn’t until after midnight when we were finally dismissed. Everything starts all over again today. We report to the conference room at 10 AM and the freeroll tournament begins at 11 AM. It will be mayhem. I’m so looking forward to Wednesday already.
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