{"id":858,"date":"2007-12-29T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-30T02:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/blog\/?p=906"},"modified":"2007-12-29T20:55:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-30T02:55:00","slug":"2008-halloween-poker-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=858","title":{"rendered":"2008 Halloween Poker Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; float: left;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.getawayeasy.com\"  target=\"out\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.amateurpokerleague.com\/MyAPL_Spon_Logo\/get_120_240.gif\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Kurt&#8217;s new business venture, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.getawayeasy.com\"  target=\"out\">Getaway Easy Travel<\/a>, is offering a heck of a deal on their 2008 halloween poker cruise.  Even though we&#8217;ve done this particular cruise before, we would totally book now (except we have vowed not to take a trip in 2008 so we can work on the house and put it in the market during the 2008 real estate sales season).<\/p>\n<p>I remember when Brian and I took this exact same cruise (only backwards, our first port was Cozumel instead of Ocho Rios) during <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/blog\/?page_id=88\"  target=\"out\">our honeymoon in 2002<\/a>, it cost us about $3200 and our room was even on the bottom with mere portholes.  If you book through <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amateurpokerleague.com\/102608_cruise.php\"  target=\"out\">this specal offer<\/a>, $609 per person will get you an ocean view room, your tournament buy-in, and port fees.  They&#8217;ll even let you use easy pay &#8212; you can put down a reservation fee of $50 per person and then just pay in installments (this is before January 10; after January 10, the initial deposit must be $100).  It truly is an unbeatable deal!<\/p>\n<p>The ship sails from Galveston, Texas on Sunday, October 26, and returns to Galveston the following Sunday, November 1.  Here&#8217;s a list of some of the things they&#8217;re throwing in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Complimentary &#8220;WPTAPL Members Party&#8221;<\/strong> (we didn&#8217;t get this on our honeymoon cruise)\n<li><strong>Cash Games <\/strong>\n<li><strong>Tournaments starting at $25<\/strong> (there weren&#8217;t any poker tournaments on our cruise, only blackjack tournaments)\n<li><strong>$500 FreeRoll for all players <\/strong>(a shot to win some money with no tournament entry fee, what more can you ask for)\n<li><strong>Satellites to Main Event starting at $45 <\/strong>\n<li><strong>Main Event Tournament $440 Buy-In <\/strong>\n<li><strong>Visiting Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel <\/strong> (these are excellent ports with lots of fun off-site excursions; trust me, <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/blog\/?page_id=88\"  target=\"out\">we&#8217;ve done this same cruise<\/a>)\n<li><strong>Halloween Costume Party <\/strong>\n<li><strong>Meals are included<\/strong> <\/ul>\n<p>If mom and dad weren&#8217;t planning on going home to the Philippines next year, I would totally try to talk them into going on this one.  Granted, they don&#8217;t play poker&#8230;  But these are some of the best cruise rates you&#8217;ll see.  Even if you&#8217;re not really a poker player, you can even do the free roll.  You might even win!  Beginners always seem to win.  Wouldn&#8217;t that be awesome?  If you could go on a cruise, play a poker tournament for free, and win some money for souvenirs?<\/p>\n<p>Shoot, I want to go just writing about it.  Even if I&#8217;ve visited these places before.  This is too good a deal to pass up.  If we get our house sold by September, I&#8217;m definitely going to try talking Brian into going.  We are getting on this ship!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s how to reserve your trip:<\/strong> Call 316-689-8149 or 316-689-0600 to speak with a cruise specialists.  Don&#8217;t forget to mention that &#8220;Cherrie&#8221; referred you, so I get my referral bonus.  If I refer enough people, maybe Brian and I can go for free.  That will surely make talking him into going even easier!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.getawayeasy.com\"  target=\"out\">Getaway Easy Travel LLC<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n900 George Washington Blvd Ste C<br \/>\nWichita, Kansas 67211<br \/>\n316-689-8149<br \/>\n316-691-5914 FAX<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Kurt mentioned above is Kurt McPhail, Executive Vice President and COO of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amateurpokerleague.com\/\"  target=\"out\">WPTAPL<\/a> and prolific entrepreneur.  He is always coming up with big ideas for new businesses.  I really admire Kurt and Shawn (Shawn Riley, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amateurpokerleague.com\/\"  target=\"out\">WPTAPL<\/a>&#8216;s President and CEO) for their courage to pursue their dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone has thought of owning their own business and being their own boss at some point in their lives, Brian and myself included.  Brian has a lot of ideas.  He&#8217;s always thinking of different things.  Except, Brian and I don&#8217;t have the capital, gumption, and courage to take the plunge.  We wouldn&#8217;t know where to even begin.<\/p>\n<p>I think I&#8217;ll probably end up working until the day I retire (with a few much-needed vacations thrown in).  Although, Brian and I are ferociously saving for retirement now so that hopefully we can both retire by the time I&#8217;m 55.  If I get to retire at 55, it will make working my tail off worthwhile (or at the very least a bit more bearable).  LOL.  At the rate the stock market is going, though, I may not be able to retire at all.<\/p>\n<p>Kidding aside, do check out <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.getawayeasy.com\"  target=\"out\">Getaway Easy Travel<\/a>.  Even if you don&#8217;t book the 2008 halloween poker cruise, if you end up booking some other trip that will help me out considerably!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kurt&#8217;s new business venture, Getaway Easy Travel, is offering a heck of a deal on their 2008 halloween poker cruise. Even though we&#8217;ve done this particular cruise before, we would totally book now (except we have vowed not to take a trip in 2008 so we can work on the house and put it in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}