WPBT – July 8, 06 – Caesar’s Palace II

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I’m cranking on the next phase of the Blogger shindig – and I’m tired – and I’m learning another phase of a Word Press upgrade. It’s a little bit mind shredding at times but the programmers I work with are the greatest. They’ve helped me on every step that I almost faltered on…sweet! Serge – Sarunas – Niekas – and the latest one that came to my aid – Bilikas. Thanks you guys – you’re the ‘stone nuts’!

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I have a lot of photos of the blogger event and rather than try to do names and work my way through that right now – with intros and all – I want to sprinkle photos randomly through this post. Of course I have a lot more photos that are going to be sprinkled in other posts. And another little backtrack is in order. On Friday, the 7th, I received a call from Craig Singer (The Sweater), he was in town and wanted to know if we could meet that night…it wasn’t going to work out for me. I asked him if he could attend the WPBT for the two hour session before game time. Perfect! He had two hours to kill before flying back hom to family in Texas. I cherish him as one of my great friends that I’ve met in the poker world. He be kewl.

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The crew from Tennessee – Lydia, Rachel, and Jason ‘Spaceman’…I first met them when they came to Vegas for the ‘clan jam‘. Great people!
Lydia, Rachel, and Jason

This picture of Pauly had me cracking up. He was snagging a picture of one of the guest speakers, and trying to brace the camera for a low light shot, but what it actually appears as – he’s a detective or a spy doing cloak and dagger work:

Detective Pauly

Falstaff failed to wear his kilt this year. When asked why, he said he didn’t want the hot desert air up around his balls. And there were other inuendos and comments about people that might be helping him locate them if he was wearing a skirt. Maybe you had to be there…but it was damn funny. And the air is so hot…probably hotter in that area.

Jason “Spaceman” was first out of the tourney. He held a flush and ran into a bigger flush from his buddy, Michael Craig. Jason received the ‘Gigli’ award for being first out. Oddly enough, Michael Craig was knocked out last year when he played A-A – and the same thing happened this year. But this is Jason, accepting his award.

Jason - 1st out!

The random run of photos – enjoy:

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Ugh! Photo upload problems – Linda has no patience to continue – must meet with the programmers early a.m. to solve a stumbling block. Check back please.

About Linda R. Geenen

The easiest way to begin is to start at the beginning. But where is that? At what point does one suddenly decide they are going to spend the rest of their life involved in the intricate art of the dance? What is the art of the dance? A game about people - played with a deck of cards. Poker! I stepped into the poker world in 1980 in Missoula, Montana. I didn’t know anything about poker, couldn’t tell you what the difference was between a bet and raise, or if a straight beat a flush. I had three boys to feed, needed a job and a dealing spot was open in one of the local bars. I played my first hand of poker in a 5 Card Stud game (with the help of one of my bosses) and that was it – I was hooked. I lived, breathed, slept, dreamed, ate, and talked poker. I eventually ran my own games (licensed by the County) in several different bars in Missoula, and at one point, managed the games in the bar where I started my first dealing job. In 1987 I traveled from Montana to Nevada to deal major poker tournaments, returning to Montana at the end of each one. In 1989, I opened The Mirage – along with 6,400 other people. In 1993, I moved to Gulfport, Mississippi, and opened Grand Casinos Poker Room, returning a year later to Las Vegas and The Mirage. In 1998 I opened Bellagio - along with over 9,000 other employees. In 2003, I dealt the final table of the Aruba Ultimate Bet Poker Classic event. Hey…I’m on TV! I had the privilege of being chosen as the dealer in the Howard Lederer videos that have been released on No Limit Holdem. I play poker on a regular basis and I deal to every name brand player that is still above ground and breathing air, the elite, the freaks, the ne’er do wells, the rich, the poor, the illiterate, the educated, the beautiful, the ugly, the superstitious, the rational, the sane, and the insane. Perhaps I am the one that is insane but if I am, I fit right into the game plan. Five nights a week I walk into the greatest, social melting pot known to mankind. I no longer dream about it but the art of the dance is prevalent in everything I do - see you there!
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