Mr. Vick and JohnnyV

After arriving at the resort, we fumbled around until we got out to the "party". By party they mean awful barbecue, with no fun of any sort happening. For obvious reasons we ditched the beach to hit up the casinos. After a few losses at the let-it-ride poker table, Liebman hit really big with his trip tens to pull down $150. A modest win, but as you know, and the casino knows, what goes around comes around. We lost...Bottom line, but did we have fun? YES! A few crap throws and roulette spins later, we decided to retreat to our room for the night, when Adam saw two friends he made from the plane, John and Alicia. They were two 22 year olds from Ohio, and John, known as JohnnyV5000, qualified for the tourney. They were good people who liked to have fun, and that is what we needed. After chatting it up, we spotted Michael Vick playing blackjack. Yes...I did say Michael Vick. Yes...The quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. After John laid down $100 and hand of blackjack next to him (and won!), we retreated to the bar/grill and had some food, laughs, and some drinks. We bid them farewell and headed back to our room. After Liebman passed out, I got ready for bed, and pondered the following days events in my head as I...fell...asleep...

At the First Break

Jason will fill you in on the night past later, but here is a live update at the first break after two hours of play on day one: I'm playing pretty good poker, and my stack is up to 18,600. I haven't been involved in any really big pots, and I made some nice raises and reraises to mix up my play. I've only shown down one loser, but I've shown down the winning hand more than 5 times, plus I'm getting people out of the pot without them seeing my cards either. I do have one big stack at the table and he's good, a 19 year old dropout named Tom who just kills it playing poker. He made a couple fo really strong moves early and is up to about 25,000 in chips. Besides that, I feel like I can beat the table. My image is tight and aggressive but also very tricky. So far so good, and hopefully I can keep accumulating chips as the day continues. Keep checking back for more, the internet in the ballroom is crappy, but Jason will try and post whenever he can.