So I head over to the Rio after I have dinner with Rob and Leanne who are in town for a few days. They are off to a show and I decide to do my photography thing. I head onto the strip and shoot some cool pics and then decide to go to the Rio to see whatever I can see.
I walk into the middle of the $50,000 HORSE tourney and everyone is there:Gus Hansen,Annie Duke,Doyle,Freddie Deeb,Daniel,Tony G,Lederer, and Scottie. They are all there man and it is quite cool. I am pretty close to the action and am able to get some great pics with my 18 zoom Panasonic.
One lady is beside me looking at the pics I am getting and says:"This is so wonderful...seeing all of these TV personalities.It is like being at the Academy Awards." Hmmmm......when I think of Angelina Jolie's cleavage,Brad Pitt's manliness and countless other stars with their class and coolness, and then I look over at Scottie Nguyen's sweaty old muscle shirt(don't you need muscles to wear a muscle shirt?),and most of these haggard old poker players who have been playing for hours and all look like they have been through a ringer,I really cannot associate any of them with any type of award let alone an Academy Award.
Still though...pretty cool to be able to get that close so that I can take pictures without anyone yelling at me.
I will try and load them on here if my brain ever starts to think in a technical manner. NOTE:Please do not hold your breath.
Nice to watch others suffer though. In a perverse way I enjoyed their apparent discomfort and stayed at the Rio until 1:00 AM,snapping away like a fool:>)
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