2005 CardPlayer Awards
Natalie and I went to LA for the CardPlayer Awards Gala, and was it ever! Calvin Ayre, who owns Bodog put on a great show. We walked the red carpet, having our pictures taken. Then we went up to the roof of the Music Box Theatre for the pre-show cocktail party. We mingled with some celebrities and fellow poker players as well as lots of reprsentatives from various media outlets.
Natalie wore one of her infamous Valentino gowns, and if they had given an award for best dressed, I'm sure she would have won. Not only did I think she looked good, but everyone else did too. People were coming up to us, and I thought they would have wanted to talk to me, but they all wanted to find out about Natalie's dress! I guess I will have to step it up a notch next year with my wardrobe.
The awards show was great. It was more than I ever expected for the first time out. Congratulations to Barry and Jeff Shulman on such an accomplishment.
The after party was at the Geisha House on Hollywood Blvd. We went over there and Vince Van Patton bought us a drink, which was really nice of him. Thanks again, Vince. Upstairs, they had a private room for us all where we ran into Phil Hellmuth. He had made a bunch of money in the stock market and was very excited. Natalie told him that he should buy some Dom Perignon to celebrate on, and he bought us our own bottle. Needless to say, we weren't going to try and drink a whole bottle of Dom and then drive back to the hotel, so we shared with a few of our friends from the WPT.
Natalie and Daniel Negreanu's wife, Lori made quick friends; and I made a new friends in Rich Belsky whom you may recognize from CardPlayer's video updates at the WSOP last year. About 3:30am, we decided that we had had enough fun and headed back to the hotel.
The next day, Natalie was in the mood for a little shopping. Our hotel was three blocks away from Rodeo Drive, so you can't really expect a woman to not get in the shopping mood that close to some of the finest shopping in the world. We went to the Farmers' Market first, because I was in the mood for some coffee and Natalie had seen a Starbucks there before. We walked around the little booths of the Farmer's Market and the stores of The Grove nearby. A trolley ran down a cobblestone road that was closed off to car traffic. There were some fountains similar to the Bellagio's but not near a big in the small park surrounded by the shops. We stopped for lunch at a really nice Greek restaurant and then headed over to Rodeo Drive. I was real impressed with the charm of Rodeo Drive. The telvision shows and movies do not catch the true ambiance that you feel when you are there. It is a real peaceful and quite place in the middle of a tremendously busy metropolitan area.
In Valentino, we ran into Katherine jane Bryant, who is the Costume designer from the show on HBO, Deadwood. She's a Tennessee girl like Natalie, so they were having a blast talking and trying on clothes together. Janie is up for an award for her work next Saturday, and we are hoping for her to win it.
We're in Vegas now and will head back to LA on the 22nd for the WPT Invitational.
Natalie wore one of her infamous Valentino gowns, and if they had given an award for best dressed, I'm sure she would have won. Not only did I think she looked good, but everyone else did too. People were coming up to us, and I thought they would have wanted to talk to me, but they all wanted to find out about Natalie's dress! I guess I will have to step it up a notch next year with my wardrobe.
The awards show was great. It was more than I ever expected for the first time out. Congratulations to Barry and Jeff Shulman on such an accomplishment.
The after party was at the Geisha House on Hollywood Blvd. We went over there and Vince Van Patton bought us a drink, which was really nice of him. Thanks again, Vince. Upstairs, they had a private room for us all where we ran into Phil Hellmuth. He had made a bunch of money in the stock market and was very excited. Natalie told him that he should buy some Dom Perignon to celebrate on, and he bought us our own bottle. Needless to say, we weren't going to try and drink a whole bottle of Dom and then drive back to the hotel, so we shared with a few of our friends from the WPT.
Natalie and Daniel Negreanu's wife, Lori made quick friends; and I made a new friends in Rich Belsky whom you may recognize from CardPlayer's video updates at the WSOP last year. About 3:30am, we decided that we had had enough fun and headed back to the hotel.
The next day, Natalie was in the mood for a little shopping. Our hotel was three blocks away from Rodeo Drive, so you can't really expect a woman to not get in the shopping mood that close to some of the finest shopping in the world. We went to the Farmers' Market first, because I was in the mood for some coffee and Natalie had seen a Starbucks there before. We walked around the little booths of the Farmer's Market and the stores of The Grove nearby. A trolley ran down a cobblestone road that was closed off to car traffic. There were some fountains similar to the Bellagio's but not near a big in the small park surrounded by the shops. We stopped for lunch at a really nice Greek restaurant and then headed over to Rodeo Drive. I was real impressed with the charm of Rodeo Drive. The telvision shows and movies do not catch the true ambiance that you feel when you are there. It is a real peaceful and quite place in the middle of a tremendously busy metropolitan area.
In Valentino, we ran into Katherine jane Bryant, who is the Costume designer from the show on HBO, Deadwood. She's a Tennessee girl like Natalie, so they were having a blast talking and trying on clothes together. Janie is up for an award for her work next Saturday, and we are hoping for her to win it.
We're in Vegas now and will head back to LA on the 22nd for the WPT Invitational.
posted by Hoyt Corkins at 1:11 PM
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We had some photos... until someone stole Natalie's camera at the WPT Invitational.
We're still hoping that someone feels guilty and turns it in to L&F at the Commerce.
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