On the Road Again

Tommorow we head off to Foxwoods. I feel like we just got back from Reno the other day... Oh wait. We did. Somehow amidst the chaos of geting taxes together, unpacking from Reno and repacking for Foxwoods; I managed to have some people over for some basketball. The Grinder, Lily (Mrs. Grinder), Chino, Robert Mizrachi, and Al Ardebili (who won the Borgata tournament September 05) all came over. Natalie fired up the grill and cooked a bunch of huge hamburgers with all the fixings and some salmon. We didn't have any leftovers, so I think everyone enjoyed the food.

Everyone also really enjoyed Natalie's piano. I remember when she told me that she wanted a piano for Christmas. I thought she was crazy! Then she took me to the piano store to let me hear one of the pianos she wanted. I knew immediately that I had to get her one. Shawn Rice came over the day it was delivered and was razzing me for buying it the entire time the guys were setting it up. Then he heard it play - end of arguement. Needless to say, grinder wanted to pretend playing it while it was actually playing itself.

We also managed to make it out to the grand opening of the new poker room at the Venetian. Robin Leach was the MC of the event and Natalie made me have my picture taken with him. There was a big reception at Tao to start. And after a champagne toast, the big curtain that was enclosing the poker room was lifted to unveil all of the celebrities and poker players, ready to play a tournament for a Lotus sports car. Someone told me the car was worth as much as $250,000.The poker room is really nice. I liked that the high limit area has a lot of privacy and also has a lounge with a big tv in it. I started at a table with Phil Gordon, Rich Belsky, and Mike Matusow. I was then moved to a table with Willie Garson from the show, Sex and the City. Natalie ended up at at table with Chau Giang, Barry Greenstein, Eric Lindgren, and Morris Chestnut. Somehow, she managed to survive. Then she got moved to a table with Tex Barch and Annie Duke with a very short stack and went out soon after. She came over to sweat me, but ended up posing for photos the whole time. Everyone wanted to take a photo of her outfit and purse. I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't take any photos myself to show you what she was wearing... Apparently it was spectacular. I didn't think anything of it, but then what do I know about fashion. I just wear what Natalie tells me to wear. LOL After all of the commotion, I was moved to a table with Amir Vahedi and Todd Brunson. It started getting late and I was proud when I got knocked out. Especially when I found out that the tournament went on past 4am. A woman ended up going heads up with Carlos Mortenson and won the car.