The Palace

Day 2.

I sadly didn't get the nights sleep i was looking for. In bed by 9ish I woke at 3.30am (11.30am UK time) and couldn't get back to sleep. Rather than wander out I decided to relax for a while in bed and turned on the TV. ESPN were showing Wimbledon live. Very surreal watching tennis in bed at 4 in the morning.

At around 8 I headed over to the Rio again and got some brekkie. Pancakes, strawberries and cream really ticked a lot of boxes. I headed off to the Amazon room which, as you'd imagine, was pretty dead. Despite that i sat down in a new 2/5 game and played for an hour really going nowhere. I didn't see much and what I did see was beaten. That said I left an hour or so later only stuck $200. I'd decided that on the recommendation on a few people to try the deep stack tourneys at Caesars Palace. The place itself is pretty amazing like most of the hotels in Vegas, but of course a little tacky in parts. The poker room however is different class. Superb tables, staff and tourney area. I registered early for the $220 midday game and then went for a wander.

At midday I sat down and was already starting to feel a little jaded. I would love to at this point give a few details of hands, but frankly I can't remember any. With 640 entries the room was packed, but after 12 hours i was still there and eventually cashed in 31st place. Took $441 for my troubles which did feel a little of a let down after playing for so long, but i was happy to get back to bed. $32,000 for winner made me feel even worse when I thought about it later!!

Still roughly $1400+.