The Rio

We finally got in and after waiting nearly an hour at baggage claim.

After having some "issues" with room, we got put in a suite for the night and we headed over to the Rio.

The walkway to the Amazon room is like the Amazon River. It never ends!!!
On the never ending walk, we passed Isabelle Mercier and Thomas Walroos.

And then we arrived (imagine an intense build up of music hear) to the mecca of poker rooms. It is a SEA of tables. I was literally speechless.

I went ahead and took care of my buy-in to Event #49 ($1500 NL). If anyone cares, I am on table 42, Seat 9.

After the buyin was takin care of, Erin and I decided to watch some of the $50,000 HORSE event. There were 3 players left: Freddy Deeb, Bruno Fitoussi, and some other dude were playing. I just found out that Deeb ended up winning it after they suspended play last night and decided to come back this morning and finish it out.

What was exciting was the NL 6-handed event with a $5,000 buy-in. There were 79 players left and amongst the field were the following:
Jamie Gold
Phil Helmuth (he is a big guy)
Allen Cunningham
Alex Jacob
Men the Master
Sam Grizzle
Tony G
Dutch Boyd
Jeff Madsen
Mark Vos

Putting it lightly, it was a pretty stacked tournament.
The bubble boy burst at 79 and they stopped play shortly thereafter. I saw Scotty Nugyen signing some autographs and honestly, he has the sweetest mullet I have ever seen.

Erin could tell I was about as giddy as schoolgirl watching all these guys. She kept on laughing at me. After watching for awhile, we decided to head back to Flamingo.