Ray J in New Orleans

My friend Ray J went from the gig in Hollywood to the WSOP Circuit event in New Orleans.  I had to miss it, but Ray wanted the folks back home to know what was going on there.  It sounds like they are a lot busier in New Orleans than we were at the Hard Rock despite the fact that, according to Matt Savage, the WPT event was the largest prize pool in the history of Poker in Florida.

Ray J sent an email to his list of friends that went like this:

Hi, been a while....
Here is a link to the events scheduled at Harrah's New Orleans......tourneydetails . With news of the Mississippi River cresting, the super stars of poker have been dribbling in all week so far......
Most of us dealers are coming in at 11:20 am, dealer meeting, table assignment, pick up the chips, decks, and be ready to start exactly at noon.......
The noon tournaments run till 2am, then we bag the players chips, clean up, and clock out at about 3 am.........Then down to the French Quarter (24 hr bars) to unwind....Those players come back at 2pm the next day to finish....Meanwhile, that same day we have the previous days "restart" plus a 9pm nighly tournament that ususally runs till 5am...Live cashgamesare max'd out, super busy and if I am let go early, I sometimes deal out in the casino at thelive poker games....it is crazy busy....Usually every 2 hours of dealing we have a 30 min break...Sometimes I don't even see the day light once at work, lol.......or know what day it is or what city I'm in....cause a room full of 90 poker tables is the same city after city..lol.......

Well, just wanted to give you an idea of what work is like out on the circuit....we do have a nationally televised event comimg up this week, tape delayed i'm sure, and then off to Vegas.....R&R and work..lol.....


Best to you..Ray