Arrived at WSOP 2012

Southwest Airlines took me swiftly and peanut free, undelayed to the McCarran Las Vegas Airport.  After stopping by Sara's place to pick up a key and drop the suitcase, we went out to dinner at our favorite $20 all-you-can-eat Yama Sushi restaurant and rather than going home, we decided to stop somewhere to play a little Poker.  Had another one of those sessions where if they didn't have it already, they sucked whatever they needed out of the deck to get it.  Lost to straights, flushes, even got it all in with AK versus A-10 and saw a 10 in the window. Back to back sets - the first one lost to a straight, the second won the minimum when noone flopped any draws.  Aaargh!  Hopefully, this will turn around soon or this will be a really long 7 weeks.

Orientation was Friday.  Welcome.  HR policy talks on responible gaming, checking I. D., dress code, discrimination and sexual harassment.  They spent very little or no time on some of the things that people would be interested to hear, like that we get employee discounts in the gift shops and restaurants at all the Caesars properties, where we go to pick up our paychecks, or the fact that while we are banned from playing in any bracelet events, we are allowed to play in the daily "Deep Stack" non-bracelet events and in the live action area when we are not on the clock.

The big news to most at orientation was the addition of Chip Tic, a process WSOP will use in all Bracelet events this year.  For the first time, they will have the dealers track players' chips and update them at each break.  The results will be available to all interested parties using the WSOP.com web site.  People will not only be able to track a player's progress in the tournament, but also be able to see which table they are sitting at, even as tables break and players are reassigned.  I will update you on how that project progresses.

After orientation, we had lunch at the T-Bird, went shopping in search of an inexpensive HDMI/Micro cable that would allow Barry to hook his tablet up to the big screen and show movies he downloaded.  No luck.  Cheapest we could find was $24.95 and those cables are available on EBay for about $5.  Instead, we went to see Men in Black III.  Great escapest, funny, action comedy.  Poker can wait until tomorrow.