Well these blogs suck the most out of any of them, because there’s no real good way to say that I went busto shortly into day 2 of the event. That’s exactly what happened, though! I got my 17th WSOP cash though, finishimg 323/3157 for $3,153.

The important thing, however, is that I feel I played well and did everything I could do. There was only one hand that I even questioned myself about after busting, and that one was close anyway. Tournament poker is a weird and crazy beast, and if you can honestly tell yourself at the end of a tournament that you feel you played every hand as well as you could then you’ve done everything you possibly can. I’ve gotten to a point in my career where I’m never too upset about busting out of a tournament as long as I can honestly tell myself that.

I ended up going to my favorite restaurant in the world — Texas de Brazil — with Joe Cappuccio, Bryan Leskowitz, and Josh Brikis that night since I was left with an unexpected and unwelcome night off. We had a blast and did a goodly amount of drinking. I found out that Sangria is the only type of wine I like, too! And boy did Sangria and I get acquainted…

If you’ve never been to Texas de Brazil you really need to go. If you’re not familiar with Brazilian steakhouses in general, there’s a salad bar for those who are into that type of thing. Then, much more importantly, you sit at your table and have carvers walk around with various types of amazingly delicious meats. I had never used the terms “meatsweat” and ‘foodgasm” before visiting this restaurant, but can’t think of more fitting terms now that I’ve been there.

From there I let my arm get twisted into meeting up with Mike Matusow at the Spearmint Rhino, which is simply the greatest strip club on the face of the Earth. Now, I just HATE frequenting these types of places, but somehow I let Matusow talk me into it. 😉

I didn’t stay too long, though, since I had yet another WSOP event to play the next day. I’m really glad that I tend to be more responsible and more of a homebody than the “average” poker player, because trying to maintain the right life/poker balance can be extraordinarily difficult when you live in Las Vegas!

Stout