Day 5!

Bob is still in the tournament - they are down to 400 players left so he has made the money! He has around 410k in chips and they start Day 5 at noon (I missed a day somewhere along the way). We are all going to cheer him on even though it may be hard to see him since he is in the middle of the room and spectators are not allowed past the roped off area.

You can check updates at Pokernews.com. Look for Bob, or as he likes to call himself, Robert Lee Preston III...

Day 3.

Day 3 of the Main Event was yesterday. Mr. Patrick ran his pocket 10s into pocket Jacks and was knocked out. Bob continued to do well and was at 229,500 chips by the end of the day. The average chip stack is around 250k but Bob is still in very good shape. With 789 players remaining, he has a good shot of making the money (top 648 get paid).

Joe and his dad are going to play in another Bellagio tournament today - I enjoy hanging out at that hotel/casino so I'm looking forward to it. I'm going to see how many of the Bellagio Water Fountain shows I can see in one day.

Vegas Golf.

Despite the desert heat, we have actually golfed quite a few times out here. It's fun to try different courses:

• Desert Pines
• Tuscany Golf
  
• Royal Links
• TPC Las Vegas

Some days have been better than others. I drove the ball well at Desert Pines but poorly at Tuscany and the Royal Links. I chipped my first ball in at TPC this morning. Overall, I believe I'm slowly improving (a two steps forward, one step back kind of improvement).

Day 2

Mr. Patrick and Bob will be headed back to the Rio for Day 2 of the main event. Joe will be going to the Bellagio to play a different tournament. Mrs. Patrick and I will be splitting our time between the two casinos but most likely will favor the Bellagio since the Rio is a mad house during the main event.

Netbook.

Joe and I went to Staples this morning and purchased an Acer netbook! Joe wanted to play online poker today and he hadn't brought his laptop. We decided that getting a netbook would be a good investment since we had an immediate use for it and it made sense since we travel quite a bit. I absolutely love it since I have an affinitity for petite things.

Wildlife Galore!

This trip to Vegas has been filled with new animal spottings! Earlier this week we saw bighorn sheep walking and even jumping around the hills near the entrance to Lake Las Vegas. It was very cool to see.


This evening (after Joe unfortunately was knocked out of the poker tournament) we saw a desert bobcat! We were driving along and were almost to the condo when I saw the huge cat. He was very cute and I almost wanted to exit the safety of the car to go pet him (wise that I did not). I wish I had my real camera, and not just my iPhone one.

Main Event.

Today is the first day of the Main Event (day 1A), which Joe, his dad and his friend, Bob, will be playing at the Rio. We're hoping they can all make it to a Day 2. Mrs. Patrick and I have our own plans of going to the Rio Spa for a massage and pedicure.