Since yesterday evening, I have a new great memory to be classified in the category "Greatest Memories Of My Life": I attended a private concert by Snoop Dogg at Rain, the club The Palms. Pokerstars has indeed received last night for its annual party at the WSOP, and offered us this exceptional moment.
But back on this day:
I got up around 10:30, not early but mood: I was able to collect real cards, playing with real chips, against real players in the middle of the Amazon Room. I quickly became disillusioned: arrived in Rio at 11:30 when the tournament begins at noon of the media I am blocking the front door of the Amazon. The guard tells me that the tournament begins at noon, so I can not enter before noon. Yet there is no other tournament today. " There is a particular reason for that? "
" Yes" he replied, looking me straight in the eye, without elaborating.
Oh.
Three minutes later, we have to wait twenty before the guard, who suddenly disappears without saying a word. We take this opportunity to join the Amazon, go before two members of the security, nobody stopped us ... There are days where you wonder if you do not dream. I found
Kinshu, Jools, Benjo, Jo Mannix, Christophe (France card players) in the Amazon Room, where everyone takes his place. We are 130 registered for the tournament media, and only nine players who will go into the final table will receive a prize: a bag that probably contains goodies offered by a sponsor.
Only the first place is worth: there is a IPad to win. All tournament participants receive a cap and a T-shirt bearing the likeness of Jack Links, the main sponsor, which distributes the beef jerky.
On reflection, I wonder what I have done with the apple green cap that Credit Agricole had won on the feast of CE2 in my school, it is always easier to wear a cap that extols the virtues of dried meat.
A quick glance at the tournament structure: each player starts with 10,000 chips, not bad. The blinds are 100-200 starting, less well. The first 8 levels last 20 minutes, the following 15. Ok, before the crap-shoot.
When everyone is installed, Nolan Dalla, media director for the WSOP, is one of the players from my table apart, and sneak him a few words in his ear. Two minutes later he did the same thing with another player also located at my table, then it's my turn.
" You have to give me one second? " I get up and find him near the podium media. "You're gonna love it " he said, chuckling like a kid who is preparing a joke, with its look of day off: sunglasses, scarf over her hair. " When the first hand, you will receive a pair of Three. Whatever happens, you're doing ok carpet? There's a guy at your table that you want to do this one here since long "
Ok, no problem Nolan, with pleasure.
Photo by Jools
5 minutes later, Nolan Dalla pronounce a small introductory speech, thanking everyone for coming reporters , praising the work of each, while punctuating his sentences with small touches of humor, before the tournament director will launch the "shuffle up and deal" ritual.
first hand: I actually touch a pair of Three. While UTG player raised to 600, another reraise to 2,400, send carpet for 10,000 as agreed ... and we end up at 4 in the stroke belt. The other three are respectively a pair of aces, pocket kings and a pair of Tens.
Nolan rounded up everyone shouting " all-in table and call 368, 4-way pot! " It is under the cameras (I even saw Jo Mannix who was filming) and the flop comes: Ace King-Ten. Howling at the table.
Turn: 3
Nolan makes me a wink from across the table, all the French around me starts to yell " 3! 3! 3! " Pauly is right behind me, He also called a three, everyone is raging.
River: 3
Even if it's a fake, I can not help but play the role until the end, a yell of Viking when I touch the square, like " Yeah Baby, one tiiiiiiime! "
After this course, the chips are made for everyone, everyone laughs, and we resumed the game, true this time. Too bad, I would have kept the 40,000 chips, me.
On the tournament itself, not much to say, I quickly double with nine aces against two, and goes some beautiful pots, but I quickly changed table. I come to the table and Jools Jo Mannix, who jump quickly. The structure is really atrocious, and the more it plays anyhow. I lose a few rounds with a little anything, and I fall back to 15,000 chips. A little old lady is located just to my left and is quite active: it is against them that I will jump after half past one game with a pair of jacks against his pocket kings. For once she had a game, he took it falls on me. I do not deserve to go any further, anyway, who played like an oyster in the final moments.
We eat a piece quickly, looking at the end of the final of the World Cup, and Jools, Chris, Kinshu and I spend the next 4 hours to go shopping at the Las Vegas Outlet Center. Yes, even , I missed two or three things.
Back at Bally's to 19h for a short nap, then I found Jools and Chris in Paris at 20h: we enfournons in a taxi, heading for Palm's: Pokerstars evening ahead.
Ahmed Debabeche We find there, who qualified on pokerstars to participate in the WSOP main event. If that name means nothing to you, it is possible that "Mr. Kast " tell you something: Ahmed was singer of the group NTM in the 90s. We file entries for the evening Pokerstars, and here we are in place. We find the Made In Poker site: Fabrice Soulier, Jules, Steve, Claire ...
Ahmed "Kast M." Debabeche time drink a glass or two, a Canadian and a bit crazy because the first part of the concert. Cool music, without more, talented singer probably spoiled by incorrect setting of acoustic sound and the crappy box. She ended her set, and the wait begins: Snoop Dogg is broken the star-system, and should probably take the time to finish the reserve Rain Coke before showing up on stage. An hour and a half later, I run to that Jools " if this asshole is not point in the ten minutes I'm outta "
If there's one thing I hate is wait. Especially wait to 3 feet from the stage, amid a crowd of excited fans, pushed in all directions by reporters Poker Listings completely stuffed. Fortunately for me, I did not need to go: Snoop Dogg has finally arrived, wearing the soccer jersey of Spain, and the wait was worth the shot frankly: we spent 45 minutes jumping, screaming, kiffer ....
The guy responsible, and deploys a phenomenal charisma when he resumed the old songs, the audience chanted in a deafening set. At almost 40 years, Snoop Dogg is clearly a showman, who deserves ample success. I was not sure what to expect at this private concert, but I was most afraid that we do a little singing tour and then goes away, well not at all.
After that, the room quickly emptied. Jools and I went to Bill's Gamblin 'Hall & Saloon to enjoy a steak & eggs to $ 5 (good map of the night: between 23h and 6 in the morning, a steak with eggs, toasts and fries for $ 5, it does)
I went to Bally's about 2:30, and I'm collapsed on my bed to be awakened again by phone this morning at 9:30. You really I learned to turn it off, this notebook.
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