I am the grand master domino champion
So I've been home almost a week now. I spend the first couple of days working non-stop in front of my computer. Wednesday night I had the choice to either go to the goth night in Philadelphia with a bunch of badly dressed children and ren-faire freaks trying to get laid OR hitup the Tropicana in Atlantic City for their deep stack tournament... hmmm... decisions decisions...
$100 tournament, 10K in starting chips... not too shabby. Ninety-five players... I busted out 5th so at least I got paid. The final 4 chopped the pot... fuckers. I started the final table as chip leader too, but the blinds were so high at that point it was really just a crap shoot.
Thursday Vanessa came down for a visit and we did some shopping (I spent way too much money) and got a pedicure so my toes will look all nice and pretty for the boat. Went to go see Invincible with my parents... it was that or... well, nothing. They're older and it's hard to find anything we might agree on... but who doesn't love a good underdog story? Especially about an Italian-American? Fagetta bout it... they loved it.
I've also been playing dominos with the folks and I am the self-proclaimed GRAND MASTER DOMINO CHAMPION. There is a couple of days left here in New Jersey... finish up seeing my family then Jade and I leave Wednesday on the Queen Mary 2. I don't think I've been on a real "vacation" in a really long time. We get into Southampton, England the Tuesday after we leave and spend a couple days in London. Then it's over to Dublin so I can start work on the 15th.
How odd that this is all finally falling into place.
$100 tournament, 10K in starting chips... not too shabby. Ninety-five players... I busted out 5th so at least I got paid. The final 4 chopped the pot... fuckers. I started the final table as chip leader too, but the blinds were so high at that point it was really just a crap shoot.
Thursday Vanessa came down for a visit and we did some shopping (I spent way too much money) and got a pedicure so my toes will look all nice and pretty for the boat. Went to go see Invincible with my parents... it was that or... well, nothing. They're older and it's hard to find anything we might agree on... but who doesn't love a good underdog story? Especially about an Italian-American? Fagetta bout it... they loved it.
I've also been playing dominos with the folks and I am the self-proclaimed GRAND MASTER DOMINO CHAMPION. There is a couple of days left here in New Jersey... finish up seeing my family then Jade and I leave Wednesday on the Queen Mary 2. I don't think I've been on a real "vacation" in a really long time. We get into Southampton, England the Tuesday after we leave and spend a couple days in London. Then it's over to Dublin so I can start work on the 15th.
How odd that this is all finally falling into place.