My Big Vegas Adventure

Shaver. Laptop. Sunscreen. Firewire Connector. Credit card PIN. The Website. Money. In dollars. Shorts. Flights. Jesus.. Flights!

I have 2.3 million things to remember and sort out before Monday. Haircut. On Monday I fly to San Fransisco to begin a month long adventure accross America and into the biggest gambling city in the world to cover the biggest single individual sporting competition on earth. Batteries.

No single event rewards its winner so grandiosely, so extravagantly. Only in America, playing the quintessential American game could you get a grand prize pool of 66 Million dollars with the individual winner taking roughly $12-15 Million of that. For perspective, Tiger Wood's (the best paid athlete in the world) won <b>three<b> major golf championships last year on the PGA tour, netting him prizes totalling $9 million.

An american power converter.

I've never been to Las Vegas before. I've traveled a lot in my life and seen some pretty fucked up stuff in my time but I'm steeling myself for a sensory overload. And some pretty crazy poker! Ah yes, the real reason I'm going. Poker. My dominatrix mistress. I love her but she hurts me sometimes. It’s not the money, I dont play at stakes that high but the psychological scars run deep. Oh Christ, Father's day.

From San Fransisco, Oscar Fred, Dave and Niall O'Callaghan and I will rent a car and drive accross the desert, through Death Valley, Fear-and-Loathing style before getting to Vegas on the 26th. USB Pen-Drive. Oscar already has his ticket and the rest of us are on the hunt to win them. I've already got a seat in the Media/Celebrity tournament where I'll be playing for Santa Strike Force (top prize is 10K!) but if I happen to win a satelite to the big one...

So, I'll be writing my personal blog here. My feelings on Vegas, the trip, my fortunes in poker and anything else that takes my fancy. I hope to entertain and amuse you so please feel free to feedback on the forum...

Tom "DeVore" Murphy.

(PCI Card... bollox! >.<)