Weird Vegas Dream

I Watched Rounder’s again last night, this must be at least the 30th time I’ve watched it, sad really as its not much off a film, but still its the best poker film by some way which says a lot about poker films really. Re-watching Rounder’s must have been the catalyst for this really weird dream I had.

I arrive at the Rio and go to my suite and start unpacking, then Stu Ungar starts talking to me(it’s young Stuey, not the totally fucked up version), he keeps screaming at the tops of his voice “be aggressive man, damn it man, be aggressive” over and over in his thick New Yorker accent, I have to tell him to calm down as he is really excitable, then he starts frantically rifleling through my suitcase, then he turns to me and say’s, “Man, I need some action” and jumps out of the window.

Then I go down to the casino floor and start playing pontoon, I love calling black jack pontoon because it just confuses everyone under 21 and that’s always a good thing. Anyway I take the one seat and after a few minutes Chip Reese sits in the five seat opposite me. He just keeps shaking his head at me, Then I decide to split five’s and he nearly jumps out of his seat and starts screaming “you’re being an idiot, we are not here to gamble, we are here to win”, I tell him to calm down but he throws his chair to the floor and storms out, which is all very un Chip Reese.

I got to the buffet and I start walking the line but it never seems to end and there’s nothing I fancy, eventually I fill my plate with chips and pea’s and take a seat. After a few minutes Doyle Brunson sits in the seat opposite, He looks me in the eye and say’s, “You know, the key to No-Limit hold’em, is putting a man to a decision for all his chips”, I nod to him knowingly, then he looks down at my plate and say’s “you going to eat those?”, before I can answer his started tucking in to my chips and pea’s. I sit there and watch him eat my dinner and I’m smiling, then the alarm went off.

Jesus, I really need a break, hard to imagine that in 13 days time I’ll be playing the main event.

My list of Don’ts…

1.) Accept Daniel's offer to head back to his trailer 'for a backrub'
2.) Ask Howard, "How's it going?'
3.) Drink the water, its like $8 dollars a fecking bottle in The Rio
4.) Get moved to the TV table and shout snap after every flop
5.) Wear my full tilt/UB/AP cap and T-Shirt
6.) Keep asking American online players at my table if they know why I can't get on Stars from my laptop on the hotel's wifi?
7.) Ask Freedie Deeb for his autograph whilst telling him he was fucking hilarious in 'Twins'
8.) Don't ask Phil Ivey how married life is going!
9.) Ask Jerry Yang, "where the hookers and blow at Bro?"
10.)Put a $20 down Jenn Tilly's top and wink at her and say, "that's for the twins, Treacle"
11.) Ask David Williams if he has any videos on release, preferably something in regards to worshipping...
12.) Get seated next to Doyle Brunson, call the floor and ask for a seat change because "this old fella smells of an unholy mixture of vic’s vapour rub and werthers originals"


Now I need to start a list of Do’s.