The 2006 World Series of Poker

Kerri and I just returned from 3 weeks in Las Vegas for the 2006 World Series of Poker. 3 days can be a long time in Vegas, so you can only imagine what 3 weeks was like. :-) We stayed at the Rio the whole time because that is where the World Series is held and it was actually quite nice. All of the rooms are "suites" so they are a little bigger than normal which made a real difference given the amount of time we were there.

2006 World Series of Poker

We spent most of our time working at the Paradise Poker booth at the Gaming Expo, watching the Main Event, or helping run the Roller Girls, the street marketing team that was promoting Paradise throughout Vegas during the tournament.

Dinner at Batista's

Ladies at Hard Rock

We had a lot of visitors. Marsha and Ken. Michael and Alyssa. Brooke and Pat. Allyson. We always make sure to get two queens wherever we go so that friends and family can come and stay with us!

Pat and Brooke

Ladies Eating Cotton Candy

Kerri had quite the luck with the pokerati. She ran into Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (2001 World Series Champion) several times (he was staying on our floor) and talked to him for 20 minutes one day. The next night we were up at the Voodoo Lounge in the Rio and she met Steve Dannenmann (2005 World Series Runner up and winner of $4+ million).

Ladies and Steve Dannenmann

Jamie Gold walked away as the 2006 Champion and winner of $12 million. Not too shabby for two weeks' worth of work. Although he may not be able to keep it all.

And Sadie is "All-In"