The last day of the trip.  Not officially but Monday is more of a travel day.  I didn't have any official plans today and just play it by ear.  I talked with the meet up boys and they were going to go to the Rio to sweat John A and Bob in the wsop event so we decided to follow suit. 

When we arrived at the Rio, the crew wasn't there yet so the three us of went and ate at the Sao Paulo cafe.  Ate a Belgian waffle and put in a couple of Keno cards but unfortunately, didn't win big.  I wound up losing sides bets to Jason and Justin though because I run just as bad at Keno.  Finished our meal and wandered back into the Pavilion room and thats where we saw the gang playing cash games.  Found John A and Bob and wished them the best of luck in the tourney and I was headed to play a single table satellite. 

As luck would have it, another 4th place finished and another 3 way chop.  Wandered around a bit and got to witness Tom Dwan multitable the 1500 NLHE event, $1500 2-7 event, and about an hour away from 3-tabling the 10K Stud 8.  He busted out of the 2-7 prior to the stud event.  He wound up taking 2nd in that 1500 event and according to sources, he would have banked over 2 mil from prop bets if he would have taken down that bracelet in addition to the 600K first prize.  I bet he'd be fun to prop bet with...

I entered in another single table satellite which I proceeded to take 4th in so I won't bore you with the details.  If only 4th was the new 1st.  I bumped into Rob Mathis too while he was covering the 10K stud 8 event and we chatted it up for a while.  By this time, the crew had migrated over to the Imperial Palace, playing their crazy mix game.  I was a little poker'd out so we went back to Hooters and grabbed dinner at the Mad Onion one last time.  I had a tasty prime rib accompanied with a Corona.  That's right, a beer.  No margarita or some other fo fo drink. 

After dinner, Justin and Jason called it a night since they wanted to leave at 6am and Justin still has to drive to Jackson Hole from SLC.  I, on the other hand, don't like to sleep so I met up with the group over at the Imperial Palace.  I didn't immediately sit in but just watched Bruce, OEric, and Rich play.  From my obersavation, the table was pretty passive and everybody was just having a good ol time.  Before long, OEric got up so I took his spot.  Played for an hour, won $50 and the game broke.  Rich dropped me off at Hooter's and that pretty much concluded our trip. 

Overall, it was a really fun trip.  I stayed within my budget and felt like I was a handful of hands away from making a deeper run and a big score.  I'm disappointed but I always am unless I take first.  At the end of the day, I felt like I played well and Rich as taught me to not be too caught up on the results.  They will come.  I had a great time hanging out with all my poker buddies and some friends I hadn't seen in a long time.  For those that couldn't make it, there's always next time.  What's could be more fun that hanging out with a bunch of degenerates in the city that encourages that behavior?  Be sure to be on the bus for the next trip!

TK