First Day

Well, I said goodbye to Brant today and Sarah and I headed to Melbourne. The hotel had our room ready for us, it's really nice. There's a huge mall and a big casino and dozens of restaurants in the "Crown Complex". Then we went and met with the party poker people and they gave me an enormous bag of merchandise they are encouraging me to wear. The Speed Tournament (the smaller one I'm in), which is Friday, is going to be on TV in the States on Fox Sports! The Main Event most likely will be as well, though they don't know what network will carry it. I had to sign consent forms so that they can use my name and likeness any way they wish. I've got to pick out some cute outfits. We walked around Melbourne for a couple hours but it was so hot and muggy we came back. I played cards all night. I got 3rd in a satellite and it was fun b/c people were surrounding our table watching. Unfortunately, 3rd didn't get me anything. There is a stage set up for the final table, and I'm going to try my best to get there. Amazingly enough, I ran into several people in the tournament that already have the money allocated and spent in their heads like me... don't they know I'm going to win? It's going to be tough, these guys are so quick with the outs and pot odds and stuff. There are extremely few women players, but apparently 4 of the 102 from Party Poker are women, myself included. I met many people playing cards tonight, a ton of which are from Party Poker. It was fun. So far no winnings to report, but I'm having a great time!