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WSOP Main Event Day One

"But most of the places that you go, the girl ain't gonna fuck you. You call the number on this card and tell them Tony sent you, you'll have a good time, if you know what I mean..." It's 10am on Tuesday July 6 2010 and I'm in the back of a cab driving through Las Vegas. I have $10,000 in my pocket. Clearly there has been some kind of misunderstanding. When I mentioned to the taxi driver that I was playing in the Main Event and then afterwards I planned to relax, he obviously took that to mean I'd like to hire a lady for night. Being the kindhearted fella that he is, he chose to advise me which escort agency to use so I didn't get 'dickrolled'. Yes he used the word dickrolled. I take Tony's card and that of the agency, pay for the cab and walk through the 40 degree early morning heat towards the back entrance of the Rio Casino. There is even a red carpet with cold air blowers to sooth my passage to the casino entrance. I bin the business ca...

Immigration

Scene: Sitting at a bar in the Gold Coast Casino, Las Vegas - 8am. The World Cup Quarter Final between Brazil and the Netherlands is on the tv in front of us. A guy sits either side of me gambling in the fruit machines which are built into the surface of the bar. Their attention is suddenly grabbed when Holland grab an equaliser to make the score 1-1 Guy on my left: Wow! That was a good score. Who are Brazil playing against. Guy on my right: New Zealand... Guy on my left: The names of those players don't sound very Australian Guy on my right: They have a lot of migration there. Guy on my left: *nods and exhales to express understanding* Both go back to their fruit machines.