Las Vegas (AP) - (Guest Blogger Tommy Hawkins) - That sound you hear is not the migration of ten thousand cicadas but the flip, click, stack of four thousand poker players fiddling with their chips. The excitement is so thick only a couple dozen of these old timers have to be shaken from their naps at the start of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) no-limit hold-em, senior division tournament. Amongst the sea of gray hair, bald heads and occassional well preserved young lady our intrepid team of Roger "Not Dead Yet (NDY)" Sippl, Neil "Cubby Bear" Blumenfield, The Chuckster and Mean Joe Sippl is off to a good start. Five hours in and no reported busts yets.
Roger lost his first hand inside the 2 minute, 5 second mark and appeared on his way to beating his 12 minute exit of last year but managed to right the ship and double up his earning by the two hour mark. Two shorts changing All-In stand offs in the 1st hour went NDY's way and boosted his confidence. Pocket Aces are your friend. Meanwhile at the Chuckster's table senior crankiness is out in force over the late arrival of one contestant and the incorrect seating of another participant by the casino staff. Someone didn't take their Geritol today.
For the spectators it's only a little more exciting than watching paint dry as our intrepid heros are only playing about 1 hand in 10. My co-spectator in crime, Rich The Napster Blass, keeps pointing out all the WSOP (so-called) celebrities to my continued answer of "Who?". Clearly I'm not watching enough ESPN2.
BREAKING NEWS!!! The Cubby Bear just had all his honey stolen and is flat busted. Details to come when we talk him back in off the ledge.
The tournament is proving to be more interesting than this morning's recap and rehash of the previous day's bad luck and play's at the Bellagio Tournament. After 15 minutes of this over breakfast I am more appreciative of my wife's complaint - Not more baseball analysis on ESPN, you've been watching that all day!
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