Blogging from the hotel right now. 20EUR/day for internet, anyone?
After having a couple of 10$ beers down in the lobby, we decided to head to a supermarket and stock up on this necessary resource. The whole trip took about 40minutes and saved us about 200$.
I wish I had my camera-comp cord with me, because the first recognizable face I had a picture with was Daniel Negreanu. Pretty cool.
I saw Tony G, Eric Seidel, Joseph Hachem, and a few other well-known pros in the lobby while I was down there. I’m sure I’ll get to meet + get a picture with many more of these folks in the next few days.
As far as the tournament goes – I’m very happy with the blind structure, and think it will give me a solid advantage. I definitely excel with lower blinds, as opposed to the shove-fests that online tournaments often turn into. On top of that, I’ll be playing on day 1a, which means I get a 1-day break to recoup. Definitely happy with these updates.
I’ll update as I can – I’m still looking to find the players lounge (which may not yet be set up, i’m not sure) which should have free beer and wifi.
We were in Nice for a day before this. Nice was nice, the weather was not. It has pretty much been raining since we got here. The atmosphere in Nice was great, and we loved every restaurant that we visited. It is a great people-watching city.
If you ever visit Nice, beware the dog shit. There are a LOT of people walking their dogs around town, and apparently they can just shit wherever they want. A sidewalk is no sanctuary from their turds, so keep an eye out!
That’s it for today. My first day of the tournament is tomorrow at noon, so GL me!
Good luck. Guess I fucked around too long before getting a peice of you in this one, suppose with my luck you’ll win it now. Heard everything was super expensive there. Based on your trip report I’m deciding on there or PCA for my SNE tourney pick next year, so keep it coming.