The 4pm mega satellite to the main event has been rescheduled for 6pm vegas time. The queues for the satellites are getting bigger and players are getting quite restless. Spectators are finding it hard to just walk through the corridors to check out the action but unfortunately most of the action is waiting in the hallways of the Rio Convention centre!!

Queues Galore below:

There seems to be one man wondering why he’s the only player sitting down at the table for the mega satellite! Happy days John - if the queues don’t move you might get a free ticket!

EDITORS NOTE: I never realised he was such a wooden actor….

As you know mostly everything goes in Vegas and one thing I noticed (as a woman I’m supposed to!) was the fashion! Stetsons, cowboy boots, glitter bikini tops, fish net tights, its like fancy dress! For the boys there is many a scantily clad good looking women and for the girls well they have our very own Ross O’Mullane! (So he likes to think!)

For those of you who were extremely bored yesterday and read Ross’s post! (my god he’s worse than a woman - he never shuts up! I mean I can’t get a word in edgeways and I can talk for Ireland) he was complaining about the heat! Right Ross we know it’s very hot here and you’re allowed to complain when its 116 degrees outside but when you wear a pimp like heavy purple crushed velvet blazer with jeans and a long sleeved shirt, you’re bound to be feeling a tad warm….. Under the circumstances I’d like to say “Ross.. take it off”, but then I’d have to say “Ross, please, put it away” so its a lose lose situation….I’ll settle for listening to Ross moan and moan and moan.

Note: For readers safety all photos of this jacket have been destroyed.

With only a few days remaining until the start of the main event its Turbo Mega Satellite day at the World Series of Poker. The queues are out the door and the tournament organisers are struggling to get everyone registered. If they’d remove half of the advertising they have in this place the queues probably wouldn’t look so bad!

We bumped into Phil Laak, good friend of paddypowerpoker.com. Its very hard to hold a conversation with Phil in this building because he’s constantly being asked for autographs and photographs! Esfandiari and Laak had a heads up today with Esfandiari winning ( A6 against AK) but that doesn’t hurt Phil so much - they’re still buddies!

There isn’t much cash game action at all today, everyone is going hell for leather to get a ticket to the main event (on the cheap!). The Antes Up for Africa charity event is also on today. Apparently stars such as Ben Affleck, Jason Alexander and Brad Pitt expressed interest in playing this event (Can I change my mission from Patrick to Brad anyone???). And our own Andy Black will be coming back today to see if he can win a bracelet. think this is his 54th attempt at this years WSOP!!! Good Luck Andy!

And now for the weather report - its a wopping 115 degrees today and it’s expected to be 116 - 120 tomorrow? I don’t know how people live in this city with the heat! God bless air conditioning!

We ventured over to the Rio Hotel to check out the action at the WSOP! On arrival there was a nice touch of class (and I’m not talking about me this time!) with a 100 metre red carpet laid out, 3 giant fans blowing fresh cool air and a huge white canape over the entrance displaying “Welcome to the World Series of Poker!” (grand job, task one complete - we found the right place).

First thing that struck me was the lack of directional signage showing players and spectators to the main hall and given I have serious jet lag and this building is pretty large (to say the least), you’re bound to get lost (no female jokes thank you). Luckily I heard alot of noise down one corridor so decided to head down that direction. In the distance there were stalls selling merchandise, girls giving massages and two large, ceiling high, glass cases blowing millions of dollars around inside (wonder if I could jump inside and try grab a grand to help my bank roll? hmmm?) The most bizzare sight was this guy hooked up to what looked like some serious medical contraption up his noise and this girl giving him a massage???? Sounds bizzare eh? I soon found out these medical contraptions were oxygen tanks!! Madness, but sure we’re in Vegas

The first player we met was Mel Judah who was rushing back to sit down and play another tournament. Always the gentleman (!!) Mel stopped and chatted to the PPP team and showed us into the main hall. I must admit I anticipated the room to be much bigger in size. Don’t get me wrong its huge but I guess from all the hype, I had this visual in my head of not being able to see the end of the room because it’s THAT big! The place was practically full with alot of action going on from satellites to the main event, cash games and final tables.

We met another familiar face but yet a new face to this years Irish Open - the lovely Thor Hansen. Thor was in great form (and on form at the tables too!) although he himself who rarely has critisim to offer mentioned that the organisation of the tournament was not that great and the Irish Open was the best run poker tournament in the world! (and he said we can quote him on that one - Bless!!). After talking to Thor for a few more minutes (and paying him $50 for that quote! - joke) I see out of the corner of my eye this man with a large cowboy hat! Doyle Brunson. Everywhere he walks, players and spectators alike turn their heads and acknowledge Doyle with some serious respect and he graciously acknowledges it.

The WSOP wouldn’t be the same without the Irish contingent! Who else did we see or rather hear!! Padraig Parkinson and Scott Grey having some banter in the middle of an aisle bloking up the walkway! Both as usual were full of chat and jokes and entertained the other players (and ourselves) for a good while!

Other players we saw were Andy Black (who looked pretty tired but still full of energy!), Roland De Wolfe (also tired but hey, tanned!) and last but not least my mission man on the TV table Patrik Antonius - but I’ll not go into that right now, you’ll just have to wait until tomorrow to get the gossip! (or rather give me more time to get working on this mission!). Over and out.

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Well I’m glad to say after 16 hours of travel, we’re finally in Vegas! The one thing that really hit me (and I mean quite literally) was the HEAT?? I know this is the desert but my god its like walking into an oven - I don’t think my make up will last very long on my face!!

I was in Vegas in January this year and it was great, but the atmosphere this time of year is far more exciting - maybe its all the holiday makers adding to the buzz because its the national holidays (4th July), maybe its just the fact that the WSOP is on! or maybe I’m just dead excited about taking up my mission!!!! One thing is for sure this City is quite special.

Now to find a nail salon….er I mean poker table!

Three days to go and I’ll be in Las Vegas - what more does a girl want! Bright shiny sparkly lights, endless shopping escapades aka Julie Roberts in Pretty Woman and great weather to top up a tan (out goes the bottle of St Tropez!!!) - nice dream while it lasted - This trip is all about work work work!

But thats not actually a bad thing! Most corporate trips away involve endless hours in small rooms listening to presentation after presentation. We’re gonna be in Las Vegas to spread the poker gospel about Europe’s biggest and oldest poker tournament - the Irish Open. But not only that, we’ll be there to cheer on our very own paddypowerpoker.com WSOP qualifiers!! (Best of Luck to you all!!) and I’ll be there to check out Patrik Antonius!!

Now, priorities first … I wonder where I can get my nails done in Vegas??? hmmm