Another great day at Pubcon. I woke up real late, had Dim Sum at Red 8 at the Wynn. If you are still in Vegas, go there tomorrow for breakfast, which I believe is from 11:00 to 3:00. Ask for the Dim Sum menu and order away. You will feel as if you are in Hong Kong. It is some of my favorite food. They only serve Dim Sum on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I will be there all three days.

I spent a great evening with Aaron Chronister of Mad Hat Media, who taught me a few things that I had not yet heard. A very, very intelligent individual who obviously has a very kind heart and was exceedingly helpful to me. He gave me a fantastic idea about how to capture leads on my site instead of just waiting for them to call using a simple form.

Rhea was also there, and has a great story that I hope to post here within a few days.

The place is full of Britts who are hear to see a huge fight that I have heard is between an undefeated American and an undefeated Britt. If you want to feel a bit safer around the Wynn with this pumped up crowd around, simply refer to them often and genuinely as mate, and as you walk off say either Cheers, or Cheers Mate! It helps to visualize Brad Pitt in the movie Snatch.

Here are a few more photos from the tournament. I would like very much to receive any stories you might have about your playing in the tournament. I am going to try to put together pages about as many players as I have time for, each player with a page.

If you write me a short story or stories about your experience playing it will be greatly appreciated. Anyone who sends me a story by Friday the 14th that gets used on this blog will win a T-shirt, although you will have to paypal over $10 for shipping and handling.

You do not have to have been a player. You can be a friend of a player, or even someone who just heard a rumor.

O.K. Here are some more photos.

Jeremy’s table preparing to play.

Getting ready to play.

How much more James Bond can you get?

Pam, clearly causing some distraction to the other players, even before the first hand is dealt. Make sure listen to her suggestions as to how to pack for Pubcon. I followed the tips exactly and it has worked well.

David from Red Fly’s table.

That is just a quick few more pics from the tournament. Please comment the names of any players you know, so I can begin to put together players pages.

By the way the answer to the question is, “Yes I will be doing this tournament again next year, and yes we will be taking sponsors. It was such a massive success that I have come up with all kinds of great ideas to make it more fun, more Vegas, more food and drinks, and better service along with a place for the guests and hangers on to be even more comfortable. Those sponsors who had faith in me for the first year will be given preference over any others, as loyalty is a rare and valuable commodity these days. I will yack more about this in the months to come.

So please send me some quick articles, a paragraph, story, or just plain gossip about any of the players and the tournament. I would also like to create a page on Dax and Stefan Juhl who both were the inspirations of the tournament, and who both of which did not even play! Although Dax did grace us with his presence. He arrived elegantly dressed, and was a gentleman as always.

Matt Cutts, who as you all know, I follow his advice to the letter, did not attend which disappointed me, but he did accept a t-shirt which thrilled me! I also gave one to Danny Sulivan, and Brett Tabke who also accepted the T-shirt.

And in all seriousness, thank you again to all of you, especially Brett, Matt, and Danny who without your help oddly enough this tournament would never have taken place! So thank you yet one more time for all of the awesome help you have given me.

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