Life wasn't all bad though. My Pai Gow accidents had earned me a suite on the 57th floor at the Wynn and access to a super nice host named Michael. Since poker wasn't going too well I decided to take a day off. I called Michael and asked him to arrange a table at Tryst (Wynn's night club). At Tryst some kid came up to my and said that I was a hero in his world.

As I wasn't quite sure what I had done to deserve this recognition I kindly insisted that he should find himself a better role model. I suggested Phil Hellmuth. All in all we had a super solid night out, rediscovering the smoothness of Patron. Life still sucked but it was getting better.

After my day off I re-entered the Rio in better spirits. I was playing so much better after my break and made it to the dinner break with a decent stack and without drama.

During our dinner break I went to the VIP and found Phil Hellmuth practicing on the putting green. Phil insisted that we putt for 1k a putt, but I‚ve seen him putt every day for two weeks straight so Iwanted some kind of edge. After a couple of minutes of negotiating we agreed to putt ten putts at $500 at putt, with Phil putting one handed.

It seemed like a good deal to me, but this man has eleven bracelets, always plays above the rim and never breaks under pressure. I still liked my chances. Phil managed to sink one of his ten putts and when I sank six out of my ten Phil ended up losing $2,500. This had to be the sweetest 2.5k I ever won.

I then went on to play the 3k NL event and made it to Day 2 with a decent stack, as did Phil. Hopefully I can squeeze out a decent score form this event and post another happy blog entry tomorrow.