Grubby at PokerWorks

Saturday night, saw a late night musical about cannibalism and then joined a friend for some nonstop binge drinking.

Last call is a crazy 5 a.m., so it’s usually light outside. 

On the walk of shame toward a cab, caught this early morning haze aftermath of some just-missed revelers that had a worse night than I did.

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At the start of the main event, the World Series of Poker held a lifestyle expo that you were forced to walk through if you wanted to enter the Amazon convention room, where the WSOP was taking place.

Most of the booths were giving away samples of magazines, energy drinks, hats, poker chips, etc.

This couple took swag collecting to the extreme, stuffing bags full of junk and pushing around a wheelchair filled with more bags.

Even I’m not that bad, not even bringing home hotel shampoo (though that was probably because I didn’t want to be seen carrying the liquids in the clear plastic bag).

Another booth was the PokerTek folks, showing their new Heads-up Challenge game soon to be installed in bars. A friend challenged me to a game, and we played for a lapdance. I slowplayed pocket Aces, flopped an Ace, and rivered quads.  Rigged.

Poker celebrities popped in at various booths, with empty lines for Bill Chen and online pro ElkY.

I don’t go for autographs too much (especially after a certain experience with David Sedaris), but I was glad to go up to Howard Lederer and Annie Duke and tell them how much their father’s books meant to me growing up.

Add a Jennifer Harman in there, and those were all the autographs I needed.

With the online sites gone, strip clubs Treasures, Olympic Garden, and Sapphire took up the slack by setting up booths.

Poles were in place for girls in skimpy outfits to exercise with.

Other non-strippers walked around trying to peddle $5 calendars. This one had a chocolate bar tucked into her shorts. The plight of no pockets.

The highlight for me was the inspired stripper dunk tank, sponsored jointly by Seamless and Sheri’s Cabaret.

First, the girls get ready by drying off with towels and eating hot chicken wings and Gatorade.

You then line up and retrieve three tennis balls from the cleavage of one girl, then toss it at the target.

And if your aim is good…

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