Strange Moon Rising
November 8, 2009 by The Vegas Tourist
This is a strange weekend for us and Vegas events. Never sure if poker is a sport or an event. Either way, this weekend is wrapping up with some strange results.
Sazzy and I are trying to cover the World Series of Poker, over at the Rio. That went into record overtime. The November Nine played for a record fourteen hours that brought them down to the strangest matchup in years. David Moon and Joeseph Cada. A self employed logger verses a overly hyped up 21 year old poker pro. Cada is out of his element here, but seems to have the magical touch.
Over at the Thomas and Mack, we are covering the bull riders who are pulling off their own nail biter to the finish. The race for first is closer than Mayor Oscar Goodman is to a martini glass. Last night was the 6 of 8 rounds and ended up in a five way tie for first place. A first.
Kody Lostroh, (who is in the running for first overall) Arron Roy, Cody Nance, Robson Polermo, Brian Canter all rode for eight seconds and a score of 89.25.
PBR finishes today
WSOP will resume for the final match up on Monday night.
tvtsports.com should have more updates coming.
Feel free to leave your comments and questions…
Off to the PBR
October 29, 2009 by The Vegas Tourist
The Vegas Tourist is off to the PBR. That annual pilgrimage of bulls, cowboys and tight Wranglers…
This year we will be well armed and ready to cover the events and excitement. The PBR has their own website that gives you their view and play by play updates… We want to give you OUR view.
To really do that and not overload the rest of you here who could give a rip about PBR, you will need to follow us on Twitter or sign up for email updates at our PBR dedictaed website thepbrlasvegas.com. We will also post recaps of PBR related events and other interesting tidbits here daily.
With Twitter and a few Twitter apps, we can post pictures and stories right from the scene of the crime… I mean the event, as they happen… As we post pictures and updates, twitter sends out an update and a link back to the website. Even if you are not on Twitter, you can keep up with us as we post via email. Just go to the upper right hand corner of thepbrlasvegas website and sign up for Enews and updates. As we post, an alert will be sent to your email giving you a brief synopsis of the actual post. Plus a link to the website.
Kickoff
The official kickoff to the event happens tonight downtown on the Fremont Street Experience. That’s where they will have all the riders and many of the die hard fans… The events start off at about 5pm with the introductions and the draft starting at about 7pm. The draft is where the riders pick the bulls they will ride the first night. The higher up yo are on the list, the better selection you have of the bulls. This should get interesting.
So sign up for the emails or look for TheVegasTourist on Twitter.
Mark Anthony
