Brief, as in my stay in the tourneys. If you blinked you didn't see me. I was 5th out in the nlhe, getting crippled when I couldn't get away from KK (having made a preflop raise) versus Q7 (flop of 77Q). But I did well enough (actually, quite well) in ring games playing mostly $1/$2 nlhe and the pink game.

I enjoyed meeting many new faces and getting reacquainted with some people I rarely see. Pizzaman, Tom Kelly, Jester, and many, many others are in this group. I hope many of you -- especially the 8-2 group -- will consider BARGE. You'll have a blast.

Much kudos to Goldie for running an event that ran like clockwork. I know what's involved in organizing an ARG event so his hosting (and hosting of me) was greatly appreciated. As to the Taj, here's the good, bad and ugly:

The good: They ran the games we wanted, and the tournament structures generally were outstanding. If anything, the nlhe ran too long!

The bad: Some of their dealers were clueless. Reading a board? We don't need to read no boards!

The ugly: The chips. Binion's never looked so good.

Overall, I wish this could be on my calendar annually. Thanks again for the break from drudgery (taxes).

-- Russ Fox