In about 19 hours I'll be on my way to Las Vegas. I can't wait to see what I will find there. I'm traveling light armor, only a few changes of clothes, the bare necessities. Monday and Tuesday have been great -- I interviewed Josh Arieh on his WSOP pot-limit Omaha win- his second bracelet. He's such a nice guy on the phone that I was a little shocked last year doing the write up of his third-place finish in the WSOP main event and then seeing the ESPN footage. He says he's had a six-year drought of major tourneys, so the win over Jesus Ferguson must have been incredibly redeeming for him. Tuesday I got to talk to Matthew Hilger, author of Internet Texas Hold'em and a money finisher in the WSOP main event last year. Like Arieh, he's an Atlanta area resident and Hilger is back in town after playing several WSOP tourneys. He placed in the money in two and broke even, which is impressive. It was great talking to him about what the venue at the Rio is like -- Hilger says it's pretty good -- and I'm incredibly excited to go there. But a torch has been passed. This year's Main Event will have the final table featured at the Horseshoe and then that's it. Harrah's of course bought the rights to the WSOP and the games forever more will be on Harrah's properties such as the Rio. I'm excited to try my hand at a $50 satellite at the WSOP- winner takes all -- $500. Matt said he didn't play in any but he hears that the tables are fairly easy. He hasn't had a chance to play at the Wynn yet-- I can't wait to do this. We also talked Tunica. He was there for the Jack Binion Open in January and said there really isn't too much to do there but gamble. I'm still looking forward to that. So hopefully soon I'll be sitting at a table, hearing chips ruffle and seeing cards being dealt. It'll be great to be there at the same time as the WSOP but I'm really just wanting to be there to play.

Source: Poker Cats