B.C. Poker Champs in Vancouver
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - Tiffany M
I just got back from Vancouver for the B.C. Poker Champs where I had one of
the best times at a poker tournament. Lacey Jones, Maria Ho, Liz Lieu and I
were given the Penthouse Suite at the River Rock Casino and were treated
like stars during our stay! I’m used to the glitz, glamour and
pretentiousness of Vegas casinos so it was a breath of fresh air being at
the River Rock where the theme and vibe is very chill, lodgey and rustic.
My favorite part was the ceiling of the casino which looked like you’re
staring up at the midnight sky, filled with twinkling stars.
The main event was a $2700 buy-in, with over 600 players and a great
structure but somehow Liz, Lacey, Maria and I were all out on Day 1, lol. I
have to admit, even though you feel like a total loser busting out so early
I much prefer that compared to grinding it out for a few days, going deep
and THEN busting or bubbling. With the spare time on our hands we drank,
dined, threw a few parties in the penthouse, had a jam session around the
fireplace (thanks to Devo bringing his guitar) and spent lots of time
sweating Daniel Negreanu who eventually went on to win the whole event.
Lacey, Maria and I also did some fun PR stuff – signing autographs and
shooting a piece for ‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ with Shaun Majumder (a
popular Canadian comedian) which will air on CBC TV in Canada Dec 2nd at
8:30pm.
Possibly the highlight of the trip was the night we went to club Caprice in
downtown Vancouver. The previous night David Williams and some of his guys
went to a club where they had a table reserved and almost couldn’t get in
because they were wearing Ed Hardy and Affliction clothes… which we came
to find out is considered gang wear in Canada! Ha Ha. They were only
admitted once they turned their shirts inside out. We had our own ‘gang’
experience at Caprice. A group of us were sitting at our VIP table and the
next this we know the freakin’ Gang Special Force Task is confiscating all
of our guy’s ID’s which is Brad Booth, Gavin Smith, Steve Sung and a few
others. At first we think they’re just checking to see if anyone is under
age, which is weird anyway because in Canada ‘19′ is considered legal and it
was obvious all our men were over age. The cops completely disappear for
like 20 minutes with the ID’s and passports while we wonder what is going
on and if they’re even coming back. When they return Brad Booth goes up to
this little officer to figure out what’s going on and is told that we had a
gang member sitting at our table, which is ridiculous. Brad assures him
that nobody in our group is a gang member and then the cop gets an attitude
and says, “I’M NOT ASKING YOU, I’M TELLING YOU!” Brad’s response, “I’m just
saying I don’t believe you.” I literally started busting up laughing… who
tells a cop who’s having a power trip, “I don’t believe you”?! Brad Booth
apparently, lol. Well the ‘gang’ member who was supposedly in our group
must not have a bad enough rap because nobody got arrested and the cops just
left. I love Canada but they’ve got some weird procedures when it relates
to gang stuff.
Hope everyone has a FINGER-LICKIN’ TASTY THANKSGIVING! My mom and brother
are chefs so I have to admit T-Day at my house is almost better than
Christmas! Until next time…
Much Love xx
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Tags: BCPC, Daniel Negreanu, Tiffany "Tiffany M" Michelle
November 26th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Awesome… the River Rock is the best! That’s great you all had a good time up here. Police are a little weird about the gangs up here for sure, but apparently it is a problem that’s getting worse. Most of us are pretty normal though!