First off, I'd like to thank all of the people associated with putting this great show together -- our BoD members, Dawn, Mike, the various committee chairpersons, the dealers on the convention floor but most of all, the great volunteers that ALWAYS make this convention enjoyable. I spent most of my five days NOT on the convention floor looking for chips and still managed to have a fantastic time . I got to see and meet so many of the wonderful people in this hobby...and until you attend one of these conventions, you really don't know just how many great people are in this club.

Some highlights of this year's convention for me...dinner with Ralph & his lovely wife on Monday, meeting Jay's wife & son, Greg's Get-Together at the Palms, working side-by-side with Ralphie for three days, the photo ops with Greg "Yo Pimp-Dog" Susong & the rest of the PokerStars players Downtown, the SplashBar, a great banquet Wednesday & great club auction on Friday...but the best time of all was sitting down at a poker table at The Riv with Steve Passsalacqua, Greg, Howard Kaplan, Jay, Jim Serra, Doug Smith, John Z, Nate & Len Cipkins. Just a couple of hours of CONSTANT laughing and joking...oh my gosh -- it was the best time yet!!

Oh...and I got some of them there chips...

To all that didn't or couldn't attend...we missed youse!!

Steve B