Why do I have a blog? For nights like this…

Yeah, it was time to go to the Playboy Mansion on Saturday, and I must say, it was a good time. But, I think the quote of the night comes from Erick Lindgren, who as we boarded the shuttle back to our cars, said ‘This was so much better in my mind.’. Not that it wasn’t a pleasure to be there – it absolutely was. Cheers to Brian & Chris of Poker Royalty for making a young boy from Redondo Beach’s dreams come true.

The event was sponsored by PokerHost, and was a benefit for the Urban Health Institute. A lot of top pros were there, and every one saddled up for the fastest structured poker tournament that wasn’t played at Binion’s 2 minutes before the main event started. We started with 3,000 chips, the blinds were 100/200. I started on the button, and by the time it was my Big Blind, the blinds were 400/800. Nice.

The mansion is really cool. Its hard to believe places like this exist in Los Angeles. Just the sheer acreage boggles the mind. Reportedly, if you stay here, you can order anything you want…..at any time….and I quote

“Hi, I would like a Ribeye Steak with Baked Potato, and a bottle of Gentleman Jim…Yes, I know its 7:14 am” - Jonathan Gray.

The grounds are immaculate, and there is more bling in the driveway than most people will earn 10% of in their entire lives. We didn’t get to go inside the mansion, or go down and see the monkeys, but it was still top notch.

A lot of money was raised for a good cause, and there were a lot of cool people there…though to be fair, the next trust fund kid I see wearing a sportcoat and a baseball hat sideways gets punched in the face.

But, I digress.

People I saw at the thing – Don Cheadle (who won the event), Anthony Anderson, Tara Reid, Mekhi Phifer, Shannon Elizabeth, Ted Forrest, David Williams, Daniel Negreanu, Grinder & Lily, Gavin ‘life of any party’ Smith, Oliver Hudson, Hoyt Corkins, Amir Vahedi, Josh Arieh, Johnny World, David Oppenheimer, and more.

Apparently, there was nakidness in the grotto pool, but long after I departed. I got to hang with Pauly, and met people like CJ, and Spaceman, and Al Can’t Hang, who couldn’t have been more drunk….10 minutes into the party.

This would have been something Jen would have absolutely loved. But, I was forced to fly solo, and play a very poor wingman for a marketing director of an online poker site.

Oh, the poker – yes. Let me give you my hand history for the entire night. 9c4c FOLD, 10 2 – Fold, 4d 6d - fold (that was the mistake), J 2 – FOLD, Q7 consider….FOLD, 2 4, FOLD. K 8 Off suit (Big Blind) – Call All In. Goodnight, now. GG Schecky.