Saturday June 27, 2009 : Back to Sydney for Poker

I woke up at 6:45 to catch my 7:30 am train to Sydney. Unfortunately, there was track work going on between certain stations, so I had to get off at Penrith station and take a bus to Granville where I would then get on another train to go the 2 stations to Guildford where I would get off for my poker tourney. So whereas the train between Penrith and Granville should have taken like 15 minutes, the bus took more than 45 minutes. I guess because it can’t go as direct of a route as the train tracks. I then caught the next train to Guildford, then of course had to walk uphill again, with all my gear to get to the club. On the map there was only like 2 blocks between the station and the club, too bad the blocks were forever long and there was several other streets that weren’t on the map I had looked at. I did make it in time though, that was my major concern. They make this big deal that registration ends and the game begins at 11 am sharp, so I would have been pissed had I come back to Sydney from the mountains and not made it in time. Of course we didn’t end up starting till 11:30 and they were pretty much accepting registrants right up till that time. Way to stick to the strict 11 am deadline. I ran into some other people I play with down in Vincentia on Tuesday nights and was able to snag a ride home. I realized the other day, there will probably be others there from where I live, that I can try and catch a ride home with. That way, I won’t have to take 3 different trains to get back to Nowra, where Tom would have to pick me up then drive the 25 minutes home. It would take like 4 or more hours total. Whereas if I caught a ride home with someone it would be 2.5-3 and I would get dropped off at my door. Thomas who I play with graciously agreed to let me tag along in his car. I did okay in the tournament, made it till after lunch when we were merging to one big group (as opposed to 2 groups, the upstairs and the downstairs).