Almost poker time

Well, after surviving a three hour train ride and getting ripped off by our cabbie, we finally have made it to our hotel back in Vienna. Salzburg overall was really awesome and I would recomend it to anyone traveling western Europe.

There is an opening night cocktail party for all the party poker qualifiers tonight at the "Buddah Lounge" with an open bar, which could lead to trouble. I'm meeting Shannon and his friend there and after that we may either go play some side action at the casino or crash for the night and prepare for the first day of the tournament tomorrow.

I am feeling strangely confident about this tournament, I read "Zen and the Art of Poker" twice on the train ride down here and I am feeling good about my state of mind. The book actually made me remember that as long as I make the right plays I can't worry about the outcome. As strange as it sounds I am actually looking forward to taking a bad beat and not allowing my emotions to get involved. I'm going to try to totally detach myself from the outcome so that no matter how the cards fall it will not change my reaction. Well enough about that, he's a couple pics of salzburg: