Glad to hear you've figured out a way to make the Big Show. I've got to go every year...it's a mental health issue for me now! I was going to post to any interested the fact that you don't need to spend a lot of money at the event, the friends you make every year offset the chips you leave on the tables. A few years ago I was having an awful 12 months and I also spent $6000 cutting cancer out of my old cat and the subsequent cremation. I don't have an extra 6gr but I knew I had to make it to the convention. Got well for the year. Even last year when I had modest funds for chips I scored pretty well and filled some holes for a lot less than I thought I ever would. Two R-10's and the COTY. Just because I did in fact make the convention. See you at the Splashbar Ron. Making my ressies tonight.