Archive for July 13th, 2009

When I made it through to Day 3 of the WSOP, my girlfriend came out to Las Vegas to be with me. Sadly, there didn’t turn out to be much more poker to watch, so we took the next few days to travel in the area. We were in Bryce Canyon last night, and tonight we’re staying in a quiet little Mormon town called St. George. Quiet except…

So we were outside in the pool, about to come in and shower before dinner. I was toweling off when I heard a sudden, angry shout, “Get down! Get down on the fucking ground!” I didn’t even really panic, because although it’s a scary thing to hear, you just don’t expect to get robbed in a La Quinta pool. I mean, is there a stupider place to try to rob someone than a hotel pool?

I looked up, and sure enough there were two men with two guns drawn. Thankfully, they were pointed at a third guy, who is indeed face-down on the ground. As best I could tell, the two with guns were undercover police officers. In any event, they had got no interest in us, so we quickly headed back inside. It was pretty surreal though to see guns brandished at a hotel pool in Mormonville.  Read the complete post...