Post by Staff on Sept 19, 2006 3:17:17 GMT -5
Well, I just returned from CAC Las Vegas and wow was that fun.
The Thursday night party at Tangerine (Treasure Island) was sick. I must give it up to Brandon from StinkyFishPoker.net for throwing a sick party. I ended up closing down the club and got back to my hotel around 7am after a few drinks at the Venetian with a young lady I met at the party.
As far as the convention... I think the speakers they had at the workshops could have been better. I didn't really learn too much new and thought getting some industry leaders from Google, Yahoo and MSN would have been nice.
I really think the main objective of these things is to network, cause unless you're a complete newbie, you probably won't learn much, but you can definitely take advantage of meeting face to face with top executives and affiliate managers.
All in all I thought it was a good convention. All the worries of the convention being raided were a little blown out of proportion. I will admit I did look around for a minute when I got off the plane though.
Mark Lesnick also offered everyone who attended the Vegas convention a free pass into the Amsterdam convention which was a pretty cool gesture on this part. He said it was because we had guts and we seperated the men from the boys by showing up. Now I won't go that far, but I did appreciate the gesture. He even went as far as posting a big board when you walk into the convention that simply said "GUTS". LOL
While in Vegas I did get to hang around with Jeremy from PAW, Brandon from StinkyFishPoker, Dan from MacPokerOnline and his wild girlfriend, Justin from OhioStatePoker and many other affiliate managers including the very cute Carly from PokerAffiliate.
It was a great time and can't wait for Amsterdam.
Here are a few pics from the convention. After looking at these I've really decided that I need to use some "Just for Men". Man my hair is grey for how young I am. Guess that's what stress does to you.
CAC Las Vegas Pictures
Bryan
The Thursday night party at Tangerine (Treasure Island) was sick. I must give it up to Brandon from StinkyFishPoker.net for throwing a sick party. I ended up closing down the club and got back to my hotel around 7am after a few drinks at the Venetian with a young lady I met at the party.
As far as the convention... I think the speakers they had at the workshops could have been better. I didn't really learn too much new and thought getting some industry leaders from Google, Yahoo and MSN would have been nice.
I really think the main objective of these things is to network, cause unless you're a complete newbie, you probably won't learn much, but you can definitely take advantage of meeting face to face with top executives and affiliate managers.
All in all I thought it was a good convention. All the worries of the convention being raided were a little blown out of proportion. I will admit I did look around for a minute when I got off the plane though.
Mark Lesnick also offered everyone who attended the Vegas convention a free pass into the Amsterdam convention which was a pretty cool gesture on this part. He said it was because we had guts and we seperated the men from the boys by showing up. Now I won't go that far, but I did appreciate the gesture. He even went as far as posting a big board when you walk into the convention that simply said "GUTS". LOL
While in Vegas I did get to hang around with Jeremy from PAW, Brandon from StinkyFishPoker, Dan from MacPokerOnline and his wild girlfriend, Justin from OhioStatePoker and many other affiliate managers including the very cute Carly from PokerAffiliate.
It was a great time and can't wait for Amsterdam.
Here are a few pics from the convention. After looking at these I've really decided that I need to use some "Just for Men". Man my hair is grey for how young I am. Guess that's what stress does to you.
CAC Las Vegas Pictures
Bryan