Thank you, and again to everyone else who has wished me good luck.
You betcha, I'm going there with the attitude that it's going to be a blast.
Deb and I plan to have a rip-roaring good time, but I am also not foolish
enough to go there unarmed. I'm practicing chip counting and many
other skills used by top-level players in preparation for this event.
Jefferson's quote is very appropriate, and believe me - I am working hard!
- Brian in MI 
In a message dated 12/21/2006 2:38:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,
nemartin2002@yahoo.com writes:
I join in with everyone else wishing you the best of good fortune. I
also want to remind you that of equal importance is the idea
of "having a good time". Revel in the sheer pride of accomplishing
what you have so far and what is to come. And although "the luck of
the draw" is a key component in gambling, remember what Thomas
Jefferson said about luck:"I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more
I have of it."
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