The last post sounded like your mom sending you a letter of advice, so I thought I'd share a few more tips that you may find more relevant.

Between cocktails, drink a bottle of water. I ran with some pretty serious alcohol imbibers during past WSOP's, and the only way I could keep up was to stay hydrated. This will also help minimize your hangover the next day.

"Talking with the ladies" is a great buzzkill. You will go from having a great time to feeling like Sigmund Freud twiddling his thumbs in the space of about five minutes. The fact that you're in a strip club means you've got some kind of confidence or insecurity issues. It's no different for the strippers. It may even be more rampant among them. That's a brutal and competitive culture, and it's cutthroat for some of them. One girl said that after she would ask guys if they wanted a private dance, another girl would come along and say, "You probably don't want a dance from that girl. She has herpes/AIDS/STD/insert other repulsive disease here." So if you're out, drunk, at 3:00 a.m., do yourself a favor and enjoy the lap dance without asking about where the girl is from and how long she's been in Vegas. That's the door away from fantasy and towards the brutal reality of where you are and what you're doing. And whatever you do, leave the place before they turn on the lights.

I hesitate to share this, but only eight people (and my parents aren't included in that number) actually read this site, so I'm just going to throw this out there: the $4-$8 Limit game with a half-kill at the Gold Coast is the best game in Vegas for low-stakes players. Period. I have officially retired from playing poker and from any casino gambling, so I'm not afraid to share this secret with my friends.

The Japanese restaurant in the Palms (Little Buddha) is a great place for sushi, and the Mexican restaurant there is pretty damn good too. But if Mexican is your thing, go west on Flamingo and five minutes away from the Rio is a local secret called Ricardo's. Have a margarita and think of me. Better yet, invite me!

Alcohol and special enhanced brownies do not mix. Well, at least for some people. Do not try this blend at home. Could ruin your night.

The late show at the Palms is a good way to unwind after a long work day. I enjoyed the self-aggrandizing owner of the place that has his picture with some celebrity in every other ad before the movie.

BJ Nemeth is the source for all arcane poker-related knowledge. Well, between Nolan Dalla, BJ Nemeth, Jen Creason, Dr. Paully and Change100, I don't think you can stump them. Those are my go-to sources for information about all things poker. I'm not talking about gameplay. You can find better teachers than these guys! But for anything about the history, culture and mythos of poker, those are the people I'd want on my QuizMaster team.

$50 for a massage once a week is money well-spent.

I may come up with more WSOP survival tips, and if I do, you'll be the first to know.