I played in the 2004 Poker Classic in Aruba, buy-in was $6k. I got knocked out in around 300th place, did well in some of the other smaller tournaments though, paid for the trip with the other smaller tournaments. I was running card dead and my steals weren't working well. I had to lay down a straight when board came down 3 flush as I put him on the flush draw which cost me quite a few chips. I did double up off Phil Gordon at one point though he had QQ and I had KK, so didn't really outplay him, just happened to get a better hand that held up. The crowd at Carlos n Charlies the night before tourney started was pretty crazy, a lot of the big names were there, Annie Duke, Ben Affleck, Antonio Esfandiari, among others. Good times.