Holy Sh*t scary flight

So last night I flew from Portland to Biloxi Mississippi for the Beau Rivage WPT event. I flew from Portland with a lay-over in Dallas. As we left Dallas we were in a tiny jet that had 2 seats on the right side of the plane and only 1 seat on the left, and I had to duck to walk down the walkway to my seat. Talk about tiny. I sit down and we take off. So far not so bad except that it is so small you can feel every bump we hit. Then we get about 30 minutes out of Dallas and the turbulence starts we are up and down, dropping and swaying, I am like ok 1 more hour and I can put my feet on the ground. Yeah that was just the beginning as I see the plane light flashing really bright outside in the darkeness; except it is brighter then expected so I look outside to see lightning all around the sky. and the clouds are now visible because of the bright flashes.

Ok, now this gets my attention, and it is not like it is far away it is all around us and we are bumping all over the place and I feel my hair standing on end, well not really because I am bald, but if I had hair it would of been. It is one of those things that is really pretty to look at from a distance but when it is going sideways across the sky and very close it is a little unnerving. Then the rain started coming down and the clouds got darker and darker. So I just sat in my seat with my belt cinched down ready to get hit by a bolt. It seemed like a long time and finally the pilot comes on and says," Hi folks this is your captain we are 15 minutes from the airport and we have word that the weather is bad and we might encounter some turbulence, so please stay seated for the remainder of the flight. OK... what have we been encountering, is it normal in the south to have drops and sways in the flight that make your stomach do somesaults like going over a hill when you were with your parents as a kid. Oh he was right, about 2 minutes later I thought I was at an amusement park up and down, side to side all with the special effects of lightning. Then all of a sudden the engines begin to whine and we are in a nose dive; felt like straight down throught the bolts and rain to a not very well lit runway.... It turned into one of those rides where you start to laugh because you know you are just going to die. Well as you can see I made it to Biloxi as I am writing this blog. But I will tell you what don't want to do that again.

Thursday is the main event and I am going to play in a Satellite tomorrow to try and get into it cheap for 1k vs. 10k. I will update the blog tomorrow with the results.