A poker player friend of mine received an invitation to a Doyle Brunson event at the Hogs & Heifers Saloon in downtown Las Vegas and I decided to tag along. Glad I did!

This is a biker bar that I accidentally wandered into one night months ago in a Brioni suit. Let's just say I didn't fit in, but the clientèle sure loved my date!

It turns out that on every other Sunday they run a barbecue and band party. Here's a picture of the front of the place:

We had a great afternoon and I saw Jennifer Harman, Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, Hoyt Corkins, Phil Hellmuth, and a number of other poker pros eating and drinking (mostly drinking) at the bar.

The highlight of the afternoon was without a doubt the band. It was a band called Cash'd Out. They're based out of San Diego and they're a Johnny Cash cover band. The lead singer was fantastic. He had a terrific voice that was as Johnny Cash as any singer could be. After doing a Google search on them when I got home I found out they have many YouTube videos on the Internet that you can watch. Here's a very amateur video I took at the event itself. It's also a YouTube link:

You gotta check out this band!

Somehow I got talked into playing beer pong. I have never played this game before. My only qualification was that my partner Dave had to do the drinking. I just couldn't see drinking a beer after a ping pong ball rolling around on a dirty floor had landed in it. I said if it was vodka, I'd probably go ahead and drink it since it would kill the germs, but then again, 7 shots or more of vodka might be a little too much.

If you're into Harley motorcycles, you should definitely stop by this bar on your Vegas visit. I can't say that I'm the biker type, but I enjoyed the bar a lot, and if you're a Harley person, I think you'll love it.

If you like Johnny Cash then you've got to see this band. Their Web site is at www.cashdout.com and you can see their play schedule there. They have a lot of dates in Southern California. I wish they had more in Vegas!

Here are a few more pics of the event along with a short explanation after a few of them.

Downtown Vegas from 3rd street in front of Hogs & Heifers.

Parking in front including lots of Harley bikes and the requisite roadster.

They had a ton of $1 bills on the ceiling but some high rollers tossed a Franklin up there. Wow.

At any given time there were more bartenders dancing on the bar than there were serving drinks behind it. Having said that, I never had to wait long for my refill of Pabst Blue Ribbon. Best ... beer ... ever.

The band Cash'd Out. Awesome!

My friend Dave and his all-too-cozy stance with Doyle, along with a shy Jennifer Harman.

Doyle Brunson and Hort Corkins. Doyle is getting ready to throw the ping pong ball.

Doyle and Hoyt after their opponents landed a ball in their cups. They had to suck down the brew... per the rules. (Also note Todd Brunson on the right side of the picture.)

Me shooting in beer pong. For my first time I did pretty well and hit about 40% of my shots, but our opponents were too good and bounced us out in round one.

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