The Rio continues to do an excellent job of running the WSOP each year. With so many events, players, fans, press, etc. you'd think it would be far more chaotic. Luckily, the Rio has their crap together which allows poker fans like me to get up close and personal with the pros, but with enough security around so no one goes ape sh*t after suffering a bad beat to Hellmuth and witnessing his over-the-top celebration.
Besides that, the Carnival Buffet is damn near top-notch, which is evident by the fact that we ate there twice within 5 hours (get the Buffet of Buffets pass). Give us a break! They had changed out MOST of the entrees by then, ha ha...