ok poker fans, we're back in exciting
las vegas and this morning's quest for rewards finds us over at the fabulous
flamingo.
we kickoff the gambling with some $10 blackjack and the double downs just KILL us here at the
pink bird. it's so bad that if I don't double down this game is a win. instead it's a $120 loss and there's big news right outside the casino doors as it's RAINING IN LAS VEGAS.
i'm standing there watching the rain when i'm approached by a prostitute asking if I want to have some "fun." last year I think I saw one prostitute but this year I encounter dozens. "I MUST be getting uglier," I remind myself. I don't have any "fun" but maybe next year (if there IS a next year) i'll give up the gambling and just do a prostitutes vacation? I could maybe save some money that way!!
anyhow there's still business to do at
flamingo and I grind out $1 on a double diamond machine for my first slots "win" of the trip!! just as I hold on for "victory" in the shadows of the 25th tier credit and alarm goes off throughout the casino. it keeps blaring over and over and over, only interrupted ever so often by an automated
pink bird message that says "
an alarm has been activated, we are investigating the cause!"
we begin a long night of poker down at the
Excalibur
where I get a chance to meet the famous youtube poker vlogger
trooper97. the trooper seemed like a pretty nice guy actually (pretty calm for drinking all that coffee) and I told him I enjoyed the videos, especially the Baltimore and atlantic city trip!!
I shoulda went in his 1-2 game but instead begin the night with some 2-6 spread limit. with A2s on the button I limp behind the field and flop an ace on a board that runs out AQXXX. a woman in early position has me outkicked but seems content to check it down but a Q8 somehow gets the idea that he's best here and costs me $5 on the river. later though I flop a flush with Q9s from the button and hold off the (single) blind who flopped a baby flush and redraw to a straight flush. the game breaks and I book a $48 win and walk back down to the
Bellagio where I jump into a 48 limit (1/2 kill) contest.
in just my second hand at the table AA falls to 94s..... and NOT from the blinds. at the Bellagio? really? is NOTHING sacred? oh, that's right....
it's four eight.... what a joke!!
five minutes later with KTs on the button I see a flop of k 83. a young Russian bets and I raise. yes, i'm beating him here. he has AQ..... a three outer.... which makes him look like a genius when OF COURSE the ace comes on the turn.
MONTH AFTER MONTH AFTER MONTH I just get POUNDED poker fans.
a couple missed draws later i'm down $99 but against players this bad I just need time and I get just enough; storming back for a mighty $9 win just before this prime time game right in the heart of the las vegas strip.... also breaks.
outside it's raining again.
next:
DON'T DO IT PROXIMITY!!
quest -119 (+373)
poker
--Excalibur +48
--Bellagio +9
----trip -126 (4-6)
