Been in Vegas for last 2 weeks and might surprise you to learn I played a bit of poker 
actually not too much
Spent the first 3 nights downtown in the Golden Nugget and foolishly decided to play the 2am tourney at Binions after a load of beer and being up for 30 hours
Anyway decided that due to being tired I wasn't going to play 3 hours and then bubble as it was **** or bust
3 hands in I haveA7 in BB , flop 567 2 spades, SB bets 500 and I raise to 1800 ( we only started with 2000 but I wanted to be sure to shift anyone with 2 spades/overcards and as I say I was going for it )
turn 7 spades , river K spades
other player chucks his last few in so I had to call for rest of my stack, he shows 2d 9s , so one spade and a gutshot when he called my re raise
quote from my missus who was watching "is he ****ing stupid ? "
ah well , next lunchtime tourney busted out when 3 of us flopped a set
then spent 3 daytimes playing 1-3-6 limit in the El Cortez, A real old place with an amazing bunch of characters, most 70+ with various odd mannerisms and odours
most notable player was a bloke in his late 80s who played for over 8 hours a day, after talking to him turns out he is Jackie Gaughan who has owned about 10 casinos in Vegas inc being involved in the Flamingo with Bugsy Siegel , had a few chats but decided some subjects best avoided, 1950's casino owners had reputations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Gaughan
After a few nights we moved onto the strip where I played a few small tournaments, had one win and one second but nothing great, the lower end tournaments are real harsh with about 2000 chips, 20 min levels and 40 player ones are over in 3 hours
actually not too much Spent the first 3 nights downtown in the Golden Nugget and foolishly decided to play the 2am tourney at Binions after a load of beer and being up for 30 hours
Anyway decided that due to being tired I wasn't going to play 3 hours and then bubble as it was **** or bust
3 hands in I haveA7 in BB , flop 567 2 spades, SB bets 500 and I raise to 1800 ( we only started with 2000 but I wanted to be sure to shift anyone with 2 spades/overcards and as I say I was going for it )
turn 7 spades , river K spades
other player chucks his last few in so I had to call for rest of my stack, he shows 2d 9s , so one spade and a gutshot when he called my re raise
quote from my missus who was watching "is he ****ing stupid ? "
ah well , next lunchtime tourney busted out when 3 of us flopped a set
then spent 3 daytimes playing 1-3-6 limit in the El Cortez, A real old place with an amazing bunch of characters, most 70+ with various odd mannerisms and odours
most notable player was a bloke in his late 80s who played for over 8 hours a day, after talking to him turns out he is Jackie Gaughan who has owned about 10 casinos in Vegas inc being involved in the Flamingo with Bugsy Siegel , had a few chats but decided some subjects best avoided, 1950's casino owners had reputations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Gaughan
After a few nights we moved onto the strip where I played a few small tournaments, had one win and one second but nothing great, the lower end tournaments are real harsh with about 2000 chips, 20 min levels and 40 player ones are over in 3 hours
