spain Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Hung out with the wife all morning. Then decide to go hit the $150 +$20 buyin NL tourney at the Hilton. Get over there and the tournament is tomorrow. So, I sit in the lamest $1/$2 game I have ever played. Any bet, Any raise, Any action at all is folded around. It sucked and was no fun. Except I almost got into a scuffle. It is me and a Filipino local kid who are doing alot of talking and trying to have fun. Some old dude at the end of the table with a funny accent gets involved in a pot with me. After the hand, I ask him, "sir, where are you from"? An innocent question just making conversation. He says, "I am from LA". I said, "Oh. By your accent, you sounded like you may be from somewhere else". Dude goes completely off the chain on me. He says, "we are all immigrants of this country. You shut your mouth. Dont tell me I not from LA". Something about him telling me to shut my mouth in a Russian accent sent me spiraling off my nut. I said, "listen you crazy F@ck! I was just making conversation. I could care less where your non-english speaking ass is from. Why is everyone from LA and god dam nut?." Dealer's butthole puckered like somebody had poured allum all over it and requested help. I tell the brush that dude has gone off his medication and better not say another f'n word. Mr Russia keeps quiet the rest of the time I am there. I play another 20 minutes and am not into it so I leave. He glares at me with those foreign eyes as I leave the pit. Go back over to the hotel and hang out with the wife at the pool. Poolside in Vegas is off the charts. Unbelievable scenary abounds. I love it here. I want to live here. Going to meet some buddies over at Planet Hollywood for a tourney tonight. Then over to my favorite poker room, The Rio for some 2/5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 Went over to Planet Hollywood to meet up with some guys, and 1 girl from an internet poker site that I frequent. I got over there early and played some $1/$2 NL before our tournament was to begin. I bought in for the Max of $300 and ran that up to $425 in 1 hour. Then we all got into their 7:00 pm tournament with $60 buyin. It had 77 runners, top 8 got paid. I made the final table after some of the weirdest poker I have ever seen. I busted out in 10th after I pushed with QJ suited couldnt run down A 6 offsuit in what was an essentially an all in fest with skyrocketing blinds. There were 17 of us in the tourney from the website, so we all threw $10 in a pot for the one of us who lasted the longest. I chopped that $170 with another guy who made the final table with me. A word about Planet Hollywood. This casino used to be the old Alladin. They have completely re-done the entire casino and it has a young, hip vibe to it. I really like this casino and everyone needs to stop in and see what they have done to the place. The poker players are young below average players. There is some money to be made here but this is strictly a low limit room. They dont spread anything NL except 1/2. Max buyin is $300, so there isnt alot of $$ on the table. But lots of donks. They have that dam race track thing around the table just like MGM. I hate that dam thing! After the tourney I went over to my personal favorite poker room, The Rio. I am the only person that I know that likes this room, but it is definitely a cant miss for me every trip. Its weird about that but you may love a casino that I wont step foot in and vice versa. For example, I hate the MGM, but most folks love that monster. Its just a function of your own personal taste, your history there, and the vibe. I love the Rio because their lowest limit NL game is $2/$5. That means the worst NL players there have to step in game size. It usually makes for a profitable endeavor for me. Last night I played for about 5 hours and wound up down $42. First time I ever lost there, but I stayed about an hour two long, got tired and donked off about $200 after I should have been back at the hotel. I thought I had seen everything in Vegas, until last night. I catch a cab back to the hotel from the Rio about 2:00 am. We get on I-15 at Flamingo going North. The cabby is merging onto the freeway when all the sudden some drunk, staggering dude walking down the side of the interstate stumbles out into our lane. We came within inches off running over this dude at about 60 mph. The cabbie swerved over 2 lanes and the cab skidded, but he quickly corrected and kept going. As I began to clean up the piss running down my leg, the visibly shaken cabbie handed me his phone and asked me to call 911 and report the drunk guy in the middle of the road. The cabbie just kept saying, "did you see that? "did you see that"? He was shaking like a leaf. I called 911 and they said they would dispatach a cop but wanted a description down to the last detail of the guy. "I said, "what does it matter what he looks like? How many guys do you have walking down the middle of I-15 right now"? I gave the description to the best of my knowledge but I fear for what happened to this drunk maniac. The dude should be dead but for the quick reactions of the cabbie. I am glad there werent any cars in the lane beside us or we would be dead too. That was just surreal. Came back to the room and couldnt sleep for thinking about that guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 FYI: A quick check of google news using various combinations of the search terms: I-15, pedestrian, killed & las vegas didn't turn up anything from last night. So let's hope that some of the drunk's luck rubbed off on you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 Walked around the strip with the wife all morning. Ate breakfast at a little cafe in the Venetian. The V is in my opinion the nicest casino in this town of incredible casino's. I love everything about the Venetian. It is magnificient. Brought the wife back to the hotel. Bet $200 on the ponies with a little help from my huddle friends, but only cashed out $187 for a $13 loss. But I got $10 in comps from the sports book so it was a wash. Went downtown for the 1st time in 20 years. It is not as bad as I thought it would be. Went to Binions and lost $600 playing craps. Got into their 2:00 NL holdem tourney with a $10k guarantee. 178 runners were in this dam thing! I hate the structure and wont play it again. I busted out in 63rd place when I pushed with Big slick suited and got called by an underpair that held up. Oh well, I was ready to go anyway. I went to the pool where my wife has be-friended everyone there except Ernesto. I want to go to Delmonico's or Charlie Palmers tonight but we have all been drinking alot. Lets see how Mrs. Spain feels in a couple hours. I just bet $200 on Rampage Jackson to beat Chuck Lidell. I was getting an incredible +170. My wife had to talk me out of betting $500. Am I just crazy or is there way too much value on Jackson at this price? +170 is just sick for a guy who destroyed Chuck a couple years ago. I like Jackson and I like him big. If anybody wants me to put money on this fight for them. shoot me a pm and I will give you my cell number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 FYI: A quick check of google news using various combinations of the search terms: I-15, pedestrian, killed & las vegas didn't turn up anything from last night. So let's hope that some of the drunk's luck rubbed off on you. Thank God he survived. That really shook me up for awhile. I am amazed we didnt run over him. Hopefully the cops picked him up and took him to jail to sober up. He was in serious danger but completely oblivious to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilthorp Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Sorry those touts didn't give you a return today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 Sorry those touts didn't give you a return today. No problem at all. I consider breaking even a win!!! Plus, the folks at Las Vegas Hilton sports book were happy to have a new player to roll in and bet a couple hundred on the ponies. It was fun just to have some $$ down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 A few hondo on ponies???? Did I ever tell you about the land I have for sale in Florida? A little damp, but a nice view of the alligators ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted May 28, 2007 Author Share Posted May 28, 2007 I dont know where I left off the story but I will finish it later. I do need to confess something to the entire Huddle membership before I can move forward. Ive been around here a long time and feel that I can share openly personal things in my life. Something horrible almost happened to me this weekend. It is so bad, so disgusting, so thoroughly unspeakable, that I almost had to turn in my "man card" this weekend and quit the huddle forever. Almost. Remember how I told the story of going to a couple shower on an NFL Sunday with my wife a few years back? Well, this is worse. Much worse. You see, we were staying at the Las Vegas Hilton. Not a bad place at all, really, other than the poker room blows. The sportsbook there is great though. Anyway, we check in and who is the main attraction playing at the Hilton for the next several months? Its none other than Mr Coppa Cabana himself, Barry Manilow. First off, I am a heterosexual male, so yes, I hate Barry Manilow and everything he represents. You have to believe me here guys. But my wife loves Barry Manilow. Somewhere within the secret confines our marital relationship, my wife got me to agree to go see Barry's show. Yep, the whole "Mandy, well you came and you gave and Ill take it" crap. I have no idea why I capitulated to these outrageous and cruel and unusal demands. I even went down to the box office with the full intention of buying 2 front room tickets. But my manhood was saved when Barry wasnt performing this weekend, and wont return until May 31st. So, my testicles are still intact, sitting in a mason jar of femaldahyde on the mantle at home. But I did feel the need to let everyone know that I was actually going to go see his show. I will agree to accept whatever punishment the membership thinks I deserve for breaking weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Magnolia Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 I dont know where I left off the story but I will finish it later. I do need to confess something to the entire Huddle membership before I can move forward. Ive been around here a long time and feel that I can share openly personal things in my life. Something horrible almost happened to me this weekend. It is so bad, so disgusting, so thoroughly unspeakable, that I almost had to turn in my "man card" this weekend and quit the huddle forever. Almost. Remember how I told the story of going to a couple shower on an NFL Sunday with my wife a few years back? Well, this is worse. Much worse. You see, we were staying at the Las Vegas Hilton. Not a bad place at all, really, other than the poker room blows. The sportsbook there is great though. Anyway, we check in and who is the main attraction playing at the Hilton for the next several months? Its none other than Mr Coppa Cabana himself, Barry Manilow. First off, I am a heterosexual male, so yes, I hate Barry Manilow and everything he represents. You have to believe me here guys. But my wife loves Barry Manilow. Somewhere within the secret confines our marital relationship, my wife got me to agree to go see Barry's show. Yep, the whole "Mandy, well you came and you gave and Ill take it" crap. I have no idea why I capitulated to these outrageous and cruel and unusal demands. I even went down to the box office with the full intention of buying 2 front room tickets. But my manhood was saved when Barry wasnt performing this weekend, and wont return until May 31st. So, my testicles are still intact, sitting in a mason jar of femaldahyde on the mantle at home. But I did feel the need to let everyone know that I was actually going to go see his show. I will agree to accept whatever punishment the membership thinks I deserve for breaking weak. When I was 21 years old I was at a bar in downtown Cincinnati and Johnny Bench had a private b-day at the bar and the featured performer for his b-day was Barry Manilow. Don't know if Johnny is ghey. Both baseball player and singer and entourage all stubbled out of the bar at closing. Two girlfriends invited me and my husband to a Kenny Loggins concert once. The other two husbands were dragged to the concert and my husband was sooo thankful I thought it was too ghey for even a woman to attend a Kenny Loggins concert. You are forgiven-the least you could do for your wife with her allowing you to do play the tables all you want in Vegas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Nice call on the Lidell/Jackson fight. 1:53 in the first round? Dang. I'm itchin' to play in-person poker. Would love to hear some more stories. Dennis Quaid has a charity weekend here in Austin in a couple weeks; thinking of doing the $250 buy-in to play with local celebrities (Lance Armstrong, Jesse James, Matthew McConaughey ... the $750 buy-in for "Hollywood Celebs" was way too pricey). Of course, it's all for charity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted May 28, 2007 Author Share Posted May 28, 2007 Well, it turned out to be a profitable trip for me. Paid for all my expenses, pissed lots of $$ away playing craps and still had ~$500 in profit. The Rio is still my favorite poker room, followed by Treasure Island. I played 2 tournaments on this trip, the one at Planet Hollywood and the other at Binions. I also went over to the Palms for the first time ever. It is definitely the young, hip, rich, Paris Hilton type crowd there. As a 44 year old man, this was not my vibe at all. Went to their poker room, actually they have 2 seperate poker rooms side by side. I went to the one that offers NL cash games. They had a list of about 40 people and only 1 game going. I asked why they didnt have another game or 3 going. The guy was unfriendly and uncooperative so I left. I have no idea how the room plays but I aint going back, ever. Went right over to the Rio and played until 3:00 am with about $650 in profit I love that dam room and am hoping some of my huddle brethern try it sometime and give me their feed back. One caveat BTW, I dont know anyone else that likes to play there except for me. Sunday I played some more at the Las Vegas Hilton, where we were staying. Dont play here as any raise at all gets everyone to fold, so winning any money or getting any money in the pot is out of the question. I hate that kind of poker and lose interest very quickly. Lots of local nits just getting hours in so they can qualify for the monthly free roll tourney. The first day I played there, I sat by an old nit who had to be at least 75, used a cane, and was deaf as a post. But he and I talked baseball and gambling the whole time and he was a pleasant enough fellow. Well, when I played there Sunday morning, he came and sat down beside me again so I could update him on the Braves/Phillies game that was on the tv right in front of us. He couldnt see the score, and he had bet under 8 1/2. Anyway we had been there about an hour when he was in a hand with the dude on the other side of him. A younger local guy who I had also talked to alot. I forgot what the cards were, but on the turn, old dude bets $40. Young dude comes over top for $80. Old dude thinks for a second and then clearly says, "Im all in". No doubt about it and everyone heard it. Young dude says, "I might be beat but I call" and pushes a couple red stacks out there. Dealer deals the river. Young dude shows a J high flush. Old dude stares at the board and his cards for a good 30 seconds and then mucks. Dealer starts counting the chips and old dude says, "I didnt call his all in" The dealer says, "you went all in". Old dude says, "no he went all in but I never called it" Old dude, who I guess sees me as an ally, looks directly at me and says, "I didnt call his all in.." I said "look sir, I dont have a dog in this fight and dont care who wins the pot. But you bet $40, he raised to $80, you went all in, and he called. Thats exactly what happened as I watched the whole thing". He continues to insist that he didnt call the other guys all in. The brush comes over and I explain what I know to have happened, its confirmed by the dealer and another player not involved in the hand. Finally, a couple other of the local nits affirm my recollection of the events too. Old dude says ok, but I know I never said all in, gets up and never returns. I dont know if he was trying to beat the kid out of the money or he was just old and addled. I also know that I wasnt in the pot so it wasnt my business, but old dude was looking at me to confirm his story and I certainly wasnt going to lie for the old dude to cheat that kid out of his rightful money. I am unsure of the protocol for that crap, but if I am the guy in the young dudes spot, I would sure want people to confirm what happened for the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted May 28, 2007 Author Share Posted May 28, 2007 I do have some good news with regard to my sexual orientation that I forgot to report. We were getting ready to board the plane in Vegas. My wife says, "look at the little bald guy over there. Do you know who that is?" I said, "Ive never seen him before" So, she says, "that is Scott Hamilton you big dummy. He is flying on our plane to Nashville". So, I think for a second and say, "Ok, I dont think I know a Scott Hamilton". She says, "he is a male figure skater". So, I said, "Whew! At least the whole Barry Manilow thing didnt make me totally ghey, because I have no idea who he is. Of course, I am quite sure Chavez does!" She said, "who is Chavez" and I just laughed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 I do have some good news with regard to my sexual orientation that I forgot to report. We were getting ready to board the plane in Vegas. My wife says, "look at the little bald guy over there. Do you know who that is?" I said, "Ive never seen him before" So, she says, "that is Scott Hamilton you big dummy. He is flying on our plane to Nashville". So, I think for a second and say, "Ok, I dont think I know a Scott Hamilton". She says, "he is a male figure skater". So, I said, "Whew! At least the whole Barry Manilow thing didnt make me totally ghey, because I have no idea who he is. Of course, I am quite sure Chavez does!" She said, "who is Chavez" and I just laughed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Of course, I am quite sure Chavez does!" She said, "who is Chavez" and I just laughed. So she wasn't there when you met him in Chicago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxfactor Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 I dont know where I left off the story but I will finish it later. I do need to confess something to the entire Huddle membership before I can move forward. Ive been around here a long time and feel that I can share openly personal things in my life. Something horrible almost happened to me this weekend. It is so bad, so disgusting, so thoroughly unspeakable, that I almost had to turn in my "man card" this weekend and quit the huddle forever. Almost. Remember how I told the story of going to a couple shower on an NFL Sunday with my wife a few years back? Well, this is worse. Much worse. You see, we were staying at the Las Vegas Hilton. Not a bad place at all, really, other than the poker room blows. The sportsbook there is great though. Anyway, we check in and who is the main attraction playing at the Hilton for the next several months? Its none other than Mr Coppa Cabana himself, Barry Manilow. First off, I am a heterosexual male, so yes, I hate Barry Manilow and everything he represents. You have to believe me here guys. But my wife loves Barry Manilow. Somewhere within the secret confines our marital relationship, my wife got me to agree to go see Barry's show. Yep, the whole "Mandy, well you came and you gave and Ill take it" crap. I have no idea why I capitulated to these outrageous and cruel and unusal demands. I even went down to the box office with the full intention of buying 2 front room tickets. But my manhood was saved when Barry wasnt performing this weekend, and wont return until May 31st. So, my testicles are still intact, sitting in a mason jar of femaldahyde on the mantle at home. But I did feel the need to let everyone know that I was actually going to go see his show. I will agree to accept whatever punishment the membership thinks I deserve for breaking weak. Whew! Thank God Barry decided to vacate Vegas for the weekend. Oh, and do yourself a favor and take your nads out of the jar and put them back on just to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDFFFreak Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 I dont know where I left off the story but I will finish it later. I do need to confess something to the entire Huddle membership before I can move forward. Ive been around here a long time and feel that I can share openly personal things in my life. Something horrible almost happened to me this weekend. It is so bad, so disgusting, so thoroughly unspeakable, that I almost had to turn in my "man card" this weekend and quit the huddle forever. Almost. Remember how I told the story of going to a couple shower on an NFL Sunday with my wife a few years back? Well, this is worse. Much worse. You see, we were staying at the Las Vegas Hilton. Not a bad place at all, really, other than the poker room blows. The sportsbook there is great though. Anyway, we check in and who is the main attraction playing at the Hilton for the next several months? Its none other than Mr Coppa Cabana himself, Barry Manilow. First off, I am a heterosexual male, so yes, I hate Barry Manilow and everything he represents. You have to believe me here guys. But my wife loves Barry Manilow. Somewhere within the secret confines our marital relationship, my wife got me to agree to go see Barry's show. Yep, the whole "Mandy, well you came and you gave and Ill take it" crap. I have no idea why I capitulated to these outrageous and cruel and unusal demands. I even went down to the box office with the full intention of buying 2 front room tickets. But my manhood was saved when Barry wasnt performing this weekend, and wont return until May 31st. So, my testicles are still intact, sitting in a mason jar of femaldahyde on the mantle at home. But I did feel the need to let everyone know that I was actually going to go see his show. I will agree to accept whatever punishment the membership thinks I deserve for breaking weak. uh, how could we forget? I think you would have "skipped" the telling of the Manilow had it ended with you going and singing Mandy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted May 29, 2007 Author Share Posted May 29, 2007 uh, how could we forget? I think you would have "skipped" the telling of the Manilow had it ended with you going and singing Mandy... I think you are wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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