I did nearly knock Barry Greenstein over coming out of the toilet though. He gave me the same contemptuous look that I've seen a million times before on high stakes poker. Got to the end of the day and had 30100, which was 30 bigs going back. Bagging up felt great. Posted by Jac35
Wierdly on my first ever visit to the Rio I ended up bumping into Barry Greenstein in the toilets and then had my photo taken with him lol...now I'm worried that maybe it wasn't an accident lol
Woke up shattered but happy. I normally sleep really well but have really struggled all week. Got around 4 hours.
Eggs benedict in a great cafe right outside the Palazzo helped. Then seeing as I now had some cash I went shopping. Bought some sunglasses and some tat for Penny. Found a great Ralph Lauren tshirt and shorts outfit for Harry. Will get told by her but sod it.
Booked a Grand Canyon trip. It's likely that this will be my one and only time here and I thought I'd regret it if I didn't go. Sounds good. Pick up from hotel in a couple of hours and taken to Boulder CIty airstrip to start the helicopter tour. It's a 4 hour trip and so that will give me plenty of time to get ready for beers tonight.
Was just about go over to the Rio to rail Timmy when I heard he'd been knocked out. What a fantastic run he had though.
We met up at 7pm and went over to Blondies for a few beers before seeing a hypnotist. Met up with Alex Spencer and Bolly for the first time. Really nice guys. I've never been a believer but the show was good. One of the lads was the star of the show.
We went back to Blondies after the show for a few more. I'm getting pretty old and so decided to come away around 1am and walked back to the Palazzo. Plan was to go straight to bed but the poker room drew me in. For a 1/2 there were some massive pots being played every orbit. A couple of real punters at the table and generally it seemed that top pair was good enough to beat them. Couldn't find any hands and was down around a $100. Was thinking of leaving the game when the blinds came round. Just before they did I found AJ and flopped Broadway. Sadly the punters weren't in the pot for once but I still made a nice amount. Hung around a bit longer and then stood with a small profit.
Plan was to go straight to bed but then the bar drew me in. Had a few more drinks and got chatting to a couple of fun people either side of me. Finally did actually get to bed around 5. Was delighted to be wide awake by 9.00
I really need to get some proper sleep but looking forward to today.
Did the Canyon trip which was really good. Not sure that I love helicopters though.
Got back just in time to meet up with everyone for a meal. Sam chose really well. Vegas is a bit short of good restaurants and so to find that little gem was outstanding work.
Probably just a coincidence but Timmy who had been up for a big cash session felt a bit rough afterwards and had to leave us. We did get through a few beers though to help wash it all down.
I think most of us were then up for a bit of cash. Af few went off in different directions and I again went to play at the Venetian. Should really have tried some of the other rooms over the week. I guess a factor may have been that I've been very impressed with the classy valet outfits at the Venetian.
Won around $80 with no dramas. It was a really good table. I'd had a beer and so was quite chatty and everyone joined in. Had fun but when I looked at my watch and it was 5am I thought it may be time to go.
Then miraculously I slept for 9 hours. Just got up. Typical I finally feel good the day before I come home.
Gonna pack now so that I can relax. Might spend a bit of time by the pool today. No ones going to believe that I've been here otherwise. Sky party after that.
Edit: just had a look and no surprise to see ActionJack has been credited with the flag from Wednesday. All of my cashes (prob only about 6/7) have been attributed to different Paul Jacksons.
I've contacted them before and the they changed it only for them to give them back to the other guys a couple of weeks later.
I'm not too bothered although this time I'd have quite enjoyed seeing the flag.
Been thinking about what to do now Raketherake deal has gone. If I want 30% (and I do) then the simple answer is play more I guess if I want to carry on playing dyms on Sky. Did just over 3 hours tonight and got 700 points. I'm thinking if I can put in maybe 4, 4 hour sessions a week then I should be able to make priority comfortably.
Grim start to night. Bust the £55bh very quickly. Flopped a set but had a shoddy run out versus a very creative player. Dyms didn't start well but won about my last 6 or so to make £40 +rake on the night.
I was dead chuffed when an airline lost my luggage on the way home from travelling ~ it meant I didn't have to lug it around on the long bus ride home and they delivered it straight to my house 2 days later
I was dead chuffed when an airline lost my luggage on the way home from travelling ~ it meant I didn't have to lug it around on the long bus ride home and they delivered it straight to my house 2 days later Posted by mrsduck
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Enjoy the rest of the trip.