So yesterday represented the end of playing poker live and online
in vegas, the good thing with london guests(LGs) over, and who had
no interest in gambling, we had to find other things to do.
If ur not gambling in vegas , then during the day shopping
is the next best thing. Luckily the LGs were organised and
as i woke up at lunch time, they had already organised to see
a cirque de solei show later that night and to fly in a helicopter
to the grand canyon. In an accumulated time of 3 months
of vegas i had not been to the grand canyon and still not
seen a cirque show in vegas.
Headed to the shopping mall, R who gets teased for being quite
ghey/gay when shopping is actually very useful when ur shopping
for clothes. He can spot all the good things straight away. In fact
he looks at a pile of jeans and i see the same thing, and somehow
he distinguishes them all. That being said i didnt end up buying
much.
Saw the cirque show, mysterre, which wasnt bad, the human
strength section which was two guys , when i saw a similar
bit in the adelaide cirque show it was a guy and a girl. Anyway
two guys suspending one another above the ground was
a lot more gay, tho very impressive. Picture someone grabbing
your ankles while your lying face down, then the person
who grabs your ankles is doing a hand stand so they are
perpendicular to one another, then the guy lying down
start lifting the other guy up using his calf and hamstring
muscles. Crazy !
I explained to the LGs that americans have an unhealthy
appetite for lining up, none more apparent than the
fact that people lined up for an hour and a half before
the show to get in, despite the fact that everyone
had reserved seats. Even the guy selling the tickets c0uldnt
explain it.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Vegas and some new guests
so ive finnished with the wpt event, out of my last
vegas poker tournment till next year, but ive still
got another week in vegas, as a couple of friends are
coming from London. I actually think they are coming
tomorrz, and today being Sunday ill play some of
the online tournaments but luckily they call me up
b4 they leave. Anyway i decide to play them and work
it out later if im still in. 10 hands into the FT tourney
they arrive, and they feel like doing something so i
pester Ed to take over. We head to the bellagios noodles
eat the usual. Rewind a few hours as R(cousins wifes
cousin, who i stay with often when im in london, whose
4 years younger ), his 2nd question to me after
arriving was whether i had seen transformers.
I hadnt so after dinner headed off to the Orleans, a budget
looking casino out of the strip that has a cinema complex.
Transformers was pretty pretty good, tho there were
a lot of things that could have been better, ie: more robot
character development etc.
Then we headed back to the rio to check up on Ed, who
miraculously was still in the tournament and a bit annoyed
that i had disapeared for about 6 hours. I think he thought
i was just going to lunch, not to mention he still had to write
abd take photos covering the wsop. so i took over the
tournament, my london friends went to bed; and playing
in the media room i had a few spectators and Ed who
had a 50 percent stake. Soon enuff i was at my second
table in as many weeks in big online tourney, this
time i busted in 6th running into aces, but that
was good for 38k split 50_50. Ed and i got some
drinks and i crashed at 7am , R sleepily asked how
i went, i said good and hes right when hes around
i seem to run good
vegas poker tournment till next year, but ive still
got another week in vegas, as a couple of friends are
coming from London. I actually think they are coming
tomorrz, and today being Sunday ill play some of
the online tournaments but luckily they call me up
b4 they leave. Anyway i decide to play them and work
it out later if im still in. 10 hands into the FT tourney
they arrive, and they feel like doing something so i
pester Ed to take over. We head to the bellagios noodles
eat the usual. Rewind a few hours as R(cousins wifes
cousin, who i stay with often when im in london, whose
4 years younger ), his 2nd question to me after
arriving was whether i had seen transformers.
I hadnt so after dinner headed off to the Orleans, a budget
looking casino out of the strip that has a cinema complex.
Transformers was pretty pretty good, tho there were
a lot of things that could have been better, ie: more robot
character development etc.
Then we headed back to the rio to check up on Ed, who
miraculously was still in the tournament and a bit annoyed
that i had disapeared for about 6 hours. I think he thought
i was just going to lunch, not to mention he still had to write
abd take photos covering the wsop. so i took over the
tournament, my london friends went to bed; and playing
in the media room i had a few spectators and Ed who
had a 50 percent stake. Soon enuff i was at my second
table in as many weeks in big online tourney, this
time i busted in 6th running into aces, but that
was good for 38k split 50_50. Ed and i got some
drinks and i crashed at 7am , R sleepily asked how
i went, i said good and hes right when hes around
i seem to run good
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
WPT bellagio
(my blog is now oscillating between the past and the
(i was going to say present, but unless i write that
"im writing in my blog" then really, its the past or
ill call it, the not so past)
July 2007, So im eating at noodles at the bellagio
for perhaps the 25th time. And i get joined by
an english poker player, and some of his friends.
I find out that the WPT bellagio actually has a day
1c, meaning i can still enter this event ! I manage
to get 10k in cash, and i buy in . I wasnt happy
with how i ended the WSOP, moderately annoyed i didnt
push all in on the last hand, and like leaving a
bitter taste in a mouth i thought a final table
here would definately make this a good vegas trip.
Day 1c, walking across to the bellagio, i discover
i dont have any cufflinks for my shirt, which is no
big deal, but i figure i can get some on the way in.
Hermes has reasonably priced cufflinks for $400
pause not , i mean ..... .... .... NOT. So i find
some for a $100 which still seems ridiculous, but
5 weeks into vegas , represents the only shopping
other than some books.
Being moderately retarded i spend the first 45mins
of the 90min level, trying to get the cufflinks onto
my shirt. However the rest of the day goes pretty good,
building up to 40k , before i have aces into 2 pair,
but at least keep the pot small , but hit a full house
near the end of the day, to finnish with 38k. Ralph perry
says i played well afterwards, which is kind of good
to have someone tell u that after. He was in the infamous
tony g send off. See the video RPerry v TonyG
Head to buffet, but due to the WPT having sensible playing hours
the day finnishes a lot earlier than normal, and i have time to
go out, but figure ill take it easy as ive got day 2 tomorrow.
Day 2 starts off meandering along, i have a few hands that seem
to connect with the flops without getting paid off. And my stack
just floats along. I then have i think k-4 suited on the button,
and someone limps in early pos, i call and the blinds come in.
The flop comes 10-4-2h, limper bets, i call and blinds fold.
Then the turn comes another 4, he bets a lot of chips, i raise,
and he goes all in. He shows 5-5 ?? I win a nice pot and im up to
about 80k. Mike mattusow is on my table, and tells me how he has
only received "charity" twice before. Mike mattusow tho is playing
great, in fact i dont think ive really seen anyone play that good.
You play with a lot of name players, and most of them arent ever
on their game or just not that good. But today, as he explains that
he played really bad in the WSOP is determined to play good in this
tournament. I re-raise him with AA, and he mucks AK very quickly.
His re-raises etc are all timed perfectly and im very impressed.
Generally ive stayed out of his way, but at least beaten him
in the few pots against him. Then i have a hand where i re-raise
with AA again, against someone else. I check it to the river before
better, on a k-10 suited board which is risky but what the hell.
Then i bet and on the river and the other guy folds QQ. Mattusow
tells him he made a bad fold, I said later i had Aces, and he
said hed bet me a $1000 i didnt have AA. Shame there are no
hole card cams, and he offers for me to do a lie detector test.
Dinner break comes up, and i end up eating with mattusow and
a couple of other guys. He talks about how poker players talk
a lot and dont band together to do anything about Harrahs, which
are basically like the evil corporation , much like the empire
in star wars. Its very true, but the players are generally
getting shafted.
After dinner, not much goes right, and i seem to be going
backwards fast. The bubble has burst which is actually a 100ppl
in a 560 player event. Thats the WPT weird payout system, but
at least im getting my money back, which is not the goal.
I am trying to play, but get short stacked , push all in a few times,
then get called with JJ agaisnt AK, hold up, then 2 hands later
AQ vs KK (button v bb), guy who has re-raised me a few times
before, does it again , i make the call. Spike an ace on the
river ! Up to 160 and comfortable. That was actually the 2nd
race of 5 that i won, but luckily i won the ones when my tournament
was on the line. Very next hand i have QQ and run into short stack
AA :( Down to 100ish, and finish the day on 95. Which is not great.
Enter day 3. There are about 60 players left. I am at about 100k,
when i raise with KQ. Flop comes Q-8-2 rainbow. David Benyamine has
called from the bb, he checks i check. Turn comes a Q. I bet
he puts me all in, i call pretty quickly, he has q-10, i double up
to over 200. Check on the flop paid off. I hover around 200, not
getting much, when i pick up KK. Thinking i need to try something
here especially with aggressive ppl on my left who might re-raise,
i flat call the raise, but no one else re-pops and its me and
some other guy. Flop come A-7-7. Dang ! He checks, hmmm, i check.
Turn comes a 9, he bets 25k the same size as the raise preflop,
so i just call, reasonably confident, he will check the river
unless he has a good ace. The river comes a Q. He bets again, ifold.
He shows AQ, i lost the minimum i guess, but my plan to double
thru backfired. The table gets broken with some 30+ ppl left. I
have AK, i reraise all in, the guy i had dinner with the previous
night calls with a9. Flop comes a 9, and thats it. No WPT final
table :(
Disapointing but i thought i played pretty good for most of it.
Mattusow ended up finnishing 2nd, here were the results
Reviewing my progress in 10k events so far.
2 aussie millioms - 0 cashes
2 wpt - 2 cashes
1 ept - 1 cash
London Party Poker - 1 cash
2 wsop - 1 cash
5 cashes / 8 events, but no final tables, yet ... London
party poker and now this wpt being my best chances.
(i was going to say present, but unless i write that
"im writing in my blog" then really, its the past or
ill call it, the not so past)
July 2007, So im eating at noodles at the bellagio
for perhaps the 25th time. And i get joined by
an english poker player, and some of his friends.
I find out that the WPT bellagio actually has a day
1c, meaning i can still enter this event ! I manage
to get 10k in cash, and i buy in . I wasnt happy
with how i ended the WSOP, moderately annoyed i didnt
push all in on the last hand, and like leaving a
bitter taste in a mouth i thought a final table
here would definately make this a good vegas trip.
Day 1c, walking across to the bellagio, i discover
i dont have any cufflinks for my shirt, which is no
big deal, but i figure i can get some on the way in.
Hermes has reasonably priced cufflinks for $400
pause not , i mean ..... .... .... NOT. So i find
some for a $100 which still seems ridiculous, but
5 weeks into vegas , represents the only shopping
other than some books.
Being moderately retarded i spend the first 45mins
of the 90min level, trying to get the cufflinks onto
my shirt. However the rest of the day goes pretty good,
building up to 40k , before i have aces into 2 pair,
but at least keep the pot small , but hit a full house
near the end of the day, to finnish with 38k. Ralph perry
says i played well afterwards, which is kind of good
to have someone tell u that after. He was in the infamous
tony g send off. See the video RPerry v TonyG
Head to buffet, but due to the WPT having sensible playing hours
the day finnishes a lot earlier than normal, and i have time to
go out, but figure ill take it easy as ive got day 2 tomorrow.
Day 2 starts off meandering along, i have a few hands that seem
to connect with the flops without getting paid off. And my stack
just floats along. I then have i think k-4 suited on the button,
and someone limps in early pos, i call and the blinds come in.
The flop comes 10-4-2h, limper bets, i call and blinds fold.
Then the turn comes another 4, he bets a lot of chips, i raise,
and he goes all in. He shows 5-5 ?? I win a nice pot and im up to
about 80k. Mike mattusow is on my table, and tells me how he has
only received "charity" twice before. Mike mattusow tho is playing
great, in fact i dont think ive really seen anyone play that good.
You play with a lot of name players, and most of them arent ever
on their game or just not that good. But today, as he explains that
he played really bad in the WSOP is determined to play good in this
tournament. I re-raise him with AA, and he mucks AK very quickly.
His re-raises etc are all timed perfectly and im very impressed.
Generally ive stayed out of his way, but at least beaten him
in the few pots against him. Then i have a hand where i re-raise
with AA again, against someone else. I check it to the river before
better, on a k-10 suited board which is risky but what the hell.
Then i bet and on the river and the other guy folds QQ. Mattusow
tells him he made a bad fold, I said later i had Aces, and he
said hed bet me a $1000 i didnt have AA. Shame there are no
hole card cams, and he offers for me to do a lie detector test.
Dinner break comes up, and i end up eating with mattusow and
a couple of other guys. He talks about how poker players talk
a lot and dont band together to do anything about Harrahs, which
are basically like the evil corporation , much like the empire
in star wars. Its very true, but the players are generally
getting shafted.
After dinner, not much goes right, and i seem to be going
backwards fast. The bubble has burst which is actually a 100ppl
in a 560 player event. Thats the WPT weird payout system, but
at least im getting my money back, which is not the goal.
I am trying to play, but get short stacked , push all in a few times,
then get called with JJ agaisnt AK, hold up, then 2 hands later
AQ vs KK (button v bb), guy who has re-raised me a few times
before, does it again , i make the call. Spike an ace on the
river ! Up to 160 and comfortable. That was actually the 2nd
race of 5 that i won, but luckily i won the ones when my tournament
was on the line. Very next hand i have QQ and run into short stack
AA :( Down to 100ish, and finish the day on 95. Which is not great.
Enter day 3. There are about 60 players left. I am at about 100k,
when i raise with KQ. Flop comes Q-8-2 rainbow. David Benyamine has
called from the bb, he checks i check. Turn comes a Q. I bet
he puts me all in, i call pretty quickly, he has q-10, i double up
to over 200. Check on the flop paid off. I hover around 200, not
getting much, when i pick up KK. Thinking i need to try something
here especially with aggressive ppl on my left who might re-raise,
i flat call the raise, but no one else re-pops and its me and
some other guy. Flop come A-7-7. Dang ! He checks, hmmm, i check.
Turn comes a 9, he bets 25k the same size as the raise preflop,
so i just call, reasonably confident, he will check the river
unless he has a good ace. The river comes a Q. He bets again, ifold.
He shows AQ, i lost the minimum i guess, but my plan to double
thru backfired. The table gets broken with some 30+ ppl left. I
have AK, i reraise all in, the guy i had dinner with the previous
night calls with a9. Flop comes a 9, and thats it. No WPT final
table :(
Disapointing but i thought i played pretty good for most of it.
Mattusow ended up finnishing 2nd, here were the results
Reviewing my progress in 10k events so far.
2 aussie millioms - 0 cashes
2 wpt - 2 cashes
1 ept - 1 cash
London Party Poker - 1 cash
2 wsop - 1 cash
5 cashes / 8 events, but no final tables, yet ... London
party poker and now this wpt being my best chances.
Amsterdam
So i arrived in Amsters a couple of days ago. The taxi driver
didnt know where the hotel was, but i was strangely confident
as he had GPS and was driving a good car. Anyway, we didnt
find the hotel for a while, we could find the street, but the hotel
didnt seem to exist.
Not sure how u miss a hotel this big, but it was night time, and
the problem was their was no naming anywhere. Oh well found
it eventually. The rooms were kinda like my apartment in adelaide
high ceilings ! I could live here, except the nightly rate was about
50% more than my weekly rent, hmm. Played some poker
the next day, ate a big meal of duck and bok choi finally (only
been pasta/pizza/seafood) for the last few weeks.
Had AA beaten with only 5 ppl left in the pokerroom tournament,
by some guy who was on tilt. For some reason the hotel had
free mini bar ! So i drank all the beer and juice and took all
the little alcohol bottles !
Caught up with B and P the next day, and moved into the new apartment,
a lot of stairs and very narrow, but very cool nonetheless. Apparently
built in the 1600s , the golden age of architecture in amsterdam.
Lucky Australia's golden age was in the 1600s, otherwise we would be
leaving eucalyptus houses built by koalas.
Amsters apartment-video
Walking around amsterdam, i was like a kid in a candy store, looking
at the mushrooms on offer, but due to poker tournaments and
hallucinogenics not combining, i have resisted... so far.
didnt know where the hotel was, but i was strangely confident
as he had GPS and was driving a good car. Anyway, we didnt
find the hotel for a while, we could find the street, but the hotel
didnt seem to exist.
Not sure how u miss a hotel this big, but it was night time, andthe problem was their was no naming anywhere. Oh well found
it eventually. The rooms were kinda like my apartment in adelaide
high ceilings ! I could live here, except the nightly rate was about
50% more than my weekly rent, hmm. Played some poker
the next day, ate a big meal of duck and bok choi finally (only
been pasta/pizza/seafood) for the last few weeks.
Had AA beaten with only 5 ppl left in the pokerroom tournament,
by some guy who was on tilt. For some reason the hotel had
free mini bar ! So i drank all the beer and juice and took all
the little alcohol bottles !
Caught up with B and P the next day, and moved into the new apartment,
a lot of stairs and very narrow, but very cool nonetheless. Apparently
built in the 1600s , the golden age of architecture in amsterdam.
Lucky Australia's golden age was in the 1600s, otherwise we would be
leaving eucalyptus houses built by koalas.
Amsters apartment-video
Walking around amsterdam, i was like a kid in a candy store, looking
at the mushrooms on offer, but due to poker tournaments and
hallucinogenics not combining, i have resisted... so far.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Day 2 main event !
(a rare smile)
after cruelly busting out of the sunday million on stars, my hope lies with
the main event ...
Entering day2 with 21k , the starting table draw and early hands are going to be crucial.
Luckily I get hit by the deck, with a good range of raising hands, tho not getting
much action, but still good enuff to get to 35k within 30minutes, before my
unfortunately soft table is broken. The new table has a bunch of big stacks and I
get re-raised str8t away after raising with 99. Except he re-raises the minimum,
confident he has Aces, I call, getting the right price to hit a set and bust him. The
9 doesnt come on the flop, he bets I fold, and sure enuff he shows AA. I pick up KK, and someone limp re-raises me, and I go with it, he has AJ, i double up to about 40ish.
Then not so long after i have KK again and since everyone plays back at me, I double
up to 80ish. Which is average, and plently of chips.
After this nothing goes right and i strugggle to win any pots. I dribble down to 50k,
get moved to another table, try and keep the pots small go down to 20k get up to 50k.
And head to the dinner break in not great shape, but still not out of it.
Sitting around at 45k. I raised to 6k with KQ, and the i get 2 callers. Hmmm.
The Flop comes K-5s-7s, I bet 13 and i get the caller from the blind. The turn is
the 9s, and he just pushes all in. I have 21k, having put 1/2 my chips in there is 67k
and it costs me 21k to call 3 to 1. I also have the King of spades, and i have ruled out the
nut flush. I am still worred out about a smaller flush, tho with blinds 1 and 2k , it will
be difficult to come back. And i still might be ahead as he doesnt have AK or a set i
feel. I call , he turns over 4-6 spades, so i need another spade that doesnt come.
Perhaps i should have push all in on the flop, but he would have called anyway prolly,
tho this was the best way of winning the pot as if he misses the turn , i push , and
i can prolly win the pot. And he folds with one card to come.
Tho its not to be, as my head is spinning and i get up busted out of the main event,
knowing that perhaps it wasnt my day, still the standard of play was pretty bad, so I had
to hang in and maximise my opportunities. Disapointed I leave through the side door,
into the carpark that is the rio, in shock that i busted out ....
Day off
My day off is somewha a bit of mess after coming back to ballys at 8am, and i decide
i want to play the Sunday million on stars and a few other tourneys , After a few hours
im still in the sunday million and busted out of the rest. Anyway with 250 ppl left
i am the chip leader ! I play well , and i get good cards at the right times, picking
off ppls ridiculous plays, and holding it all the way to the final table. Then I have AQ,
and perhaps mistakenly re-raise a tight guy who also has a lot of chips. He calls, and
then check raises me on the K-x-x flop, i fold and he shows KK. Now 2nd in chips, i
have AA in a few hands, and i re-raise a late pos raise out of the blinds. He calls.
The flop comes Q high, i bet big he goes all in. And my aggressiveness a few hands
earlier has paid off, he has KQ. But he spikes a miracle K on the river ! I miss out
on reclaiming the chip lead, and crippled i lose a 60-40 to bust in 7th. The lucky
guy goes onto win a 150k and i get 21k. Dire but the main event is on the next day,
perhaps i will be lucky then ??
i want to play the Sunday million on stars and a few other tourneys , After a few hours
im still in the sunday million and busted out of the rest. Anyway with 250 ppl left
i am the chip leader ! I play well , and i get good cards at the right times, picking
off ppls ridiculous plays, and holding it all the way to the final table. Then I have AQ,
and perhaps mistakenly re-raise a tight guy who also has a lot of chips. He calls, and
then check raises me on the K-x-x flop, i fold and he shows KK. Now 2nd in chips, i
have AA in a few hands, and i re-raise a late pos raise out of the blinds. He calls.
The flop comes Q high, i bet big he goes all in. And my aggressiveness a few hands
earlier has paid off, he has KQ. But he spikes a miracle K on the river ! I miss out
on reclaiming the chip lead, and crippled i lose a 60-40 to bust in 7th. The lucky
guy goes onto win a 150k and i get 21k. Dire but the main event is on the next day,
perhaps i will be lucky then ??
After Day 1 : Rumble in the rio ...
So with a day off inbetween my next day in the main event, i have time to wind down
after a long 12 hour day. Ed suggests that we go the bar in the Rio casino, also
dubbed as the hooker bar. So we are sitting down at the bar , its about 4am. On Ed's
left is this English drunk guy, who has busted out of the main event about 12 hours
earlier and has been drinking non-stop since then. He looks a mess, but he is still
going strong, tho his diction has somewhat gone out the window. On my right is some
random girl, tho i dont really pay much attention. I get out my phone, and then this
girl starts talking to me about it, asking some questions. It seems a little bit bizzare
to me, anyway i turn back to Ed and start talking to him. He says you know that
girl is a hooker your talking to. I say 'ofcourse', but really i mean 'ofcourse not'. One
my mind is not thinking straight , and the reason why its called the hooker bar, is
because hookers are hanging out there. Then i look across at the girl and it starts
to make sense. Then i look further along and some "other" girl is talking to a guy,
suddenly i realise, there are hookers everywhere ! Its kind of like that scene in police
academy, of if you go into a bar in sydney and you see that there are no girls in the
bar, and people seem to have a strange attraction to wearing black leather pants,
and then bang , the blue oyster music is playing.
Anyway since i realise the situation, i go back to drinking my corona with ed, enter
ST. ST is a random english guy 2 seats down, who is about 45, and thinks he
is James Bond. He also thinks hes the funniest coolest guy around, and has the
dress sense of an Armani model. He is actively talking to the hooker#1 . She however
is a good judge of character, and can sense that he is a douchebag, however
if hookers ruled out talking to the douchebags they would have to talk to themselves
and other hookers primarily, which is not so profitable. Even then she manages to
determine deicde she has standards. So ends up talking to Ed and I. We find it
hilarious that the guy with the most ridiculous shirt is giving tips to others about fashion.
Hooker#1 leaves , which leaves us talking to ST. Drunk english guy has bought us
some shots of pitrone, and is now dribbling out of his mouth. It is at this high point
he attempts to talk to some other "girls" at the par. Now ST has cornered us and is
reguiling us with stories of how wonderful he is. Turns out he is a poker player, and
has also busted out of the main event. Tho apparently he is some tournament specialist,
even tho i dont seem to recognise his online name. He tells us how in he was in vegas
and he ended up inviting himself along with a dad and his daughter who has turned 21
at the bellagio. Anyway the dad ends up leaving him with his daughter who end up
together for the whole weekend, and the dad picks up some random asian girl. Interesting
21st birhtday present, leaving with the biggest douchebag in vegas.
And then it become apparent what a douche he is , he starts insulting the girls around
the bar, calling them chubby checker, and telling them to lay of the donuts, and how
they are going to crush them with his american thighs (i guess a reference to the
led zepplin song), and telling this black hooker, shes a nigger and all sorts of other things.
Then he starts claiming that the girls would have to pay him, if he was to sleep with
1/2 of them.
Its at this point we challenge him to try and get hooker #1 for $200 who is currently
charging $500 tho a bit desperate coz no one has any money at this bar, tho we figure
even shes not this desperate. He claims she is going to come back and he is going to get
herfor $200.
In the meantime while we're waiting he plays 1 hand of blackjack, never have
i hoped the dealer wins, but miraculously he hits Bj ! Shit. Anyway we wait and wait,
and she doesnt come back. We claim he has lost, and he basically admits he has, but
he wont pay us ($200) ! Ed seems pretty pissed off, i kinda expected it. Then he says,
he will play bj , and if he wins his hand he will pay. We say the 2 are not connected. He
tells us to fk off basically, Even tho he has $5k on him. He then says he will fight
us out in the car park , and if we win we can keep the $5k. Ed is very much in favour
of this, but its 7am, and even tho beating up an english douche in the car park of the rio,
would be satisfying, I dont think its worth while.
So we see what will happen at the BJ tables. Unfortunately he starts badly , and
within 10 minutes hes down 2.5k , meanwhile we're givinghim shit for misplaying his
hands, he is getting more annoyed and althought the chanceof getting our money is
diminishing, this is still entertaining. Then in one shoe, it all turns around, and from
a 2.5k loser hes a 3k winner ! Fk! We get our money, $100 each, and leave the rio at 8am, confident we have met the biggest douche ever. Perhaps my biggest regret , in my
vegas trip might not have been taking him up on the offer to rumble in the rio.
after a long 12 hour day. Ed suggests that we go the bar in the Rio casino, also
dubbed as the hooker bar. So we are sitting down at the bar , its about 4am. On Ed's
left is this English drunk guy, who has busted out of the main event about 12 hours
earlier and has been drinking non-stop since then. He looks a mess, but he is still
going strong, tho his diction has somewhat gone out the window. On my right is some
random girl, tho i dont really pay much attention. I get out my phone, and then this
girl starts talking to me about it, asking some questions. It seems a little bit bizzare
to me, anyway i turn back to Ed and start talking to him. He says you know that
girl is a hooker your talking to. I say 'ofcourse', but really i mean 'ofcourse not'. One
my mind is not thinking straight , and the reason why its called the hooker bar, is
because hookers are hanging out there. Then i look across at the girl and it starts
to make sense. Then i look further along and some "other" girl is talking to a guy,
suddenly i realise, there are hookers everywhere ! Its kind of like that scene in police
academy, of if you go into a bar in sydney and you see that there are no girls in the
bar, and people seem to have a strange attraction to wearing black leather pants,
and then bang , the blue oyster music is playing.
Anyway since i realise the situation, i go back to drinking my corona with ed, enter
ST. ST is a random english guy 2 seats down, who is about 45, and thinks he
is James Bond. He also thinks hes the funniest coolest guy around, and has the
dress sense of an Armani model. He is actively talking to the hooker#1 . She however
is a good judge of character, and can sense that he is a douchebag, however
if hookers ruled out talking to the douchebags they would have to talk to themselves
and other hookers primarily, which is not so profitable. Even then she manages to
determine deicde she has standards. So ends up talking to Ed and I. We find it
hilarious that the guy with the most ridiculous shirt is giving tips to others about fashion.
Hooker#1 leaves , which leaves us talking to ST. Drunk english guy has bought us
some shots of pitrone, and is now dribbling out of his mouth. It is at this high point
he attempts to talk to some other "girls" at the par. Now ST has cornered us and is
reguiling us with stories of how wonderful he is. Turns out he is a poker player, and
has also busted out of the main event. Tho apparently he is some tournament specialist,
even tho i dont seem to recognise his online name. He tells us how in he was in vegas
and he ended up inviting himself along with a dad and his daughter who has turned 21
at the bellagio. Anyway the dad ends up leaving him with his daughter who end up
together for the whole weekend, and the dad picks up some random asian girl. Interesting
21st birhtday present, leaving with the biggest douchebag in vegas.
And then it become apparent what a douche he is , he starts insulting the girls around
the bar, calling them chubby checker, and telling them to lay of the donuts, and how
they are going to crush them with his american thighs (i guess a reference to the
led zepplin song), and telling this black hooker, shes a nigger and all sorts of other things.
Then he starts claiming that the girls would have to pay him, if he was to sleep with
1/2 of them.
Its at this point we challenge him to try and get hooker #1 for $200 who is currently
charging $500 tho a bit desperate coz no one has any money at this bar, tho we figure
even shes not this desperate. He claims she is going to come back and he is going to get
herfor $200.
In the meantime while we're waiting he plays 1 hand of blackjack, never have
i hoped the dealer wins, but miraculously he hits Bj ! Shit. Anyway we wait and wait,
and she doesnt come back. We claim he has lost, and he basically admits he has, but
he wont pay us ($200) ! Ed seems pretty pissed off, i kinda expected it. Then he says,
he will play bj , and if he wins his hand he will pay. We say the 2 are not connected. He
tells us to fk off basically, Even tho he has $5k on him. He then says he will fight
us out in the car park , and if we win we can keep the $5k. Ed is very much in favour
of this, but its 7am, and even tho beating up an english douche in the car park of the rio,
would be satisfying, I dont think its worth while.
So we see what will happen at the BJ tables. Unfortunately he starts badly , and
within 10 minutes hes down 2.5k , meanwhile we're givinghim shit for misplaying his
hands, he is getting more annoyed and althought the chanceof getting our money is
diminishing, this is still entertaining. Then in one shoe, it all turns around, and from
a 2.5k loser hes a 3k winner ! Fk! We get our money, $100 each, and leave the rio at 8am, confident we have met the biggest douche ever. Perhaps my biggest regret , in my
vegas trip might not have been taking him up on the offer to rumble in the rio.
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