Vegas 2012 - Part 4: The Facebook Diary

Good morning everyone.  Two posts from me in twelve hours is about the most you'll ever see from me if you're new here.  If you're a regular, I put up a short ramble after 8:00 p.m. CST last night.  Now as I have some 'Criminal Minds' playing in the background, I am going to plow through what can best be called my 'Facebook Diary' as I lay out Thursday, December 20th for you.  This was my second full day in Las Vegas and I started lighting up my facebook account like a Christmas Tree with details of what I was doing to aid myself in remembering later on.  When I returned to San Marcos, America, I had SEVERAL PEOPLE who I had not previously spoken to regarding my trip (a.k.a., facebook friends) coming up to me at work asking, "how was Vegas Coach?"

Now this is just barely, technically Thursday that we're talking about as I review my facebook notes.  I had taken my nap (washed up like a big whale on my bed, unable to move) after destroying the buffet at The Flamingo, and I decided to return to the "Pink Chicken' (trademarked line of my friend who writes "Life As A Las Vegas Poker Dealer in the list of blogs to the right) to play my first poker of the trip.  Considering that I was tired even when I began this trip to the desert, I decided to sit down and play some 2/4 limit.  I didn't want one bad decision to cost me a couple hundred dollars.  These results would be the norm for the rest of my trip at the poker tables...

Courtesy of this little facebook diary that I'm reviewing, I see where I lost $54.00 in this session.  I am now reliving my agony as I see that my pocket kings (hey Rob) got chopped up by a set of 5's, my pair of aces got chopped up by a two-outer (7's) on the turn, and my pocket kings (hey again Rob) got beat when A-rag flopped trips.  I did not lose the maximum amount possible on these hands as the "tricky" 2/4 players were not betting every time that they hit these hands (another theme for the trip, let's call with air and then check when we hit our hand)...  It is my fault for playing 2/4 and I should probably never play limit again, but as you can see, I suffered some pretty sick catches against me, and these were not all the result of 10 hands going to the flop on this trip, which did make it unique for limit poker...

When I returned to The Quad, I had to chuckle (I don't "chuckle" often) as I reached the entrance from the Strip.  During my stay, The Quad was undergoing a facelift (formerly Imperial Palace), and there was a "construction pathway" from the Strip to the front door.  On the Strip end of this tunnel, a small group of hotel security was awaiting me, with one guy on the radio, who was saying, "this guy didn't want to show I.D. ("this guy" was not around), we followed him out, and now he's headed over to Harrah's properties - ENJOY..."

I slept...

After waking up, it's now the actual real people morning of the 20th, not the vampire people version, and I head to Bill's Gamblin Hall and Saloon.  I find out when their tournaments ($30.00) are for future reference, sign up for a player's card (that comes with an automatic $5.00 comp), and then I head away to The Flamingo, where I grab A STACK of football parlay betting cards and some pencils.  There was much coloring in of the bubbles that would be done later on in the trip...

I returned to The Quad and made my breakfast/lunch visit to Hash House a Gogo, a place that I HAD TO check out because I've read so much about it in SEVERAL blogs.  At the time I commented on facebook that I would lay odds that at least 70% of the patrons leave without finishing their meals because they are SO FREAKIN HUGE...  I got an omelet with hash browns that COVERED an oversized plate that I barely finsihed.  The meal that really caught my eye as I looked down the counter was brought to a guy a few seats away from me.  They have a waffles and fried chicken meal where the brick-sized waffles cover the plate, PLUS the meal comes with the fried chicken, one piece which was "shish kabob style" attached to a waffle by being STABBED to the heart of the chicken and the waffle...  NOTE:  This guy did not finish his meal...

From here I made my way to The Mirage, got another STACK of football parlay betting cards (whose odds were better than those at The Flamingo), collapsed into a seat at the sportsbook, and started some serious football studying...  This studying and a few naps consumed most of the rest of my day, and since this post is so long already, Part 5 of my visit will pick up shortly after midnight on Friday, December 21st.  This is the day that civilization as we know it ended, in case you missed it...  ;)  Have a great day and I'll see you again tomorrow!