I’ve been a very busy kid. The screenplay is finally, really truly, done. X X X…that’s me crossing my fingers. I’m so relieved. It’s been an obsession for the last four months. I hope I don’t wake up in the night needing a fix. But not to worry, there’s more writing going on. I’m working on a book I started around the end of last year…and not to forget these pages.

So a short trip to Pokerland USA is in order.

Sam G. seems to be doing more sitting around as a ‘sweater’ than as a player lately. He did jump into a ‘must move’ $10-$20 NLH game I was dealing on Monday night. He had the minimum buy-in and it went into a pot about the fourth or fifth hand I dealt. It was four way action and he lost all of his checkers in the hand. He was the Small Blind and sat there after I moved the Button to him…without digging for chips or appearing to be ready to re-buy. I shuffled and dealt. Even without having chips in front of him, he’s entitled to be dealt in every hand until he’s missed his blind. He also has to re-buy for the minimum buy-in which is $600.

Don’t worry, as I came around with his first card, he gave me the ‘glare devil’ of all devil looks. It’s a good thing I’m made of steel and I can deflect those hate rays or my head might have exploded when they hit me. He took a hike but left some token on the table which locked up his seat. I got pushed a few minutes later so…maybe he returned, maybe he didn’t.

Archie K. – the guy that ran $10,000 into $34,000,000 back a few years ago, was playing $15-$30 7 Card Stud tonight. Ahhhh…you’re thinking it’s because he invested the $34M and he only plays low limit for fun now, right? Wrong! He’s a story alright. I got an email from someone that wanted to do a special on gambling and they wanted to talk to Archie as a possible host…they asked me if I could get in touch with him and have him call them back. I did but I had to go through the Greek Mafia in the Sports Book to do it. It was all very secret and one of them came to me later with a phone number for Archie. Sure, I called him and gave him the number of ‘them’. I haven’t seen him as a host on any tv show about gambling…but I do have his phone number. 🙂

I haven’t dealt any of the Festa Al Lago Tournament to date. I’ve dealt a few satellites and a super satellite but none of the tournament. I’ve been out of the line-up, playing more poker than I should but it’s been great fun. Soon I’ll be off to the yearly renzdevous in Idaho, the great family camp out, poker games, sleeping in a tent, campfires, hiking, my best little girlfriend will go with me after she flies in from Kansas City…sigh…I can hardly wait.

On that note, it’s time for sleep.