Damn it! I forgot how great a glass of wine tastes. Last night I had the urge, tonight I bought the bottle. Umnhhh…y-u-m-m…y-u-m! Thank you, God, for those luscious little grapes and little grape stompers…yes, there’s a village of little grape stompers that live under the Earth. They have magic feet. This wine wasn’t created by any of mankind’s machines in sterile kitchens. It was created during a full moon for a special child of the Earth that would really appreciate it. And I am.
It’s Christmas time again. I’d rather spend all of my days out exploring the world around the edges of Las Vegas right now than thinking about the overbearing, obnoxious symbol that Christmas has become. Which is exactly what I’m going to do on Sunday. I have a hike planned at Sloan Canyon AKA Petroglyph City. There are over 1,300 petroglyphs in a small section of canyon about 12 miles out of Vegas. You have to see it to truly appreciate it – been there – done that – going back again…and again…and again.
On another note – Neil Diamond, Hot August Night, I finally figured out who the ‘tree people’ were. He’s singing his heart out to me right now – a Bose system really is incredible, not to take anything away from Neil, so is he – but the ‘tree people’ had bothered me for quite some time, as in years. I wasn’t a hippie, I’m not a ‘harley girl’. I was straighter, older, and more disciplined before I hit 40 (just the reverse of most people) and a lot of it just slipped right on by. I snagged it tonight. One more of life’s questions has been answered…hey, it might be the wine.
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On the poker front. I had to edit the last post about Sam. Marty sent me an email and I told him to chill out and have a glass of wine. Just kidding. Anyway, it’s an edit.
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I stopped in the poker/pit area at work tonight as the final seven battled down to the final six. It was packed with spectators, staff, security, etc. I didn’t stop to look at the tournament table, I went to check on my friends, the photographer and bloggers from the WPBT. They work Bellagio’s tournaments and spend hours putting everything together. The photos of the WPBT can be seen here.
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One of the hands I dealt during the tournament:
T.J. Cloutier, playing a Super Satellite, Limit Holdem. He’s the BB. One off the Button raises. T.J. calls – heads up. Everyone folded to the raiser so T.J. knew it would be heads up.
The Flop was something like Jack – 6 – 2. All unrelated.
T.J. checked, raiser bet, T.J. check raised, raiser called.
Turn a 7. T.J. bet, raiser called.
River a 4. T.J. bet, raiser called.
T.J. turned over 7-4 offsuit. Raiser showed A-A.
If you want lessons from T.J. – he charges $1,000 a day.
Ke-rhist!!!! Where’s the wine.
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Anyone that is a member of the Clan/forum, is eligible for a January Clan Poker Tournament to be held at the Plaza. NLH – buy in $100. The 10th at 6 p.m. Visit this page, send Tanya a PM if you’re going to attend. We need a head count…in advance. Jon (clan founder) has put $100 bounty on himself. I say we bust his ass.
C U there!