I have discovered the true meaning of love. Not that breath suspending, illogical heart pounding, rapid twitch, OH MY GOD kind of love – but true love.
Cleaning that DAMN ashtray that your sister left setting in the garage when she went home to Montana!!! That’s what true love is. I hate cigarettes. I hate the smell. I hate fricking ashtrays…as a matter of fact, if everyone that smoked had to lick an ashtray every morning when they got up, they’d damn well quit smoking. Sister…you’ve pushed a button here!
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I had the perfect day on Sunday. A hike with my friend Wayne – you can see the pics by visiting here – click on “Lake Mead” then “East Bowl of Fire 1/05”.
After the hike I picked up that sweet grandson of mine, Riot – he’s a whopping nine months old – for the night. What a joy. That boy is so damn happy, he spreads sunshine wherever he goes. I’ve made up my mind that if I can help it, he will NEVER learn to play poker. I hope he spends his time out hiking, chasing girls, and doing what Granny tells him are the good things in life.
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On the poker side of the world, I’m laughing my butt off. $8-16 Holdem. A seat opens towards the end of my down. A guy sits down, pulls out cash, and says, “I love your writing.”
We start jawing. I ask his name. He says, “Nicholas in the three seat.”
Hysterical! He jogged my memory about a September 17, 2004 post in which we had a few words. I remembered then because I even chased him down, outside the room, to ask his name so I could use it in the post. He’s also registered on the Clan as – none other than – Nicholas in the three seat. Love it! He said he’ll be here all week long…great…I have to run him down and find a chance to visit.
The room was fairly quiet tonight. Only one $10-20 NLH game running – late – in the high limit section. Lots of action in the rest of the room.
Lots of noise still going on as to all the places that are opening poker and who’s going where. I’m still asked, all the time, if I’m going to Wynn. I’m still stating, “NO!”
A lot of our dealers are auditioning, some say they are only seeing what’s being offered. I don’t think anything is really being offered, there are no Golden Ladders of Success in the dealing world. As far as moving into a ‘brush’ or ‘supervisor’ position, the only thing it looks good on is a resume – my POV. You make less money (unless you are the ‘high limit’ brush in a ‘high limit’ room) and you have no escape hatch – as in take an EO or take time off. So why opt for that position? At least as a dealer you can EO, play on shift, and you have the opportunity to make more than an hourly/shift wage.
There will be a lot of changes in the near future as far as poker is concerned in Vegas. Too many rooms are opening with too many tables and the whole world is jumping with poker. Just how many rooms/tables can Vegas support? Good question Sherlock.
Most casinos do not want to give up the floor space for a poker room when they can fill it with machines and have less headaches and make more money. Time will tell but I believe a lot of the places that are opening rooms now will be closing their rooms within a year or less. What looks like greener pastures now is just the same old stack of blue chips being pushed across the same old tables to a few of the same old players in the future.