I got a real treat when I started to leave the room on my first break. A woman and two children, boy and girl, were standing at the entrance to the card room looking for husband/dad.

I stopped and asked if I could help them.

The woman said she was looking for her husband and I suggested that she step up to the front podium and ask the Brush person to page him…she hemmed and hawed and said that he might be winning and she didn’t want to jinx him.

I then asked what game he played and what limit because I intended to tell her which part of the room to scan.

She didn’t know. She turned to the boy, he appeared to be eight or nine years old, and asked, “Do you know what game he plays on the internet?”

We went through Texas Holdem and a few others guesses and finally I convinced her that I would stand there with the kids while she asked the Brush to page. She went.

The boy said, “My dad likes to play tournaments.”

Me, “Yeah, they’re cool.”

He went on with, “He knows what cards to keep and what to throw away. He’s a very good player but the computer is cheating.”

Honestly…I swear…I kept a straight face when I replied, “Wow! Really? That’s not good, a computer that cheats?”

Mom returned and dad wasn’t there. They left me and I chuckled over that comment all night long.

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The highest limit tonight was $600-$1200 Mixed. I went through the game on Table 1. The Shuffle Master was turned OFF!!! Bad beat. I love the Shuffle Master…not sure why it was out of commission. The last word I heard was that we would have them on 28 of the 30 tables. That would really be sweet.

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While dealing $30-$60 Holdem, a sweet young thing asked for first seat change. Another player told her it went by seniority. It was funny because the conversation turned to the fact that two of the players, new to Bellagio, at first thought that it was the length of time you played at Bellagio…their play began a few days ago.

They wondered how anyone could keep track of someone that had played there since opening vs. someone that started a few months after the place opened and on down the line.

Hell no! I’m not kidding. They weren’t even blonde.

One of them said that when she first heard it, she thought she would be the last person in the room to be eligible for a seat change because she was fairly new to poker.

I cracked up!

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Our next tournament kicks off this month on the 23rd. Visit this page for dates and schedules. Don’t be shy about calling Bellagio if you have any questions. Show up and play with us…you’ve all been watching the World Poker Tour so you know what’s going on in the real world of poker and you know Bellagio is the place to be…See you there!