the temperature is perfect for an early a.m. stroll – evening to some of us – and that’s what I just did. I had to wait for the Window’s Service Pack for Vista to download and install anyway. The warning message on the service pack was ‘don’t even think about using your computer while this is going on’ so I didn’t. Continue reading It’s a great morning in Vegas →

not know a frigging thing about the game of poker. It’s the boo hiss season right now. I’m busted out of four tournaments with Aces. But why would aces beat 2-3 or 8-4 or any of those magnificent holdings? It ain’t gonna happen. Continue reading Me thinks me doth →

Tournament and news reports are coming in and the people side of poker is going up on PokerWorks in the WSOP Central section. My favorite part of poker is the people side of it. I don’t mind the people so much but I do hate the cards a lot at times. I’m still beating my head into a brick with the Chasing Chris Ferguson project, but hey…why not? What better time could I have than playing poker from home and being able to get really vocal when I take a beat – without getting a warning from the floor!

Continue reading The Sandwoman’s in my immediate future →

with staying current on Tango? Let me count the ways: #1 Just sit down and pen. #2 Just sit down and pen. #3 Just sit down and pen…the list goes on forever. Continue reading How can I catch up →

I’ve never claimed to be a brainiac mathematically minded soul, yet I can’t help but wonder what the odds are that I would happen to be in a WalMart at Rainbow and Spring Mountain (I end up there about once a year since I live on the other side of town) and first run in to Pam Jones, then as I passed the return area I spotted Abe, a poker playing gent that used to play only $5-10 7 Card Stud at the Mirage and eventually upgraded??? to Omaha, and in electronics/computers at the back of the store spy and chat with Suzie Lederer’s niece (she apparently works there), and after I cashed out and was heading out of the store I spotted Lucky (dealer at Bellagio) at the cashier. Four poker personalities that all arrived at the store – separately – and I cross their path at a given hour of the day out of the zillions of people that live in Las Vegas. Way weird man! Continue reading What the hell are the odds? →

A day later than any of us would have liked…especially MOM. No, not Grandmom, MOM. She was somewhere around 24 hours in labor and then had to have minor surgery afterward. Poor MOM! But everyone’s happy, everyone’s healthy, all is good. Baby Rain weighed in at 6.5. She was born the evening of the 24th. Can’t wait to meet her but that will be a family reunion doings the way my summer is planned. Continue reading The Baby Arrived a day later →

They’re in Oregon, I’m in Vegas. I’d love to be there but things have a way of getting in the way. I’m doing the weekly dental visits, cringing when I think of anyone – including my dentist – touching this nightmare in the front of my mouth (my youngest son says I look like a hillbilly and that should say it all), trying to get the property in Pahrump strings tied up (going out tomorrow to meet a house inspector), and gearing up for the WSOP to start. And I have a daily workload. So I’m still in Vegas. Continue reading We are welcoming a new baby tonight →

I’ve heard a few tidbits of news from Wayne about the Las Vegas view of poker rooms as of late. It seems a lot of them are not putting out a massive effort to keep the games going and some are to the point of cutting back on dealers, some may close, some don’t try to restart their games once they break for the night. I asked Wayne to visit the forum and put up a post – perhaps he will. Continue reading Poker Around Town →

I’ve written before about the empty faces that stand on street corners in Las Vegas, with their signs and desperation held out to passing motorists, and they are definitely still there – just because I haven’t written about them doesn’t mean they’ve gone away. Continue reading Railbirds of life →