1) This was the first time that I went to Vegas during the winter. I am so used to going there during the summer and having it be over 100 degrees. It was about 65 degrees in Vegas. Now, for me it seemed like 65 degrees in Vegas is a lot different than 65 degrees in Minnesota. If it were 65 degrees in Minnesota, everyone would be at the beach and basically be wearing nothing. In Vegas, it was a little chilly. There was a breeze and since there is no humidity, it seemed colder. I'm not complaining, just thought it was interesting.
2) I didn't do so well this past weekend. I normally leave winning some amount of cash that will cover airfare expenses and other stuff. I didn't play much poker either. Here are a couple reasons why.
I played in $1-$2 no limit cash games.
I get dealt 77 in the big blind. There are 6 players in the pot. The flop comes 7 8 9. The small blind bets $30 into a $12 pot. I think for awhile and I go all in for about $140. Everyone else folds to the small blind. He has been playing crazy the whole game. He's been taking money from people and giving it to other people. I was just waiting to crack him. I finally get my chance. He calls my all in. I have him covered. He flips over 8 10 offsuit. He had a lot of outs, but I had the feeling that he was gonna hit his straight. Well, he hits the 6 on the river and I am pissed.
I get dealt J 7 offsuit in the small blind. There's 5 people in the pot. The flop comes J 7 2 all clubs. I check, the guy a couple seats to my right looks down at his cards. I now know for sure that he has either the A or K of clubs. He bets $10. There a caller and I call. The turn comes 5 of diamonds. My plan was to check raise him all in since I know I'm ahead. He bets $20. The next guy folds and it's up to me. I go all in. I think I'm ahead and when he flips over his cards, I am ahead. He flips over K 7 with the K of clubs. A club comes on the river and my hopes and dreams are dashed.
This last hand I am very proud of. I am in middle position and the guy to my right raises to $10 with A K offsuit. I have 8 8 so I call. There are 3 other callers. The flop comes Q 8 6 all spades. The small blind leads out with a bet of $15. This is a guy who has about $2000 at the table b/c he was playing all night. He started with $100. The raiser looks down at his cards and calls. I think for awhile because I think that the small blind has a big hand. I call the bet. The turn comes a K of clubs. The small blind bets $25. The raiser raises it to $50. I know I have the raiser(A K offsuit) beat. I think for a long time. For some reason I have a good read on the small blind. Either I go all in or I just call. I decide to call the raise. The small blind shouts out "I'm all in." The original raiser says "ahhh! what the heck? I call." I ended up throwing away my set of 8's. What a laydown! If the original raiser had not called, I would have had to call. The small blind flips over A 2 of spades. He flops the nut flush and takes down the pot. I had a lot of outs but I was getting killed all weekend and had a bad feeling with this one so I mucked my hand and saved myself about $150.
Like I said earlier, I didn't have a very profitable weekend. That's ok though. I will make the money that I lost back playing online once basketball season is over.
3) So I'm NOT a Nascar Racing fan. Joe, Dave, and I each made a $10 bet on picking the winner for the race. It's surprising how exciting Nascar was when you have money on the race. At one point we were in the hotel room watching the race and it was actually somewhat interesting. We ended up not winning anything from it. This just added to the losing streak of the weekend.
4) So I'm on the plane home and I want to get some shut-eye since I have to work the next day. My flight gets into the cities at 12:30am and I have to be at the staff meeting at 6:45am. Anyway, there's a lady and her son who sits next to me. She's quiet at first. Then she gets bored and starts chatting with me. I'm thinking OH NO! She tells me everything about her life. She's a housewife, has 4 kids, 2 dogs, wants 2 more dogs, her husband works for Cargill, blah blah blah blah blah. I haven't met many housewives, but after meeting this lady I made an assumption that many housewives don't get out much. Towards the end of the flight she says "boy, this flight went fast." I'm thinking, well hell yeah it did for you. The best part of the flight was when the plane was landing and my ears started to pop so I couldn't hear her anymore. Sheeeeesh!
5) The highlight of the trip muat have been when we went to eat at Mesa Grill in Ceasars. My roommate's mom got us a $200 complimentary meal at Bobby Flay's restaurant. The food was soooooo good. I got rib-eye steak and I LOVE steak. We end up spending most of that money and gave the server a pretty nice tip. Thank you Mary Jo Jerome. We all love you for it.
Anyway-I still love Vegas and will go back this summer. Hopefully I will get a chance to live there for a couple months. Now it's back to reality.
