Welcome to the land of hope and dreams
Nov. 28th, 2011 09:39 pmOr, rather, wlecome to Las Vegas. I could have had a better arrival. Although the flight(s) over were trouble-free, my voice started to fail half-way through the first leg. By the time I was at Atlanta it was just a whisper. By the time I reached Las Vegas I felt like death. Then again, I had been going for 22 hours straight (perhaps two hours of napping on the flights), and my ribs were hurting, my cough was getting worse and I couldn't speak. Things could have started with better portents.
I avoided the Flamingo via the Freeway cab rip-off ('via Paradise, please, sonny') got my room key (Total Rewards has another advantage -- faster check-ins) and then slept dreadfully from about 8pm (bad dreams, interrupted by racking coughing fits that ripped the right side of my ribcage in two because of the old gym injury last Thursday). But I got up at 2am and had the pleasure of the last hour or two of the dreadful Hold 'em players. Played like a total nit (equals very tight player, for people unfamiliar with poker argot), refused to back down when my KK (I overraise to 5x pre-flop, obv, 'cos no-one folds) found two callers and was rewarded with a T85 rainbow board. $45 in pot, I bet $35 and get one caller. 3 on the turn. I bet $100 and he puts me all-in for another $65. Snap call from me and KK is good enough. Opponent claims he had queens, but I suspect that it was just a very bad bluff. Kerching, +$200 in three hours. Would probably have won $200 more if I had played a bit looser.
There were a few things wrong with the room. No large bath towels, no "Do not disturb/please clean my room" sign, and not very hot water. Also no desk chair! And then the Flamingo web service refused to accept that I was the inhabitant of this room (turns out the check-in clerk called me a Mr Peter J). On the plus side, the water and towels were fixed within 15 minutes of me reporting it, at 5.30am.
The very helpful Tonya at reception also told me that the Walgreens pharmacy has in-house physicians, so I'll walk down there before picking up the hire car from Treasure Island and then walk up to the Venetian to see if Mr O'Leary is around. Alternatively I could text him.
Still feeling too rough to sleep, I suspect. May just watch bad morning TV. At least the weather forecasters are fun. TTFN
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I avoided the Flamingo via the Freeway cab rip-off ('via Paradise, please, sonny') got my room key (Total Rewards has another advantage -- faster check-ins) and then slept dreadfully from about 8pm (bad dreams, interrupted by racking coughing fits that ripped the right side of my ribcage in two because of the old gym injury last Thursday). But I got up at 2am and had the pleasure of the last hour or two of the dreadful Hold 'em players. Played like a total nit (equals very tight player, for people unfamiliar with poker argot), refused to back down when my KK (I overraise to 5x pre-flop, obv, 'cos no-one folds) found two callers and was rewarded with a T85 rainbow board. $45 in pot, I bet $35 and get one caller. 3 on the turn. I bet $100 and he puts me all-in for another $65. Snap call from me and KK is good enough. Opponent claims he had queens, but I suspect that it was just a very bad bluff. Kerching, +$200 in three hours. Would probably have won $200 more if I had played a bit looser.
There were a few things wrong with the room. No large bath towels, no "Do not disturb/please clean my room" sign, and not very hot water. Also no desk chair! And then the Flamingo web service refused to accept that I was the inhabitant of this room (turns out the check-in clerk called me a Mr Peter J). On the plus side, the water and towels were fixed within 15 minutes of me reporting it, at 5.30am.
The very helpful Tonya at reception also told me that the Walgreens pharmacy has in-house physicians, so I'll walk down there before picking up the hire car from Treasure Island and then walk up to the Venetian to see if Mr O'Leary is around. Alternatively I could text him.
Still feeling too rough to sleep, I suspect. May just watch bad morning TV. At least the weather forecasters are fun. TTFN
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