Tonight is the probably the most fun I have ever had playing poker! I was beginning to become a little jaded and disinterested in the game, but tonight turned all that around and it had nothing to do with how I played and whether I won or not. I returned to the Flamingo, the place where I earned the nickname ‘Peep’ and where I have found the people to be most friendly and inviting. One [...]

I got my wake-up call at 5:15am, something that was initiated by the tour company, not me. The sun was already out and I got down to the tour bus lobby area of the hotel by about 5:45. The bus was meant to come at 6, but ended up being about 15 minutes late. Once I board we had to pick up more people from other hotels, then it was off to the tour company’s [...]

The Mirage is one of the most famous poker rooms on the strip; it is featured in the 1998 movie Rounders with Matt Damon. The movie is a classic amongst poker players, many of whom credit it for getting them into the game. It was a relatively well run room that by the time I left was packed with people. I played for seven hours straight, not standing up once, it was a marathon. I [...]

Yesterday I decided to get out of familiar territory and see what the north end of the strip has in store. There is lots of construction going on along in that area so I decided to take a ride on the bus rather than walkthrough desert dust storms in the middle of the day. There is a bus called “The Deuce” that runs up and down the strip, it has two decks and I sat [...]

THUD! Everything was going so very well, I’m halfway across the world living a dream. I knew it was coming, but I wasn’t sure when and how bad, but as far as downswings go, this is one of my worst. I’ll start by describing you my last two appearances in live cash games, yesterday and today. Yesterday I played for six hours straight in one of the loosest and juiciest games I have ever seen. [...]