I started out the day by going for a bit of a walk and having a look around inside the Flamingo Casino. They had an open air wetland enclosure, which of course included Flamingos as well as ducks, swans and turtles. Upon returning I sat out by the pool for and hour and a bit. The main pool was crowded so I hung out around a small wading pool which is essentially a fountain you [...]

It’s just past midnight here and I have just got in from my first live poker session in Vegas. I started out the day with a buffet breakfast at about 10am. That saw me through to dinner, which was good. The buffet was about 75 metres long and had just about everything you could imagine. After breakfast I signed up for a players reward card, the card is valid at all Harrah’s property casinos, which [...]

I’ll keep this blog short, I don’t want to get too over technical or over analyse the way I played. Commerce Casino was in the middle of nowhere, it took me two hours to get there using the bus and train. The poker room setup was the best I’ve seen, heaps of tables and heaps of games. It wouldn’t surprise me if it was the biggest in the poker room in the world and it [...]

Today was a long day, but one of the best of the trip so far. I started out by catching the train straight into Downtown LA and getting off at the Civic Center station. The station is located right in the heart of a district that is home Los Angeles City Hall, the US District Court, LA Municipal Court and Grand Central Market. I looked around and took some photos of the buildings and then [...]

I am in the hotel lobby right now punching out this blog on my laptop. It’s 4PM and room service is only just now doing my room. I thought I’d get out of their way and come down here and test for wireless hot spots, no luck so far. Today I tried to have a relaxing day as possible. My original plan was to go and play at Commerce Casino today, but it is a [...]