Doug and his friend Jessie picked us up about 9:30 and we started out on our long road trip to Cabazon, California to an Indian Casino called Morongo. Doug and Jessie are both under 21, so they can’t play in Vegas, but the rule for Indian casinos is only 18+ apparently. They were both involved in a car accident the other night, Jessie was the driver. They had a hire car and Jessie did a [...]

Had a smallish bet on Russia at the start of the Euro 2008 tournament at odds of $34! Now they are in the semi-finals they are available at $4.90 on BetFair. I decided to lay a little off to realise some value, but for the most part the bet rides.

Rohan and I headed down to the Poker Room about 9pm and settled in at separate tables for a session of play. I picked up a few hands early, but established a pretty solid image. My first big pot of the night came when there were a few limpers in the pot I raised AK out of the small blind and got a few callers. The flop came KK2 rainbow, I checked and there was [...]

We moved to the Golden Nugget and will be here for a week. Finally we will get to settle in somewhere after a week of checking in and checking out like crazy. The Golden Nugget is located in Downtown Las Vegas, where we have been for the last few days. It is a 4 star hotel, and has been recently refurbished. Which is a bit of a step up from the last two run down [...]

2008 will be remembered for its car crash stories that is for sure. Earlier in the year I had an accident while driving, then just a month or so ago some nut nearly killed Brad and I on the way home from indoor cricket and now I have another story to tell. Rohan and I are both friendly online with this guy named Doug, aka WCG|Rider from PokerStars and 2+2. He lives here in Vegas [...]