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Moral Dilemma
June 14, 2008So yesterday I covered Event 24 - $2,500 PLH/PLO with Eric, Tony and some other guys. After a long day we all headed back to the hotel to plonk out and get some well earned sleep. However, I hadn't eaten that much and was really craving some food; so after showering and cleaning up a little I decided to head down town to find some food.
As I paced Freemont street looking for anything to eat, mind you it was 3am in the morning, the only thing I could come across was Maccas. So as I sat down and chomped down a sausage and egg mcmuffin, a hash brown and a minute maid orange juice I slowly started to notice the abundance of not so fortunate people, or 'bums' strolling round Freemont st.
Departing Maccas I was greeted by a guy looking for change. Feeling pretty happy I decided to empty my pocket to him which consisted of about 84 cents. As I walked away I thought to myself, "the next time someone like him asks me for money I'm going to ask him what he wants it for". I'm not sure if its a moral dilemma I have, but I don't really want to be giving a bum money if they're going to use it for drugs, booze or flusy women.
Not longer then 10 seconds later another guy aproaches me. "Hey man, you got like 80 cents? If you give me a dollar I can give you change". Responding with, "Sorry mate, I just gave my change to that guy", I thought about what he might want it for and asked him "What do you want it for buddy?". Responding with "I just wanna get some food", I opened my wallet and handed him a dollar bill.
Once back at the Nugget I made my bed which consisted of a lilo covered with a doona cover and a small pillow, followed with another doona on top. The result . . . the best sleep I've had since arriving in Vegas! Was it karma in helping those two guys out, or was it a deserved good sleep . . . ??
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2 Days In and Haven't Stopped Yet!!
June 09, 2008So its been 2 busy days so far of non-stop action for me (as well as the other Aussies here). It all started on Thursday when I awoke around 6am. Not being able to sleep I lied on the floor listening to Poker Road on my iPod. Half way through one of their shows it came to my attention that they broadcast live from the Rio at 11am.
So there I am walking the 3km's from the hotel to the free shuttle service (yep I won't even pay 8 bucks for a cab, but will walk in the hot Nevada desert for half an hour to catch a free bus!!) to get to the Rio before their show begins. Once there I load up my laptop, chat to some mates, reply to emails, jump on PokerNetwork, while all the time listening to Gavin Smith, Joe Sebok and Ali Nejad chatting away for an hour or so.
With no more Poker Road to listen to I head inside and find a spare bloggers table to continue on my laptop. As the clock ticks close to 2pm, Garry decides to put me to work early and help out with the $2,000 NLHE day 2 event. I meet two pretty cool blokes in Eric Ramsey and Tony Marquis. We all get along like a house on fire and finish the event late into the night. With the clock about to hit 2am, me, Slippers and Dane head to play the 2am Planet Hollywood tourney. However being an alternate I decide to play $1-2 instead.
7 hands. Yep, thats how long I last. I make a play on the turn with
and fold to a river bet on hand 1. Take a nice pot down with 
on hand 3, and on hand 7 I get stacked. Ok, so I make it $10 with 
and get called by a player in mp and from the bb. The flop comes down 
and I lead for $30, fold, raise all-in. I'm like whatever I only have $90 left, lets do it and chuck my remaining chips in. The bb roles 
for a set and I'm drawing dead on the turn.Wow, so I last 7 hands and am already down $150 - and to rub it in Slippers finished up $250, Christian up $200 and Dane up $360 odd. As we finish with some Pai Gow we all eventually make it back to the Excalibur by 7am with Dane starting in 5 hours and me starting in around 9 hours.
Friday
As I awake for work, I'm running a little late, so instead of being the tight ass I am I decide to catch a cab to the Rio to cover the $1,500 Limit Holdem event. Working with Garry for the first time, I really want to work not only well, but hard and efficiently. With the event running pretty smoothly and finishing late I head to the MGM to see the boys for a while. I enjoy a Starbucks (first time since leaving Las Vegas last year) while listening to their bad beats and then eventually head home for an early 4am bed time.Today I also caught up with Michael Guzzardi, Jimmy Burgoine and Celina who arrived from Melbourne; who are trying hard to get their money from the T6 promotions they won. Also bumped into Kirk Morrison; we got to catch up, chat about how things have been since we last were in contact and organised to met up once his WSOP campaign got running.
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