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KarmaDope:
Back to Vegas - Sunday
Woke up after not so much sleep and went downstairs where I was finally able to change rooms. Lost my king size bed but was worth it for the pleasure of actually getting some bloody sleep!
Sunday in the USA, in November, is NFL day (that"s American football, not No Fecking Lime). Quickly established that the rowdy bunch were in the Sports Book at the Venetian and headed there. Met up with Ger, Stu, Rodders etc and spent most of the day just chilling out, playing the odd bit of video poker and generally having a good time. Watched a lot of football before heading back to Harrahs for 3-card and some Pai Gow. Grabbed some food from KGB burger in Harrah"s and went to bed.
KarmaDope:
Vegas - Monday
Some of you may have read in Paulie"s blog that he had an issue with food in KGB, and thought it was just him until "some of the others" informed him that they had also had issues.
Some of the others was me. Woke up Monday feeling like death, sadly. Not how you want to spend a day in bloody Vegas! Decided eating was not the best idea and spent most of the morning watching really bad American daytime TV and sipping water. As I alluded to earlier, my trusty laptop had broken and I was fed up with getting it to work for short periods of time (it turned out that the unit works but the HDD is screwed. Second HDD to go in that machine!) so I eventually dragged my weary ass out of bed and headed downstairs.
Debated food but eventually decided it would be a bad idea and jumped on the Deuce. I"d mentioned to Paulie that I needed a new laptop the night before and he had kindly suggested Fry"s. Fry"s is an American electronics store based in Town Square. It is HUGE. If it"s electrical, chances are Fry"s has it and it is bloody cheap. Either way I got there and had a good browse before buying the laptop I am using now - http://www.amazon.com/F502CA-EB31-16-Inch-Notebook-1-40GHz-Processor/dp/B00E3IEYAM
Was a steal in my eyes, brand new at $379 + tax.
Took it back to Harrah"s via takeout from Hash House A Go Go (the Andy"s Crispy Indiana Style Hand Hammered Pork Tenderloin With griddled smoked mozzarella, caramelized onions, fresh spinach, portabello mushroom, house charred tomato and bar b" que cream all served with horseradish mashed potatoes and grilled corn O" cobb is my comfort food in Vegas) and managed to eat something before heading downstairs and to the Venetian to meet up with the crew and support Stu/Rich/Paul in the $300 PLO.
Most of us jumped in the 7pm $200 side event of the Deepstack series and I didn"t even make it to the first break, after running JJ into QQ. Oops. Decided against setting fire to another $200 and railed for a bit before heading back to get some kip. Was nice to hear afterwards that Susiepea and Matty had both final tabled the evening comp, and each of them hit 4 figure scores. Mini Rudders had also final tabled the PLO for a min cash and the Brits were representing well.
KarmaDope:
Sigh at never finishing the blog of Vegas.
It"s been 4 months since I last updated this, with many changes in my life. Most of them have been good, and for the first time in what feels like forever, and is at least a year I reckon (Vegas 2013 doesnt count), I will be attending an APAT event to play. See you all in Leeds.
I have also decided that I am going to try and post something in this blog every day for the next 100 days, starting tomorrow, which has been inspired by the 100 Happy Days Photo Challenge, only I don"t want to provide photos. Hopefully I can post something every day that is worth posting.
KarmaDope:
So what made me resurrect this?
It was something Julie said to me. As referenced before, I am one of life"s serial moaners, and was lamenting about something when she asked me what my target was. At the time, I didn"t really have a target. Well, I did, but it had been cruelly ripped away from me through no current fault of my own.
As some of you know, I had actually applied to join the Army as a Communications Specialist. I"d attended a course and loved it, passed my interview and was just waiting for my medical before getting my selection date. But I failed the medical due to my previous knee injuries. SO my dream was up in smoke. Hence the question I was asked...what is your target?
So I went away and thought about it. A target had worked for Julie. She"d lost 4.5 stone (those on Facebook have seen the transformation) and gained ridiculous amounts of confidence. Things at home have been better as well. But I still felt a bit aimless, meandering along in a boring job doing nothing. I asked myself, what do I want to do? Do I want to be in the NHS for the rest of my life? No. What jobs have I done that I enjoy doing? There have been a few, but nothing stood out. I discussed it with Julie and she said that I just needed something to aim for, something to give me direction. So I decided.
In 2016 I will play the WSOP Main Event.
That is my target. That is my goal. I will play the WSOP Main Event. It"s one of the few dreams I have left. But it would be simple if I just saved up for it? That"s not much fun, and not really what I want from a target. I want a target I need to work at.
With the support of my wife, I"m currently saving up £1000. Not straight away by putting all my wages into a savings account, but the aim is to get that figure by the end of the year. I"m then going to play live cash, and turn it into the buy in and build a bankroll.
I can hear you all laugh right now :)
So I"m resurrecting this to chronicle the journey, warts and all.
KarmaDope:
I refuse to give up on my 100 day post challenge on Day 3, even if I have nothing to say apart from if my beloved Liverpool play as badly as we did tonight when we host Real Madrid, we"re screwed.
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