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Paulie_D:
Upminster: November 2nd 2010
"The Day Before The Day Before"
So...my next trip to Las Vegas is less than 48 hours away. In the past couple of years I"ve managed to get in 2 or 3 trips a year...but this year was different.
I"d decided at the beginning of the year to attend as many APAT events as possible and by the time February 1st 2011 rolls around, I"m pretty confident that I"ll have made all but one....Tallinn...DAMN IT, DAMN IT, DAMN IT.
All this means that, and I have no regrets whatsoever, my regular pilgrimage to the desert poker Mecca has been limited to November.
I"m joined in this excursion by my brother, Pete, who I"ve mentioned before in this blog thingy. He"s not a poker player (although he"s dabbled) but when he"s playing Blackjack there is no stopping him.
What does this mean, very little in the scheme of things...except that the Harrahs Group absolutely LOVE him.
"How much" you ask...well I"ll tell you. We"ve booked into the Flamingo in one of their "ultra-cool" GO rooms. Fair enough, they quoted me $400+ for a week. Not bad...4 nights free
When we plugged him into the equation, that dropped that to....$185....for a frakkin" week!
Compare that to a rate I got from the Orleans for 6 days...and all I have there is that I"m a card holder...$280.
There"s a reason he"s my favourite brother...of course he"s my only brother...but still.
Whatever, tomorrow I have my last day in work before heading off to Gatwick. Overnight in the Holiday Inn with 2 weeks parking for the cost of a taxi....Job Done.
Paulie_D:
Upminster: November 3rd 2010
"The Day Before"
Sleep, Work, Pub, Work...OK, it"s not all going to be that interesting.
After work it"s an hours schlep to Gatwick in the car. No real problems with the drive, slightly held up at the Dartford Bridge due to congestion.
Sidebar: The Dartford Toll...isn"t toll any more, it"s a "Congestion Charge"...but here"s the sneaky thing...what causes the congestion....the collection gates. It"s a bloody gold mine I tell you!
Whatever, I roll into the Holiday Inn at Gatwick around 6.45. I"ve stayed here before and they"re pretty efficient at the old check-in. I belong to their loyalty scheme so they"ve pre-checked me in, assigned the room, validated the card etc. etc.
I can add the shuttle tickets to my room bill (great, no extra £1 coins to find), I get a discount on breakfast for buying it early and they"ll look after the car while I"m away.
Quick scrub round the back of the ears and I"m in the bar for 7.15. Becks on tap, Club sandwich and I"m good.
Flying tomorrow....well today now.
duke3016:
GL Paulie - keep us posted (good and bad ::) specially bad)
Paulie_D:
Gatwick: November 4th 2010
"Cause I"m Leaving, On A Jet Plane"
Safely esconsed in The Flying Horse, the Wetherspoons in Gatwick"s South Terminal, working on the first pint of the day and mooching off the free wi-fi from McDonalds next door...sweetah.
Odd how beer is 50p more expensive here than in a regular Wetherspoons...first bad beat...50p..geddit, geddit?
Aaaaand, their "Large Breakfast" is £7.95 compared to the regular £3.99. Hmmm...captive market much?
Whatever, checked in nice and quick, luggage just 2.5 kilos under the weight limit...can"t do too much shopping then.
Pete, the brother, is already there and checked into the Flaming_O (also known as the Pink Chicken)
Take off at 11.20....landing at 3.15 local (11.15pm on Paulie Time)...should be time for a nap before heading off to the Mirage to meet some people from AllVegasPoker for some Mixed Game madness.
Laters.
PHIL_TC:
--- Quote from: duke3016 on November 04, 2010, 08:36:47 AM ---
GL Paulie - keep us posted (good and bad ::) specially bad)
--- End quote ---
+1
Have a fantastic trip, looking forward to hearing the full details :)
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