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The Perils of Paulie - An Irregular Blog
Paulie_D:
Saw comment on Curlarge"s blog to the effect the he (and I suspect by extension most of us) don"t blog enough.
True dat!
We (certainly I) only write about sh!te stuff that has happened to me AND may be of interest to the APAT community (or at least a vocal subset thereof).
For me, other than busting out of Coventry on the first hand and getting "Sofakinged" at Cardiff...it ain"t been much.
Looking to the future though, there"s a lot coming up.
DTD (Team shenanigans)
Dublin (Oh yeah)
Vegas (after a dry October)
Prague (after a liquid Vegas)
There should be something to write about in there...you"d think.
Further out...I dunno.
Not sure about the Team event in Feb. My old LPM mates are pretty widespread by now and getting a team up might be an issue.
LPPL Festival of Pub Poker - I need to know more.
WCOAP - Aspers in Stratford is probably the closest casino to me and yet I"ve never been...so it might be a giggle.
WCOAP - TBC - Watch this space then. :)
Paulie_D:
Reserved Akcent Hotel in Prague for 5 days just in case.
Not many left on Booking.com so getting in early (with free cancellation) might be best.
Paulie_D:
Las Vegas - 7th November 2013
I'm A Workin' On The Railroad
A relatively quiet night at the Gatwick Marriot with the rest of the reprobates where I retired fairly early to get what turned out to be a poor nights sleep.
I don't know what it was but I only got a couple of hours at a time which made for a somewhat disturbed night.
Whatever, with that I made it downstairs to meet Ger and the others in time for the early shuttle to the airport. Check-in was a breeze and we were soon esconsced in The Wetherspoons for a spot of breakfast.
The flight was a few minutes late getting off but the pilot did a good job of getting us there at the scheduled arrival time..the landing was pretty good too..I kind of apply a rating of my own to those and this was a solid 8.
Of course, getting down in one piece earns you a 4. :)
Service on board was excellent as always and despite a warning that we might have delays in clearing Immigration we found no queue whatsoever and were through in seconds rather than minutes...or longer as has been the case in the past.
I left the others once through customs to find my pre-booked VIP shuttle while they collected themselves together for the stretch limo.
My ride was fair sized town car and although I did have to share (which I expected), my driver, Mark did a bang up job.
Arrival at Main Street Station was in decent time and check in was hassle free. I asked for a quiet room and got one on the 14th floor which should be well clear of any traffic noise or racket from the Fremont Street Experience.
Good size room, with a nice seating area.
The slight downside, if you will..It's called Main Street Station for a reason.
It's on Main Street and it's near the statton, in fact...it backs on to the railroad so the occasional train passing by can be a factor. If you are paying attention you can hear it but I don't think it will be a huge issue for me...or at least I hope not.
After getting myself sorted in the room I had to deal with glitch with my phone. No reception.
I fired off an email to the people at MrSimCard...thank you Wifi...only to get the reply that I'd told them I need activation in December.
Doh!
Still, they brought my activation forward with no hassles or extra cost and I was ready to rock an roll in a few minutes.
Great customer service there...just saying!
After that I tried to grab 20 winks but gave up on a proper nap...it just wasn't happening, so I washed up and headed down to the 777 Brewpub for a couple of beers and something to eat.
Southern Fried Chicken Tenders and a couple of cold ones $20 including a decent tip...the beers were $2...probably because there was football on or something...I wasn't going to argue.
However, the food and beer has a soporific effect plus the long flight and time difference meant that I was wiped out by 9pm.
I wandered back to my room for what I hoped would be a good night's rest
fandango:
Good to hear you all arrived safely.. Love the updates always, just makes me more jealous lol..
Have fun run well :)
Paulie_D:
Las Vegas - 8th November 2013
Horses For Courses
The relatively early night seemed to get me over any jet-lag or time difference issues that might have been an issue and the occasional train during the night didn't disturb my sleep.
I still didn't leave the room until late morning and I wandered a hundred yards or so to the Plaza and the Hash House A Go Go for a late breakfast / brunch.
The first thing that caught my eye was the Bacon Bloody Mary..very nice but the first sip nearly took my head off...that's one spicy drink.
I decided to keep the bacon motif going with BBBLT..that's a BLT with extra bacon.
I arrived and I finally managed to bring it under control but sticking a knife through it...Walking Dead style.
Having polished that off I got a message from Curlarge in response to posting the image of the Bloody Mary on FB and he rocked up with SusiePea. While they were enjoying their own Bloody Marys, Ger and Glenn arrived and let us know that the rest of the gang were already at Binions so we all headed over.
I think I was the only one who wasn't going to play their 2pm tournament but we had the bar at Binions pretty much surrounded with APATers all playing VP while waiting for the tourney to start.
Eventually, they all went off to play and I wandered Fremont Street for a while. I scoped out the Sigma Derby and quickly became addicted. It's a silly old fashioned game but people can get quite emotional about 5 mechanical horses.
Continuing on I located the other potential venues for further activities but spent a couple of hours in the pleasant afternoon sunshine at Park on Fremont. Cool little hangout.
Could have been a stop on the Bloody Mary Tour.
Eventually, I made my way back to Binions to see what the state of play was. Apparently, APATers had made up a good 50% of the field and I sucked back a few brews and chatted to bust-outs while waiting for the deals to get done.
I led some of the party over to the D for Sigma Derby but it looked like not everyone was as addicted as I was so we headed over to Hogs & Heifers.
In my youth I think I would have enjoyed it more. Oh the bartender we had was a real looker and she could shake it like it doesn't get shaken very often but the music was so loud we were all screaming at one another just to order a round...which was mostly done with hand gestures. I guess I'm just too old for that environment any more..and from the looks of it, I wasn't alone.
We only had a couple of beers and a round of shots before it became apparent that everyone would be glad to call it a night.
I wished the rest of the lads a good night and walked back to MSS for some food at the 777 Brewpub before getting my head down.
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