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The Perils of Paulie - An Irregular Blog
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on November 17, 2013, 16:17:55 PM ---
It is much better than Harrah"s, it is just in the wrong place.
--- End quote ---
I assume you mean "not on the Strip". This is true, of course, but a cab to the Strip was $20 including tip and because of construction we had to go a slightly longer way.
How much was a cab to the Aria or the MGM?...split, say, 3 ways I think the couple of extra dollars is worth it and anyway the Orleans has a free shuttle to centre-Strip if I wanted.
I think most APAT players would find the cash games and tourneys here pretty soft.
I suspect, however, that staying Downtown would have priority over off-strip for most APATers who only tend to spend a week in Vegas.
I"m fortunate, I suppose, (or at least willing to forego other breaks) to spend an extra week here. After all, I spend a shipload of cash getting here and I want as long as I can get.
AJDUK:
Debjani and I love Orleans - have stayed there a couple of times although we always hire a car so location is not an issue for us. Even when we don"t stay there we"re never out of the place.
GL Paulie.
Fatcatstu:
Never been. Apparently the limits of my adventures were as far as the venetian sports book, Rio, and somewhere else that i played the Paigowwwww. Was that the Orleans? I dont remember much of that day??
If you get a chance, go say hi to chris (the best barman in Vegas) at the orleans. The man looked after us excessively well in our trips there for the NFL :D
duke3016:
--- Quote from: Fatcatstu on November 20, 2013, 00:18:55 AM ---
Never been. Apparently the limits of my adventures were as far as the venetian sports book, Rio, and somewhere else that i played the Paigowwwww. Was that the Orleans? I dont remember much of that day??
If you get a chance, go say hi to chris (the best barman in Vegas) at the orleans Venetian . The man looked after us excessively well in our trips there for the NFL :D
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FYP
Paulie_D:
Las Vegas - 17th November 2013
Lazy Sunday Afternoon
Aah bliss..some alone time.
As is my usual wont in Vegas, I left the room about noon and headed straight down to the Poker Room and got seated with only a short wait.
I sat in for about 4 hours before hunger pangs drove me from the table with a small profit of $40 but at least I'm not losing any money here like I had been doing at the Venetian.
I grabbed some food at TGI Fridays while watching the Saturday NFL game before calling it a night.
Not a lot to report as I'm taking it pretty easy from now on...so these reports are unlikely to contain any shenanigans.
Las Vegas - 18th November 2013
More Tambourine.
I got a pretty late start today and headed downstairs around 1pm. I wasn't in the mood for poker today so I went upstairs to the movie theatre to see Ender's Game.
That filled a few hours and on coming out I ate in TGI's before making my way onto the casino area for some $5 Pai Gow.
That killed a few hours until I got a call from Curlarge suggesting meeting up at Ri Ra at the Manadalay Bar to see John Windsor.
I cashed out for a $10 loss (well covered by booze value) and cabbed over to the MB and met Curly and SusiePea just as they came in the lobby.
We found the place eventually and sat down at a high table with a good view. I ordered a Stella and then a Heineken..neither of them tasted right.
Perhaps I'm used to colder, lighter beer after the last 10 days but there was definitely something off...so I switched to JD and Coke.
We sat through John's sets and Curly did us proud by doing a great accompaniment on the tambourine.
John finished up around 12.30 and I wished Curly and Susie a good night before hobbling off to catch a cab back to the Orleans. I don't know what it is but sitting on those high stools always leaves me a cripple as soon as I stand up.
Anyway, I was back at the Orleans by 1am...a late night for me. I'll be getting a good night's kip for sure.
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