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Paulie_D:
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APAT - Vegas Vengeance: Wednesday, 23rd November 2011
You Can"t Beat A Happy Ending
Another good night"s sleep....like I said, the beds at Harrah"s are very comfortable. I was doing the general stooging around the room when my brother Pete texted me suggesting breakfast. At 11am...is he insane...that"s way to early!?
Nevertheless, I felt it my duty to see the little blighter as I hadn"t actually laid eyes on him for 5 days or so. Good to know he was still alive although judging by the look of him when he knocked on my door it had been a rough night.
We sauntered down to The Cafe at Harrah"s...an unimaginative name but accurate. Steak, Eggs, Breakfast potatoes, orange juice and coffee....lovely. We caught up on our various doings but as our interests on the gambling front are different he decided to have another shot at the blackjack tables and, mug that I am, went back to the Venetian.
Seriously, I should have known better....
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No madam...you did not KNOW the villain had JJ on a J73 - 8 - 8 board when you called all the streets of betting, raised by the villain and reraised by me on every street. I knew he was betting the come on the flop with his A2, I"d been watching him do it for past hour.
If you seriously thought he had JJ you would not have called with a bare 3 and no low on the flop and gone runner runner with 83 to boat the river against my 77.
That was enough, I"d been there less than 2 hours and was down $140 already...I"m done.
Of course, this left me with the rest of the day to fill. I wandered back to Harrah"s and played the penny slots for an hour or two dropping another $100 or so...no, I lie, it was more like $200.
Jesus, I"m so stupid sometimes.
That put me further in a funk and I was sitting in my room trying to decide whether to even bother to do anything for the evening when I got a text from, as it turned out, Ger to the effect that they had acted on a suggestion of mine from some time back and made reservations at The Range Steakhouse [2016 Note: Now Ruth Chris"s Steakhouse] upstairs in Harrah"s for 8pm.
I kind of felt obliged to be there ad it had been my original idea but on reflection that wasn"t the important point. No, this would be my last opportunity so socialise with some of my APAT friends before they flew back and that I could not miss.
So, I threw off my troubles and made my way downstairs and found a small crowd at the Numb bar just outside The Range"s private elevator. It seemed that some people there were unconvinced about the value of the meal compared to the cost so they elected to choose the Outback instead.
Fair enough. As it turned out Richard Baker called me and said that he had rounded up a few more and we eventually made it upstairs eleven handed. A couple of tables pushed together right by the window overlooking the Strip and all the ambiance you might expect.
Oysters, Steak and Lobster followed by Tiramisu all washed down with a few large glasses of wine.
How much you ask?...About $110 each and worth every red cent. The service and food were top notch and I would recommend it if you happen to be into that kind of experience.
We were out by 10.30 pm or so, I"m not precisely sure of the time but I suggested that we finish off the night at Toby Keith"s.
This ideas was more or less warmly received although I did see Ger and a couple of others yawning but that didn"t stop them following along.
On arrival, someone was getting the drinks in while we tried to find a table that we could all sit at when I looked around to find Laxie having a barney with a security guard.
It seemed that this jobsworth was concerned about us disrupting the flow of the restaurant section by sitting at a "restaurant table" instead of at a a set of stools no more than 4 feet away.
Dawn was explaining to this f...ellow that it was had to disrupt the flow when there were precisely 3 people sitting the the restaurant section which had space for over 100 covers.
Regardless, I suggested to Laxie that it wasn"t worth the hassle but somehow, bless her, she managed to wangle not only $50 worth of comps as an apology for our trouble but late check-out (2pm instead of noon) for all of us in the party staying at Harrah"s.
Gift of the gab I suppose.
Well that sealed it...we were drinking and singing along to the somewhat (I thought) mediocre cover band playing and eventually closed up the joint at 1.30am.
Job done.
I shook a few hands in case I didn"t see them again before they flew out and wended my weary way back my room. Stuffed and Happy. Day ended well I think.
duke3016:
--- Quote from: Paulie_D on October 30, 2016, 13:37:48 PM ---
Ger seemed to be hitting everything in sight even when he should have gotten out of the hand some time before. This was a little frustrating [2016 Note: In fact was downright annoying] but there is nothing you can do in these situations.
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Paulie_D:
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APAT - Vegas Vengeance: Thursday, 24th November 2011
It's Over, Deal With It
Well, it finally arrived...the main strength of the APAT contingent was heading home today. Not me of course, I have another couple of days...of which more later. Thanks to Dawn's negotiating skills I wasn't rushed about moving out of my hotel room until I was good and ready but by 2pm I was packed up and checked out and sitting in the Starbucks near to the lobby waiting for my brother.
A parade of happy, but very tired APAT faces paraded past to do the check-out thing and wait for various taxis and limos. Yes, Vegas can be a tiring place to visit..even for the young. Because there is so much to see, do and experience, especially for the Vegas Virgins, they try to cram it all in into the quite short amount of time.
Sleep comes far down on the list and that catches up with you eventually. For many it will be when they get home...some may be unconscious on take-off from McCarran.
Anyway, back to me.
Pete eventually out in an appearance about 2.45pm and did his check-out thing. No surprisingly, in additional to getting 5 days for free, they comped the other two nights based on his play over the past few days.
Me... I earned a grand total of $6...whoop-de-doo.
So, with the admin done, we cabbed it over to the Mirage...no way I was lugging 20kg of luggage across Harrah"s casino floor, across LV Blvd and then across the Mirage.
Check-in was easy and we made our way up to our room for the next two nights.
Very nice rooms even if I say it myself.
By the time we gotten unpacked and sorted it was time to eat. The line at the buffet was too long so I directed Pete to BLT Burger.
Mmmmmm.....gorgeous with a couple of draft Bud Lites. Pete thought it was the bees patellae.
With the body sated Pete went off to do his thing and I headed to the Mirage Poker Room. They don't get anything other than Hold'em going on here very often so I just decided to sit in on a 3/6 Limit game.
Unfortunately, the game was shorthanded for quite a while and I didn't fare very well. In the end I just go blinded away and ended up down about $100.
I got bored with it and decided to rest up for a while before thinking of what to do next. On my way out of the poker room I met a local friend who deals at both the Mirage and Bills and we caught up in a very quick fashion as she was just coming on shift.
On getting back to the room, I find Pete already collapsed on his bed pretty much spark out. I found this idea quite attractive and got my head down.
Of course, this was fatal and I woke up around 11.30pm and that was that, I read for a while but couldn't get back to sleep and the next thing I know it's well past 3am and Pete and I are watching re-runs of Friends...all the Thanksgiving episodes.
[sorry]Hangs head in shame[/sorry]
So...nothing much to report of the Thursday night...another rest day overall.
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: duke3016 on October 30, 2016, 13:50:50 PM ---
--- Quote from: Paulie_D on October 30, 2016, 13:37:48 PM ---
Ger seemed to be hitting everything in sight even when he should have gotten out of the hand some time before. This was a little frustrating [2016 Note: In fact was downright annoying] but there is nothing you can do in these situations.
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