22nd August 2006.

Being in Vegas is hard work. Well not hard work as in carrying an incontinent old person from Bristol to Aberdeen, but hard work in that I feel that I should be DOING more. Being incredibly lazy, I find myself content with sleeping in very late, eating some food, playing poker, watching films in my room and going back to bed. I know I should be hitting the bars and hot spots but while I am playing poker, all the drinks are free, save for a tip to the waitress. I have promised Dick Riley that I will go to Coyote ugly tonight to check it out for Julie and he for when they get here in September. As Dick is a top bloke it seems only polite to that for him.

Poker is quite tricky here as the small limit games I am playing attract fools that call with nothing and hit the cards on the turn and river. I feel like I am playing on the internet again as I am being dealt shocking hands! Not all bad news though......!

Last night I was playing in the 2/4 limit Texas hold em game as usual. I had been dealt some shockers and and was slowly losing the $40 buy in I was playing with. I hit trip 2's ( big blind special for those in the know) and bet the maximum. 10 2 offsuit was my hand! flop came 2 Queen 9. No raising so the turn was a 2! Bet time for Danno! Max 4 dollars. Caller from seat 1 and the river was a 9. That gave me the full house, 2's full of 9's. I was beaten by the full house 9's full of 2's! He called when I advertised that I had trip 2's, there was an over card on the board! Hmmmmmm that is happening a lot!

Then...... I was dealt nothing until I got Ace Queen suited. The flop came Ace Queen 10. Two pair but the straight is looming large! Damn my luck. I stay in the hand untill the turn throws out a 5 and they are betting like mad. Nice hand Danno... now throw it away time! Swearing under my breath I lay it down, knowing that the bloke next to me...Jose Rodriguez( THE most South American name in existance!) has the straight. I can just tell from the way he is acting. Turns out to be a great fold. The river pops up another 5. Jose does indeed have the straight. But the chap opposite me has AA in his pocket so make the Full house and wipes the floor with Jose! Just as he was celebrating ( his name was Randy so I suppose if you are Christened Randy you should celebrate any bit of good news as your parents didn't think about your wellbeing when they named you) The guy at the end of the table spoke up. He had pocket 5's! Four of a kind!!!! That is the 2nd four of a kind I have seen while I have been here! Randy looked like someone had kicked him in the nuts! I was still swearing about waiting for my first good hand and coming up against three monster on the flop and onwards! To be honest I was sulking.

But then came the best bit. Obviously Mr 4 of a kind was happy. Randy not so. The dealer announced the word Jackpot. I thought for a minute and then realised that she was right! There is a jackpot accumulating for someone (poor soul) who has a Full House with aces and anything, beaten by a 4 of a kind! The Jackpot amount was nearly $4000! But the best bit is how it is delivered. The person with the full house gets 40% of the jackpot amount. The person who won the hand gets 20%. And the rest is shared among the dealer and the other people on the table!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr 4 of a kind got $900, Randy got $1500 and the rest of us got $263!!!

So my anger at being outdrawn on a pot worth about $50 looked pretty stupid when I was given $263!!!! how lucky was I to be on THAT table at THAT time! Randy was a really nice bloke so I was dead happy for him!

Right... Just thought I would keep you updated on the poker as that is all I am doing apart from eating and sleeping!

More non poker chat soon!

Bowel check = Cat fur.





23rd August 2006.

Went to Mandalay Bay to collect Jason and my UFC tickets and saw Chuck Liddell again! I think he was with Dana White but as his back was facing me I couldn't tell. Just passing starbucks and there they were. Chuck had a great laugh with me, pretending like he didn't know me and shouting about a stalker! I knew he was a great guy but I had no idea he was so funny! I had a nice chat with some police in a Downtown Police station too! Apparantly Chuck always likes to issue a restraining order before every fight! I didn't know that was one of his eccentricities but if it helps him,then I am glad to help! I am officially allowed up to 150 metres of chuck whenever I want. No closer.

Bowel check = insole.