I finally got with the program

I gots me a myspace. Check it out kids!

http://www.myspace.com/wendoverpokerdealer

J

No Woman No Cry

I just woke up. We went to see Carlos Mencia last night. Just to be nice. She bought the beers to keep it friendly. I definitely took advantage and had a pretty good night. Mencia was definitely the man! Funny as hell, and he blended alot of local based humor about the salt flats and the lds's.

Today's my friday, and then I'm off for a couple of days. I sure hope the dynamat shows up for my truck. I picked the worst ebayer in the world to buy from. Thats what I get for being in a hurry. The Rainbow Casino has been pretty busy as of late, and we have a big tournament week starting march 5th. Should be prety good from here on out. It has been tough lately because of the quality and quantity of games. No limit has really picked up, so Rainbow is definitely the place for the big game.

J

Need NBA Now.

I’m having a serious basketball Jones right now. I miss the Jazz. It’s always around this time of year when my regular reading material is only posted once a week. I usually read Dime Magazine blog, Tribune Jazz Page, Deseret News Jazz Page, Foxsports.com, and cbssportsline.com. There is not much going on, except that Adonal Foyle got bought out by the Warriors. I hope he doesn’t end up in a Jazz uni.

Props to you Matt. Watch your back over there.

I’m still doin' Wednesday sit n go’s at the Rainbow. Come on out and check it. $55 bucks is all. We’ve got a good no limit game developing on Wednesdays too. The boss just made a most excellent announcement; Friday’s tournament will be restructured to $50, 1k in chips, no rebuys. The blinds start at 5 and 10, so it should be good. I want to play it!

Feel free to comment or ask questions on this blog. I love feedback.

J

I skipped July...

Im dealing sit and go's every wednesday night after 8pm at the Rainbow Casino in Wendover, Nevada. $55 buy in gets you in a 10 player no-limit texas hold'em tournament. 1000 chips, 25-50 blinds to start, doubling every 15 mins. Pays 3 places- $275 first, $150 second, and $75 for third. Come check it out.

J

The latest from Wendover

Thanks for the email Wes, it got me to write a little here. I think I owe everyone an update on the current conditions here in Wendover.

Next Thursday (06/07/07) we are having another WSOP Satellite, a $150 buy in for a shot at the main event. It starts at 7pm, but you need to get there early to guarantee a seat. Weve been filling up every time. About 3pm is a good cutoff, but no guarantees.

Rainbow/Peppermill/Montego Bay Have announced plans to build a new Italian themed resort tentatively named “Tuscan”. It will be located between Montego Bay and The Concert Hall just east of the Peppermill. It will actually be built where the street exists now and the entire road from just past the water tower west of the Nugget to the intersection of highway 93 will be moved south into the area they are currently filling in. It involved a land swap deal with the city which has already been approved by city council. It pretty much sounds like a done deal, and knowing the owners, it will be top of the line. I’ve seen some drawings and it looks pretty nice.

The second major development is being done on the west end of town and up around the golf course. The plans call for homes, condos, and a major casino. Plans for all can be seen at http://www.agleaf.com. I hope they hurry, because I think a little competition would be good for Wendover. Some new homes would be nice too.

Lets talk about the new city hall. Will it ever get built? I saw a ground breaking ceremony in March, but I haven’t seen any ground broken since. The picture sure looks nice though. I believe it will add alot to the community, so get it going!

Stay tuned.

J

Its getting really warm...

Holy Shit! It’s 70 outside, and its still March. Either the groundhog is really right, or this global warming thing is true. Maybe the earth is just trying to get rid of us parasites. I know how we screwed up, drilling and digging, burning everything up. It was over when we discovered how to make fire. I just wonder how the dinosaurs screwed up. I haven’t heard anything about fossilized matches…

Work is a trip as always. I got hit in the head by two cards yesterday. That was a first. I didn’t even flip out. I probably could have.

I read somewhere that ace-x (where x = any card from two to nine, suited or not) is called the tourist, because only a tourist will play it. We sure have a lot of tourists in wendover. I was paying off ace-x all day long yesterday. You could just about forget winning with pocket aces with me in the box yesterday. My favorite was when aces underraised preflop and gave away their entire $600 stack on the 2-5-6 rainblow flop. Yep. Donkey with aces goes all in. Savvy opportunist with 3-4 off calls the all in. Saw the twenty preflop for pot odds and hit the nuts. The $600 bet to win $100 just killed me. Only person who calls you is the one who beats you.

I swear to god I dealt to a scout troop and their scoutmaster yesterday. I guess they were all over 21, but they sure acted like they were tenderfoots working on their poker merit badge.

I splurged and got me some Ping Eye Two Irons on ebay. I think the temperature is getting to me.

Back in time for spring

Well loyal readers, a lot has happened since October. I am still working at the Rainbow, riding a crest of dealing bad beats. It’s been two this year already, including the $47,000 Omaha jackpot and a $7500 hold’em jackpot last week. I’m enjoying my new house and the people in it. I have several remodeling projects going, all at my own speed. I thought I HAD GIVEN UP ON BLOGGING, but I’ve had the urge again, so here goes one last try.

Last weekend I was dealing No Limit, specifically to a woman I’ll call Betty. Betty was a middle aged woman in a cowboy hat. She was very outgoing, talking to the entire table quite a bit. She was showing off a picture of her daughter that was being used as her screensaver on her phone. After inspecting the photo for several seconds, the quiet kid next to her, barely 21 and also wearing a cowboy hat deadpanned “I’d hit that” and handed the phone back. The entire table lost it. I needed a Kleenex, I was laughing so hard.

Monday was a trip too. It was my Friday, and I expected to be slow since Montego has a $17,000 bad beat jackpot. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Marina had come in with me to visit, and with her and a few other dealers who had shown up, we had a game. Talk quickly went to Carl, who wasn’t there that day. We were all enjoying Carl stories, usually relating to some new idea he had to make money. I remembered aloud the time he was selling the gasoline additives for increased gas mileage. Louis got some for a drive to Las Vegas, and Carl delivered it to him in capsule form, in a pill bottle labeled for male enhancement pills. The Viagra for the car line had the place cackling.

Marina inspired awe in all of the other dealers when her set over set turned to a bigger boat and took down the largest pot of the new game so far. She left early, taking a good chunk with her. She has been playing very well lately, finishing in the money on Friday at the Montego Bay noon tournament. I had a good night there on Sunday, drinking my way into an easy $250 profit. We have been bad beat chasing up there, since it is over $17,000.

What can I say about the Jazz…? Five wins in a row, 13 of 15. Division all but clinched.

Vegas next week anyone?

J

Open Bar

I’ve found myself alone again with some time to write before I go to work. I had a great night last night. I worked at 5pm and was out by 11 for Paula’s going away party at the Nugget. Work was really fast last night… It seemed like everything was running quick and smooth all night.

I had one tough call (not really) I had to make on a guy we’ll call “Player A”. It condemned him to the rail for being too loose lipped. Late in the tournament the player to the right of Player A had just pushed all in. Player A looked at his cards and said “all in”. Player A then put his cards down as if he were going to muck. It turns out he was just thinking aloud, but the only two words out of his mouth was “all in”. What am I gonna do? I’ve got to have standards. I enforced his verbal declaration and had the players expose their hands because the action was complete. I think he had a 5 high or something. The other guy turned over 2 pair, had Player A out chipped and held on to win. Bye Bye. Sorry. He was pissed, for sure, swearing at everyone on the way out.

I almost choked on a laugh when I pushed in at the next table, where two guys who were new to the game (trust me, it was painfully obvious), tried whispering to each other during a hand they were both involved in. When one of them said fold it to the other, I almost fell out of my chair. Everyone could hear them, but they still thought they were getting away with it. Before I even said a word the entire table verbally jumped their asses, letting them know that cheating was bad. After that everything ran smoothly.

I swear to god the next player that tells me to shut up and deal is gonna get it somehow. I’m still trying to think of a way to handle that without losing my job. I need some form of creative torture to get even with them. It can’t affect the integrity of the game and it cant get me fired… any ideas?

My amor and I had a little hangover from last night, but it wasn’t anything that breakfast at the Red Garter couldn’t fix.

We had fun looking for the car the night before, searching two parking lots before finding it. Marina kept apologizing, but I didn’t mind at all. It is always a pleasure to walk around town with a beautiful woman on your arm.

NBA Training camp opens October 3rd for the Jazz. FINALLY!

If you like $$$, take the Colts, Cowboys and Packers on Sunday and Monday.

J

Watch Out Florida!

Its time.

Time for vacation.

Time for a post.

Yes, its true sports fans…. I’m posting again. I have so much to tell…. Where do I start? Maybe with the $30000+ bad beat at the Rainbow. Maybe with the killer hot streak I’ve been on betting NFL football. Maybe with my vacation to Orlando coming up in ten days. Maybe with the love of my life….

Yeah, I said it, the love of my life. Marina is the best thing to ever happen to me in this millennium. That is why I am going to Orlando with her for a week in October. I don’t know why we picked Orlando. It just sounded fun, and the price was right. I’ve never been to the east coast or Florida, and Marina has never been on vacation (NEVER). I found everything on expedia.com. They are having a $100 off any booking of 3 nights or more until October 8th to celebrate their tenth year in business. Happy birthday and thanks a lot Expedia!

Marina and I have been faithfully attending the Monday night football parties hosted by the rainbow casino. We each bet $10 and usually take the underdog and the “under” on the points. It’s been working well so far. I am also picking winners like crazy, winning 8 out of my last 9 bets, including several 2 teamers and a 3 teamer last weekend. I hope my luck continues for the entire year.

Work has been good at the Rainbow, and the bad beat jackpot has been jacked all the way up to over $30000. I need to hit it or deal it. I haven’t been playing much as of late, so I guess I have to deal it. Ill keep you all posted.

My apologies to everyone (Matt, Mitch, Joe, anyone else?). I’ve fallen out of touch with over the summer. Go ahead and blame the girl, I don’t care. I love her.

J

I'm Sorry for my Lack of Dedication!

Well, it’s been a long while, and looking back, there are a lot of “been awhile” posts. I don’t know if I have quit blogging altogether or am just taking the summer off. I think it is the latter. Keep checking back, I will crank it up more when the weather gets cold.

Just as an excuse for my slacking, I offer the following apology. What can I say…? I’m in love. I met the most wonderful woman, and she makes me happy. We're together so much, I can’t take the time to type. I’ll work it in more as much as I can.

J

Baseball in the Summer

I’m sitting at a Salt Lake Bees baseball game, waiting for it to start. Some sort of infield delay I guess. C’mon, it’s a Triple A minor league game. There was some major rain here in SLC last night or something, but that’s no reason to hold up the whole game.

I’ve been away from my blog for awhile for a very good reason. For those of you that don’t know, I am in love with the most amazing woman. Its crazy and it makes you do funny things. I haven’t been inclined to write anything for the past few weeks since I’ve been spending most of my free time with her, and mentioning anything about that would get my ass kicked if I were to write about it…

I owe everyone an apology for not finishing my Vegas trip report. I’ll try, but no guarantees. Work has been good lately, with lots of action on the weekends. I’ll try to post more about it.

Kamar went to Vegas this past week and played in the main event of the WSOP. I’ll have more details on that as they become available.

TTFN

J

Vegas Post #1

What a day! We landed in Las Vegas around 1pm local time. It was one of the smoothest landings I’ve ever witnessed in a plane. Fernando and I were delayed by an hour or so by the airline. The funny thing was that one man gave an announcement saying that the delay was due to mechanical troubles. Right after he finished, another man came on the loudspeaker and blamed the delay on air traffic control problems in Las Vegas. Make up your minds already, or at least coordinate your lies.

Fernando didn’t carry his luggage on; instead he decided to check it. That was another hour waiting for the bag. Instead of staying by the pickup area, we dashed upstairs to get our first Vegas beer. The sports bar we found was packed with people watching the final few penalty kicks at the end of the World Cup Finals Soccer match. We couldn’t get in, but the game quickly ended and we were able to sit down after the place emptied. Te service was great. We were served immediately and offered $2 shots with our beers. Here's how that question got answered...

We met cool guy from New Zealand and sat around drinking beers and shots for an hour or so. After that it was off on a suicide ride through the streets of Vegas with mike. Yeah, I know, I didn’t capitalize his name. He doesn’t deserve it. He was an ass everywhere we went.

Damn, this is taking forever.

First stop was Palace Station, where we checked in to our rooms and got settled for the evening. After a quick change of clothes we headed down to the Guadalajara bar, which is really just one of a million video poker bars in Vegas. We spent the better part of 3 hours drinking at the bar until hunger reared its ugly head. I demanded to be fed, so the 3 of us went over to the Broiler, a steak and seafood restaurant right next to the Oyster bar.

Fernando started off with his usual – two dozen raw oysters. We ordered a shitload of seafood. Calamari, shrimp, scallops, fried clams, and codfish – nothing survived. We ate and ate and ate. And drank.

To be continued….

Tearing It Up In SLC

Carne asada never tasted so good. I wrapped up my Salt Lake City trip for the week at Los Betos, an all night Mexican food joint on State Street somewhere. It was about 2:30 in the morning, and we were getting refreshed after the all out party at Green Street Social Club in Trolley Square. I blew a little of my Vegas bankroll, but I still have enough to do some damage when I get there. I went with Jose, Tiago, Matt and 4 hot Lithuanian girls. Please forgive me for not remembering your names. It’s just so damn hard when I can’t even pronounce them.

I saw a couple of movies this week, Superman Returns and Nacho Libre. Superman was awesome. Nacho was funny, but a little juvenile and plotless. The feces smeared on the face scene was way too much for me. I guess poop is not very funny when smeared on someones face.

My sticker collection is coming along nicely….

I have two shifts left before Vegas. I am giddy to the point of not being able to sleep well. How sick is it that I work in a casino, and then I go to the casino capital of the world for vacation? I don’t even care, I love it. Remember, faithful Vegas readers, Hogs and Heifers downtown on Sunday night. Any questions?

J

Fearless

How many 8 year olds will try this? Thats my girl!

Vegas on sunday, I'm countin' the hours.....
J

Slummin' at the Laundromat

Ok, it’s seriously time to move. I’m over doing laundry, and this fatass is running around without his shirt on, presumably because he only owns one. I am trying to be nice, but the dude is driving me nuts, preaching about the joys of a single dollar blind when he tears it up at the Wendover Nugget Poker Room. “I’ve played poker for 40 years, but damn it is hot. I live in Mesquite, damn it’s hot. You know the washers are $2.25 in St. George, damn it’s hot. Are you hot? This town sure beats Vegas don’t it? I hear they’ll have 20 more casinos….” and so on.

Its time for some poker playing (Etiquitte) lessons. Here are some important tips for the masses:

1. Don’t put your cards under the button if you want to fold. Just throw them in like everyone else. Just ‘cuz you know how to slide them under a plastic disc, it doesn’t make you cool, a pro, or anymore Rico Suave like than you already are. Digging them out from under there is time consuming, and puts your cards at risk of being exposed. Stop slowing the game down trying to be cool.

2. The same goes for the dollar tip you put on top of your cards when you muck the winner. Don’t get me wrong, I love the dollar, but just throw it to me. Serving it up on a KEM platter does nothing for me. However, I don’t mind $5 chips at all. You can send those in however you want.

3. Don’t leave on your button. You held your piss through the blinds; one more hand won’t kill you. Respect your neighbors, don make them post double blinds. This is for forward moving button games only. In stationary button games, players can go when they want.

4. God gave you a mouth, use it. Don't leave us all wondering what you are doing when you throw some odd amount or are staring off into space. If you want to call, SAY CALL! If you want to raise, SAY RAISE! If you need time, just ask.

5. Don’t check a hand down with your buddies or perceived friends. If you do, don’t be obvious. Soft play is cheating; I don’t care how you do it. Nothing turns me off more than being bet out of a pot and then having two poindexters check it down.

6. Don’t ask the dealer “did I tip you?” If you’re not sure, just throw some more, it’s the right thing to do, trust me. Besides, I’m going to say no anyway…..

I’ll post some more when I think of them. In the mean time, I’ve gotta go. I think Mr. Chattyshirt is trying to steal my laundry.

J

Leftovers

Martin has a gift for bartending and BBQ. This is how we do it on monday nights in Wendover. These are the LEFTOVERS, kids.... Ribs, Scampi, Pork Loin, Beer Brats, and Kabobs. Salad is for pussies!

Slow Saturday

I think money is relative to its amounts… In other words, the more you make – the more you spend. I am horrified when I think of the kind of week I had and where it all went. Clothes mostly, I think.

I do have a lot to show for it, but it still sucks when you see a FAT no limit game and cant sit down due to bankroll issues. I’ve tried it in the past, but you really do need a generous buffer when playing no limit, at least the way I play. A few hundred just won’t cut it when some jackass sucks out his gutshot and you can’t reload. You have to be able to come back and punish him for daring to take your chips in such a manner.

Funny stuff in the Salt Lake Tribune today about one of the poker rooms in Salt Lake getting busted. Check out this link - http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_4001808. I know almost everyone involved. I hope they don't come down too hard on them...

Salt Lake City and Utah in general are so damn tight. Not to go on a rant here, but why cant grown ups choose what they do with their own money and what time of night they’d like to buy a beer. There’s a lot to be said for 24 hour adulthood here in Nevada. Almost all of it is positive, only the auto insurance rates suck.

Only four games for most of the day at work. Happy 4th of July. I’m glad most of my coworkers are on vacation.

Support Illegal Downloading!

J

Strike One....

“I’ve only got four bucks left” One girl said to her friend sitting behind our table. ”Wanna make it eight?” I wondered aloud. Matt and I were leaving the scene, a nearly empty dive bar named the X-Wife’s Place. These two were the only things to look at, so I quickly dialed a cab.

We had planned to go to Green Street, but after the kamikaze (65 in a 30) taxi driver dropped us off, we realized that we’d never get in after seeing a hundred or so people standing in line waiting. The X-Wives place was our only hope at getting a beer that night. I hate Utah and that 1AM last call crap. Here’s to 24 hour states like Nevada.

Last week was PHENOMINAL! I had a great week at poker and an even better one with my family. I am so proud of my daughter; she is a great climber, an excellent swimmer and very fun to be around. She almost made it to the top of the wall at the Gateway. I still can't get her to try a backflip off the low dive, but I'm getting there. Thanks for throwing us out of the pool Murray city. There was no lightning. You know it. I think they just wanted the day over with early.

I hope there isn’t too much of a letdown this weekend. If you’re reading my blog, stop. Get your ass to Wendover and make me some dough. I’m going to save as much of it as I can for the next two weeks for the Vegas trip. Most of it will go towards trying to satellite into the main event at the World Series of Poker. And beer. And Shots. Be prepared for Dial a Shots and some impromptu live blogging. At least I'm going to try. Leave a comment here for Dial a Shot requests. I can accomidate requests anytime from the 9th to the 12th.

How far do you think they got on that tire Matt?

J

Vegas Baby!, VEGAS!

Its official, and I can’t wait. We are booked for Vegas. I had to change from the Wynn, because we booked too late, but Fernando found Palace Station for dog dirty cheap – 32 bucks a night. We’ll be arriving Sunday the ninth, just in time for anything goes Sundays at Hogs and Heifers. Come join us….

J

Rainbow Tournament Weekend

The week is halfway through. It has gone like nothing I could have ever imagined. It has been kind of slow. Only one of the tournaments has filled to capacity. But I’m loving it…

I played the Rainbow NL Hold’em tournament after work on Thursday, a $100 event with one optional $100 rebuy. I was pumped up to play because of my success in the tournaments earlier in the week. I had played poker at work for a few hours before, hitting the 20-40 for several hundred. I had budgeted $200 of the $500 I had in my pocket on this tournament. I did exactly nothing in the tournament, finishing quickly before the first break, but I didn’t add on, so I saved $100.

I played the $100 multi rebuy event yesterday afternoon, with much the same result. Stuck $300 and with the whole day off, I decided to buy in the 2-5 limit game and see what I could do. I was hot right off the bat, doubling up in less than 20 minutes. I took my $200 over to the No-Limit game and went wild. I was running over the table and taking down most pots without a showdown. It took just over 2 ½ hours to parlay my $100 initial buy in to $1700.

I left for dinner and a change of clothing and came back later in the evening to hammer a quick $200 more out of the game. I decided to stash everything but my latest $200 in winnings, which I wanted to take to the Wendover Ballet (Southern X-Posure). After calling a taxi, I ran into Stormi and Karma, 2 friends from work. They quickly agreed to join me in my adventure.

After we left Southern X-Posure, we headed to the Nugget for pool, air hockey, and much cheaper booze (free + tip). I had to wrap it up early to get home for work today, but I have had an awesome weekend so far.

Staying in tonight will be the biggest challenge I’ll face all week….

J

The New Crew

Wow. It wasn’t unthinkable, but I didn’t expect it. Khamar won the World Series of Poker seat in the big tournament tonight. Then he helped me with my laundry. Seriously, this is cool. I have some of the best friends in the world, and one of them just gave me the perfect excuse to get out of work and go watch the main event in Las Vegas. Better yet, play in it. I gonna satellite in too. But huge congrats go out to you Khamar. Keep livin’ the dream!

J

Won Another One

I am killing it. I won the Wendover Nugget No Limit Hold’em tournament last night. That’s 2 wins and 3 cashes in the last 3 days.

I worked 9 ½ hours today, the first day of the Summer Spectrum of Poker tournaments at the Rainbow and Montego Bay.

Lots of no limit and 2-5 limit games today. We had Omaha and a 20-40 Hold’em game too. I got two pushes at the Omaha game and never saw the 20-40. Where is the justice from the poker gods? I guess I gotta pay my dues somehow.

The tournament was in full swing as I left, with the field at the Rainbow narrowed to 5 tables and the players just returning from break. The blinds were a little rough, because 10-20, 20-40 and 40-80 use so many $5 chips to make. The dealer I was following was chipping them all up, so I was constantly making change.

Someone’s getting lucky and winning a WSOP seat tonight. I wish it were me.

The action at the billiards bar in the Nugget is still good. There are lots of people out socializing every night, and the foreign population coming out to party in full force. Jose and Jason have something in the works tonight as I write.

Pictures to follow….

J

What a Rush!

Last night has to rank as one of the best in my poker lifetime. I could hit anything I wanted. I played in the Monday night No Limit Tournament at the Rainbow and won the whole damn thing. I had just finished my second reading of the Dan Harrington books on tournament poker, and it gave me a lot of confidence in my abilities. Once it started, I was seeing things go down just as Action Dan scripted. I really put the principle of first in vigorish to the test towards the end of the tournament, and it paid off. I took down a lot of blinds uncontested, which really helped. When I didn’t, I hit what I needed to stay alive. I had three defining hands which made my tournament:

The first hand was right after I had laid down 7-8 off, which eventually made a straight. After kicking myself for not taking the 3-1 odds the pot was offering my short stack, I looked down at AK of spades in my big blind. I wasted no time getting all my chips in. I hit both cards and tripled up. After that, it was on!

I push first with A6 off, called by pocket queens. No problem.

He flopped a set. I flopped the gutshot broadway straight. Spiked a king on the turn to hit. Thanks for the chips buddy.

Lots of chips now, maybe chip leader. My M is still low, about a 7. I gotta keep playing.

Push first with Ks10s. Oh shit. The big stack called. King on the flop. No problem.

Wow. I’ve got 40k in chips, and there is only 48k in play. I think I got this one…. No problem.

After that it was off to the Nugget to party with my new Lithuanian friends. And that’s a whole ‘nuther story….

J

Thanks PokerStars!

Big Sunday Tournament

I wanted to win so badly. I crossed my fingers, but I couldn’t cross paths with the card I needed to win. I finished 21st in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship, in a field of 2200 players. I earned an Ipod Nano 4GB for my trouble. I felt really good about the way I played, but the blinds caught up to me. I was able to maintain my M factor over 20 for most of the tournament.

Happy Fathers Day.

J

Work Hard Play Harder

I’ve got a lot planned in the next few weeks. My Vegas trip will be a nice break after working 7 days straight in the next week. Yes, its tournament time again. We have a big set of tournaments every quarter, starting on Wednesday. The casino is giving away $25,000, so I expect to be busy. After that its Vegas baby, Vegas!

Mitch tried to call me last night for dial a shots, but I guess I was already asleep. I need to get out a little more. I did stay up late enough to see a time life 80’s cd collection. I managed to write a few down and download them for my music collection.

I’ve played in two live tournaments in the past few days after finishing the Dan Harrington on Hold’em books. Good info, but it didn’t get me in the money either time.

Congratulations on the great bunny massacre Matt. At least you finally came to Wendover again.

I got to throw a shout out to Anjesca. (I hope my spelling is remotely close). Thanks for reading.

Happy birthday to Fernando... I hope you're enjoying Tahoe.

I highly recommend you all check out Dane Cook’s Tourgasm on HBO. It is a badass comic reality tour. I laughed my ass off. Sundays, I think. I don’t know…. Just look it up.

J

It’s Vegas time again! The World Series of Poker is just a few weeks away, and I want to play in at least one event. Come join my friends and I for event #17, the $1000 buy in NL Hold‘em event on Monday, July 10th. I found a great deal for the airfare and lodging on the internet. I can get you roundtrip airfare and 2 nights at the Wynn Resort for a great price. I’m planning to hit Club JET at the Mirage, and we’ll definitely go downtown for a stop at Hogs and Heifers (The REAL Coyote Ugly).
Here’s the plan and the price:



Southwest Airlines Flight: 567 - 2 Seats
Departs SLC: 10Jul06 07:10am
Arrives LV: 10Jul06 07:30am
Southwest Airlines Flight: 2113 - 2 Seats
Departs LV: 12Jul06 08:15pm
Arrives SLC: 12Jul06 10:30pm
Wynn Las Vegas - 1 Room
Check-in: 10Jul06 Check-out: 12Jul06
Total price for two: $564.20 ($282.10 each)

If you’re interested, you need to get your own room and flight reserved ASAP. (By the 20th of June for sure) The website offering this deal is www.swavacations.com. I can book it for you if you need. Email me at jrdurham1@yahoo.com with any questions or to RSVP. Everyone’s Invited! Bring your friends!
J

FORE!

After partying the night away with Rick, Kamar and Nykky last night, I spent today golfing and drinking free beer at the employee appreciation tournament for the Rainbow, Peppermill and Montego Bay. It was a blast, even though I had to get up at 7:40 this morning. I was paired with Fernando, my old roommate Peter and Shane, a complete unknown. We drew the 4th hole for the shotgun start, and it was on from there. We met the first beer girl at the sixth hole. I had made a commitment to not drink while golfing this year, trying to improve my game. Today was a major exception to that rule. We took full advantage of the 1 club length rule to improve your lie (it was a best ball tournament). I think we birdied every hole. At least that’s what we wrote down. We came in around 15 under. The winning team claimed they shot a 46 or 48. Yeah right. It didn’t really matter since we were there for fun, not the competition. I was having a great time, playing the part of Stiffler from American Pie for the day. All you need to do to pull off a Stiffler impression is to question everyone’s manhood, pull constant practical jokes and combine regular words with profanity at least every other sentence. Somehow I pulled it off and we ended up having a great time. We finished up around 3 pm. After the awards ceremony Fernando, Peter and I headed to the Nugget to play pool. Actually they played pool while I stuffed my face, eating a foot long Subway Club sandwich and a full order of Mongolian beef from the Chinese joint upstairs. I was starving! I didn’t make it much longer after that, so I stumbled home for a much needed nap. I was supposed to get up for a poker tournament around 7, but that didn’t happen. I did get up around 9 or so and watched the news while playing a 180 player sit n go on PokerStars. I finished 60th, way out of the money. I’m going to try again right after I finish this post.

Hey Rick, sorry if I got you in trouble with your girl, tell her the blog is fiction……

J

Follow the White Rabbit

I won again. Only $30, but I’ve been picking good lately. I bet the under on the Heat-Detroit game. I think it will be a Heat-Dallas Finals, but I’m not sure. Tonight might tell.

Straight home after work last night, I played PokerStars right when I got through the door. I took second in a $5 single table. I played a $5, 27 player multi with Joe afterwards. No money to be found there. I was out 12th or so. I did finish ahead a few dollars for the night.

I’m watching the original Matrix movie. I forgot how badass some of the scenes in this thing are. If any of you listened and rented Grandma’s Boy, watch the Matrix. You’ll get the whole black outfit thing. That programmer does a pretty good imitation. Oh, yeah, take the red pill, not the blue…..

And remember, there is no spoon.

J

Lazy Friday, Woke Up Early for Golf

Man, you gotta see Grandma’s Boy. It just came out on DVD. I watched it last night and almost crapped my pants laughing. The best part has to be the fat kid hanging with the playboy model all night at the house party, rubbing on her generous orbs for 13 hours. Or the lion getting loose. I’m not sure which, but I’m taking a poll. I just wish Adam Sandler wasn’t such a pussy. He could’ve done more than produce. I guess he must be worried about his image. That should tell you right there that it is funny as hell. Definitely not for children.

I am sick of golf tournaments here in Wendover. Every time I try to go out golfing, they’re having some generic “Dave’s Plumbing and Heating” or “Ed’s Outhouse Construction” golf tournament. Goddammit, I’m local. I want priority. I know at least $7 of my sales tax went to the golf course, and I want justice. Or a tee time. Whatever.

I need a taco.

Maybe the gut truck is open…..

Dallas looked good last night putting the Suns away. I picked them to go all the way at the beginning, and it’s starting to look like I might be right.

I work at 5pm tonight, and I’m looking forward to it. I think I have one shirt left for work. If anyone knows a good maid/laundry doer, let me know. Hey, I just am too busy to get around to mundane tasks.

J