T minus 2 days and counting. In less than 44 hours I’ll be on the road heading for “home”. Home is a funny word when you’ve been gone for this long – I’ve really learned that most of the stuff in my house isn’t worth much to me. Clearly that doesn’t include my poker table. :) There are some things that I miss, but on the whole it’s interesting to know I can pick up and move without most of my stuff and do very well. There is one thing I really don’t miss – the rain. After living in Redmond for 10 years, it never bothered me (well, that’s what we all say anyway). I’d only lived in Iowa besides Washington (with a little time in Colorado) and I think the switch from 4 seasons to 2 throws you enough off that you just get used to it. I feel our old neighbors pain at how cold and rainy it is for so long in Washington.
As I wind down my journey, I decided to head back to the old favorites yesterday. I drove towards Red Rock Casino, but took a 13 mile detour to drive through Red Rock Canyon – it was really pretty and I’ll definitely be back to hike a lot of the trails. Unfortunately I forgot the camera at home so you’ll just have to look it up online. :) After the scenic loop drive, I headed for the arcade of course. I suppose it’s a good thing, but I didn’t have as much fun as usual because the ice ball and pop-a-shot were both out of order. I had accumulated about 3300 tickets, and couldn’t find anything I really wanted to buy, so I hung around and gave away the tickets to the kids who looked like they would enjoy it the most. This was somehow very rewarding…it was fun to see the kids eyes light up (they were usually holding about 20 tickets and I’d give them like 800 more), and then fun to watch them get something they wouldn’t have otherwise gotten. The excitement in kids is so awesome.
After that I headed for home. I played two tourneys online. I didn’t play the big tourney, but over 10,000 people did. First place was almost $230,000. I played two $15 tourneys, and went out fourth to a suckout, and won the other one when my KQ beat A6 with a board of xK6KA. Glad the second King came on the turn.
I then headed for Buffalo Wild Wings to play some games and eat some dinner. I ended up playing for a few hours, and then headed home. I played some online poker (1/2 at PokerStars) and ended up a few hundred bucks. After I was done I was looking for overlays that display things about the people I have stats on in my PokerTracker database on top of the tables while I’m playing. I found the one I used to use, and wanted to test it and another one out. I sat in for like 2 hands on two different tables. On the second one, I was dealt AA and took down a $70 pot. Nice bonus.
I think today I’m going to the Bellagio to play. I’m not sure how long I’ll play for as I need to pack. This will be my last trip to a casino while I’m here so that’s kind of sad. It’s a very strange feeling to think I’ll be at work in a week.
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