Thursday, May 25, 2006
Week 1 Vegas
It’s been over a week since Cachaulo and I arrived in Vegas and it has been pretty wild. Cachaulo has been crushing the 2-5 game and I have also managed to do pretty well. A quick update on my finances: Spent: $680 (mostly on rent, food, and plane tickets) Poker Earnings : $1559 If this luck continues, I can accomplish all of my financial goals for the summer in three weeks here in Vegas. Other than that, Cachaulo and I took a few days off from poker while everyone was in town for Weapon’s 21st birthday. We dined on Weapon’s dad’s bill and we visited practically every casino in town. I quickly blew through 140 dollars gambling with the guys and called off all table games for the rest of the trip. Most everyone left Sunday night, except for Austin, who left on Tuesday morning.
While the three roommates were all in town together we went to the Wynn on Monday afternoon to eat lunch at their Buffet. This would prove to be the low point of the trip. The Food was magnificent, and free (thank you Wynn comps), but when we exiting the casino we found an awful surprise. Danny’s car, the car we have been using, got broken into.
My Guess is that the pricks who robbed our car, came into the parking lot in some sort of van with covered plates, saw that Danny’s car was full of luggage, jumped out, smashed the window, and took all of the nice luggage bags they could see. Fortunately for me, all of my valuables were on me and the small bag I had in the car was not taken. Cachaulo’s bag got taken with some valuables, some of which were insured and Austin got completely fucked. Austin had his life for the next three months taken. The next day Austin was leaving for Dubai for three months. All of his clothes and valuables were taken, including his passport. Now, Austin’s plans are completely up in the air. After that experience, and the four hour follow-up, we were ready to slow the trip down. We went back to our place, sat by the pool, and enjoyed a couple of beers. We drove Austin to the airport the next day and got back to work.
Poker has been really fun and I have gotten opportunities to meet funny new people AND run into the same characters that were here last time in Vegas. I can’t wait for the rest of my trip, everyday is a new adventure with money on the line and characters along the way..
While the three roommates were all in town together we went to the Wynn on Monday afternoon to eat lunch at their Buffet. This would prove to be the low point of the trip. The Food was magnificent, and free (thank you Wynn comps), but when we exiting the casino we found an awful surprise. Danny’s car, the car we have been using, got broken into.
My Guess is that the pricks who robbed our car, came into the parking lot in some sort of van with covered plates, saw that Danny’s car was full of luggage, jumped out, smashed the window, and took all of the nice luggage bags they could see. Fortunately for me, all of my valuables were on me and the small bag I had in the car was not taken. Cachaulo’s bag got taken with some valuables, some of which were insured and Austin got completely fucked. Austin had his life for the next three months taken. The next day Austin was leaving for Dubai for three months. All of his clothes and valuables were taken, including his passport. Now, Austin’s plans are completely up in the air. After that experience, and the four hour follow-up, we were ready to slow the trip down. We went back to our place, sat by the pool, and enjoyed a couple of beers. We drove Austin to the airport the next day and got back to work.
Poker has been really fun and I have gotten opportunities to meet funny new people AND run into the same characters that were here last time in Vegas. I can’t wait for the rest of my trip, everyday is a new adventure with money on the line and characters along the way..
