Random morsels

Just chilling in the Starbucks until it's time to jet out of here.

Fashion report: breakfast this morning was casual. Blue jeans and untucked blue/white striped shirt. Just enough to be semi-presentable. Then back to the room for an early siesta after which I put on a dress black shirt and the first stringer grey suit so I have it of for the flight.

I don't know how many times I have had to navigate the casino floor at the Alladin/Planet Hollywood but I still get twisted about and can never seem to find a direct route to anywhere. I do eventually figure out that the big globes are above the important places like the escalators to the check-in lobby or the buffet. Also realize that the video screens are on the wall closest to the strip. Still takes a while.

Looking back I am up 310 for the trip. There are many big key hands. Yeah it sucked to lose my first buy in to a bad suckout but I had many other huge hands where I didn't get unlucky. I had a hard time having AK domination over AQ work out for me but those were all small pots with just pre-flop money in there. I also had a couple lucky hands where I came from behind as well so I guess it all equals out in the end.

Not sure if this made news up in Seattle or not but there was a power outage last night. A transformer blew up and left the Excalibur, Luxor, and Mandalay Bay segment of the strip was down for a few hours in the evening. Some guests couldn't get in their room because the lock system was down. I remember noticing the lights momentarily dim while I was playing at the PH. There was even a PA announcement reminding the dealers about power outage procedures. Cover and lock the trays since all dealers are resposible for their own cash and chips. Exact cause is still under investigation though at first I thought that it had to do with City Center construction maybe cutting a power line. There was another local report about a water main busting and cutting off water to the LV Hilton and another smaller hotel. Signs of a city overstressing its infrastructure?

Overall 1711 in buy ins and 2021 in payouts for 310 to the good. That's an aberration though since as we all know from my previous posts, Las Vegas 1/2 tables are unbeatable. I did do some math though and was trying to figure out net profit for winning one 40 pot an an hour at a 9 handed 1/3 with bonuses taking extra rake versus a 1/2 ten handed with no bonuses. I will work on that later.

Due to someone's, ummm, how do I put this...screw up. We are at the airport...three hours early. Oh well at least we won't miss our flight. Getting some work done on the airport wi-fi.