Long time no update. The first week of the NCAA tourney was last week, so I spent a lot of time at the Westgate watching those tremendous gigantic HD screens. The problem was I did some sports betting and blew a lot of my roll :facepalm: I actually lost $1500 on sports being stupid and almost that more on BJ being even more stupid. Did I learn anything? Not really, bc I already knew it was a losing strategy especially when I get tilty. My good friends MJ and Smurphy always say I'm mr control, but really, I lose control like most gamblers. Anyway, on to some pictures and a little poker. I'll add these Westgate shots first. There was a photographer there and a disclaimer sign that you would get photographed at the sportsbook. He was constantly pointing that camera my way, so I took a few shots of him as well. Maybe I'll be in some future ads or literature :shrug:
Photos of the photog
Take a look at this guy
Lemme blow that up
This dude could barely walk. He was hammered on alcohol of course but also on big benzos and narcs too. He'll probably be a trauma patient soon when he passes out and falls face first into the street. He has the wife beater, the multipurpose swim trunks, the XL gut sticking out, and the windswept Bieber-esque do. Model LV citizen and sports bettor.
My a last poker session at 2/5, i increased my $500 Buyin to $1200, and I was playing well but getting tired. Right then is when I should have stopped, but there were two German dudes at my table who were horrible. We were taking turns picking them off. I toasted off about $400 by playing too loose when I ran into this mess. I was dealt 6♥️6♣️ in the big blind. German guy makes it $25, and button stealer makes it $50, German/Indian SB calls, and I called (I know, terrible, but I knew the button didn't have anything, and I was hoping to hit against the german dude). Flop 4♦️5♣️6♦️. Small blind checks, I check, and German bets $125. Button stealer folds, small blind folds, and action is on me with a flopped too set. I put the guy on a flush draw. I know I'm ahead here, and I'm content to win this $325 pot now. I re raise after some thought to $570 and all in. The German guy tanks, thinks, ponders, talks, and finally throws up his hands, and says, "I call". I threw over my set, he throws down 7♦️7♥️, and the turn comes the 7♣️ :facepalm: the river is an inconsequential red K, and I'm felted by set over set. The table let out a collective groan, and I decided to leave down a buyin. I realized after the hand I was only about a 65% favorite when the money went in, but still, that 7♣️ was very hurtful!
This lovely young lady was running over the table for a while
She was fearless, and sitting on about 3K when I left. Very tough player.
Random stuff: small rant continued on how I can't stand the LV taxi drivers in general, and how much I love the fact that Uber/Lyft are destroying that industry. I love seeing the 30-50 deep empty cab lines, and It warms my heart seeing the empty cabs driving all over town. These guys are getting crushed. I used Lyft the other day because I have a bunch of $5 off rides. Here's the damage from my first ride (I always give them a cash tip even though it's not standard or recommended. It's not like the cab drivers huffing and puffing if u don't grease them with a 50% tip).
I took a ride home later, and I was the female driver's 100th fare of the evening. That's 100 cabs who don't get a fare! Boom! Long live Uber and Lyft.
Edit: looks like I already posted the poker losing story, so sorry for the repeat. More detailed this time.
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