Carnival / O'Sheas

Why are there casino chips at the bottom of the pool?

Let's just say that Thursday night got a little crazy. Everyone finishes grinding at about the same time and Tim C (McShove's bro) gets back from a disappointing 12th in a Venetian 540 so we decide to hit the strip. After some dedicated pregaming and deciding O'Sheas was too crowded to get good gambool in we head to Carnival, an outdoor bar near Harrah's and the IP. After a half dozen pitchers and some mixed drinks, we decide action is needed. We head back to O'Shea's and run into MadScientist (Frank) grinding the 1-2 NL game. There's only 1 open spot at the craps table so I throw in a hundo to take 1/3 of Pete's craps action. We meet a cute asian girl with a blonde Brit friend, but the real action takes place back at the poker table. Bones is sitting in for Frank, and starts getting into a street poker match with a regular, 4betting 86o preflop and such, that is to say, spewing MadSci's money about. After finally getting stacked, we head back to the house, shoot some basketball by the pool, grill some hotdogs, and generally finish the night off right until about 5 before zzz time. It was about this time when Bones decided to chuck his leftover O'Sheas chips at the basketball hoop and into the pool. I guess if anyone goes actual busto they can go diving and get plane ticket home money.

Today, Bones comes back from a Rio sesh where he had run into another player from the 1-2 game who says we missed a great story from our street poker villian. Apparently he took street poker literally. After being up 800ish on the session, he gets into a 3way all in where he covers both he loses the pot. As the dealer is sorting things out, he racks his chips up, says he won, and gets up. The dealer tells him he lost and owes 200 to the pot. He insists he won, and when the dealer corrects him again, he takes off down the strip. The woman who won the pot's husband was standing nearby, and chases him down. The husband and the police bring him back, and force him to pay what he owe's and give him a ticket of some sort. At this point, villian says he does this all the time and this is the first time he has been caught, bragging about it to the woman. However, he is not 86'd from the casino and is still allowed to play there whenever he likes. What a fuckup. He gives more legitimate poker pros a bad name, but I guess has to live his shitty life grinding 1-2 at 3am against drunks so that's worth it.

Long day of grinding for me today, lost 400ish, made a deep run in a few tourneys but got rigged on to miss big scores. I need to make 5kish in the next week to have enough money to be comfortable, so lots of grinding upcoming in the next few days. Hopefully I can just bink the stars WSOP 200 seat guarantee tomorrow so I don't have to put in real work. Tournament starts in 9 hours or so, which means I should be getting to sleep. I have to try, anyways, but sometimes it doesn't work like that. Should be back in Iowa on the 24th for Austin's wedding before heading back to Vegas on the 30th for the Main Event.

Also, I write terribly when I'm tired/drunk so deal with it.