Table Tango

I hit work on Thursday night, the 30th. The news hadn’t changed on the E/O-Play. I asked Pete if anyone had thought about the fact that it could change our ‘tip declaration’ if it remained the way it is. I had asked Kamell the previous day but I’m not sure if anyone is thinking in that direction yet. Our tip declaration is figured on a certain number of dead spreads and playing on shift. Not being able to play on the clock could open up an extreme can of worms. Lots of things may have to change. One of the first ones is that I may go to work every night and work my full shift and only sign the E/O on Fridays. That’s the only thing I see right now that’s paramount and earth shattering from my side of the coin. The rest of it? I’ll worry about it as it unfolds. (more…)

After finding out that I couldn’t play on shift at Bellagio, on Tuesday night, I opted to sign the E/O. Marie was already on her way to play cards with me and when I informed her of the fact that I would be dealing and wouldn’t be playing, we both agreed that when I was off the clock, we would go somewhere else to play. I was out within an hour and half and we headed for The Gold Coast. The last time I played there was over a year ago with Wayne. We hit the poker room, three games running, and got on the list for $4-8, and $2-4. Their games are played with a half Kill. We both got a seat in $2-4 almost immediately. I really don’t want to go crazy with a play report because that is best saved for when ‘the Pan Crew plays the Gold Coast’ - sometime in the future. I did have a slight wrinkle with two of the dealers. (more…)

An update on playing on shift. I waltzed into work on Monday - got the ‘do you want to work?’ thing, said ‘no’, and left without even looking at the room. Tuesday night, different story. I searched for the E/O-Play List and found it on Kamell’s desk as he was looking through memos on the computer. He wouldn’t release The List - instead, he took a red ink pen and wrote a big ‘no players’ and ran a squiggly red line, below it, down the length of the column. I did a double take. “No players? Don’t we have enough dealers coming in?” (more…)

Just got a great email from Ron from Texas. The news is so great - it had to go here: (more…)

This baby is about three weeks long - or so it seems. Grab a brew, relax, kick back, and I’ll paint the picture…enjoy.

Mark AKA Kram called the spot for our weekly tour of Vegas Poker Rooms. He picked the Plaza. My last journey to the Plaza was to play Pan with Wayne - I think. I rarely go downtown and the main reason is that I just don’t care for the whole area - it’s kind of dark - and spooky - and somehow reminds me of a sci-fi scene where people are racing hither and yon and have no idea where they are going or what they are doing as the lights keep flashing and cars/taxis keep spinning by. (more…)

I have been working on a lengthy post of the Saturday play at the Plaza. Only problem is, the Pokerworks site and Tango were being moved to a new server early this AM - there’s a glitch in uploading the photos. Hopefully that will be worked out by tomorrow. In the meantime, my house is finally on the market. You can check out the virtual tour here.

A giant, gaping hole appears in your poker face - you need a medic. No - get a surgeon - you need a complete chin to forehead graft to cover that baby up. So goes another day at the table; watching the people that really think they are players but their behavior patterns open up that gaping hole, leaving them behaving like little whiney asses that can’t take a beat or stand the fact that they might get outplayed. It goes like this: (more…)