Table Tango

Sort through the endless possibilities of thoughts that run through the average human’s mind in a five minute time span, put them together in a poker table environment, mix in poker hands and whip until volatile, throw in mass amounts of chips for effect, add one dealer (that would be me), heat with a blow torch until the mix explodes, and that’s how I felt my night went. (more…)

Of course I got to deal to Karate Don again. Somewhere in a dark cave, buried in the bowels of Death Mountain, there’s a stone tablet that contains certain rules of dealing. The first one is: Thou shalt deal repeatedly and continuously, night after night folding into countless eons of bad experiences to the same player that you had a problem with the night before, on into time eternal. (more…)

One of our long time co-workers passed away a week ago. Pearl had worked with us for years and I had very little contact with her over the last five or six years as she worked day shift. We’ve lost a few since Bellagio opened and even though we all understand and know death, it never feels good to me - even if they’ve been ill for quite some time, I find it difficult to say it’s a blessing. Perhaps it is, but that’s all from individual perspective. (more…)

Does he really know karate or practice it? Who the hell knows? How did he end up with that name? Who the hell knows! I’ve been dealing to Don since somewhere in mid Mirage days. He’s got a reputation as a steamer and being a bit demented. His eyes even take on that strange look at times; you know the look, the one where you expect him to detonate the entireplanet just to get one person. And if he reads here, no problemo from my side. (more…)

This is it! (more…)

Early a.m. Vegas settled in to watch the last noise the Stardust will ever make. My sis and I had taken a drive through an industrial area on Highland, just past Cheetahs,across the tracks from the freeway,a few days before and also cruised Industrial Road - Industrial runs right behind the Stardust property. Once we’d set our location/viewpoint, we figured to be camera ready by about 1:30 a.m. (more…)

Another week has slipped away into one of the slow grind categories. I’m dragging ass. I played on shift one of the four nights that I punched the Time Clock last week. (more…)