Tomorrow night, the 9th, on Full Tilt Poker at 22:30ET, tournament ID 149007153 – buy-in $5 + 50c – password ‘donkeys’ – everyone is welcome, come and join us for the HORSE tournament and fun. you can also search tournament-private-mixed games-HORSE-low/micro. Join us please.
On to more poker news: I got a ping from The G around 3 p.m. He was in Las Vegas and going to play the Doubles Championship at the Golden Nugget and wondered if I wanted to come in and meet him. It was extremely short notice considering I needed to shower (a total must), appear to be presentable to the public (which sometimes I’m not hanging out in the coach in nowhere desert land), and had to drive an hour and a half to get to downtown Vegas. I decided to just do it!
I parked on the street, not far from the Nugget and the local jail/county buildings and threw what change I had into the meter…praying that a meter cop wouldn’t make it by there between 7:20 and 8 p.m. (not to worry, they did, and tagged me with a $20 ticket for parking on an empty street. Woooot!) Gotta love it! Meters run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. but they don’t take $ bills. Guess they will take your cc but I wasn’t in the mood
As I hoofed down the street, across from the detention center, one of the vans dropped off a guy in custom orange wear with cuffs behind his back and a nylon mesh bag over his head. He was escorted inside by about 5 police. I found out from good authority – later – that the bag is to keep a spitter and a pukers own spew inside the bag in case they are trying to decorate the police station/vans/police. Kee-rist! Not my idea of a good time.
Whoops! I gotta go! Have a date with a long time friend to enjoy the 6th annual World Poker Championship at his house. I missed last year due to reasons I can’t remember but I made the first 4. It’s always a treat. Check Back!
About Linda R. Geenen
The easiest way to begin is to start at the beginning. But where is that? At what point does one suddenly decide they are going to spend the rest of their life involved in the intricate art of the dance? What is the art of the dance? A game about people - played with a deck of cards. Poker!
I stepped into the poker world in 1980 in Missoula, Montana. I didn’t know anything about poker, couldn’t tell you what the difference was between a bet and raise, or if a straight beat a flush. I had three boys to feed, needed a job and a dealing spot was open in one of the local bars. I played my first hand of poker in a 5 Card Stud game (with the help of one of my bosses) and that was it – I was hooked.
I lived, breathed, slept, dreamed, ate, and talked poker. I eventually ran my own games (licensed by the County) in several different bars in Missoula, and at one point, managed the games in the bar where I started my first dealing job.
In 1987 I traveled from Montana to Nevada to deal major poker tournaments, returning to Montana at the end of each one.
In 1989, I opened The Mirage – along with 6,400 other people.
In 1993, I moved to Gulfport, Mississippi, and opened Grand Casinos Poker Room, returning a year later to Las Vegas and The Mirage.
In 1998 I opened Bellagio - along with over 9,000 other employees.
In 2003, I dealt the final table of the Aruba Ultimate Bet Poker Classic event. Hey…I’m on TV!
I had the privilege of being chosen as the dealer in the Howard Lederer videos that have been released on No Limit Holdem.
I play poker on a regular basis and I deal to every name brand player that is still above ground and breathing air, the elite, the freaks, the ne’er do wells, the rich, the poor, the illiterate, the educated, the beautiful, the ugly, the superstitious, the rational, the sane, and the insane. Perhaps I am the one that is insane but if I am, I fit right into the game plan.
Five nights a week I walk into the greatest, social melting pot known to mankind. I no longer dream about it but the art of the dance is prevalent in everything I do - see you there!
