Table Tango

Kee-rist! Food everywhere and the supply never seemed to end. Why is it that we have a tendency to go back and keep munching when we are hanging out with friends and gabbing/playing cards? When I was leaving, much later, Marie threatened me with, “Take some of that food with you. If you don’t, I’ll throw it out!” (more…)

Tonight is an ‘End of the year/beginning of Marie and Gary getting ready to head back to Iowa for their summer escape from Las Vegas,’ part of the old Pan Game grazing and playing card parties.  G&M have opted to host the shindig at their place.  It’s going to be a ton of fun, not only because a few of our errant crew are back in town and will attend, but also because these people are dear to my heart.  A few of us met last week (or was it the week before?) and went to Jubilee and played poker afterwards at Ballys. (more…)

not old as in older than dirt.  It has been one helluva long time since we got together.  We all seemed to have fared fairly well in each other’s absence.   (more…)

So many people think the whole city of Las Vegas is filled with batshit gambling lunatics and if they moved here, they would fall right into that category and would bust themselves and ruin their lives.  For some, the answer is “YES” you would have a problem, for most of the rest of the population of the world, once the initial glitz wore off, you’d settle in and find yourself doing what the rest of the world does when they don’t have the 24/7 availability of GAMBLING (more…)

I really feel like a slacker - I didn’t even take a picture of Dennis or Mark, or any of the staff that I worked with for years when I first came to Vegas.  I should have taken their picture.  Perhaps they will spoil me and allow me another opportunity.  (more…)

The Saturday night meets have grown long in between sessions.  I seem to be the only person, of the entire group, that consciously makes an effort to bring everyone together.  In a way, that sucks.  Why don’t people take the initiative more often and throw out an invitation to spend time with each other?  Perhaps they really wish I’d just go away and they want to invite the others but feel they have to invite me too if they hold a shindig.  Gee…that’s kind of a disheartening thought so I’ll skip over it and think it’s just because mankind is lazy in general and procrastinates on everything although the thought ripples over the gray matter on occasion.  All of that out of the way, Marie and I were first to arrive, she beat me by a few minutes and had our names on the list for $3-6 and $2-6 spread limit. (more…)

The Stardust is going down.  A big wrecking ball lies in its future.  Demolition begins in the first quarter of 2007 to make way for Boyd Gaming’s ‘Echelon Place’ development.  There you have it.  That’s one way to quash a den of thieves…ok…ok…I’m just kidding about the den of thieves.  But isn’t that what we’ve all heard for years?  The Stardust poker games were crooked as hell and the dealers and everyone were in on it?  That’s what I heard.  Is it true?  Umnhhh!  I wouldn’t know.  It’s ingrained into everyone that’s an ‘old school’ poker player that has played in and around Vegas over the years.  (more…)