Posted by Dr Fro 8:41 PM

As the alcohol has slowly left my body and my average hours of sleep per night have increased, I now realize that I left out some more Vegas details:

1) I spotted a marked card at Bally's. It was the Ace of diamonds and it was faded on half of the card. Four times I spotted it in an opponent's hand, twice it was factored into a fold, once of which it proved to save me some money. I considered telling the dealer, but heck, maybe somebody spotted it before me and used it against me already. Anyway, I know sounds about as likely as me telling you that I made a fold because of the way my opponent ate his oreo, but 'tis true.

2) Vegas has noticeably relaxed its policy (or shall I say its enforement of policy) around cell phones. Except at Mandalay Bay, everywhere else tended to let poker players alone if they got a call. Maybe if they were tangled up in a hand, they would say something, but I even saw some (short) conversations on cell phones by players still involved in hands.

3) Walking from the Wynn to Bally's, we crossed through that wierd tourist area (in between Harrah's and O'Shea's). I bought two 12 oz. beers for $6 each. About 10 steps later, CCM "paid me back" by buying two more beers - this time 24 oz. for $4 each. Next time you are in LV, get your random "roadie" from the liquor store nearest O'Shea's.

4) There were a lot of, um, professionals in town for the fight. I am not talking about poker professionals.

5) A guy in my $2-$5 game at the Wynn lost about $1,500 on KK to opponent's AA. Thirty minutes later, he did it again, to a different opponent. How do you not release KK when, after about 5 raises, someone raises a grand into a pot worth hundreds? How?

I am sure more will trickle in over the course of this week. Here is a pick of me at the Wynn (second from the right!)

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