From: Tom Bayes Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:38:40 -0500 Subject: [BARGE] Bayes Trip Report Done in stream-of-unconsciousness format I'm in Vegas, go to Binion's cab to Venetian DEEPSTAX, swaps with several BARGErs oops we all busto take pricey Chinese poker lessons from JP bust Richard Brodie in Courcheval (he was crippled and Rodney Chen & I chop his crumbs) OMGROYALFLUSH in penny video poker (playing 10 bets, so make 8000 pennies) action game of dealer's choice, Marlin learns A2 isn't always the nut low in "2 or 5" omaha/8 ZOMFGANDREWHIMEINDAHOUSEOFBARGE Ethiopian food very slow lose in lowbah miss all my fucking draws Chic r00ls at Pai Gow CHORSE I make money in S but we lose half our money (DV8s) i play omaha/8 like a rock (sorry Tina, you missed all the hands I played) drink tons of bourbon at Dan & Sharon Goldman's house (fun ride with Bob O., Mark Hughes, No Limp Corey) eat bourbon balls (bourbon goes well with chocolate, not sure about bacon & bourbon) brief dealer's choice before craps crawl (I win a hand of one-card holdem with a deuce) craps is teh suxx0r craps r00lz craps SUX craps is AWESUM break even in craps Super Kyle runs like God at my TOC table and takes all my moniez tilt and r00l douchey 2-4 LHE regulars (apparently open-raising for $4 is CRAZEE and they called me "Murray in a Hurry" since I was wearing my Murray State cap) dinner at Binion's steakhouse, great company, food not quite worth the price I play BORE (Badeucy as the B) with Hime & company main event, I am the Presto Killer (just ask Ron and Ashley) I also bust a cherry (Vrigin Spence), win questionable bust out gift they move JP and fucking Kenny Shei to my table that made my table tougher I (mildly) suck out on Schmengie play many pots with Kenny Kenny sucks out on me Kenny actually has QQ when I make my short stack stand Goldie was kind enough to have just gotten moved to my table so paying off the last-longer was convienient this is the 214th trip report involving "I got busted by Kenny Shei" SunnyGirl Brenda and her kings puts out my symposium partner Daron Brod and his aces and costs me lots of moniez congrats on 2nd Brenda hear Doyle Brunson stories play Nor-Cal lowball with many of the usual suspects (Betty Tanenbaum, Rich Strauss, Bob Herlein, Patrick Milligan, etc) also Spencer and world A-5 Lowball champion Gillian Gillian continues to r00l lowball I r00l lowball for a while, then Action Bob and Fich show up Action Bob has never played lowball, I teach him the "kill" (i.e. raising the stakes after seeing 2 of 5 cards) Action Bob likes to kill blind and draw many cards (I didn't tell him the old saying "Never draw to an eight and never draw two", advice seldom heeded during reindeer games) David Aaronson is the winner of the Action Bob lowbah stimulus program Fich and I blatantly cheat Spencer in one of the last hands of the evening (see Fich's earlier post to the BARGE list; I toked my portion of the ill-gotten pot to Buck for ignoring us) go to Bellagio with Russ, Mickdog, Sean, Scottro, Hime, Aaron drink Strawberry Juliuses and pretend to know how to handicap horsies lose $15 each picking horsies badly chicken meatballs are g00t (Grand Lux Cafe at the Venetian) a more sane $1/point Chinese game in my room with Ron, Russ, Aaron up early and leave Vegas