From: Edmund Hack
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 10:56:50 -0500
Subject: [BARGE] Very Late, Short Trip Report for BARGE XV

So, I made it to BARGE XV.  Barely, as health problems with my mom (2nd 
place in the SO Hold'em at the Venetian and friend of Phil Gordon) 
flared up just before the Good Doctor and I were supposed to leave for 
Vegas. Thanks to my brother's help, we were able to leave Wednesday at 6 
PM to start the drive to Vegas.  It's been a long year of health 
problems and other assorted family upheavals and we needed some kind of 
break.

A few highlights of the drive: We found out that the Good Doctor's car, 
a used RX-350 we got after her RX-300 drowned in the Houston floods, 
likes to go very fast. We found out that I have an uncanny ability to 
sense upcoming small town speed traps on I-10. We found out that if you 
drive through a cloud of bees at 100 mph, they leave a thick residue on 
your windshield that smells of honey. In any case, we got to the 4 
Queens at midnight Thursday.

I sucked in the tourneys. I had a great meal at Pizza Rock with Frank, 
Bozo, Chuck, and friend of Chuck's in the DFS business. I played O-8 for 
cash for the first time with Frank, Tracy, and other BARGErs that I 
can't remember right now, but it was fun, I was slightly drunk, and I 
made a small profit. Had many great conversations with old and new 
friends. Not sure how coherent I was, though.

Sunday morning we packed up and headed back to Houston. In the mountains 
of Arizona I saw not a double, but a triple rainbow. Not sure what that 
means. I guess I should have pulled over, made a video, and raked in big 
bucks on You Tube.

Thanks to all of y'all for recharging my psychic batteries.

Edmund Hack
"On to BARGE XVI!"