I drove up on a beautiful Saturday afternoon,and arrived at about 3:00 p.m. Unfortunately, Sandra was not able to go, as she had some "dog commitments" and was also meeting up with a friend ("Emma") who was flying in from Australia for the Westminster dog show.
As I descended into the valley, I was reminded of how stunningly beautiful the area is. I checked into a nice room at Montbleau, and then proceeded down to the casino for a little bit of gambling. Fortunately, the cards were falling my way, and in the course of the evening I was able to pull ahead by about $ 4,ooo.
While playing blackjack, one of the hosts (Trish) extended me an invitation to attend a Howie Mandel pre-show party so I changed and went to this affair. There was finger food and plenty of liquor, but the party was nothing to write home about. The price was right though - FREE :). After the party, I proceeded to the Howie Mandel show and really had a fun evening. He is very funny, even though some folks who brought their kids along (bad call), didn't seem to think so.
After the show, I decided it was time to try my luck at a little bit of Texas Hold-em, so I played for about 6 hours, ending up with exactly $ 28 more than the $ 1,000 I'd started with. Normally the games are not as tight as this one was, as it appeared that many of the people had more time than money and they were playing very tight. I think the biggest hand I saw all evening was $ 200 which was amazing for a $1/$2 game where there were folks with good sized buy ins.
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