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Notes from Vegas -

Chairs in the Bellagio poker room seem only to go sideways. When I first sat in them I'm banging all over the place, wondering wtf. I apologize to a young guy on my left. He smiles and says "No problem, it's just that I don't have any shoes on". I look down and his sandals are under the table. Funny.

As always, I tell my wife to page ST at the desk when we're meeting. The a-hole at the low limit desk in the entrance won't do it. Keeps telling her a bunch of guys will raise their hands. He wants a full name. Finally she asks is he going to do it or not and he does. The room is maybe half full. I'm the only guy who raises his hand.

With all the headaches floor people have to deal with, why create your own? Lady asks you to page ST, just fckn page ST. OK? If that doesn't work, you did your best.

Other thing is, when a man tells his wife what to do and she does it, he doesn't need another man giving her a hard time about it. Make it easy for the wife to do as instructed.

Ski and Boba were good. Dave Neif needs to stop whispering into the fckn mike when calling names. I was sitting right behind him in a 2-5 game, got passed over and crossed off the 5-10 list because I couldn't hear him. Guy's like a church mouse at a rock concert.

Out of all the big names I saw, I could have sworn I saw Tuan Lee. Can't be sure though because he was about 4' tall. Looked like a lost kid on a field trip.

I was just leaving for dinner and saw Schnieds getting seated for 5-10NL game at another table. Looks just like his picture. I introduced myself and shook hands for 2 sec's. Nice guy.

Saw a fat guy with curly hair and a lot of chips playing 30-60. That's how mikel. always describe's himself. I was playing in a good 5-10NL and kept going over to ch out the game. Didn't appear good enough to leave mine for. Later I'm having a quick bite with my wife in Snacks when that guy walks in. As we're leaving I ask him if his name is Mike. His eyes open wide like a deer in the head lights and says no. LOL.

Ch'd out the rooms at Ceasar's, Mirage and Venetian. They were all dead but the 2-5 at the Venetian was playing deep. Never made it to the Wynn.

Strangest thing about Vegas was I had no appetite. Whether it was the heat or the air, I only ate twice a day. Hated the water. Don't know if I could ever get used to it. Funny thing is I thought the Fiji water tasted like the local water. Tasted different than the Fiji at the Borgata. Interesting.

Almost forgot. Ate at some great places. Le Cirque was overpriced stupid, but that's ok once in a while. Couldn't believe what they pulled though. My wife and I always have drinks, app's and entree's but rarely eat dessert. So we ask for the ch. As we're waiting they put out a small dish of sweets. I'm looking over our bill days later when checking out and see they charged us $8 for it. How fcked up is Le Cirque that they have to force feed you $8 worth of sweets on a $325 bill for two with the tip?

All in all, great place to visit but............