EDIT: I only list the first time I stayed somewhere, so ladies please stop sending me texts saying you slept with me at The Orleans in 2007 or whatever. I remember. Honest.

1986
- Imperial Palace. This is where the National Open used to be held, so became my first Vegas destination. I'm sure 25 years from now a lot of Chinese-American 40-year ( Read more... )

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One of the things that sets Poker Stars apart from those other virtual cardrooms is a ( Read more... )

- Is the Atlantis the only Jamba Juice in the world that has those ham and cheese sandwiches? The last year was spent being disappointed at every new JJ I visited ( Read more... )

Got up at 3:45 am for a 6am flight. I had originally set my clock for 4, but decided the extra 15 minutes might make a difference. Um, glad I did. Left house at 4. No traffic. Got on the plane @ 5:51am. WTF. I was at the airport before 5, and at the least populous terminal, but I stood in line for forty minutes to check in. (I wasn't ( Read more... )

That's right, I'm brushing up on my high-school Latin today in preparation for my participation next week in the Latin American Poker Tour. I've never been to Costa Rica before, so would love to hear suggestions for the trip. First choice is to win the thing, and come back another time. But I'm open to alternatives.

New personal record Las Vegas to Phoenix.

So last night jorj95 and I ended up getting out of the house and getting dinner. We're driving around LV and all of a sudden I see X.

me: "Cool, let's stop!"
jorj: "That is so gay."
me: "What? We saw Garden State together; what's the big deal?
jorj: "On the 1-10 gay scale, seeing Garden State was a 7. X is a 14."

Solve for X.

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In our last episode, I had spewed out of the tournament and was now in tourist mode. While in Monaco, we walked across the country
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Alighting in America for the first time in two weeks, I was disappointed to find that instead of a red-carpet reception, I got the blue latex gloves. Apparently the first-line customs officer felt that 1)having no job this century, 2)travelling around the world and 3)giving vague answers to questions about one's income were sufficient grounds for ( Read more... )