What I did on my Vegas Vacation

by the princess

In bullet form, because that's how I roll:

• got incredibly schnockered at the MGM


• stacked daddy with 24d on a Kd 3s 5d board


• made Joe Speaker back his $100 at HORSE


• (i'm now currently wondering why I didn't play at the MGM with my money)


• paigow round 1 with garth and EZ, Grubby (who wanted to marry Myung), and Gary


• Gary - who was even more of an Ironman than Garth OR I


• Blackjack with BobbyBlackjack, StB and Garth - gimme the hognut baby!


• 3/6 Limit with Marty and Chilly, who for a twist on the usual, pwned me. Snif.


• meeting a dealer (Gary! Taj, you know who I mean!) who used to deal in Indiana


• Dinner with April (TX), The Heads, Maudie, and Gracie at Bouchon, with divine scallops


• MORE crazy Paigow with Garth, Tommy, and other bloggers I cannot remember because I was inebriated - speak up now to help my memory


• Irish Jim! (See, I remembered your name)


• Garth and his Cher-elvis imitations (yes, he knows all the words)


• Elaine the most awesome pit boss ever - "hey wait, she has a flush!"


• Garth deciding to write a Paigow blog, with his many coined phrases:


• "Hey Heather, do you know what this feels like?" "What, Garth?" "It feels like VICTORYYYYY!" (this also translates well to craps)


• "A push is a win!!"


• "A push is a win because it buys you DRINKING TIME!"


• "Bonus money is the sweeeeeeeetest money"


• "Time to get my [paigow] game face on!"


• "geez, I have four of everything which makes a lot of NOTHING", prompting me to start calling hands where I have 4 to a flush and 4 to a straight a "garth".


• "Paigow is very good to my liver, and yet, very very bad to my liver, too"


• "Wait! I need a control hand! Let's use the scientific method here!"

...Then I decided we must play craps (we've made it to Saturday evening or so now), as the IP lowered the min bet to $5. And you know who is always up for the dice? That's right ladies, Joe Speaker. And his lovely lady also is a fan. Garth insisted he didn't want to play, but tagged along to watch. This began what I like to say, the corruption of Garth, or "craps is the new paigow."
[to be continued...]