By StrayBullet on April 20th, 2007 (more posts by author)

Onward to Friday nite to play in the 7pm Sarhara tourney for $62. Parked at Caesars, my base of operations for the week but before I'm off I just HAVE to do a little shooping. For the sheer novelty of it all, I have to get a Pete Rose signed baseball with the inscription, "I'm sorry I bet on baseball." Phoned a colleague of mine earlier that day and he's a HUGE fan, so it was two balls! Also picked up a couple of Opus X sticks, a little strong for my taste but a nice cigar. Round it all off with a nifty Michael Goddard ornament and I was off to pack my swag away!

Now it was time for the bullet (monrail) right to the Sahara! Definitely an "old school" room compared to what I've seen so far. Tournament had just over 150 runners and I'm glad there wasn't any hay available, otherwise I don't know where they wouldn've stuck all the additional donkeys! My table had 2 players that had even the slightest clue but even one of them doubled me up when my "tight as a frog's arse" re-raised a couple of lipmpers and he decided to push from my left, his wired tens didn't hold up! Blinds go up every 20 minute but you get T5000 for your $62 bones, not a bad low-stakes deal. The tables were in bad shape and it was NOISY! Drink service was good and the dealers I encountered were friendly. I ended up busting when my "M" dictated pushing, hand didn't hold and I was on the "bullet back home."