We made our usual post thanksgiving trip to Vegas this past weekend. We left late Thursday afternoon/evening. uneventful trip and arrival and checked into the suite at the golden Gate.
Only two new things to really report.
One new thing was a meal at Adiamo steak house at the D.
A very good experience. The room is very tastefully decorated with a good blend of "good ol' days" steakhouse décor and modern flair. The wine list is fair to good and surprisingly not overly priced.
We started with a sparkling wine with oysters, crab and lobster Louis, and a meatball. Yes, A meatball, it was big.
I had the Porterhouse. The Wife had the Osso Bucco. We shared sides of lobster ziti and truffled potatoes. Paired with a nice Pinot Noir.
Everything was great. Our waiter was very attentive and all of the service was equal to a very high end restaurant. We will not hesitate to return.
On the gambling side that too was same ol, same ol. I'm not complaining mind you, we pretty much broke even, which I count as a win.
Now for the new gambling part.
A friend I play poker with has introduced me to Open Face Chinese Poker. It is a poker game for 2 to 4 players. Apparently it has taken the poker world by storm over the last year or two. I just heard about it a few months ago.
I have been playing cards of one kind or another my whole life. My mother used a standard deck of cards to teach me math when I was 5 years old. My grandparents, who were Life Master bridge players, polished my education with Rubber and Duplicate Bridge, as well as Gin, Cribbage and Poker.
Now with all of this qualification you would think I would at least hold my own in any 52 card game. Well, at least I thought I would. Nope. I got schooled.
I went to the Wynn three nights in a row where it cost $20 an hour to play. (that's the house rake and dealer tip). The game seems to belong to the younger crowd and the majority of them really know their math.
It would take me a couple of minutes to try to figure out the odds on each move where as the other players either just instinctively knew the best play or just made stupid guesses. The players that just set their hands rather blindly were separated from their money fairly quickly. I was separated from mine at a more modest pace.
Despite losing it is a very fun game. I can see it catching on among players that like to think about their play. The post hand autopsies are almost endless.
I will be doing a lot of solitaire study and home play before I return to the casino to play this game.
Only two new things to really report.
One new thing was a meal at Adiamo steak house at the D.
A very good experience. The room is very tastefully decorated with a good blend of "good ol' days" steakhouse décor and modern flair. The wine list is fair to good and surprisingly not overly priced.
We started with a sparkling wine with oysters, crab and lobster Louis, and a meatball. Yes, A meatball, it was big.
I had the Porterhouse. The Wife had the Osso Bucco. We shared sides of lobster ziti and truffled potatoes. Paired with a nice Pinot Noir.
Everything was great. Our waiter was very attentive and all of the service was equal to a very high end restaurant. We will not hesitate to return.
On the gambling side that too was same ol, same ol. I'm not complaining mind you, we pretty much broke even, which I count as a win.
Now for the new gambling part.
A friend I play poker with has introduced me to Open Face Chinese Poker. It is a poker game for 2 to 4 players. Apparently it has taken the poker world by storm over the last year or two. I just heard about it a few months ago.
I have been playing cards of one kind or another my whole life. My mother used a standard deck of cards to teach me math when I was 5 years old. My grandparents, who were Life Master bridge players, polished my education with Rubber and Duplicate Bridge, as well as Gin, Cribbage and Poker.
Now with all of this qualification you would think I would at least hold my own in any 52 card game. Well, at least I thought I would. Nope. I got schooled.
I went to the Wynn three nights in a row where it cost $20 an hour to play. (that's the house rake and dealer tip). The game seems to belong to the younger crowd and the majority of them really know their math.
It would take me a couple of minutes to try to figure out the odds on each move where as the other players either just instinctively knew the best play or just made stupid guesses. The players that just set their hands rather blindly were separated from their money fairly quickly. I was separated from mine at a more modest pace.
Despite losing it is a very fun game. I can see it catching on among players that like to think about their play. The post hand autopsies are almost endless.
I will be doing a lot of solitaire study and home play before I return to the casino to play this game.
