Viva Las Vegas

I’m headed off to Las Vegas for my winter vacation / Sister & Neice’s birthday. My family has reserved something like seven rooms in three hotels. Two downtown and one on the strip, so there’s pleanty to do. I’m also bringing my GPSr and some printouts of near by geocaches, in case I run out of money. I’ll probably spend most of my time playing poker around town (duh). My bankroll from last summer in Atlantic City and from online since will be enough for me to comfortably play 10/20 but I’ll probably stick to 3/6 or 4/8 as I plan on eating the last couple of days there.

10.03.04

$100 No Limit Hold ‘Em, Burlington, VT

$2000 was the advertised first prize (*based on 75 people entering), but only 22 people were present and the total prize money was only $900. I managed to ante about half of my stack away during the first 40 minutes. During this time two people got knocked out at my table, both rebuying. I picked up A-10 one off the button and raised. I had two callers. The flop of KQJ rainbow was a welcome sight. I bet about half my stack, one folded the other called. Turn was a rag, but I checked, so did the other player. Final card was a rag and my straight was the nuts. I went all in and the other guy called me for most of his (rebought) chips and turned over pocket Jacks for trips. The pocket jacks did me in a couple of hours later as I called a 3x BB pre-flop bet from my right when I was on the button. So did everyone else. We were down to 12 players, and I was 2nd in chips. The raiser was the chip leader. The flop came down 39Q rainbow. One minimum bet was made by MP. Everyone called around to me. I needed to clear some people out so I raised it up to the size of the pot, which would put almost everyone all in. Much to my shock three people called. I’m not liking my Jacks very much here. The guy to my right, the chip leader, goes over the top of me, all in. I figured he now has a set, or Kings or Aces so I fold. Now there’s four people in the pot. You’d figure that a pair of sevens would not be the best hand, but it is. The guy to my right, the chip leader, has put everyone all in with a pair of sevens. One person had king high, another had J8 for a gutshot draw and the other had 35 for a pair of 3s. The turn brings the other Jack and the river brings a Ace. The sevens hold up for a monster pot. I then proceed to be blinded away for the next two rounds without seeing anything. I finally go all in preflop with pocket fives and get called by some drunk guy with pocket aces. This guy had just returned from a five minute penalty for pulling the largest string bet I’ve ever seen. “100? 200? 400? would you call that? how about 600? 800? 1000? 2000? any more and you’ll be all in. I guess I’ll bet 2500.” The flop brings the other two aces and IGHN.

Another trip to the Korean Food store

These trips are the only times I buy junk food, and it’s from the other side of the world, so I figure it’s ok. And if you’re wondering we normally goto Kim’s Oriental which is on Rt. 5 in Albany, exit 2W off I87.

Milkis, orange flavor.

Rice Punch. I should also note that lots of Korean drinks have crap floating in them. Sunghee will not buy orange juice with pulp in it, but will down these pear “drinks” that you don’t so much drink as chew.

Grass Jelly. Now with banana flavor.

Yogloo, drinkable yogurt, now with Melon flavor. Honeydew melon is a very popular flavor for just about anything. Sort of like strawberry is here. Melon ice cream is very abundant.

Koala’s March. These are very good cookie things. There’s a vanilla cookie shell and the inside is a lot of fudge. I think Koala March would be a good name for a emo band.

Do you like the cracker and the chocolate of Pocky, but don’t really go for Pocky that much because it just seems wrong that the chocolate is on the outside? Well this is for you, Reverse Pocky! Now with the chocolate on the *inside*!

Chusok

We attended Chusok, Korean Thanksgiving, again this year at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. Unfortunatly Ivan brought the rain and didn’t let us have much fun. They shut down the performances on the stage about 15 minutes after we arrived, which was late due to crappy MapQuest directions. (“Turn on to 95” “North or South?” “um, it just says 95”. “I don’t see any sign to 495” “Well it looks like 1st Ave. joins up with it after a couple of blocks, go on 1st Ave., ok this should be 495, follow it for 6 miles and look for 108th and take a left” six miles later “Ok, here’s 100th, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, wait! it’s one-way, I can’t turn left. I’ll have to take 109. These other Aves. don’t match what’s on the map.” “That map is for Queens, we’re still in Manhatten”.)

Here’s a cute police car Sunghee took a picture of.

Here we are!

Do you want the BBQ chicken on a stick or the rice tubes in the melt-your-face-off hot sauce?

I’m the only european person here,

Oh, both the BBQ chicken on a stick or the rice tubes in the melt-your-face-off hot sauce?

CJ did not like the super special health apple juice. (I thought I had the website for this stuff written down, but the domain I have written down is not registered, so no link for now.)

Dinner in Little Korea, 32nd and Broadway

Look at all these side dishes!

More!

Meat! Cooked on your table!

Peppers, with fried minnows. I’m serious.

More meat! It’s all beef, the stuff on the right is sliced, the stuff on the left is cubed.

CJ likes it.

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