Another Vegas Trip Report
A few stories from another weekend in Vegas, including a visit to a Fan Cave, a confusing casino, a bad restaurant, and a pantsless tourist.
Wanna Bet?
A piece about some of the wacky prop bets I’ve witnessed, been part of, or heard about around a poker table (most of them don’t involve cards).
Degen Gambler Story Of The Day
A guy bet $100,000 that he could stay in a dark bathroom with no outside communication or electronic devices for a month. Before I even read the full story, I knew the guy was under 35, with no wife, no kids, and no mortgage.
Short Deck Hold’em
I recently became aware of a new poker variant I hadn’t heard of before, but has apparently been around for a couple of years: Short Deck Hold’em. It’s played the same as regular Hold’em, except all the twos, threes, fours, and fives are removed from the deck (which is why it’s also called Six Plus […]
More Vegas Stories
A few more stories from my most recent trip to Las Vegas… For years, there has been a flat-panel truck driving up and down The Strip, day and night, advertising “Hot Babes Direct To You — Girls That Want To Meet You,” with pictures of scantily-clad young women giving their best Hello, Big Boy look. […]
Slow Going In Vegas
For a long time, the Vegas Strip has been nearly impassable via car. Particularly on a weekend night, the volume of traffic makes everyone crawl at a snail’s pace. Back in the days when I rented a car each time I was there, I knew the side streets and back entrances of the places I […]