Looks like I picked a good day to be in Vegas.
There are a lot of games in town. I only play in three rooms. One of them got robbed last night and in a way I'm really glad I didn't have to suffer. Some of my friends didn't fare as well.
From Eddie the Dealer's Blog entry:
I remember looking over and Queen was being held by her hair and a gun was held against the back of her head. From that point, all my fear was for her. She is a very sweet girl and always an absolute delight to have around the game. The piece of shit who was holding her was acting a bit maniacal. He was threatening to "blow her brains all over the floor". (full story)
My reaction to this has been about what you'd expect. I'll likely write more in the future. For now, I'm just going to be glad everybody is okay and plan to stick close to the house for a while.
And to all the G-Vegas regulars: be careful, folks.
Sounds like its time to get the home games up and running. A legal casino makes more sense all the time.
Posted by: KenoBob at August 28, 2007 9:14 PMKenoBob, I don't know if I know you...but that was one hell of the move on the URL and re-direct. I'm not sure if it makes me happy or sad, but I owe you a beer either way. I think it was the subtlety that got me.
Posted by: Otis at August 28, 2007 10:40 PMIt's stories like that make me thank my lucky stars that I live in Canada where poker games only get crashed by drunk, toque wearing French Canadians, the occasional moose, and rabid poutine salesmen.
Sorry to hear about the mess down there. Thankfully everyone's ok.
Posted by: Klopzi at August 29, 2007 12:25 PMSorry to hear about the robbery. Here is an article I wrote about how to act when being robbed at a poker game.
http://www.pokerpages.com/articles/players/johnny-hughes06.htm
Johnny Hughes
Posted by: Johnny Hughes at August 29, 2007 5:25 PM