Vegas Day 1 - Tilt before seeing a card

For the last 15 minutes I have waging a war with the electronic curtains in the Venetian. They appear to operate via remote control but I have been unable to locate the device. I am getting the mechanism to work via rudimentary prodding at the moment, but when I want them to open they shut, and when I want them to shut they open. So far I have given a full frontal to the Strip, and have also been unpacking in the dark.

Prior to this it took us 25 minutes to locate the lifts to get up to the room. We are on floor 29, and I discovered sets of lifts that serviced 1-9 and also 10-28 before finally getting to the correct ones. I also had to lug around 2 big suitcases during this adventure, because I was too tight to tip the bellboy a few dollars.

Add to this, my suitcase was the very last one off the flight and the omens are not good. Or perhaps I am just incompetent ;)

Another development is that I decided to bleach my hair for the trip. It hasn’t come out quite as natural as I hoped - my mop is now very bright and there is definitely a hint of orange in there. Consequently I now look like the love child of a 1982 Steve Davis, and Silas, the albino monk from The Da Vinci Code.

I am very tired, but we are going to pop over to the Rio in an hour or so to see what is going on. I’m going to register for the 5k NLHE which starts in three days, and Shazbo and Professor Geoff are also going to sign up for some events as well (Shazbo plays the Ladies Championship WSOP tournament tomorrow).

To get into Vegas time, I’m sure we’ll also play in a hundred dollar crapshoot at Treasure Island or perhaps Harrahs, but they way today is going I can only foresee outdraws. While Shazbo plays the Ladies Event tomorrow, myself and the Professor are playing the $500 Caesars deep stacked tournament which has a 15k starting stack, although I imagine the antes will kick in fast.

I’ll update after Caesars…