Saturday

SATURDAY April 19th

Made our way downtown just after 1pm to

Fremont Street to pick up our FSE Coupon book

at the Oxygen Bar (used coupon in ACG).

Then to the FREMONT HOTEL’s Paradise Buffet.

Used 2 for 1 coupon from FSE booklet.

Paid $11.85 for 2 Champagne Brunch’s !

Ate here on last trip, so the very dark lighting

wasn’t a surprise. Food was good quality,

reasonably hot, decent selection. Bacon, eggs,

French toast, pancakes, made to order omelets,

fresh fruit, shrimp, crab, smoked salmon, sushi,

carved prime rib, lamb and of course, uber-cheap

champagne (sparlking white wine/ginger ale).

Left very satisfied.

Went across the street to the GOLDEN NUGGET

and were a bit surprised to see how busy the

floor was for around 2:30pm on a Saturday

afternoon.

Poker room had 6 tables going, half were limit,

the other half were $1/2 NL (no max). We were both

seated within minuts, by friendly floor manager

"Houston", to a very beatable $1/2 game. Half of

the table were 60 yrs + soft, passive rocks who

played quite predictably. This is what I come to

Vegas for. A game where I can consistently raise

and take it, or confidently fold 2 pair because

these guys let you know exactly what they have.

The $3/6 limit game appeared very juicy,

I watched for a bit while stretching my legs.

I don’t really enjoy limit holdem and its not my

strongest game, but I’m pretty sure I could

pull atleast 3-4 BB/hr if not more …the pots were

that big and the play was just that bad.

Sitting directly across from me on the next table

over was MONTEL WILLIAMS, the tv talk show

host. He’s a regular at the Nugget, hosting

"Montels", $88 and $1080 sit & go tournaments

to promote and raise money for his multiple

sclerosis charity. From what I watched,

Montel played a pretty straight forward

textbook game (he said he’s read 50 poker books),

aggressively raising when in a pot, and rarely

playing from out of position. He was wearing

the same psychedelic skin tight shirt he

wore at the World Series. Even if its lucky....

its still an ugly shirt.