Faw dolla!

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Quote of the Day: “In your society, you admire the man who pushes his way to the top, while we admire the man who abandons his ego” from Seven Years in Tibet

Posted an interesting hand I played the other day on PSO. Also a shameless myspace plug for a great band that should have a new ablum out before the end of the year.

I’ve been playing at the Orleans a lot lately. They have a $100,000 tournament in early December for anyone who gets in 80 hours in October/November. There's been a few of these type tournaments around town in recent months but with my health issues it's been difficult to get in enough hours to qualify. Mostly I’m playing their Omaha h/l game which is 4/8 with a kill, often a very juicy game with many pots reaching well over $100. Last night a guy went on a rush and went from being all-in on one hand to running up a $700+ stack in an hour. The reward/risk ratio in this game is very high.

One of the dealers at the Orleans really impresses me, a girl from Thailand who is not only a good dealer but handles herself very well with the customers. She is always smiling and happy and making jokes. She moves the game quickly and if she makes a mistake, she is quick to admit it and figure out how to correct it. She takes her job seriously without taking what anyone says seriously. Truly one of the most pleasant dealers I’ve seen in Vegas, and anything rude someone says to her does not seem to affect her a minute later, very zen-like. I was laughing the other day in the 4/8 game when a situation came up where a guy made a flop string-raise to $8, and the second guy called $4 not realizing the first guy raised. The second guy quickly took his $4 back and objected to the string-raise, and she corrected the situation quickly and the string-raiser was fine with it, but the other guy didn’t realize it was corrected and she said, “Okay, aw ova, do you unta caw da faw?” in her Thai-English and the second guy, who thought the string raise was still in question stands up and bangs the table and says “Yes, call the damn floor!” and she bangs the table playfully in front of him and says “No, da faw dolla!” and I nearly peed my pants!