Women Trying to Scam Me

First off, some poker talk. Things are going well for the most part. My hourly is about half of what I want at 1/2 (some 1/3 also) but last month destroyed it. May and July were decent, nothing special but nothing bad. June was fucking terrible, but that's okay. Still making money and moving forward.

I see no reason why I won't be playing 2/5 regularly starting in a week or so. The games aren't much tougher but require a larger roll obviously. I've been working on the roll and am only 1 buyin away from being where I want to move up.

Fun hand for today. I'm the button and there's 4 limps plus the blinds so far, I make it $20 with JJ and get 1 caller. Flop is KQ3 with 2 hearts. Player checks I bet $35 and he snap calls. Turn is a J of hearts, he leads for $100 but only had $20 behind. I shove, he calls and flips over 98o with 1 heart. River is a T giving him the straight.

Funny thing is, I get mocked by everyone is this game because I always make it $20 preflop which I started doing from $15 about a week ago. But I still get called light constantly. Every time I play I hear this .........."$20? this is 1/2, why so much?" as they call. Dumbasses. I have even come out and said, if you fold everytime I do it I'll lower it to $15. Live players are morons.

So anyway. Something new in my life I'm going to admit too. I was embarrassed at first, but fuck it. Here it is............ I joined Match.com a few days ago. I've been seeing more than my fair share of women, but I want a larger selection to choose from, so I'm trying it out.

So far I've contacted about 20 women. About half are spam accounts that say they want to meet you, but they need you to send money so they can afford to "come home". Their profile says they live in Vegas and they claim to be on vacation and something happened and they are out of money.

Out of the others I've been on 1 date and have a second date lined up with her. I've also been texting 1 for a few days and exchanging emails with 3 others for a few days. Hoping to line up dates with those soon also. At first I was shocked my how many attractive single women are on their. But then I thought about it this way.........my ex is attractive, and I couldn't put up with her anymore. So I really have to be careful screening these ladies for the shit that is a deal breaker to me.

BTW: I don't suggest the site for you younger guys. It's mostly ladies in their mid 30's to late 40's.

Promised Update

Had a decent time last night. The lounge we went too was not what I hoped. A place called Downtown Cocktails that is located in the touristy part of downtown. It was ok, but not as nice as I thought or expected. Had more of a bar feel to it than a lounge. Don't get me wrong, I love a good bar............but for first dates a big couch, nice cocktails, and the perfect level of music can't be beat......and this placed failed on 2 out of 3.

The drink menu was everything I'd hoped for. I heard they had all kinds of specialty drinks, which they did. We tried 3 different drinks that were all fantastic. Of course before I started working behind the bar these drinks would not of impressed me as much, but since the Wynn is big on specialty drinks and I know quite a few, it's really fun to try new ones.

Lory was fun. She's a little shy and very recently out of a divorce (only 2 months). So I didn't push to go beyond just friendly touching a little and talking. But we had a good time and I'll probably see her again soon. She's from Cambodia, which is next to Vietnam..........wtf? I swear I don't have an Asian fetish, but 5 of the last 6 women I've gone out with are Asian.

I guess there's just a lot of Asian women in Vegas, and I don't really notice race, so if they are nice and attractive I'll go out with them. Maybe all the white girls just aren't nice. And the only black girl I tried to pick up on so far ended up being a hooker....................and if you have to ask..........no I didn't......but fuck she was hot, I might of if I could of afforded it.

Okay, off to have lunch with Mimi one last time before she leaves for the month, then I'm pulling a long day/night at the tables in Aria.

New Poker Home

Poker: Today I went down to play at the Bellagio and they had half the room closed off for a tourney, which meant very few tables and very long lists. So I decided to walk next door to the Aria. I've always heard how great the room was at Aria, but I just never tried it. Well that has been my loss.

The Aria poker room is amazing. The tables are spread out giving you plenty of room, the staff is friendly, the chairs are the best chairs I've ever sat in at a poker table, the bathrooms are right there, and there's 2 places literally next to the poker room that serve quick food. It's also right by the exit that goes to the self park garage. The only down fall was game selection. Now I wouldn't really say it's a downfall as much as "no better than other places". But for anyone looking to play low limits (1/3 and 2/5) there was plenty of tables going.

From now on this will usually be my first stop when looking for a game. I only played 2 hours today and got involved in no real big hands....walking away with a $65 profit. Can't wait to go back there, but got a date tonight.

Women: Tonight I'm going out with Lory, she's a poker dealer at the Wynn. I flirt with her just in a friendly way every time she deals my table, and the other day she handed me a paper with her number and name on it and said "I'm off Wednesdays and Thursdays". This is our first time going out and we are trying a new lounge out, (new to me). I'll give an update on Lory and the lounge later.

Went out the other night with Hana........or Hanna, not sure how it's spelled. This is the girl that had her aunt approach me at the bar. We had fun, but meh. I'm quickly learning that if you go out with a tourists under 30 yrs old, they just want to do tourist stuff, like night clubs and bars. But on the opposite side, if you take a tourist out that's over 30..........wow..........these women have no interest in you, they just want to use you to fulfill a Vegas fantasy.

I don't mind being used btw.

Went out with Mimi also again last week. She's the blackjack dealer at Wynn I went out with a few weeks back that I randomly met at the pool. Things are going well with her but slow. She leaves to Vietnam for a month though on Sunday, (that's where she's from moved here with family when she was 11), so won't be seeing her again for awhile. I'll actually miss her. So far of the girls I've been out with, Mimi is the most fun to be around.

Work: The more I do my job the less it becomes something exciting to report about. Don't get me wrong, my job is still fun as hell and gets to be more fun the better I get at it. Hoping for a good bar this Saturday night that has some action at it.

Bartender Heaven

Work: So last night I get called in to work the graveyard shift at the Eastside Lounge which is 1 am to 9 am. Now I always had a feeling this would be the fun bar and shift to work since it's pretty much the same shift as I worked in security and I used to hang around this bar a lot. But I had no idea.........this was like bartender heaven. This is what you think of when you think of a bar in Vegas. First off, it's so busy I only bartender, they have a porter that does all the grunt work I do often in slower bars. And this bar is packed, people everywhere just waiting for us (one other bartender also there.) And these people hang out and drink for hours. Not like during the day where they have 1 drink and don't talk too much to the bar staff.

The Eastside Lounge is the bar you go by when you leave XS, which is our nightclub that is currently rated number 1 in Vegas and number 2 in the world. So it's basically the after hours hang out spot for club goers.......aka babes in hot dresses and heels. Now I don't want to sound conceited, but I now know what a hot chick feels like. I was hit on all night long and girls wouldn't stop trying to get my number. The only difference between me and a hot chick was that actually gave my number out.......a lot.........to a quite a few great looking girls.

The best one was a fairly attractive lady about mid forties comes up (I wasn't waiting on her, other bartender was) and says to me "you have a great smile, how can we get a hold of you later for some fun?" I said "who's we?" She points at this gorgeous girl that couldn't of been over mid 20's down the bar and says "it's actually for my niece, but she's too shy to talk to you". So I obviously went and talked to her and gave her my number.

Ugh......sorry for the brag, but I just had such an awesome night. Anyway, this shift is next to impossible to get for new guys like me, but someone called in sick at the last minute yesterday so I got it. If there was a God he'd grant me with that shift 5 nights a week.

Women: See story above

Poker: Who fucking cares? Didn't you see the story above?