Facebook

I'm on facebook now, but not personally. I deleted my fb account over a year ago because I wanted my private life to stay a bit more private. But I now have a facebook page that is centered around my work.

The idea of this page came from a customer that wanted to stay in touch for there next time they visited. So he suggested a fb page that allowed that. Basically I will get friends on the page from customers and guests that I meet at the bar or anyone that may one day come into my bar. I will keep my shifts and bar locations (since I work at many different bars) posted so friends can find me.

Of course the main goal here is money. A guests that keeps and touch with you and insist you make their drinks next time they come back are much bigger tippers than random guests. I work in a high end resort, so high end guests that tip large are not uncommon. I want these guests coming back to me each time they are in town.

There won't be much of "me" on this facebook page. Just information about where I'm working each day and lots of fun information about alcohol and what's going on at work. But I obviously want to have as many friends as possible so everyone please be my fb friend.........god that sounds gay.

Jason Vegas Bar Man is my account name.

Yay 2/5nl

Well I shouldn't feel bad. I've been playing 2/5 and 1/3 so far this month. My 2/5 play is at about $23/hr which is half what I consider easily achievable by me. But it's an extremely small sample. I haven't ran terrible, but I've been running into tons of spots where I can make good folds and not lose much. But these are spots where I should often be winning and I'm not. I shouldn't complain, I'm happy with my play, but you know how it is.

For instance the other day I have KTo from the CO and it's folded to me. I make it $30 and only the big blind calls. An old guy with about $300 and I have him covered. Flop is T58 with 2 clubs (I'm clubbless), he checks I bet $50 he calls. Turn is a red 9, and he check raises me all in after I made it $60. I've seen this guy call down 2 times with a draw and never put in a raise when he missed (although he donked out on the river once after missing with Ace high). As a matter of fact I've never seen him raise once in hours. So I fold and save myself $160 when he rolls over 67 off suit. The nice thing about live poker, you get to see most hands even if you fold. People are obsessed with showing their hands.

Getting tons of those spots where I play perfect, but my profits are less than I expect of myself so I'm a bit down about it. Haven't been involved in a single pot where I put in more than 50BB's in last 4 or 5 sessions. I did make 1 bad fold in a 3 way pot, but it was a small pot where I folded JJ on a Kxxx board vs 2 draws that both missed and I would have won. Small pot so no big deal and prob a +ev fold actually.

Also lost with AA vs KQ.......this one is funny kind of. Btn opens for $20, I make it $80 from SB and he calls. Flop is KKJ, we both check, turn is a Q. I check he bets $20 I call and announce that I should be raising here (me just being an ass cause I know I'm beat). River is blank and we both check. He rolls over KQ off and says "I didn't bet in case you had quads". My comment actually scared him into thinking I had quads.......even though he had one of the Kings........so I lose only $20 postflop in a 3b hand that was $80 preflop to call. LOL live pokers is rigged.

Mimi is off tonight and tomorrow night, gonna rent some movies and hang out at her house for 2 nights. No more poker till Friday.

I Wanted to Kill This Guy

I just broke my record. The record of being the most pissed off I've ever been at a poker table. 2/5nl game and I'm not doing so well. I'm actually down a bit for the day, but I have $650 in chips in front of me (I've added on since my $500 buyin). There's a HUGE fish playing every hand and gladly shipping all in top pair ANY kicker. He's bought in for $500 quite a few times, but during this hand has me covered after getting paid huge with his Q3o hit 2p vs AA.

Anyway, I have 88 in BB and I check my option, 5 way flop. Flop is 844 with 2 clubs. I bet $20 all but the fish fold. Turn is 6 (forget suit but it's red). I bet $50 and fish makes it $150, I shove he calls and says "I win" turning over 5 7 for the straight. Now at this point I haven't shown my full house, I'm laughing so hard inside at this guy, I'm gonna slow roll this asshole (he's been a dick all night) and wait to show my winner until the river comes.

River is 6 of clubs...........his 5 7 is clubs and he wins with straight flush.

Why did it have to happen vs THIS guy? FML. Taking tonight off, I'm pissed still.

Introductions

Ok I officially have a girlfriend now. Just one woman, letting all the others go. Everyone.... meet Mimi. I've talked about her before. She's a dealer at the Wynn, but funny thing is, I met her at a party, not at work. Anyway, if you keep up with my blog you've heard about her already.

Also got my roll up to enough to play 2/5nl now. Starting that soon.

Honey Badger Don't Give A Shit

So I've now been on a 3rd date with the first girl from match.com, a first date with another and a second date planned, and I also have a first date Friday and Sunday with 2 other girls. I'm also in the initial stage of contact and emailing back and forth about 5 other girls.

I realize when I first joined there will be tons of action since I'm new to the site and talking to about 10 women a day on there. Soon I'll have gone through all of them and will be limited only to the new ones signing up, so things will slow down dramatically and quick.

That's all fine though, I figure once I've gone out with lots of these women I should have at least a couple that I like and can pursue more. That's what I really want anyway......plus Mimi (the dealer I'm still seeing) gets back from her long vacation in 1 week.

Andrew has 3 weeks left of summer, so I plan on giving him most my time and we'll be doing a lot of hanging out. Gonna try and not play any poker while he's around during the rest of his break. (waiting for backers to okay this).

Fun hand from the other day. I didn't pay much attention to the preflop action, I was utg, folded and was changing the playlist on my ipod. But I look up at the flop and see it's 4 handed with 4d 6d 2d flop. There's 40ish in the pot, so someone raised to 10 pre. $20 bet gets 3 calls. Turn is 4c and it's checked around. River is 3h first to act shoves, 1 fold, 1 over shove and 1 call......pot is now about 650 with a small side pot of about 70. A5o, A5o, and 65s (not diamonds)........three way chop for straight. How the fuck does nobody have a flush or boat there with all that shoving? Crazy and funny imo.

Kind of gotten lazy on my working out and dieting, put on 5 lbs over last few weeks. Need to get back into my routine. Work is going well, I've had a set schedule the last 2 weeks which is nice, but it's all been slower bars/shifts. Less money in tips but more consistency, so I guess an okay trade off.

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.