So today, I played chaffuer. I drove Marnie to Tuxson for her seminar that she has to babysit every 3 months or so. I made sure to make lunch plans with two good friends of mine.
We head down there and get there just in time. F Mapquest. I drive around for awhile looking for a place to h@x some wireless so I can get some PSDs made. I was out of luck so I headed to a casino. I wanted to try the Desert Diamond. I see a billboard and head south on I-19. then the miles turned to kilometers :(
So I get about half way to mexico and see the turn off for the Desert Diamond. I arrive and see what is pictured in the attached picture. It sucks that it's blurry.
They are STAR WARS slots!!!! How freaking amazing is that. They have pictures of the characters as the matching items. They have the deathstar just above the players that spins around if you matchup some Deathstar pictures. It plays music and at the very top it has a video screen that shows the best clips from the movies. I lost $5, but it was probably the most fun I have EVAR had at slots. The old lady sitting next to me thought I was a freaking idiot. She didn't even watch the little video of the trench run that they showed when she hit the deathstar pictures.
They didn't have a poker room. I say "HOWH!" to the change guy and he tells me to head up the nogales hwy to get to the other one that is in Tuxson. I drive the 20 miles back to Tuxson up a road that was probably the only way to and from Mexico about 35 years ago or so.
I bypass Raytheon on the way and it's on teh left. How freaking cool would that be, to work across the street from a casino.
I sit at 3/6 with about $100. I wasn't as confident with my poker skills as of late. Then I remember it's pubpoker and it's not casino poker that I was playing. I proceed to go up $200. I break for lunch as the WPT Satellite is about to start up. $250 buy in and it's a cut to the top table for sunday. Top prize is a $10k entry into the Foxwoods WPT event.
I meet with two great guys and one of their new friends. Beal and Enrique are always great to hang out with. It was really cool hanging out with them for awhile. I miss the days when we would just get together to play at a tournament. And the days when the I-10cup was the shizzle. I miss those days and hopefully i can do something to re-invigorate the playing community here. We have Long Wongs and after lunch it's back to the casino.
I break even on the second session as there is a loose cannon at the table that I can't really buy pots from, so I lose a couple that I would have won about 2-3 hours earlier.
I head to pick up marnie and we head back to Mesa. I decide to take US 87. I wave to some friends of mine and Jays. Luckily, their house wasn't on fire this time.
It was dusk and the sunset was absolutely beautiful. I'm so glad to be back in Arizona.
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