2nd Day at the Crystal Casino

Crystal Casino in L.A. 7:00 A.M. Saturday, August 26th

Well, I arrived here shortly after midnight and have played all night. When I went to check-in to my room, I was told I couldn’t do it until after noon. Since I had asked about that when I called from San Diego and was told it wouldn’t be a problem, I requested to speak to the shift manager to gain an exception. Once, that was accomplished, I crawled into bed in my free hotel room, about $150 up from a night of play and slept soundly until 4 in the afternoon.

I love the blackout curtains most hotels have. Caren would like to have those in our bedroom, but we haven’t been able to find “blackout panels” that work with the curtains we prefer. Maybe, we will find them when we move and outfit our next home.

After getting ready to go downstairs I decided to check out the T.V. stations in the room. I usually don’t even watch TV when I am in a Hotel, room preferring to either be on the computer or read. There were about 12 choices available, including a 24 hour Chinese News Channel a Chinese Drama Channel, and a Chinese movie channel. I wonder who their primary demographic target market is? I did notice there was a large Cambodian event scheduled for later that night in the hotel.

After taking a seat in the poker room I asked about their tournament. I was told they have a dedicated room for those and there was one starting in about 20 minutes. The buy-in was $50 and the house fee was $10 but it also included a buffet in the back of the room. So, I was set for my food for today, with just enough time to eat before the tournament started.

I lasted about 3 hours and made a couple of questionable plays near the end. Tried to bluff with a Jack, Ten when a jack, queen, seven came on the flop. He re-raised me and I backed down. The next hand I chased an open ended straight and didn’t catch it and I was walking down to the poker room to play some cash games.

Another full night of poker and I am still the same $150 after 8 hours of play tonight. I went to bed about 4 A.M. with plans of going to the Bicycle Casino tomorrow to play a little bigger game and make all my profit there……..

I was also looking forward to seeing a lot of famous players at the “Bike” because of the “Legends of Poker Tournament” day 1b.

Curtains were shut in anticipation of the dawn and the “do not disturb”sign on the door in anticipation of the morning maid service and I went to sleep to dream of poker games, and big profits tomorrow. My last thought before I went to sleep was I haven't been outside or even looked outside since I arrived.