Yesterday, (Friday) we spent the day in Portland. It was another, beautiful, sunny day in the great Northwest. How untypical. While Caren spent the day with her sister Nancy, I spent the day in the RV in their driveway utilizing their wireless connection. I wrote, posted, read blogs and played Party Poker. Five hours of Party Poker and I made $40. I could have done better many other places. But, of course I could have done a lot worse.
Today is the Big Day. It is the start of my “Month-long poker trip with the dog Pokey.
We dropped Caren off at the Portland airport about noon for her afternoon flight to San Diego. We hugged and said our goodbyes’ while the security people stared uncomfortably at the RV sitting curbside at the Airport. Trucks and big things like RV’s have them pretty concerned. Who can blame them after the Timothy McVeigh thing in Oklahoma City.
Before Caren could make it through bag check and security, I was across the Columbia River and driving north to the first card room I would play at, in La Center. (About 20 miles north of Portland.)
But, before getting there I stopped at a rest stop to exercise pokey and me. We found a very nice rest center in Washington. It had a RV dump, (we utilized) woods to walk Pokey in, (we did) and wireless connectivity in the first one I stopped in. I hope that is a pattern for the rest of the way to Seattle.
La Center is a beautiful little town about 7 miles off of I5 in a hilly, valley setting. There were 4 little casinos: Two on each side of the street each pair connected together. Each set of two had one poker room. I played at Chips Casino. They had just finished a tournament and the only games they had were 3/6 limit. I bought in for a hundred. I played most of the afternoon and stole a few pots. Which is really tough to do in 3/6 limit, but I still managed to lose my $100 in the four hours I played. I did enjoy it, except for not catching any cards. They comp anything on the menu after an hour of play. I had a tasty, pepper steak, smothered in green peppers & mushrooms.
So far my month starts on a loss. I hope to make that up tonight in a no-limit game at an Indian Casino. I think it is called Muckleshoot Casino. We are planning on spending the night there.
I’ll try to make another entry tonight if I have connectivity.
Washington trip net, 4 hours of poker, -100
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