Tuesday, April 20, 2004
04/20/04
Woke up early & ate,
arranged to take in
the rainforest canopy cable
run. Fun & the forest is
impressive. Can now say,
"Been there, done that, got
the CD". Had a salad &
an iced drink at lunch, hope
that wasn't a mistake.
Decided to start writing this
down while i figure out
what to do tonight. Hit
a casino or two, maybe.
[Later]
One casino, 2 tries to get there,
as it turns out. First, they took
me to the Europa Hotel, which
has a casino, but not the one I was
looking for, and no poker.
Fortunately, the actual location
(Radisson Hotel), wasn't far away.
When I got there, I ran into
two guys I met on the canopy
tour, Chad & Bang(?). Bang had
mentioned he played & that
his sister had moved to CR
w/ her boyfriend, who also
played. They told me there was
a $10 buyin NL Hold'em tournament
and they were entered.
Decided I could afford to
spend $10 on poker. Wound
up spending $70 after all
the rebuys, but made it to
the final table and placed
6th, which paid $142, so I
doubled my money! I stuck
to my game plan, played
tight, for the most part,
and made as few mistakes
as possible. I think I
could have gotten more money
out of some of my winning
hands by slow playing a
little more, I probably
folded at least one winning
hand (pocket Jacks) when an
opponent went all in, and I
never truly bluffed. Bang's
sister's boyfriend Paul was
a cool guy who knew his poker,
he reassured me that I
played well. He said they'd
be back there Thurs.
Got back to the hotel, checked
email from their mini cyber
cafe, sent poker reports to
Kevin & Nick, talked computers
w/ the night desk clerk. I
need to move to another hotel,
but I don't want to waste the
day waiting to check in somewhere
else, and I don't want to
haul my luggage around all
day either.
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