How disappointing!
On Friday I grabbed my woman and set off down to the Algarve - with two thoughts in my mind:
1st- Celebrate our first year of living together and have a lot of fun... beach, beer, great grilled fish along with cold sangria with my feet in the thin white sand with my eyes on the beautiful sea!
I had all that and much, much more - if you know what I mean!
It was a really great weekend!
2nd- Attempt to play live poker for the very first time!
In Montegordo there is a "Solverde" Casino and Saturday night after a great meal in a steak house I filled my lungs with air and crossed the front doors with my heart beating fast but full of joy!
I was sorely disappointed!
I asked where I could play poker and they sent me downstairs. A woman shouted at me asking where I was going! "Playing poker ma'am" - still with a smile in my face!
"You have to pay to go in there and I also need your identification!"
Asking for the indentification is normal... paying just to go inside (4Euros) I disagree with, but I payed because I was really commited to playing live!
Inside there were just few people playing roullete ... and my eyes were searching for the poker table. Beautiful, green - with a deck calling for me - there she was! However ... I didn't run -because only the dealer was there!
"Will you be having a poker game tonight?" I asked.
"Yes! You can sit! It's the 5 non discard game but the house will only enter into the game if there it holds an Ace and a King!"
Honestly - I felt like crying!
How disappointing!
I'd played all the week before trying to get a ticket to the Solverde yet in their Casino you cant play a game of Texas Hold em!
A great Weekend full of joy and happiness mixed with a very disappointing Casino trip!
Tough break, my friend. With all the hype around Texas Hold'em, you would expect every Casino to take the best out of promoting the game. Even so, remember that in a Casino you mostly cash games, so there's a lot of gambling going on. Nothing that you can't solve with the right mindset, but a sit'n go table would give you a better edge. Oh well, you can always come to Figueira da Foz. Lots os sng's and a promising 165€ side event on Sunday. Think about it. All the best.
ResponderEliminarThanks my friend!
ResponderEliminarSo funny the "hoolicat"!!!
I am really a beginner in poker! Even i knew that probably was cash games in the casino i was expecting a texas cash game!
I will think about the SnG in Figueira da Foz!
Big Hug!
By the way!
ResponderEliminarVery good English my friend!
Andria (My woman) say yours is perfect unlike mine!