Final Frontier...

It is the end of an era. The Frontier Hotel and Casino has closed its doors. This article chronicles it much better than I could:
http://www.mohavedailynews.com/articles/2007/07/17/news/business/biz2.txt but I have a lot of memories of the old place. This was the first casino that I ever stayed at in Las Vegas. Big Red's family had made it a vacation destination for years. In its heyday, I'm sure it was quite a place...but by the time I got there, she bore the odors of thousands of spilled drinks, and millions of smoked cigarettes. In short...nostalgic Vegas. The Frontier was living history. I wish now that I'd gone to see it one last time while I was in Vegas earlier this month. The site will at some point in the near future be home to some Trump-ian venture, some sort of "high-end" housing. Who knows. Seems like a waste of a prime strip property to me. But that's why he's Trump and I'm not I suppose. At any rate...I'll miss the old place. Of course I shouldn't get to attached to the Imperial Palace either, as she will soon (I fear) experience the same fate. I guess I'll update my "chip-collection" and consider my $1 chips from there as collector's items of a now non-existent casino. R.I.P.

Yesterday's All-Star tournament (day 1) was cancelled due to rain. But it's not raining now, so it seems tonight it'll be GAME ON! This one is a t Godbey...and the boys could very easily have to play 9 games tonight. Holy Cow!!! If they survive this...and one more weekend of baseball, it'll be time to call it a season. Cole is still debating on whether to play Fall Ball over at Worthington, or if he's going to give football a shot. This decision...or opting to play nothing at all is entirely his. I'm not going to push him on this. I want him to enjoy it...and I don't want to be one of those parents that I hate. You know the ones trying to re-live some sad vestige of their previous lives. Since I was never an athlete, this is all new to me, but I've taken an active role in it all for him...and I've actually gained a love of the sport. Not the winning or the losing...just the game, and valuing the effort and reward of the thing. I know...getting all "misty" on you here.

I played briefly online on both Carbon and UB last night. Moved up about a lousy $1 on each site, before calling it a night. Sat in a freeroll on UB too, for a chance to win my way into a satellite for an Aruba Tournament Seat. I had to leave the tourney, to run a couple of errand, and when I returned I sat and waited for a hand. On the BB, I had 9-10os. Unraised, and 5 way pot, I hit 2-pair on the flop, got it all in, but encountered the chip leader who had also hit 2 pair...his were higher. Sucks to be me...but hey that's how it goes. Some days, I just feel like a surfer who's always looking for that perfect wave, but in my case I'm looking for the perfect game...or at least a "brief" session of playing. Like more "flow" than "ebb" of the poker tide.

Anyway, have a great weekend all, I'll let you know if a game crops up!

Regards,

cheer_dad