Update
Friday night we went to Club rain at the Palms, was an awesome club and the DJ on a friday turns out to be pretty famous (DJ AM) so that was cool. This meant we slept most of Saturday daytime, Owes friend Kim was coming on saturday night. I think we ended up watching a film in the afternoon, then we headed to the Mirage where we had some big margharitas then Ceasars palace where we had a gambling night. I played some blackjack and broke even, then won a little on roulette, so ended up in a small profit for the night which wasn't really expected! Rich played cash poker going halves with Owe and won $600 (!) so that was cool. Sunday we went shopping in the afternoon then decided to head to downtown to play at Binions, the casino where the first world series of poker was. I final tabled then got it all in KK vs A2o for an 18k pot just short of the money, 22x flop, see you later! A real shame as i really wanted to cash at binions, but there you go. We then saw the light show on Freemont st which was pretty intense, then headed back to the strip for a bit before heading home and getting some much needed sleep.
Yesterday we got up at a decent time (11!) and headed out to the Red Rock canyon. You pay for entry for the car, then its a 14 mile drive all around these mountains. It was awesome, we took a picnic to have half way round and have a fair few photos as there was some impressive scenery. The one funny point was a car trying to overtake us on a single lane one way road (americans do not care) which was pretty dodgy given either side of the road is either a big rock or a big drop......!
In the evening we had a chinese at a local place that was pretty good, then dropped hector back off at the airportt :( then headed to the strip. Mario, Owe, Jeal and Rich wanted to play the $150 deepstack tournament at Ceasars whilst I really wanted to play cash games. So, i went on an exploration! I ended up in a smaller casino close by called Ballys and played cash there, winnig 1.5 buyins in about 3 hours. The game was a load of 50+ men and me (so i fitted right in) although one guy did take a disliking to me, calling me an Fing retard (i took his money) resulting in him getting a warning from the floor and me going bright red, even though i essentially outplayed him. lol. He was about 65-70 and called Kenneth...who knew that profile could get so angry! After a few hours i was kinda tired, so cashed out my big rack of chips and headed back to ceasars to give owe his share (he had a % of me) and see how they were getting on. Jeal and Rich were out, then owe got it in 80% favourite twice for 50k pots both times (400k in play) with 2 tables left and lost both which was pretty damn sick. Mario final tabled, top 5 paid, won a MASSIVE 110k pot against super drunk guy and was quickly in the money (top 5 paid). With 4 left he won A7 vs 1010 with high blinds, giving him over half the chips in play 3 handed. The two left got it in A8 vs 33, of course 33 holds and he is heads up. They even out the payouts so it is $2,000 to first and $1700 to second, with mario having 3:1 chip lead. He wins a few pots, then they get in in KJ vs 77. KK4 8 K board so Mario wins the tournament with Quads! Was awesome as by this point mario had drunk at least 12 $1 cocktails so was rambling on anyway which the table loved, people actually enjoyed seeing him win. Owe and him were 50:50 so it was $1k each, photos then ensued.

Today Chris and Sam get here, so we're dropping Owe Mario and Rich off at the strip then picking them up and showing them the house, then headed back to the strip with them in the evening. I think i'll be a tourist with them rather than play poker, but we'll see.

Can't upload photos as connection is so bad :(

Will update again later in the week, we're going out wednesday and friday for sure, probably grand canyon next monday. xxxx