Hit or miss

With the amount of dealers overflowing the Rio, there is a 'hit or miss' mentality in terms of how we actually do financially. The schedule is sectioned off into a few different categories:

1. Ca$h games
2. Tournaments
3. Satellites
4. NNL (Nightly No Limit Tournament)

The tournaments have turned out to be the best bet. I don't know how much we are getting paid per down (each 30 minute session of dealing) but it is projected to be over $20 per. The key is to (obviously) accumulate as many downs as possible during your shift. You don't just deal straight through...the line-up is very complicated and as big as the Series is, it isn't ever set in stone. I've had nights where I have had as few as 5 total tournament downs in a 5 hour span and then sent home because there was no more room for me in the rotation.

Last night was a different story though. On Wednesday, June 4th, I had 14 tournament downs which I thought would be tough to beat. Once I got to the Rio yesterday at 6pm, it took me 3 hours just to get into the rotation but it was worth the wait. I ended up staying until 7am for a total of 13 hours and got 16 downs. So if you take away the 3 hours that I waited, 16 downs in 10 hours is pretty damn good. If you don't deal poker, you'd think that would be easy work. Wait until you get up from the table though...the level of soreness in your back and shoulders is pretty overwhelming.

I've dealt a couple of shifts at the WSOP since I last blogged. One night I was scheduled to deal tournament but never got into the rotation and got moved over to the ca$h games. This section is the one I like the least. You work very hard for oftentimes little to show for it. The games at the Rio definitely don't pay nearly as good as they do over at Treasure Island. The number of rude players and players who don't tip far outweigh the ones I deal to, as a whole, in both rooms in which I am regularly employed. I'm not going to complain though -- the money is pretty good regardless.

Also over the weekend, in between the WSOP shifts, I worked at TI. 5.5 hours on Saturday morning and a full 8 hours on Sunday morning. I'm really starting to log in a bunch of hours which I had expected. I have picked up a shift at TI tomorrow...hell, why not? I knew that June and July were going to be my busiest months so I am going to keep up the pace.

LOL......OK this is pretty insane. I'm talking to a good friend of mine, everyone's favorite degenerate from Las Vegas, Clay 'LVPokerDealer' Gongora. I told him about the first house that I am going to go look at since I'd like to buy something by the end of the year. I AIM'ed him the Mapquest of the location since it is close to where he currently lives and he starts freaking out. He sends a message back saying that he lived in that EXACT house! Now I'm pretty psyched to go see it since he said its a nice house, its in a good neighborhood, and its got a pool with a waterfall and plenty of room out back for a BBQ. Might be some potential here...I'll give an update once I go check it out. Maybe its time for me to pick up another digital camera so I can get pics to liven up this blog.

Alright, I'm out for now. Meeting up tonight with Clay, Ryan, Nechita and some more of the crew at Dragonfly.