Madness is a fair term

I mentioned before that they changed our schedules after we had been given the original ones for the week during orientation. Well, last night after arriving at the Rio for work, there was an announcement that they would be changing AGAIN for the week. Luckily, once it was posted, it was to my benefit as I don't have to go in there tonight.



After the insanity of last night, I don't mind waiting another day to go back and deal there. There are so many dealers running around that place and you have to see it to believe it. There were hundreds of dealers sitting around listening and waiting for their assigments just on swing shift alone. Many didn't even get assigned. This is standard when there are that many people scheduled and luckily I weaseled my way into the lineup. I finished up a bit early over there -- I got out at 1:30 and was able to rush over to Treasure Island where I was in the box by 2am. That shift went very well and the game died at 8am and I came home and quickly fell asleep. Any day without too many incidents that I can net over $400 is going to be decent in my book.



All of the downs I had last night consisted of 2/5NL and 5/10NL. The action was pretty heavy on most of the tables, especially on the 5/10NL considering it there is no max as to the player's buy-in. I had a couple of very good downs where I dealt great and then a couple of others that weren't nearly as good which included some mistakes. I am going to blame that on it being my first night there in the ca$h games as it is quite a bit different than dealing at my regular jobs. There are quite a few things within the routine at the WSOP that one must adjust to when in the box and I expect to have the comfort level smooth out after about a week.



There were a couple of big action pots that were a few thousand dollars that I pushed. As I get a few more shifts, I plan on seeing many more pots being pushed that are well into 5 figures. I've already talked to a few of my friends that have pushed these types of pots. Once (and if) I get over to the high stakes Pot Limit Omaha game, these huge pots become routine. Two of my friends even pushed 6 figure pots last year a couple of times. People winning and losing in one hand well over what the average joe makes in a year...this can be pretty overwhelming.



GL to amak316 who is about to start the final table of the 10K PLHE event today! Double up that short stack and put yourself in position for a chance at that bracelet, bro! Also, to my friend Bobby (Pupkin/Snagglefood) who is playing in the $1,500NL event today...plow your way through the 4K that entered to steal ALL CHIP! Bobby has an awesome website to check out where he writes a hilarious poker-related comic at http://www.plusev.net/ so check that out (if you haven't already).



As Glenn, my good friend and poker instructor would say, "More updates as the week progresses." <----stolen from SportsCenter fwiw...