Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Top Five Tuesday Makes Its Triumphant Vegas Influenced Return


Top Five Coolest Things/Sites in Vegas
1. The St. Mark's Square section of the Venetian -- It isn't that grand but it brings back some spectacular memories.
2. The Bellagio Conservatory -- It is small and if you are allergic to flowers avoid it, but they manage to get so many pretty plants into such a small area.
3. The Eiffel Tower at Paris -- The tower goes into the casino!... excellent...
4. Me winning a ton of cash playing $2-4 Limit Hold Em.
5. Something about those tigers at the Mirage... something about them...

Top Five Grosser Than I Expected Sites/Things in Vegas
1. The Plaza -- Otherwise known as my hotel...
2. Excalibur -- The premise is there... it really is...it just fails in execution.
3. New York, New York -- I can get my over the top set ups in Vegas... I don't need a reminder of home also.
4. Fitzgerald's Casino... oh heck..pretty much every casino in the Downtown section but the poker room at Binion's Horseshoe
5. Circus, Circus... I need not say anything else.

Top Five Shows That Seemed to Be Advertised Everywhere
1. Barry Manilow
2. Celine Dion
3. Some show featuring the songs of Queen
4. Nude Revues..."for any sexual preference"
5. The impressions guy... damn.. what was his name...

Top Five Ways To Incite Your Poker Mates
1. Show them that you bluffed them out of a huge pot.
2. Sing with your iPod - I swear I did it by mistake.
3. Talk to the waitress when it comes around to your turn... act as though you don't care about your bet ... get raised...re-raise and win the pot with 3 aces. All planned. :-P
4. Wink at your opponent when he is trying to figure out your raise.
5.

Top Five People I Want to Meet The Next Time I am in Vegas
1. A poker dealer that doesn't take his winnings to another casino to double or triple the night's tips.
2. A rude taxi driver. I swear... those drivers were ...by FAR... the nicest drivers I have ever met. Way above the rest.
3. Steve Wynn
4. Mitch Albom ... get it?
5. Anyone who performs day in and day out in those shows... not the advertised ones... the ones attached to lounges.

Top Five Shows I Would Like to See Come to Vegas - Theater or Television
1. Taxicab confessions with the nicest drivers in the world.
2. Shotgun weddings... caught on tape!
3. Elvis -- Yes... he is stilo out there and he works in the dessert.
4. Following Steve Wynn -- Let's see what he thinks of next.
5. World Poker Tour with the Smelmooo at the Final Table.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Top Five Ways To Incite Your Poker Mates

Only contains 4.

Smelmooo said...

I know.

:-D

Anonymous said...

"Top Five Shows That Seemed to Be Advertised Everywhere"

#5 - Danny Gains ... his photo is EVERYWHERE!