Well its Excellant Adventure (EA) time again. Constant reader this episode finds our heros on the East side of the strip trying out 4 different poker rooms. I will preface this report by saying, I didn't win in any of the rooms. This may of clouded my judgement.

At around 8 pm Mike, YappyDave and myself met for dinner. It was a lovely meal cooked by Mike's wife. We headed out at 10:30pm.

Just a note: Yappy joined us on this trip as a guest appearance. We brought him along as a poker expert, or pro, or Excellant Adventure groupie. Yeh, that's it, groupie. Anyway, it was good to have him along for the ride.

Our first stop was Bill's at Flamingo and LV blvd. Bill's has two tables and is located next to the open doors on the floor of the casino. The game was a 2-6 spread limit hold'em game. The game was good, the view was great. The action was ok. I think its a nice place to play if you want to people watch. I lost $12.

Around 12:30 am we walked north on the strip to O'shea's. Another small casino on the strip. They have 2 rooms. One for tournaments, 3 tables, and one near the open doors, 3 tables. We did not get into the games. All the cash games were 1-2 nl hold'em. They have a 12am tourney, 30+ players on a Tues. Good action. Nice place to people watch.

Unfortunately, this was my best showing. I didn't get in the game. Thus breaking even.

We got in our cars and drove to Hooter's at around 1 am. The poker room is right next to the garage. One game going, 1-2 no-limit hold'em. The action was good in that game. I unfortunately lost $300 with the second best straight. Yappy was the player who won the pot. He's not invited back on the excellent adventure (lol).

With only enough for one buy-in each, Mike and I decided to go to the Tropicana. Yappy had all my money, so he was well funded. We got there at 2:30am. One game, no-limit hold'em. Good action. But the room is like playing in a cave.

Over all I was disappounted with my results, losing over $400. But I found two interesting places to play and people watch, O'shea's and Bill's.

I know there were no pancakes (EA 2&3), Karioke (EA3), or getting pulled over for a ticket (EA1). But it was interesting to see different rooms.

I was not overwhelmed by any of these rooms. They are basically poker rooms that got opened because of the poker boom, except the trop. On a given weekend, if there are enough tourists in any of the games, the games will be good.

I look forward to EA5. Thanks for reading.

Perry