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Sorry for the lack of updates as of lately, but I spent the last few days in sunny chilly Las Vegas. I went with a bunch of friends for one of my friends’ brothers’ bachelor parties. We stayed 3 nights at the Hard Rock Hotel and had lots of fun. Here are some of the notable events from the trip….

First day/night, Gambled most of the day at Hard Rock (lost about $450) then played some poker at Ceasars Palace. Got busted when my King high flush ran into an aggressive players’ ace high flush. Went to Wing Lei for dinner at the Wynn. My friend and I ran into Young Joc in the hallway. I wasn’t too sure if it was him, but my friend is 100% positive it was. After dinner we hit the tables for a bit. While we were hanging out we caught Charles Barkley hitting the blackjack tables. They shut the table down for him, and the stakes were probably very high (since he has a gambling problem). Our guesses were at least $10K per hand, but probably even higher. Went back to our hotel after going to a few more places, got wasted (my friends’ B-Day) and ended the night.

Second day, slept late went straight to dinner at N9Ne steakhouse. Had a serious dinner… 32oz steak, lobster, shrimp, oysters, and much more, but I could hardly eat anything because I was feeling sick from the night before. We were sitting in the same room (separated by a glass mirror divider) as the guys from Jackass and Freddie Prince Jr. and Sarah Michelle Geller were a few tables away. Went to Moon Nightclub at the Palms, left there in a limo (thank you Palms!), then hit the Rhino (link is to a strip club website), followed by Scores (another strip club) in limos all night… Thanks Gary!

3rd Day… Went to the Las Vegas Gun Store. Shot an AK-47, AR-15, Glock, Tiger Mini and something else. Went for dinner at Mario Batali’s B&B. After dinner took another limo back to the Hard Rock. Went to Body English and shut the place down (stayed til’ close).

Last day, did some shopping, had brunch at the Wynn, then flew back later that night.

All in all, it was lots of fun and I can’t wait to go back to Vegas.

Lately I have been playing a lot of elimination blackjack on Ultimate Bet.

For those of you that don’t know what elimination blackjack is, let me try to break it down…  Basically elimination blackjack is similar to playing a poker sit n go, but instead of playing texas holdem, you are playing blackjack instead.  Each player starts off with a number of chips (usually 25000) and the goal is to have the most chips at the table, without going broke.  Players can bet anything from 500 to their entire stack.  Every 8 hands, there is an elimination hand where the player with the least number of chips is eliminated.  The goal is to become the last player standing, with the most chips in your bankroll.

Here is a screenshot of elimination blackjack:

If you would like to try it out for yourself, go to Ultimate Bet and look under Multi-Player blackjack.  From there you will see blackjack sit n gos and tournaments.

Good luck!