Fat, sick, and nearly dead... 2 weeks in Downtown Las Vegas :)

[Marky147]

Nap with a strip-deck?

Used to love that game, must be 30 years ago since I last played it tho

GL in Vegas, maybe see you in Andiamos at some point.

It's that long ago, I can't even honestly remember how to play it

I'll ask my dad tonight when he gets back from work, and he'll be able to fill me in.

They let me drink drive in the D, so definitely up for some Andiamo action one night.

[RED-DOG]

Nap with a strip-deck?

Used to love that game, must be 30 years ago since I last played it tho

GL in Vegas, maybe see you in Andiamos at some point.

It's that long ago, I can't even honestly remember how to play it

I'll ask my dad tonight when he gets back from work, and he'll be able to fill me in.

They let me drink drive in the D, so definitely up for some Andiamo action one night.

You have to take all the tricks. You have to attempt to go 'nap' without it, if no one volunteers to do that you can go 'nap' with it.

Simples!

[tikay]

Good Lord, "penny Nap", greatest card game ever.

I most enjoyed a mysere (sp?) where you had to lose, I think 5 tricks.

Never enjoyed a card game more.

We played, literally for pennies, & on a good night, might win 20 or 30 pennies, in old money, so about 2 bob.

[Simon Galloway]

I remember it a bit differently...

5 cards each, dealer also puts a "floater" face down.  Player to the dealer's left can put into the pot to look at the floater, (or just pass) and then can make a bid (minimum bid was "3with" then "3without(w/o floater) 4 with, 4 without, 5 with and 5 without.  To outbid that, you had to bid "Napoleon" whereby you had to lead your lowest nominated trump first..

Bids of ,/= 4 were paid player to player, successful bids of all 5 = take the pot down.  Those pots used to get mahoosive as it used to be very tough to get anything weaker than a lock through.

[FUN4FRASER]

Only just seen this .....Should be a good read

All the best in Vegas and dont skip any juicy details   

[redsimon]

GL Marky 

[Marky147]

Only just seen this .....Should be a good read

All the best in Vegas and dont skip any juicy details   

Cheers Fraser, and I doubt they'll be anywhere near as juicy as they may have been 7/8 years ago

[MereNovice]

I'm looking forward to following this.

[engy]

Looking forward to this mark, I thought this was you, I played for bad beat when you and your dad were there , overdrawn was one of my aliases. Good luck bud get the lot

[Amatay]

Good luck mate. Will be following

[Marky147]

Cheers chaps, and hopefully the highlight of the trip won't be getting out with both my kidneys... Although, I probably could do with swapping one out by now anyway

Looking forward to this mark, I thought this was you, I played for bad beat when you and your dad were there , overdrawn was one of my aliases. Good luck bud get the lot

That is usually what my bank account looks like by the end of July every year!


Been a long 18 months, so I'll go just take a flyer at Dave E?

[claypole]

Might have joined you if that donkey Dzeko finds the net once.

Subscribed. My first missed Vegas since 2005 - so I can live little vicariously through your musings....never thought I'd be reading your diary when I first saw you struggling to reach the table as a nine year old. 

Let's hope there some "Swanseaeaque" shenanigans

[Junior Senior]

Dorchester is lovely. The wife and I go to Dorest every other year for a holiday and quite often stay just outside in Charminster. love it!
good luck in Vegas.

[Marky147]

Subscribed. My first missed Vegas since 2005 - so I can live little vicariously through your musings....never thought I'd be reading your diary when I first saw you struggling to reach the table as a nine year old. 

Let's hope there some "Swanseaeaque" shenanigans
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No doubt something will pop up, and you'll be on a last minute job out there

Haha, I never thought I'd joyriding a mobility scooter around Vegas 25 years after I was dragging a beer crate around a Snooker table

Of that there is no doubt, but I'm not sure such tales are suitable for a (public) diary!

Dorchester is lovely. The wife and I go to Dorest every other year for a holiday and quite often stay just outside in Charminster. love it!
good luck in Vegas.

It's definitely that, and I didn't really appreciate it until I spent a few years living away from it while in the Navy. Charminster one of many lovely little villages surrounding the main town, and even though very small, it has its own Golf course!

Thanks, hopefully I've got a heater following me around for the next few weeks.

Thanks very much

[Marky147]

Just heading off to Gatwick now, although the chauffeur is none too pleased about having to get up at this hour

2nd worst part of the journey on the way, but thankfully the iPad is loaded with films to see me through the trip.

Good luck to anyone punting/playing today, and see you on the other side!