Day #21,524

Walk km 7679-7682: to the laundromat

Movie #1698: A Minute To Pray, A Second To Die (1968, Franco Giraldi)

The only good thing I can say about this one is the DVD picture was beautiful because this is the official MGM edition.
The worst thing about it is the lead actor, Alex Cord. What's the problem, couldn't they get Barry Manilow? This is the weakest spaghetti western anti-hero I've ever seen. Must have been the producer's son.
IMDB update: It turns out that the MGM DVD was severely cut: the ending has been removed.

Day #21,523

Farewell Poker Tour tournament #16: HORSE ($1500, Rio)
The tournament that almost wasn't. All the non-holdem tournaments start at 5PM but just in case I had a look at my ticket to confirm. NOON! This was Friday morning and I was just getting ready to go back to bed! I went to the Internet to confirm that start time but I found a virus had disabled my laptop. Also, I had planned to do some shopping before 5 because one of my shoes had fallen apart the day before. So, I hopped on the bus to the Target store, bought a pair of shoes and then went straight on to the Rio. I got there just before they started.
Now, my brain doesn't work all that well with a good night's sleep so you can imagine how well it was running with only a partial night's sleep. I was out in only 6 hours (I thought last year was bad when I only lasted 8 hours). One more kick at the WSOP cat on Tuesday when it'll be stud hi/lo. And yes I've already looked at my ticket and it starts at 5.
My next tournament will be on Sunday when the Golden Nugget has a Stud Hi only.

Day #21,522

Walk km 7661-7668: shopping on Las Vegas Blvd
Walk km 7668-7679: to Binion's and back

Industrial Avenue
approx km 7662 from Sahara overpass

Farewell Poker Tour tournament #15: Omaha hi/lo ($210, Binion's)
I'm seeing a pattern here. Finishes in 27th, 32nd and now 28th place. Well into the top 50% without really getting close to the money. Tomorrow is the $1500 HORSE at the Rio. Chance of cashing there? About 0%.

Day #21,521

Walk km 7652-7664: to the Golden Nugget and back

Farewell Poker Tour tournament #14: Stud8/Omaha8 ($240 Golden Nugget)
Not quite as long as Monday night. I finished 32nd (out of 112) and was out of there by 10:50PM.

Day #21,520

Walk km 7643-7652: to the Rio via Decatur

fake railroad wheels
approx km 7652 Palace Station Casino/Hotel


Movie #1697: A Fine Madness (1966, Irvin Kershner)

I think it's safe to say that 99% of the critics of the day renamed this one "A Fine Mess". But it's much worse than that. Normally, this would be a horrible movia. But when you think that it stars Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward & Jean Seberg, it's simply jaw dropping how utterly disgusting this movie is. How could these people have been talked into this.
Surely they didn't need money that bad?

Farewell Poker Tour: day off
Yesterday's tournament finished so late that I decided to take the day off. I did some shopping and bought my ticket for Friday's HORSE tournament at the Rio. Celeb spotted at the Rio: Steve Zolotow.