i have a bad habit of doing things the much more expensive way, and im not sure for how long ive picked up that bad habit. (buying Bob Evans mashed potatoes because it tastes so much better than other brands, and paying for pre cut apple slices which cost a lot more than buying apples). even on the train, i had bought my ticket in coach for $45 instead of paying the $185 fare for a private room for the 5 hour trip. once i boarded, i changed my mind however, because i didnt feel comfortable so far away from my luggage, and didnt want them to sit anyone next to me, and i had to pay an additional $185 to upgrade it to a private room, which i moved to. but that wasnt the smartest way to go about it because it cost me $45 more. 

at least the 2nd time i rode the train, (when i left elko for Denver a few days later) i had enough sense to pay the $365 upfront for a private room the second time, so i wouldnt need to change it later. I probably wouldve stayed in elko longer since i was doing good at poker, had the poker room been open all 7 days and the Gold Dust west wouldnt have told me not to play any more BJ. it was the only decent game in town. 

I’ve been too tired and too busy playing live NL here in Blackhawk CO to play any BJ here like id planned to do. you see, here, unlike Reno, the game doesnt break up to where u cant play any poker, and the only thing to do is to play BJ. also, here unlike Reno, im not getting any free rooms and the prices of rooms are outrageously high and are going to get much worse over Nye. ill have to either be in denver itself or fly out of denver. 

so far ive won $390 the 1 day ive been in Blackhawk but considering the first thing i did was get a room and sleep ($508 for 3 nights) this is already the second day so my times about up and i need to figure out where to get a room. so im not getting anywhere financially here even though its a good game here, and also all 4 of the poker rooms in Blackhawk are open all 7 days a week again. 

main thing about Blackhawk compared to reno is theres always a game about 6-7am going when there often isnt a game going in reno. there is a long pause between this paragraph i am writing today, and the previous paragraph i wrote a couple days earlier. yesterday i did beat the big 0 game for $358, and at one time was up $582 in it. the min buy is 200 and there is no cap on the max buy. 

had a weird dream right before i woke up this morning, i was in an alley in a bad area of town and it seemed like it would never end, and i was flying in the air a little bit up off the ground and had a small fridge under me and i saw a guy with a bike coming towards me who wouldve done me harm normally, and i started yelling about knocking people off rooptops as i flew over roofs with a bunch of people staring. then im suddenly in an area with nice homes without my fridge and im trying to get on a regular street on foot and i accidently make a turn and find myself inside someones home and im carrying a letter and im thinking how do i get out of here and get rid of my fingerprints all over the place and i find the front door and start walking out and some girl walks up to the door yells out honey im home and gives me a big kiss and im thinking her eyesight must not be too good and she tells me that my brother is also inside the house and she thinks im her man and im thinking how can i get away from this woman before she realizes im not him? and i mention i need to run up the street for something and right back, and the streets are suddenly filled with snow outside and she says ill just give u a ride in the car, and i say no i have to talk to someone quick

woke up signed the bravo list and its a shame how little i update this blog anymore. this isnt near enough material and i shouldve posted from elko a while back. ive probably forgotten almost everything i had planned to talk about. so i need to post it anyway now before i wait any longer to add other things to make it more interesting and longer.