Sad and depressing

I had no plans the other night so I decided I would try the only remaining casino in Kansas City that I haven't been to yet, the Argosy Casino & Resort. I called in advance and was informed that a $2/5 NL game was running, which is right up my alley. When I got there I saw that there were a bunch of rocks and one semi-loose playing black man at the table. The night in a nutshell: 7 hours of play, -$290, several missed flops, a few failed bluffs, playing against rocks is not very fun.

I had a pretty nice Christmas with the family, although some sad news arrived on Christmas Eve as well. My grandpa's kidneys shut down and he will most likely die within the next few days, as he is refusing hospital treatment. This has changed our plans somewhat. We were supposed to be flying to Utah to go skiing today, but instead my mom is already in California visiting her father. I will fly out there as soon as he has passed away to attend his funeral and be with the rest of my family.

Because I took my mom to the airport on Christmas day and my sister was with her boyfriend's family, I didn't have too much to do. I figured this would be a good opportunity to make it to the casino. I decided to go to the Ameristar again because I had such a good experience there last time. One thing needs to be said in advance: I felt like a true loser when I was driving up there. Who goes to the casino on Christmas day??? Apparently I do.

And I was not alone. It was pretty depressing to see so many people gambling their Christmas money away. My hope was that the poker room would be filled with gamblers but unfortunately I was disappointed again. With the exception of two Asians (usually action junkies) who were only at the table for about 20 minutes, I was surround by Kansas City's finest tighties. Don't these guys have families? I dropped $300 within the first hour after an incredible suckout, but I got it all back with a set of tens shortly afterwards. From then on I only had minor fluctuations to my stack and I ended the night at around 2am with +$150. I can't predict the future and say if this will be my final Christmas casino trip, but I sure hope so...