G'Day again from Sydney. We are thoroughly enjoying our stay down-under. Went to the Star Casino and played a bit of poker. Minimum buy-in was $80 and I played $1-$2 but I only won one hand... This casino charges $5/person/hour to play poker and they deal the cards from a shoe... All the players are called runners & if you win a pot you are not allowed to tip the dealer... The most amazing thing was I sat down at the table and checked out the players and one guy looked really familiar. Turns out he was on a poker cruise with me last year and lives in Sydney - talk about small world...
We ate dinner last night on shore at a German bier-garten and had a very enjoyable time. One of our waiters looked a lot like Fargo from the sci-fi show Eureka...lol! We were pretty tired after dinner so went back to the room, read some and off to beddy-bye land...
Woke up early (for me: 845am) and went to breakfast for only the second time on this cruise....lol! After our meal we hooked up with some friends and told them about the great market we were heading to. Brian ended up "leading" the tour with 3 other couples to Paddy Market... I bought all kinds of goodies/xmas gifts and had a great time spending money....lol! As this computer does not have a card reader you will have to wait for photos on our next stop. Hope this finds you all well - oh and PTL! Jess finally wrote! LOL!!! hugs to all
I LOVE Sydney! And I played at the Star and won one hand also. It's so expensive to play if you can call it playing. . .
ReplyDeleteSo when do you expect to be back home again so you can get some rest? Traveling around the world can be exhausting, right?
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading about your travels.
Enjoy reading your blogs Gretchen. Now you can say you've played poker around the world? Safe travels my friend. Ruth
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