Excerpted from I Had Outs.
I woke up in the Flamingo completely flummoxed about where I was. And I’m not going to lie, I took longer than I should’ve to figure it out.
Oh yes.
Las Vegas.
WPBT.
Spent $200 on a fifth of Jameson’s. Oy.
I texted around to discover there were white people “golfing” and industrious souls “breakfasting.” I went back to bed. I woke up when VinNay and Alceste in rapid succession texted me that they had landed.
Okay, it’s past noon.
This is a more acceptable getting out of bed in Las Vegas time.
The three of us met up with April and Jason for brunch at Cafe Bellagio. We tried to score a seat in our favorite waiter’s section, but instead ended up in the “No orange juice for white people” section. I rather enjoyed this positioning, as I now controlled all the orange juice on the table. Actually, April did get a mimosa, leading to exasperated groans from VinNay. “Isn’t it harder to put orange juice AND champagne in a glass? Why won’t they bring me my regular orange juice?!” And then he started to cry. And I laughed. And ordered like three orange juices just so he could watch me not even drink them. I made a little orange juice moat for my bacon and eggs.
Now, before you judge me, I’ll have you know that every last one of them was making fun of me and calling me a bad poker player! Alceste, who was on my last longer team, was all “well, just do the best you can to not bust out first. No limping with queens under the gun.”
And VinNay was all “Well, don’t put that kind of pressure on her. Big field No limit hold em tournaments are not her thing.”
“Oh yeah? THAT sounds like a last longer bet, Buster!”
“Okay, how much?” he replied.
“Um…er…five bucks?!” What? Big field no limit hold em tournaments are not my thing. SHUT UP!
And Jason was all “well, all I know is I’m going to be the last one standing!”
I drink their orange juice!