84.8 kg

Finally broke below 85kg this morning, following an very full Saturday, that included spinning, my first Outdoor Fitness Camp workout, followed by rest-of-the-day indoor fitness camp (the casino). I called up a friend, because I wanted to drop off something at her house. This of course gets negiotiated into a casino trip, and viola', it's cook, eat, shower, drive, gambo, gambo, gambo.

We sat down in a $4/$8 Hold'Em game, and I get up a little, but not much. It was a very lively game, with a Vietnamese guy that liked to raise preflop in seat 4. He was followed a buy quiet but crazy guy in seat 5 that liked to re-raise seat 4, making it $12 to see the flop. In seat 6 was an older white guy who thought he was a better player than these guys because he only plays premium hands. I was sitting in seat 9, taking my time, looking for opportunities.

Of course I make my usual jokes about playing "no-look", and limp-in in position when there are a bunch of preflop callers. Sometimes I did this "no-look", and would announce it. I wouldn't even look at my cards, until I absolutely had to, like if someone bet into me. Otherwise, I might bet blind, if everyone checked. I'd also call raises preflop if I had a drawing hand in the small blind, etc. Anyway, I got ahead by these tactics, since I was getting good odds, and position. After a while, I got ahead about $172. My friend got on tilt, and lost her $100 buy-in, so we picked up.

We walked around the casino, messing around with various house games, to get her mind off poker. We sit at a $5 Casino War game. We both win every hand, get up $30, and cash out. Then we find a $1 Deuces Wild game, put in $10, and play a few hands. We get down a few dollars, then get dealt a Deuce, and two suited cards (I forget the gap). We draw for the straight flush, and hit it. Cash out $15. Up $35 so far in the casino. This cheers her up, so we continue messing around and go to the roulette table. It's very crowded, and standing room only. We decide she'll make five sequential $5 bets on individual numbers. Of course, getting the bet down is quite difficult, since it's a squeeze to even get the nickel on the felt, and to tell the croupier where to place the bet. Anyway, it's kindof fun, watching the wheel, watching the people, and the action. Interestingly, this game only has a single 0 (no 00), so the odds are much better than in Vegas. If you play roulette, you should be here. We're trying to hit a 35:1 shot, where $5 would return $175, but we don't hit anything. It was fun, we played a lot of games, and we're up $10 (actually $5, since I toked the dealers a nickel).

We went to have dinner in the buffet, which is fun, since there's a million types of food to choose from. I get Mongolian BBQ, which is self-serve fresh veggies, chicken, cooked on a huge open grill, without oil. We talk about people, kids, gossip, Celeb Fit Club 2, and we're all pretty cheered up at the end. She wants to go check out the poker room again, but I really don't want to play cards anymore, so I go pick up a Racing Form, and try to bet on horses. I spend about an hour and a half making $1 bets on horses I have no idea about in the sportsbook section. It's pretty boring. I go buy a latte, and just take in the degeneracy. It's pretty crowded on a Saturday night, and I'm wandering around alone with a Racing Form, a pen, and betting slips, like a total degerate. But, I'm just trying to burn off a few calories, so I don't care. It does look pretty bad though. All I'm thinking is I can't wait until I lose another 10kg. Anyway, I'm sitting in the dealer box at the Stud table that has an interest list, but can't get going. Everyone is playing Hold'Em. No other game. Damn televised poker has really changed the scene. Then I feel someone patting me on the shoulder, and it's Sonny, who I saw last week, and he warmly says "hi". He's never done this before. I'm pretty sure it's because he thinks I'm a real degenerate now, since I'm making notations in the racing form, and looking intent, as I decide to make my $3 in bets for the 5th race at Los Alamitos, a 300 yard maiden race. I also talk to Bob, who asks me if I'm now into horse racing.

Anyway, my friend is deep into her game, and I don't want to disturb her, so I finally decide to sit down in a $3/$6 game. I play a few hours, and end up $15 ahead. It's now almost 1am, and finally my friend gets up. She's up $253 at this point (I guess that's about $50/hr), and she looks like the total pro, carrying all her racks to the cage. Like clockwork. 11 hours of clockwork. 11 hours of Indoor Fitness Camp.