Day 37-38: Dealing and Payout Running

On Tuesday, I dealt another $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'em tournament.  I dealt to Joe Sebok, but nobody else that I recognized.  After a while, Jimmy came by and removed the break sticker from the table I was dealing at, meaning that there is no longer a break for the dealer after getting pushed from that table; the dealer just pushes into the next table in line.  He told me not to push and to go see Amy when I got pushed.  I thought for a minute that I was in trouble for something and then I heard him tell the dealer behind me the same thing.  Then I realized that it was around 3:15, and that the Deepstack was probably delayed until 4PM and that I was probably going to be dealing it.

My suspicions were confirmed and I was sent to deal the Deepstack.  The end result was that I dealt eight straight downs without a break.  It was exhausting, but I did get a lot of downs in, so I'll be happy come payday.

On Wednesday my shift started at 1PM and I was right at the bottom of the alphabet.  I got the option of being a payout runner for the $1,500 tournament, which was in day two and about to burst the money bubble.  I was worried that if I turned it down I might get sent to cash so I took it.  It was a very easy job.  All I had to do was get players that had just busted, and escort them to the payout station which was twenty feet away.  The down side was that I had nothing to do until 3:30 and I only worked for an hour, getting only two downs.  When I went to Amy to get a new assignment, she was letting people leave for the day.  My parents had just driven into town an hour before, so I decided to leave.

I met my parents at the Venetian and we walked around for a bit before going to dinner at Canaletto.  Dinner was great and my Dad and I decided to go to the Rio and check out some tournaments afterwards.  We watched the final eight players of the $10,000 Six-handed event for a bit, but then the $2,500 Mixed Stud/Omaha High/Low tournament went to the final table.  We got a seat overlooking the table, which included Michael Mizrachi and Scotty Nguyen.  We were pretty tired, so we left when there were still seven players remaining.