Monique and I are enjoying a well-deserved long weekend in Vegas with some friends of ours. One of these friends is an "Invited Guest" at Palazzo, and he was able to get us a great rate. So that's we're staying we're staying. The hotel itself is amazing. The hotel only opened 3 months ago, but we haven't seen any real glitches yet....
For dinner last night we went to Bouchon a French restaurant in the Venetian. The restaurant is on the 10th floor and overlooks a beautiful courtyard -- the night was perfect for an outdoor meal. Despite having made reservations and arriving 10 minutes early, we had to wait about 20 minutes for our table, which was annoying. The service was extremely sloppy -- they did things like take away our butter knives while leaving the bread and butter. The food was pretty good, but not enough to make up for the poor service. We shared a watercress and endive salad and a garlic cream soup. Monique had gnocci, and I settled for saffron mussels after learning that my first choice (a scallop special) was sold out. I give the atmosphere 5 stars, the food 3 1/2 stars, and the service 2 stars.
After dinner we met up with our friends in the Venetian poker room. Monique and I were able to quickly get seated at 1-2 No Limit. I had only $275 with me, so Monique bought in for $100 and I bought in for the rest. It was Monique's first time playing no-limit in a casino, and she did OK. In one hand, she called a $12 MP raise from the BB and was heads up. When the flop cam Qxx, she led out, and the raiser raised to $30. The turn was another rag and she check-called a $35 bet. On the river, a K came and she check-called another $25. I was expecting to see her QJ lose to KQ, but they chopped the pot holding AQ!
We won enough to pay for the pricey meal and turned in. The plan today is for Monique to go shopping with "the girls", while I find a tournament to play in.
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