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$ACAC Merging w/ Playstudios - Undervalued MGM-Backed Online Gaming/Gambling/Return to Normal Play?

$ACAC Merging w/ Playstudios - Undervalued MGM-Backed Online Gaming/Gambling/Return to Normal Play?
Wondering what everyone's thoughts are regarding Playstudios merging with ACAC. Seems to have oddly dropped below even where it was when it was in the rumour stages. Here are some of the investment notes I've gleaned from my research.
Please help provide more bear (or bull) cases if possible!
Summary
⦁ Online gaming company with major backing and investments from MGM Group, Blackrock, Activision Blizzard, and Neuberger Berman
⦁ Playstudios' game profiles include: myVEGAS Slots, POP! Slots, myKONAMI Slots, myVEGAS Blackjack, and Kingdom Boss + myVEGAS Bingo coming soon
⦁ >100M lifetime app downloads
⦁ 4.2M monthly active users

From PlayStudios investor deck
⦁ 56 minutes playtime/day (more than TikTok, YouTube, etc. as per Skillz' research), fairly comparable to Skillz as well (their data below)
Skillz data on minutes per user per day - Playstudios is 56 minutes/day
⦁ Unique loyalty rewards program that engages sticky user base by providing free rooms, meals, drinks, at many Las Vegas resorts such as Bellagio, Aria, MGM, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, etc., as well as exclusive gambling room access in select casinos
⦁ Valued at $1B enterprise value at NAV
⦁ Using capital injection to develop new apps, M&A with other gaming companies
Bull Cases
⦁ SPAC Management group is quite stacked and very heavy on online gaming, and gambling sectors
⦁ Co-CEO Edward King has experience at Morgan Stanley as Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming Investment Banking
⦁ Co-CEO Dan Fetters also has experience at Morgan Stanley as Managing Director of M&A
⦁ EVP of Acquisitions Chris Grove is a partner at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming
⦁ Chairman Jim Murren former CFO, Chairman, and CEO of MGM for over 20 years (12 years as Chairman, CEO) and led the recovery of MGM post-financial crisis. Currently also Chairman of COVID 19 Response in Neveda
⦁ Other Board members include the President and CEO of the Boston Red Sox and Chief Exec. of Fenway Sports Management, Senior VP of Monumental Sports and Entertainment, former CEO of ShooWin, and FoundeCEO of Sydell Group (lifestyle hotel chain)
⦁ Playstudios exec. team also all have long history of gaming, and gambling sectors
⦁ TAM of mobile gaming only set to continue to grow YOY
⦁ Loyalty program appears to be very sticky for Vegas visitors, as well as offering a clear value add for even non-gamers to participate (free drinks, hotel stays, etc.), and causing a virtous cycle from user app engagement -> real-life reward redemption -> resort app offers -> and back
Virtuous Cycle - from PlayStudios investor deck
⦁ Undervalued in terms of PS ratios comp. to other mobile gaming companies (Zynga, Playtika, etc.), and EBITDA basis
⦁ History of strong app development and revenue growth without major capital injection
⦁ History of profitable business model, stronger revenues than a Skillz ($270M for Playstudios v. $255M for Skillz)
Revenue Growth and DAU Chart - from PlayStudios investor deck
⦁ All apps have strong user experience and reviews are exceptional
⦁ Very large amount of shares set to exit lock-up 12 months after de-SPAC
⦁ During the lockdowns, the global market for social casino games grew 24%, indicating a strong hedge play against another locked down economy
⦁ Massive list of partners
Partners List - from PlayStudios investor deck
⦁ Very valuable subset of audience
From PlayStudios investor deck
Bear Cases
⦁ Perhaps one of many entrants into an industry of very high competition
⦁ EBITDA near-term is not super strong
⦁ Some SPAC cash usage not ideal ($150M going into founder's pockets)
⦁ Not in a very hype sector like EV, Space, etc.

TLDR: I think Playstudios is under-the-radar, competitively differentiated, and undervalued comp. to other mobile gaming companies right now at ~$11.20/share, and see near-term upside as a long-hold given the major partners and big names behind it (MGM primarily, Activision Blizzard secondarily).
Disclosure: 5000 shares of ACAC
Disclaimer: I am not a financial advisor... do your own due diligence.
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Las Vegas Vacations - The Best Las Vegas Hotels

Las Vegas Vacations - The Best Las Vegas Hotels

Las Vegas Vacations - The Best Las Vegas Hotels
It's a fact that Las Vegas gets a lot of people coming to enjoy the magic of this place. They all have different intentions: some have money in mind; There's some fame, and the rest just want a good vacation. Las Vegas offers many possibilities that it is difficult not to enjoy yourself until the end! Judging by the varieties even Las Vegas residents offer, not every inch of this amazing place may be experienced. Therefore, when you plan your trip to Las Vegas, do your homework and know which place offers the best accommodation.
Las Vegas hotels have many tourist attractions and spectacular shows tempting to come to millions of guests and visit this charming place every year. Here is a preview of what to expect from the best hotels in Las Vegas.
Mandalay Bass Las Vegas Hotel
Mandalay Bay Hotel is located in some of Las Vegas' best-known hotels. In addition to the luxurious rooms offered by the hotel, this hotel features a casino for guests. Even the food is popular to be the best in the city and the hotel consists of five restaurants in 10. Facilitated by a swimming pool, this hotel also offers a twenty-four-hour buffet. Another plus point for this hotel is that the service is so incredible!
Hotel in Las Vegas, Paris
Located in a dull area, the Paris hotel is a bright, bright rainbow that shows Paris in style. With so many awards for the open service it offers, it's hard to understand the downside to this hotel. This finger offers game facilities with delicious food and in return wants some money inside the hotel. Night shows at this hotel brighten up your nights and in addition; Twenty-fouseven hotel room service is available.
MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel
MGM Grand Hotel has been set up in some way to leave you looking, opened on the sites it offers your mouth! Offering lions live, this hotel has more than 100,000 square feet of casino playgrounds. The rooms shown by this hotel know what MGM Grand Hotel customers want and how to give. The shows offer delicious food, let alone to ask for more and the hotel even does not plan to leave in the first place.
Bellagio Las Vegas Hotel
Bellagio hotel is not a cheap hotel to live in and nor is it cheap gambling to play. Often remembered for the fountains located directly inside the hotel, the beauty it offers keeps every view. Everything about this hotel speaks of luxury and luxury. Even the food is expensive but everything they offer is worth every penny you pay, including the whale show at the hotel. If you can afford to stay at this hotel or play, they can't promise anything less than the best.
Hotel in Venice Las Vegas
Italian hotel themed rooms also offer an Italian interior decorated with Italian art. The Sistine Chapel being painted on the ceilings, when put together in front of you, is a treat for the eyes. Bringing her a full Italian touch, they have the Gondola available inside the mall, which allows them to ride, all the time they sing the gondola.
Monte Carlo Las Vegas Hotel
Monte Carlo Hotel is popular as the best family hotel in Las Vegas. Accommodation is very good and comes at a cheap price, gambling is also affordable at this hotel. There's even a place to gamble in the same room when your family has their own privacy.
Las Vegas offers these top six Hotels in the service of tourists. While they are expensive, they provide every opportunity to make as much money as possible. If you want to have the best of what Las Vegas has to offer, residency is recommended at any of the hotels.
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My first Stereoplasm order- 29 reviews :O

SO at the beginning of this week, I got my first Stereoplasm order today and I think I am hooked.
First: the package was so fun to open and there were so many goodies. Candy, tea, samples, and, um, just a whole bottle of maple syrup! I am thoroughly delighted. Everything was wrapped beautifully, as well!
Second, TAT: I’ve been interested in Stereoplasm for a long time, but never ordered because I was worried about the shipping from Canada. I shouldn’t have worried, because shipping was free (on orders over $100) and fast via FedEx. I placed the order late 11/6, got a tracking number on 11/12, saw that the package was picked up on 11/16, and had it in hand on 11/18- 8 business days from order to delivery.
I ordered three of the 5-piece sets (Dawn, Baking, and Darkest Hour), which seemed like a good deal and a nice way to try a variety of scents, plus 4.5 ml bottles of The Autumn People and Pickerel Frog. Then there were a whoooole bunch of stacking freebies and tons more samples on top of those!
I tested some of these fairly early on, so where necessary I have updated the reviews after a few days of resting!
About my tastes: I am very into resins, incense, smoke, woods, leather, and dark musks. I don’t usually want to smell like a straight up cupcake, but I can do foodie scents as part of a complex gourmand perfume where they are balanced by musk or other notes. A lot of sweet and dessert-type notes go super plasticky on my skin, and I have trouble getting any perfume to last very long (2 hours is a LONG time for me). I dislike most florals, but again, if they are balanced properly, I can appreciate them.
My favorites: Sunday Morning, Mourning Glory, Gone Gnome, Snow Leopard
Least favorites: Nocturnal Light, Stretchy Cat, The Ghost Rockets, and Dark, Dark
Overall impressions: This was a great experience all around! I loved the packaging and I am a sucker for fun extras- there were plenty here! I also feel like Stereoplasm has some incredibly unique scents in the indie world. On one hand, this made it challenging to decide what to try, but on the other, it forced me out of my usual scent comfort zone and I tried and liked some perfumes I never would have gone for otherwise! My favorites from this order were totally unexpected.
Here’s the whole haul and my reviews:
DAWN:
Sun Blush (Nearly-naked (and perfectly ripe) fresh peach slices with a hint of ginger root, mulled Rosé wine and fresh marshmallow crème.) 7.5 ml
Sun Blush reminds me of a delicious rosé sangria! The wine note is the most prominent, dry and delicious. There is a bit of the peach and not much ginger. I want to smell the marshmallow, but I’m not picking up on it! This has really good throw until it fades on the later drydown, leaving behind a creamy peach skin scent.
Sunday Morning (*Banana popsicle, vintage furs, edelweiss and salted margarita.) 4.5 ml
I was scared of the banana popsicle note, and I will tell you why. Warning: this is TMI. When I was 10, I had my tonsils removed. When I woke up, I felt queasy, but I was told that I wouldn’t be able to go home unless I could eat something. “Something” ended up being a banana popsicle (a flavor I would not have chosen on my own). I ate the popsicle and immediately felt about 10 times sicker. When the nurse came back to check on me, I reached peak queasiness and vomited a mixture of blood and banana popsicle all over her. This was the first and only time I have ever eaten a banana popsicle. ANYWAY, the banana here is nice and mild and behaves itself. It combines with the salty margarita for a nice tropical feel. I wonder if a banana margarita would be any good? There’s a soft fuzzy musk underneath. This smells sunny and happy, but also soft and comfy and I like it WAY more than I thought I would. It’s a beautiful sunny morning and I am snuggled into soft blankets while a breeze flutters in through my open window. The Velvet Underground start playing in my head every time I sniff my wrist. I love this, and I might no longer have a negative association with banana popsicles! Good throw, and lasts for ages.
Autokinesis (Blueberry ozone, wild ravensara, crushed daisies, silver fir and phenolic catnip.) 4.5 ml
This smells like something from Lush, but I can’t figure out what. Maybe it just smells like a Lush store! I had to look up what ravensara is and apparently it has earthy citrus and licorice notes. The end result is that there is a little bit of everything in here- berries, citrus, pine, herb, florals, and a bit of a powdery vibe. I think that might be why, as it dries down, it just literally smells like a giant box of bath bombs. I don’t dislike it! It’s clean, complex and sort of tickles my nose. Decent throw, long lifespan.
Lights Across the Sky (Circles of sun-bleached wheat, twilight musk, English lavender and upturned fennel bulbs. Shaking saucers under steaming cups of Earl Grey sink into comforting vanilla cream.) 1.8 ml
Dry, grassy wheat, blending seamlessly into Earl Grey tea. The dryness makes me think of tea leaves and not actual cups of tea. This has great sillage when I first put it on! The fennel starts to come out, but it isn’t quite as fresh as I was hoping it would be. There is maybe a hint of creamy vanilla underneath everything, but this is mostly dry and herbal. The late drydown is lightly sweetened fennel tea; as it dries, it doesn’t have much throw. It’s very pleasant but I was hoping for something stronger and longer-lasting.
Stretchy Cat (Soothing green tea garnished with fresh lemon, mint and tangerine peel served with a big bowl of bergamot-zest sorbet)
The citrus here is overwhelming and astringent to the point where it smells like a cleaning product. There is a lot of mint, too, which has a cooling effect but kind of adds to the overall chemical vibe. It has a LOT of throw. Admittedly, I am a slatherer, but I feel like any moment my dad is going to knock on the door and complain that my perfume is too strong, and he is several rooms away at the moment lol. It gets mintier as it dries and the bergamot goes kind of bitter. After a little while, it starts to smell medicinal... like a cough drop. Oh well, I was probably never going to like this because mint/citrus is just not my thing.
BAKING:
Jam Tart (Spanish Seville & ginger marmalade, shortcrust pastry, carmine, crepe paper, drops of belladonna and rose petal rouge.) 7.5 ml
I thought this was going to be super foodie and thus instantly turn to plastic on my skin, but it’s actually very nice. I don’t get much, if any, of the pastry. I mostly get sweet, gingery marmalade with just a touch of rose. Really pretty and nice for spring, I think! As it dries, it’s less jammy and more perfumey, with some papery musk. Decent throw, moderate longevity.
Banilla Cloud (Banana, fresh marshmallow, vanilla cream, white chocolate and hazelnut.) 4.5 ml
At first sniff: I want to eat my wrist. I get a sweet, creamy blend of banana and hazelnut, and I know it’s supposed to be white chocolate but that combined with the hazelnut is giving me a Nutella vibe. The banana fades super fast and then the marshmallow comes out. It never goes plasticky on me, but the drydown is mostly sweet marshmallow with a little bit of hazelnut. It fades super fast though, and is 95% gone in about 30 minutes.
The Ghost Rockets (Fresh marshmallow, candy rockets, cuckoo bread, meteor dust, lily of the valley and hazel.) 4.5 ml
What is cuckoo bread? What are candy rockets? I have no idea, and I don’t think I am likely to find out because all I smell is LILY OF THE VALLEY. This is all old lady floral perfume and powdery sweetness. I’m extra sad because when I first tried it (unrested, fresh from the mailbox), I smelled some yummy marshmallow and had high hopes. After a few days, the marshmallow is still there, but buried underneath a mountain of flowers. Rip. The flowers are tamed as it dries, but the result is a very powdery/papery scent. No marshmallow 😭
Mayflower Fleece ((spun sugalight chamomile/candied gingeearl grey) - fluffy orange clouds of sweet and zesty mayflower fleece (the official treat of the Mayweed Festival).) 1.8 ml
Ginger and chamomile, a touch of zesty citrus (I guess this is the bergamot from the Earl Grey?). Fluffy and sweet! The chamomile goes a little floral but the overall effect is pleasant and spring-like. It gets even more sugary as it dries! Yum. I will keep my sample, but probably won’t upsize.
Soft Cat (Sunday morning biscuits, sticky marshmallow fluff, warm vanilla toe beans and soft mews under piles of sun-dried cashmere.) 1.8 ml
Fresh toasted bread, dry vanilla and soft snuggly musk. This is not very sweet, which I appreciate, and it is as warm and cuddly as the name and description would suggest! There is the faintest hint of plastic (my eternal curse when it comes to foodie scents) as it dries and I am really hoping it doesn’t take over.
Update: after about 15 minutes, it smells waxy and fake, like a cheap vanilla candle. This was SO nice at first... I’m sad 😭
DARKEST HOUR:
Mourning Glory (Thick black velvet curtains, bruised palmarosa leaves, Shanghai spice, wilted white carnations and bible leather.) 7.5 ml
At first sniff, I am surprised at how much I like this. I got mostly carnation and spice, with soft leather underneath. There is a heavy, almost dusty vibe that suggests the curtains. I would also not be surprised if there was some vetiver in there somewhere. Something about it makes me think of funeral flowers, which is probably appropriate given the name. It has a pretty good throw and just smells really well-blended. It’s dark and elegant and gives off a mysterious vibe, and lasts quite a while. I really like this. I feel like I should be dressed in an elaborate Victorian mourning gown, wandering the halls of a haunted manor. I would never have bought this on its own, but I really like it and I’m glad I have a big bottle!
Candle in the Window (Melting beeswax candles, linden honey, chilled air from an open window, freshly-rolled tobacco cigarettes and flint.) 4.5 ml
I get a lovely beeswax note but then there is something really strong that reminds me of cleaning products- like literally Windex or something. I think it must be the “chilled air” because it is a very fresh, cool scent. I want more of the warm beeswax because that note is gorgeous! I am in luck, because the windex scent evaporates after a little while. The dry down is much heavier on the beeswax! The linden honey adds a prominent floral component. I don’t get any tobacco, sadly. Long term, it stays fairly close to the skin and the floral notes mostly fade to pure warm beeswax.
Nocturnal Light (Glowing red amber, star anise, mandrake accord, Egyptian tagetes and blue cypress.) 4.5 ml
Starts out with heavy amber, a teeny bit of anise and something very herbal (the tagetes? I’m not sure). The drydown is earthy, dark and, weirdly, very smoky- verging on acrid. Low throw, but it has a lot of longevity. I’m not a fan of this one.
Dark, Dark (Roasted chicory root, protective rock salt, rugosa rose, ancient myrrh and carnation petals.) 1.8 ml
I get something sharp and herbal- I think it might be the chicory mixing with the rose. There is a toastiness and something that smells dusty and old. I get a lot of myrrh in the background. There is a layer of salt over everything and it’s a particular kind of salt note that makes me think of laundry detergent. This one is not for me! It has good throw and lasts forever. Of course, only scents I don’t like want to stick around on my skin 😂
Snoozy Cat (Soft cotton candy purrs of sweet baby's breath, french lavender, dreamy garden thyme and a hint of chamomile.) 1.75 ml*
I am a big fan of sweet, cuddly lavender scents for sleep, and at first, this is just dreamy. It’s not quite as sticky sweet a lavender as Poesie’s Sleepy Ghost, nor is it quite as herbal as BPAL’s TKO- this is somewhere in between. Lavender is the star here, with hints of thyme and chamomile in the background. It’s sugary and very relaxing. Once it dries, though, this goes super powdery. It’s actually still kind of pleasant, in this nostalgic “this smells like a body spray I would have worn in middle school” way- purple, sugary sweet powder. It fades quickly after that stage, but I guess if I’m using this as a sleep scent, I don’t really mind.
Then, I made two individual bottle purchases-
Lithobates Palustris (Pickerel Frog) (Night blooming jasmine, wet grass, algae, and tomato leaf.) 4.5 ml
So this is a departure from my usual scents, but I’ve come to appreciate jasmine in certain contexts and I thought this could be interesting with the addition of tomato leaf. It has a MASSIVE throw, and the grass and tomato leaf definitely dominates the jasmine. The jasmine is there, and it’s not the jasmine that smells like cat pee (thank god), but it’s also not the sweet, heady pure jasmine that I really like. It smells a bit like fancy soap. It’s actually quite pretty, but a bit too strong and overwhelming lay flowery for me! Still, I am going to keep this around and see what happens to it as it ages.
The Autumn People (Grinning jack-o-lanterns, dripping red wax, fallen leaves, croaking mulch, shivering cardamom pods, a freshly hanged juju bag glittering in the rafters and an old page from the Witch's Almanac.) 4.5 ml
Mostly I get a blast of dry cardamom, maybe some wood in the background- but it could mostly be a cardamom single note. I think maybe this needs to rest.
Update: It’s all cardamom. I am going to keep letting it rest, but all I get, in the bottle and on my skin, is straight up cardamom! Where is the pumpkin? Where are the leaves?!
Now, onto all the freebies! There are a lot; Stereoplasm is super generous with samples!
Early Reflections (Pink grapefruit, melted shea butter, warm skin, yuzu rind, ripe guava and crushed pineapple.) 1.8 ml (bonus!)
This was one of the first Stereoplasm scents that caught my eye- I don’t normally like fruity scents, but I’ve become obsessed with guava lately and I love yuzu as well, so I was really intrigued by this description! I would have bought a full size unsniffed tbh, but it was unavailable at the time I placed my order. Sooo this is really good. I get a lot of tart yuzu at first, and some sweet guava and pineapple. There is not a lot of grapefruit. Underneath is soft shea butter, which warms everything up and smooths out the bright fruit notes. It smells KIND of like something I would buy at Bath and Body Works as a teenager, but like the last time I made this comparison, that is not necessarily a bad thing. This also just might be my personal association with fruity scents, because I don’t typically wear them. This has a bit more depth and “pizazz” than your standard body spray! I really like the combination of shea butter and the brighter fruity notes; it adds creaminess without foodieness. I do wish the guava was more prominent. This stays close to the skin with low throw.
Enjoy Your Waffles (A welcoming breakfast of homemade waffles with plenty of maple syrup, coffee and fresh-squeezed orange juice. Superseded by manipulative whispers from a garden of white daises, heliotrope and magnolia.) 1.8 ml (GWP)
Super buttery in the bottle, but on my skin it’s wildflowers with toasty waffles and a hint of coffee. Hear me out- this smells like going to a brunch buffet in a nice hotel. The lobby is full of beautiful flowers and the smell of breakfast is wafting out of the dining room. The orange juice is not really detectable on its own, but adds a little citrus zing that brightens everything up. This has a ton of sillage and seems to last quite a while!
Update: I retested this after letting it rest for a few days and the hotel association is even stronger now. I think it might be reminding me of the Bellagio in Las Vegas, with the garden in the lobby? The orange juice has also become much more prominent. There is a soft coffee note that emerges in the later stages, but it’s still heavily floral. The dry down is back to buttery breakfast foods and softer florals, but I don’t think I can get past being blasted in the face with flowers at the beginning.
Gone Gnome (Top notes of cilantro and key lime rooted in fresh garden basil, english cucumber and melon blossom.) 7.5 ml (GWP)
This is so not a list of notes I would EVER choose for myself but wow, this is SO fresh and green and I kind of feel like I smell like a salad- but in a good way. (It’s a really fancy salad, with edible flowers and lots of interesting herbal micro greens.) This smells like SPRING in a bottle! The cilantro and basil somehow just work with the tart fresh lime and cucumber. The melon blossom adds a little sweetness but this is a green, grassy, herbal blend, not really floral at all. I can almost taste this perfume. It has a crazy throw at first, but dries down to something softer, like the way your hands might smell after working in the garden for a while, and that stage lasts for a surprisingly long time.
The Great Owl (Ancient amber, frankincense, benzoin and champaka in a hollow draped in thick cobwebs, glowing citronella and vetiver root.) 1.8 ml (GWP)
ALL CITRONELLA. At least no mosquitoes will bother me? It’s November, though, so that probably wasn’t an issue to begin with. I sort of get some soft resins underneath, but they are being completely smothered by the screeching citronella. The citronella gets toned down a bit as I wear it, but wow, it is still pretty strong. I guess I will hold on to this to see if the amber and resins come out a bit more with some aging.
Last Dance (Vintage amber, creamy heliotrope, bubbly champagne, and freshly picked wildflowers.) 4.5 ml (GWP)
Mostly soft amber (light and dry, maybe white?) and white florals- it definitely has a bit of an old-fashioned perfume vibe, with a bit of champagne, just enough to add some fun fizziness. Dries down to a dry amber, low throw but quite nice.
Lovesick Lake (Bright pink and heartbreakingly optimistic; cotton candy served with thick strawberry cheesecake and sour lemon squares on a hot rainy day.) 1.8 ml (bonus!)
Lemonheads and cheesecake! Fades depressingly fast to a sugary lemon with a teeny hint of sweet strawberry. It stays in that soft, candy-like skin scent zone for a little while, and I like it a lot! Over the long term, though, it fades to lemony plastic. Sometimes I really hate my skin chemistry!
Moon Milk (Crumbs from almond tuiles and lavender sugar dust, one last sip of Fortuna tea leaves left behind in a porcelain cup reveal chilled chiffon cream illuminated by a single flame glinting off the gold filigree.) 1.8 ml (bonus!)
This was on my to-try list but I was a bit worried about the almond note. I shouldn’t have been concerned; this is a beautiful scent! I get mostly sweet lavender with a sort of cool creamy lemon and tea, and maybe a hint of an almond cookie note. Great throw, too. It reminds me a bit of Fantôme Kensington, but more tart. The dry down is unfortunately a little flat.
No Skin On (Squishy pumpkin entrails, candy cigarettes, dry forest needles and cobweb glue) 1.8 ml (bonus!)
Pumpkin guts! Un-spiced pumpkin notes are usually a little buttery, and this is no exception, but there is also a genuine fresh pumpkin scent here that I don’t usually get. There’s a little bit of sweetness from what I assume is the candy cigarette note (I don’t actually know what candy cigarettes smell like, though) and faint pine. The pumpkin is still a bit too foodie, but this is getting closer to the pure squishy raw pumpkin innards that I want. I want to try layering this under other blends when I need an extra blast of pumpkin!
Orange is Technocolour (Orange blossom petals with shea butter, house-distilled tangerine oil and apricot jam.) (bonus!)
AGGRESSIVELY ORANGE. Even the oil itself is orange! The tangerine is extremely bright and juicy and there is that nice shea butter note underneath. The apricot jam adds a little more sticky sweetness. I can’t adequately express how realistic this is! I feel like I can smell every part of the fruit- the zest, the pith, the flesh, it’s all there. I never thought I would want to smell like an actual tangerine, and yet here we are. I like it! It dries down to pure orange juice.
Rubies From Your Lips (Twilight musk, smoked wood sage, carnation corsage, holy water, green clove, damp soil and grave moss.) 1.8 ml (bonus!)
Soft musk with spicy clove and carnation, maybe a hint of smoke. The carnation here is stronger and more intensely floral than in Mourning Glory. It dries down to verrry soft clove and carnation petals, but stays super faint (in direct contrast to Mourning a Glory, which lasts for hours)! I get absolutely no moss or soil.
Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) (Soft woodsmoke, hot toddy, mountain ozone and mint chutney.) 1.75 ml (Monthly animal - GWP)
A really nice smoke note with fresh minty air and a warm booziness from the hot toddy! This is so perfect for the holidays without actually smelling like a “Christmas” scent. It’s rich and multi-faceted and I like it very much. The later drydown is mostly sweet woodsmoke that lasts for a long time.
The Star Leaf (Morning dew, rich soil, nurturing chamomile, mossy stone, fresh herbs and all the star leaves you can eat.) 1.8 ml (GWP)
WHOA, this is an extremely realistic garden scent. If Gone Gnome is all freshly picked greens and herbs, this is the garden they came from. The soil, water glistening on bright green leaves, everything! It’s a teeny bit grassier than I would like, but this kind of just adds to the backyard garden image it creates in my mind.
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What to Do in Las Vegas in February 2021

If you are planning to go to Las Vegas in February2021
Best Things To Do:
If you have been planning a trip to Las Vegas, you have probably noticed that the city offers plenty of diversions. Las Vegas is still the gaming capital of the world, but you do not have to be a gambler to enjoy your visit.
Holidays:
- Valentine's Day Feb. 14
- February 15 President's Day

The 3 Best Romantic Hotels in the Las Vegas Strip:
1 – Bellagio Hotel and Casino
2 – The Venetian Las Vegas
3 – Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino

3 Romantic Shows in February:
1 – Extravaganza
2 – Late Night Magic
3 – Fantasy Show

What To Do In Las Vegas in February
1 – Eiffel Tower Viewing Deck
2 – The High Roller in Las Vegas
3 – VEGAS NIGHTS Helicopter Tour
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[Thank you] A long list of amazing people to thank!

This list is a little longer than it should be due to some very overdue thank yous courtesy of some dysfunction at the Jerk household where cards got all mixed together and put aside in a big pile in the office by someone who was not me. But, this should catch me up for the most part. I have a handful of cards that didn’t have user names (and a couple that had illegible user names). I will try and do some detective work and figure out who should be thanked.
Without further ado – buckle up, here we go!
Apologies and thanks in advance to u/CanaMeow for any and all misspelled user names.
u/twerptwo – thank you for the beautiful Christmas card! A little over two months away! Where has the year gone? Oh yeah….that.
u/soft_distortion – I love the Hamily Jihoon card! I’m kinda bummed to hear what’s been happening with them. I don’t think they realize some day their kids are gonna Google all this drama ☹ I hope the card I sent you in return has arrived! Lots of drama with them as well! -Gets popcorn-
u/Buttercupfields – such a cute Halloween card! I bought five bags of Halloween candy at the grocery store because it was $1.99 if you bought at least four bags. But, we won’t be handing out candy so not sure why I did that.
u/mikepenpal6 (x3) – somehow I missed thanking you for my card to celebrate my 500 flair! Also, despite having way too much superhero washi I find myself coveting the Spiderman washi you used – don’t tell me where you got it because I won’t be able to resist. And lastly, I loved your Coco Chanel themed card! So gorgeous! I never think to artistically tear the paper before using it – I love the effect!
u/enguyenn – such a beautiful card! I was surprised to see it was of Tennessee for some reason.
u/zedhead90 – loved the Goosebumps postcard – I miss being a kid and getting excited at reading a new book.
u/josephineismyhero – I loved your hometown postcard! I suppose the theater in the picture has been closed for the last several months – so sad to see all the places still closed.
u/welshfancy (x6)– I always love your cards you make! I didn’t realize there is a Dot Day! What a fun reason to make a card! (Oh and Go Pack GO!!! Hahah….looking forward to the upcoming 49ers/Packer game and our wager haha) and I loved your Halloween cards!!
u/babyraspberry (x2) – Arrrr! Thank you for the Talk Like a Pirate Day card and the super cute puffin card! I hope my Pirates Day card made it there – it’s a little bigger card than I usually send and our mail has been so weird lately so fingers crossed I did the postage correctly.
u/orangewolpertinger – thank you for the adorable card and the goodies!!!
u/soxgal – I love the washi tape you used on the envelope – I have bad washi envy but have way too much of it already. I’ve also had the same problem you did in getting sunburned by the pool on an overcast day. Not fun!!!
u/kimmylubs – Okay, more washi envy! I loved the green sparkly heart washi! Also, I loved the hot air balloon card. I would love to go to the big New Mexico hot air balloon festival some day. Also, I have sent on u/ninajyang’s travelling card to the next recipient!
u/CapnCobbler – more overdue thanks for a beautiful card celebrating my 500 flair. I hope you’ll be able to accept mail again soon! Keeping my fingers crossed things are going smoothly to get things back in order – you are definitely missed!
u/Loko_Lo – thank you for the beautiful card and Minocqua sticker! I’m really really wanting to take a drive up north to see the leaves change.
u/tashsmash – such a beautiful card! I can see why you want to use some as prints!
u/eclecticeccentric (x2) – thank you for the Arizona and Utah desert postcards. I just love how peaceful the desert is.
u/lmnoporcupine – Omg I had to look at your postcard like three times to make sure it wasn’t a junk advertisement! It totally cracked me up!!!!! “Equinophobia therapy” – that isn’t a real thing (is it?)
u/schoii – thank you for the postcard from Lichtenstein! My first one from your country! I just love learning about other countries – especially now when we can’t really travel.
u/snailmailmom – thank you for the card and the plethora of cute stickers! I hope potty training is going better now. I am going to send you a card with a funny potty training story – it’s too embarrassing to put it on the internet haha.
u/ColleenES – I just LOVE Scooby Doo – such a cute postcard. I used the last of my Scooby stamps but kept the pic of him that came on the stamp sheet. I might make it into a card – or just keep it for myself lol
u/Silverinkblotv2 – I loved hearing about the ecofriendly store! I love shopping in cool shops like that – well, I love shopping period but even more so when it is interesting!
u/frogreads – such a cool postcard of the musical fountain! I think the only thing even close to that here is in Las Vegas with the Bellagio fountains – but I am sure they pale in comparison to the one in your country!
u/littleverdin – very overdue thank yous for such a cute card and stickers. I also loved the birds sitting on a wire washi. I have some Alfred Hitchcock postage stamps and they would be fun to put with your washi (since he directed that film the Birds hah)
u/rebeldisco – more overdue thank yous for the adorable Bugs Life postcard!!!
u/tepr – so glad you enjoyed the birthday card! Thank you for the Bristol postcard! I love getting postcards of other places.
u/Scottie0319 – thank you for the postcard from your travels! My husband loves watching shows about Big Foot so I am not going to tell him there is a whole town devoted to BF because otherwise he’s gonna want to visit it.
u/tigerlady13 – I loved the Norwegian postcard! My three year old niece (who loves Frozen) has been learning about her ancestors from Norway. She is not convinced they are from there haha. I’m just impressed she can grasp the concept of ancestors!
u/banancreampiee – I loved the card you sent – I am totally looking up the group it is from. Good luck in your classes – I hope the semester is uneventful for you (so you have time for carding haha)
u/buttersushi – I loved the Snoopy card and stickers! Also, I used to work for politicians and have helped pass a lot of laws so I hesitate to say we have weird ones here. I will have to remember to mail you a personal story about a law I helped a former boss pass and that a family member inadvertently violated – they would kill me if they knew I posted it on the internet lol.
u/DNA_ligase – oooooh I just loved the sparkly ghost card you sent! I see why you had to buy it. I love all Halloween decorations so it’s hard to pick a favorite!
u/pozzledc - I love the card you made from a repurposed book from a charity shop! I am about to make some cards from some party invitations I am repurposing that I also got from a local charity shop. Love sustainability!
u/all-tyedup – such a cute pink card and I think that was a Van Gogh sticker on the envelope. I have seen them online and been tempted to order them but didn’t know what they would look like in person. Must resist purchasing haha
u/travellincat – (x2) thank you for the “vote” postcard – I need to know where you got the super duper adorable mail washi tape. (As I commented to several people – I get severe washi envy) Also, see luau update below.
u/beckstabber (x2) – I am just in love with the watermelon card you made. Like I told you – I am definitely framing it! (see Luau update below)
u/wereagainstyou313 – I may have gotten your user name a little off so I am hoping u/canameow can fix it if I did. I loved the card you sent and agree that “the sea was angry” is at the top of Seinfeld quotes! And to think, that show almost got cancelled after it’s first season!
u/travel4me22 – I am so glad I am the recipient of your September meta challenge food card! It’s so adorable!!! (plus – scratch and sniff washi! Yay!) Also, I feel for you on the snoring issue. We can’t sleep in the same room because we each accuse the other of snoring like freight trains – only one of us is telling the truth haha.
Thanks to the following people who I have yet to thank for RSVPing to my virtual luau. I have been holding off on sending the cards in return until I got all the RSVPs back but since it’s been some time now I’m going to assume I won’t be getting them all so you all will finally get your cards! A late party is better than no party, right? u/travellincat, u/travel4me22, u/gettysburging (hope you’ve finally escaped from Alcatraz for the party lol), u/J-Binx, u/beckstabber, u/redwest98 (and such an adorable crocheted pineapple!!).
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My uninteresting poker story. Is it time to give up on the dream or do I gather myself and make one last run at it?

This is going to be a long post. My life story almost. It all started in 2010 when I was introduced to poker. Yada yada yada, I got hooked.
Naturally a tight passive player, I was able to stretch each $20 deposit a long way.
I slowly started adding aggression. Betting with flush draws, etc.
Ran it up to around 3k.
Booked a flight to LA to go visit my cousin but it was really just an excuse to go to commerce casino (my first live experience).
Didn't know about their $40 buy in structure. Lost 3k in 1 week.
quit playing for a while.
black friday happens.
Dream is offically dead.
Oh wait, what are these off shore sites. Bodog? sportsbookpoker? intertops? cake? wtf. lets check them out.
Ran good on intertops. Turned $20 into 4.3k in 1 week by running like Usain.
Played against a guy named ivysaurus for my entire roll at 25/50 headsup.
Lost.
Called it quits again.
got a job at a restaurant.
worked there for 2 years.
saved up 10k.
moved to vegas in 2016.
played live 1/2.
played too loose.
Lost about 2k the first month.
Switched over to playing 1/3 at bellagio.
better results started happening.
wpt diamond is starting.
Cameras all over the place in bellagio.
poker tables all full.
The sportsbook is filled with tables now.
My roll is at 16k.
I try to get into a 1/3 game. Waitlist too deep.
2/5, same story.
Theres an open seat at a 5/10 game.
eh why not, im running good lately.
I sit down. Called down 2 streets 2nd pair.
My heart is racing. Villain checks river. I check back. I win.
$300 profit in 1 hand.
New villain sits down at table.
Hes a tv guy that plays 25/50 on poker night in america. I forget his name. Arabic or armenian lookin dude with curly hair.
He wild.
Hes splashing cuz hes just trying to pass the time until he gets into the bigger games.
I win 2k off him in like 30 minutes. He gives me the death look and mutters some curse words. Floor comes over, tells this man his seat is open. He gets up. Floorman picks up his chips for him cuz he a bitch.
Game seems to be too tough now. Actually its the same game, but Im sitting on a 4k stack. I get nervous and cash out.
my bankroll at like 19k now. Highest point of my life.
Fell in love with a hooker. Down 3k.
bankroll 16k.
Refocus.
Go to aria to play some 1/3.
Crush it.
Lots of noise at a plo table in the corner near the bathroom.
I get on the waitlist for that game.
Im addicted to plo now.
Ran good at first. Won like 5k my first week playing 1/3/5 plo.
Then my ev started leveling out. I was never a winner at plo.
Lost the 5k right back and then some.
dont worry, losing 5-7k in a week isnt that bad.
or is it?
damnit it was.
This was the moment I should have gone back to 1/3 nl.
but nope. Plo more fun.
kept playing. learning on the fly. didnt do that bad looking back on it, but it was still bad.
my bankroll was down to 14k at one point and I remember feeling so defeated.
I might as well have had $100 to my name, cuz thats what it felt like. I do not know why. Mental issues.
It was all down hill from here.
the chase begins...
fill in the blanks
you know how this story ends.
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Plans for Road trip after corona

I know that most of us are at homes and just want to eat, travel, sleep, and repeat.
Here is what every American and maybe every one of us is thinking to do first hand after the lockdown ends. I’m sure people’s lists narrows down to travel, road trips, get-togethers, playing games with friends, food truck, travel to London, and even shaking hands. I did a survey where people listed their top 10 things to do after lockdown ends
For the USA, I think road tripping through the West/southwest of the country was one of the top mentioned experiences. Seeing all of the different beautiful landscapes in Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Muir Woods.. amazing. Be sure to leave time enough to hike and camp and really explore.
We were initially wanting to do a little excursion each period of this current year yet have been not able to go anyplace yet because of COVID. Does anybody have any recommendations for where we could head to from Chicago? We wouldn't fret a lengthy drive, however it will be so hot in the vast majority of the nation during August. Also, clearly anyway far we go, we should drive it back home, so we would prefer not to wander excessively far. We additionally are paying attention to the pandemic and would want to head off to some place where we can restrict our introduction however much as could reasonably be expected and we would take a Covid test before we leave to affirm we aren't carrying it to any place we go.
Feel the rush of Times Square, N.Y. or have a visit Las Vegas Strip, Nevada. The strip visit and appreciate the Bellagio Water show en route which is one of the must-do-es whiles strolling the strip Tip: Take your time, happy with strolling shoes, take your camera, unwind and appreciate the walk.
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Getting Andrew Yang to the White House Part 5: The Yang Gang’s Last Stand


I’ve been seeing a lot of negativity around here recently, and rightfully so. We lost Iowa. I know that’s not an easy fact to take in given the amount of time and effort put into the state from the campaign, staff, and volunteers, but we have to face the truth. We got out-organized.
So what do we do about it?
I’m the author of these previous 4 posts if you have the time to read them. If not, its ok. This post is very much a standalone post. And probably my most important post thus far:
Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/YangForPresidentHQ/comments/b17slb/ive_worked_on_multiple_campaigns_and_managed_a/
Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/YangForPresidentHQ/comments/b9yyyh/getting_andrew_yang_to_the_white_house_step_2/
Part 3: https://www.reddit.com/YangForPresidentHQ/comments/c1h0lj/getting_andrew_yang_to_the_white_house_part_3_at/
Part 4: https://www.reddit.com/YangForPresidentHQ/comments/ds6rh0/getting_andrew_to_the_white_house_part_4/
In this post, I will detail our best path forward. Our best path to shock the political world and get the American people and the media to take us seriously. And it’s not what you think. Andrew has been campaigning tirelessly in IA and NH, but his best chances are not there. Our entire campaign, our entire country’s future rests on us winning Nevada. There is no other state more prime for our message and our vision than Nevada.
I’ve been canvassing in Nevada since November of 2019. I have knocked on hundreds of doors and spoken to hundreds, maybe thousands of Nevadans. We have a chance to take top 3 in Nevada. When textbankers told me to go to IA, I chose to travel to Nevada. And I’m glad I did. The political environment and campaign infrastructure are much better in Nevada. Nevada (and more specifically one city in NV) is a state full of Yang Gang, they just don’t know it yet. Nevada has early voting which has already begun, but their caucus is on Feb 22nd. Nevada is our last stand. And I will detail in this post exactly why we can and should win Nevada. If we don’t, that could very well be the end of this campaign. So buckle up, this is important.
Nevada is the third state to vote. In addition, like Iowa they are also a caucus state. No one was expecting us to win Iowa. Heck, it’s probably a good thing we didn’t win Iowa. With the debacle going on there, our win would have been overshadowed by the IA Democratic Party screwup anyways. That being said, no one is expecting us to win NH either. (If you want to go to NH, please still go. But from this time of posting, we have 5 days to convince NH, we have two weeks to convince NV – do the math). If we lose Nevada however, that is three in a row. More than enough reason for the media to write us off for the rest of the primary cycle. We need to prove them all wrong. We SHALL NOT let the Bernie Bros pass!
We can do this because Nevada has favorable Demographics, the Issues/Politics resonate with its voters, and the Nevada Staff/Campaign are the best I’ve seen.

Demographics:
To win Nevada, we only need to focus on one location. Unlike Iowa and New Hampshire where the population is spread out (there are 99 counties throughout the state of IA), Nevada only has 16 counties and most of them are very sparsely populated. The most important county is Clark County, and the most important city in that county is…..you guessed it, LAS VEGAS. The Las Vegas metropolitan area includes Boulder City, Enterprise, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Summerlin, Winchester, Paradise…etc. The Las Vegas Metro area has 2.2 Million people living in it. The entire state of Nevada has a population of ~ 3 Million people. The Las Vegas metro area comprises of more than 70% of the entire population of Nevada. If we win Las Vegas, we win Nevada. Its that simple.
In addition, you know what Las Vegas has that IA and NH did not? A group of people whom tend to like Yang automatically: MINORITIES!! Las Vegas has a huge Chinatown and we have a Yang office there! Las Vegas had a Chinese New Year’s parade two weeks ago! Did NH or IA have a Luna New Year Parade? FUCK NO! Yang Gang was there and walked in it! We got cheers from the audience! Yang Gang has ran ads in Chinese media for Yang. There are at least several precincts that are majority Asian people! That better be automatic delegate pickups for us. We just need to turn them out!
Las Vegas, unlike Iowa or NH, is very compact. You can finish canvassing 50 doors easily because the houses are close to each other. If you’re really hitting it, you can easily do 100 doors a day. You dont need to hit a few, then drive several blocks. You can simply drive to a neighborhood and bang out door to door very efficiently. Also, unlike IA and NH, it’s a sunny/cool 60-70 degrees in Las Vegas. So people are actually out doing stuff.

The Issues/Politics:
There is no other city where the narrative and issues Andrew Yang champions appear more salient than in Las Vegas. Las Vegas is at the center of the automation revolution, and you can look no further than the famous Las Vegas strip. If you have the money (seriously, it can get pricey) stay on the strip and talk to every bartender, waitress, blackjack dealer, housekeeper, bellman, etc you can. In Las Vegas, the service employees win the elections.
This New York Times article details it very well. (If you cant read it due to paywall, don’t worry, I’ll explain) (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/us/politics/nevada-caucus-2020-culinary-union.html)
The most important special interest groups in Las Vegas are the culinary workers union, Local 226, and the bartenders union, Local 165. These unions see automation in front of them every day. MGM recently automated most of their backhouse bartenders. Servers now pick up drinks from a robot and deliver them to customers. I spoke with a bar manager in the Bellagio and he said that in their contracts, there are clauses that dictate they can be automated away by a machine anytime. And they have to be ok with that. So Andrew Yang's message of the Freedom Dividend resonates. In addition, there is one issue the unions care about more than anything else and that is Healthcare. However, this is the best part: they HATE Medicare for All. Not one union worker I spoke with wanted Medicare for All. Why? Because their unions have negotiated for them stellar healthcare for years and years. They love their healthcare. And they don’t want the government coming in and taking away all the hard work their union has done for them. If you bring up Yang to your housekeeper, your waiter, your bartender, I guarantee you their first question to you will be: “What will happen to my healthcare?”. And unlike Bernie, we can say “You can keep it”. (Note: Biden also said that when he visited the unions). If Andrew Yang can win the endorsements of the Local 226 and Local 165, we win Las Vegas/NV. It was these unions whom delivered Hillary Clinton her victory in 2016. Now Andrew has not met with the unions and their leaders yet, and I hope that the campaign is reaching out to them. But until that happens, it us up to US to talk to as many union members as possible.
(Note also: Nevadans have a bad taste in their mouth for Bernie, especially after how the Bernie people acted in the NV State convention in 2016. Maybe using death threats was not the best look for the Bernie campaign. Just sayin: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/us/politics/bernie-sanders-supporters-nevada.html)
If you stay on the strip, talk to every employee you can. You can change minds. I Yanged an entire bar by myself when I spoke with the Bar Manager about the Freedom Dividend, automation, and that Yang wont take away his Healthcare. He then bought me a free drink, gave me his card, and committed to taking all his employees to the caucus. Imagine if the Yang Gang descended onto Vegas and did this at every restaurant, every bar, every hotel, and every venue. We would win Las Vegas, and get free shots too.
After speaking to many Las Vegas voters, I’ve come to believe that they don’t like politicians. There’s a reason why Tom Steyer has blanketed the state with his ads. Because Nevadans don’t trust politicians. Thus, Yang is a natural alternative to the rest of the field. Steyer may have some traction, but almost everyone I spoke with didn’t like the fact that Steyer was trying to buy the election. Everyone from Uber drivers to strippers (seriously) found Steyer annoying.
Something unique to Vegas that you don’t see anywhere else is the way wealth inequality unravels itself. Las Vegas is the place where the rich and famous come to party and blow their money away. Yet the residents here don’t scorn or hate them. Bernie and Warren’s rhetoric of the “greed and the corruption” fall on deaf ears here because in Las Vegas, the rich treat service employees well. Talk to any bartendeserver long enough and they’ll tell you about that one time when Rihanna came in and left a $10K tip on her tab. The rich come here to live out their vices, yet they are gracious and generous to the people who serve them. You can spend upwards of $5000 at a nightclub and $20 for a drink on the strip, but once you leave the strip prices drop by at least 75%. So residents don’t feel the price inflation. Don’t want to spend money? Party in downtown Vegas, where a drink is only $3- $4. The residents of Las Vegas don’t hate the rich, and they don’t want a “revolution”. They just want to make enough money so that sometimes they can sit down and enjoy a football game with the high rollers. The Freedom Dividend is the ticket to that life.
The Staff
Last, but not least, is the staff. Speaking from meeting as many of them as I have, the Las Vegas campaign staff are absolutely phenomenal. Mark Peckham, the NV state director did a great job picking his team and it shows. Reading through the threads I see talk about the Iowa staff being unprofessional and not ready for the caucus. I see talk about IA not training their precinct captains correctly, and offices hiring people with no experience. I can tell you, that is certainly NOT the case in Las Vegas. Almost every staff member I spoke with was professional and experienced. I consider myself pretty experienced in politics. There was not one staff member I met who didn’t know their shit. Precinct captain training? The NV staff has been doing that on a WEEKLY basis since November! Sign up for canvassing and are late 30 mins, you bet your ass a staffer will call you up and find out where you are. I remembered when I was considering going to IA and I wanted to know if the IA campaign needed a data analytics guy (my specialty). I asked several staff and never got an answer back. I asked the same question to Las Vegas staff and I got an answer back in seconds. The Las Vegas staff know their shit and they’re here to win. Even their volunteer coordinators are dedicated and knowledgeable. They have daily tables at UNLV, and weekly well attended Yang Hangs. Their offices are clean and open on time. Yang Gangs have houses you can stay in free of charge, and volunteers happily drive you around in a Tesla to get you to your canvassing locations. They’re that fucking good. Convinced yet? Here are the contacts you should add/follow on facebook:
Eileen Patterson, Las Vegas Volunteer Director
Gavin Williams, Field Organizer
Alex Pitarro, Field Organizer
Alyssa Monet Manson, Yang Gang House Leader
Nick Joke (not his real name, but his name on facebook), Volunteer organizer
(these are not all the staff, just the ones I can remember off the top of my head. There are several others, almost all are sharp).
Join the Vegas Yang Gang Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/vegasyanggang/
The Las Vegas Yang Gang has a website: https://vegasyanggang.com/
The following are their active offices and hours:
Addresses:
Chinatown Office
4276 Spring Mountain Rd Suite 203 Las Vegas, NV 89102
Henderson Office
580 E. Windmill Lane Suite 130 Las Vegas, NV 89123
North Las Vegas Office
2815 W Lake Mead Blvd Las Vegas, NV 89106
Hours
Monday—Saturday: 10:00AM–8:00PM
Sunday: 12:00PM–8:00PM
(Note: I emphasize Vegas because it is the population center of Nevada. However, if you would like to help win other parts of Nevada, Reno is worthy of helping too. I’ve met several Reno organizers and they are all very capable people.)
Lastly, Las Vegas is truly an amazing city. Nothing beats canvassing 50 doors a day and then settling down to a workout, a spa, and a buffet. Want to Yang marijuana aficionados because Yang has the best drug policy? Great, its legal to buy weed in NV. Go to one of the hundreds of dispensaries in Vegas. Want to Yang sex workers and strippers because Yang wants to decriminalize sex work? Great, Vegas has the best strip clubs in the world. Want to party hard and work hard? Great, Vegas has the best nightclubs and bars you could ever dream of. Want to Yang sports gamblers because Yang wants to legalize online gambling, you can do that too!
So lets leave all our chips on the table Yang Gang. There is no other city more prepared to be won than Las Vegas. Lets lay it all out on the floor and say we did our best. Make Las Vegas our Last Stand. And if we win, if we do, that will be more than enough momentum to carry us to victory on Super Tuesday. Nevada/Las Vegas is better representative of America than any other state/city so far, and America will recognize that. If we win Vegas, we carry enough momentum to finish well in Super Tuesday, guaranteeing our bargaining power in a brokered convention in July.
I hope this is not the last time I write these posts. And I hope you all can join me. What are you waiting for? Buy your ticket. We’re going to Vegas baby.
thank u, next.
Note: last but not least, if you can donate, please donate to the Ken Jeong fundraiser this coming 2/13, will help us hit NV campaigning strong!:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ay-events-lv-1215
Edit: Thank you so much for everyone giving me awards! I just want Yang to win and I firmly believe this is our last stand. We’re in the Endgame now....
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First time going to Vegas...

Hi y’all!
So, a few questions and a quick summary. It’s my 24th birthday next May, and me and a friend are saving up to go to Vegas and stay at the Bellagio for 10-12 days all the way from London, UK! Given everything with COVID (and I know no one can see into the future, but...)
Thank you!! :)
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How coronavirus ruined my Vegas vacation, and how Reddit saved it. Thank you /r/vegaslocals!

This is probably going to get long, I tend to write too much, sorry.
TLDR: Friend meeting me on vacation was quarantined, redditors saved me from going to shows alone, and helped me overcome some of my anxiety and agoraphobia.
I’m a huge introvert, with a mild case of agoraphobia, mainly only affects me when I’m alone in public places. I don’t have much of a social life, I work from home and get out of the house like twice a week to get groceries. I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety all my life, and have isolated myself from the world over the past 40 years of life. I’ll spare you the details, I’m sure it’s in my comment history if you look, but all of this is relevant.
Between isolation, working too much, and a lot of stress from work I’ve been in a bad spot with depression for a couple months. I started telling work that I needed a break. We’re in the middle of a huge project that I’m leading so I never felt the time was right. One of the owners called me one evening and told me that I’m important to the team and they don’t want me burned out and asked that I take a vacation. I can’t share the details publicly, but he made a generous offer to encourage me to go on vacation.
I knew I’d always wanted to visit Las Vegas, but I’d never dream of spending a vacation anywhere by myself. Vacations have always been staycations for me. So I got ahold of an old high school friend who I haven’t seen in 20 years and asked if he wanted to plan a vacation to Vegas together. He said yes, we figured out the dates, and I booked it. Flight, hotel, and tickets for 5 Vegas shows. I booked two tickets to shows every night for us to see, 4 Cirque du Soleil shows plus David Copperfield. Cirque du Soleil was the main draw to Vegas for me, obviously. All ticket sales were final and non-refundable.
I flew in Thursday evening on March 5th, dropped my things in the hotel, and then grabbed an Uber to a dispensary. Legal weed sure is nice. Friday morning I went to the aquarium at Mandalay Bay. There was a lot of anxiety involved but I was proud of myself for getting out there. Stopped at CVS and stocked up on soda after that, because fuck paying $12.75 for a can of Coke from the mini bar, should’ve looked at the prices before I had that first one. Oops. But I digress.
Friday afternoon comes and my friend sends me a text. His job is forcing him to self quarantine for 14 days. Fucking coronavirus. He’s been sick for 2 weeks and his work has sent him to 2 other states during that time. He said he feels fine and just had some sniffles at that point, but his job told him they will terminate him if he came to Vegas. Frankly I’m glad he didn’t get on another plane if there’s any chance he’s carrying coronavirus. Kinda fucked up that his job was flying him around while he was sick but finally refused when it was time for his vacation. No confirmation that he actually has coronavirus, and it’s entirely possible he made up the story, but that’s what I was told.
But that left me in Vegas alone. Panic ensues and I start reaching out for someone to accompany me to these shows. I have a second cousin who lives in town, but we barely know each other. Offered him any he wanted to see but didn’t get a response. I thought, what the hell I’ll make a post on reddit.
I made a post over at /vegas and at /vegaslocals and it got a little attention in the locals sub.
One redditor hit me up willing to see any show I wanted. She said she was the same age as me but had no reddit history that I could check out. We exchanged messages for a bit and she seemed like a decent and interesting person. We switched over to text, exchanged photos, and made arrangements to meet up. I made it very clear that the only expectation was to fill the seat next to me, she made it very clear she was in a relationship. She accompanied me to dinner for a quick burger first, though she declined my offer to get her anything. Then we went over to the Bellagio where she showed me the fountain show, that was far better than I ever expected. Then we went in and saw Cirque du Soleil O. The show was awesome. Highly recommend this show to anybody interested. After the show she showed me around the Bellagio, the conservatory was beautiful. This redditor was awesome, an attractive and interesting person who made me feel very comfortable. We shared some great conversations and she was better company than I could’ve hoped for. I don’t want to say too much and reveal personal info, but if she is reading this, thank you that night was perfect. You are an amazing person, and your boyfriend is a very lucky man.
When I got back from the show I had a number of messages from redditors. I had people reaching out for every show! I checked the comment histories of all, many were long-time redditors with enough history to indicate they probably weren’t murderers or rapists. I figured out who was asking for which shows, sent out some messages to follow up with on Saturday and went to bed.
Saturday I met up with a redditor who wanted to take the tickets for the show that I somehow booked for the wrong date. Seemed like a real nice guy, even offered to give me a free service where he works (trying to leave out personal info here). I’m glad those tickets didn’t go to waste, and I hope he and his wife enjoyed seeing Cirque du Soleil Zumanity on Tuesday. If you’re reading this, I’ve kept your number like you asked and will get in touch when I visit again, you seemed like a cool dude who I would enjoy grabbing a beer with.
Saturday night I met up with a redditor to see Cirque du Soleil Love. This show was phenomenal, and I highly recommend this one for anybody visiting Vegas. It is my favorite show of all the cirque shows I’ve seen, which now stands at a total of 9. It is a little different than your typical Cirque show, but pure eye and ear candy, absolutely stunning visuals. My new reddit friend seemed like an eccentric and interesting guy, and I enjoyed his company and hearing a little bit about his life. We didn’t chat too much, which was perfectly fine. If he is reading this, know that I appreciated your company and wish you the best of luck at the poker tables! I hope you enjoyed your first Cirque show!
Sunday night I was supposed to meet up with another redditor to see Cirque du Soleil Mystere. We made plans on Saturday to meet at a pizza shop and then see the show. Unfortunately she had to cancel to pick up a shift at her job. I was looking forward to meeting her, her reddit comments made her seem interesting. If she is reading this, maybe we can connect next time I visit. If not, just know that not everyone from Ohio is as strange as you think!
So I texted the woman I met on the first night and asked if she had any plans for Sunday night. She said she would be happy to join me. We met up early and she showed me around the Venetian to look at all the beautiful stuff there, then we headed over to see Mystere. I had front row seats for the show, and she had never seen a show from the front row so I was glad I could give her a new experience considering she has already seen all of these shows. The show was great, but I’d say it pales in comparison to many others I’ve seen. This woman who accompanied me has left a lasting impression on me, and she will be on my mind for a long time to come. One of the kindest and most interesting people I’ve ever met.
Monday was my last full day in Vegas. Frankly I was ready to head home at this point, 5 days in Vegas is a lot! The redditor I was supposed to meet up with had a family emergency and wasn’t able to make it. I ended up skipping David Copperfield, because I was quite exhausted, my back was in a lot of pain, and seeing the show would’ve meant I’d get about 4 hours of sleep before having to get on the plane to go home. That was fine with me, no regrets at all. To the redditor I was supposed to meet, I hope your child is doing okay and that you were able to get out of the hospital quickly. I’ve got your number, hang on to mine, maybe we can meet up next time I’m in town.
I want to thank all of these redditors from the bottom of my heart, even those I didn’t get to actually meet - you were kind enough to reach out and helped show me that Vegas redditors are some of the best. You all made this vacation so much better than I ever hoped, and I’m pretty sure I had a better time meeting all of you than I would have had if my friend had made it to Vegas. I’m proud of myself for working past all the anxiety I had when I found out I’d be there by myself the whole time, and deciding to reach out to strangers from reddit to keep me company was the best decision I made while I was there. I am sure that I will keep in touch and next time I visit will definitely be reaching out to catch a show together. One of you touched my heart in a profound way, I think she knows who she is, and I sincerely hope we cross paths again some day. She’ll be on my mind for a long time to come.
So that’s my story of how coronavirus ruined my trip, and how Vegas redditors saved it. I’m truly grateful to these redditors and to reddit for everything. If any of you are ever in the Cleveland area, drop me a line so we can meet up. Though you’ll be sorely disappointed in what Cleveland has to offer compared to Vegas!
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Need Help, first time to the east coast

On mobile
Hello everyone! As the title states, this is my first time to the east coast, and I'm looking for suggestions as to what I should see or do while I'm out here. I live in Las Vegas and in order to escape the heat and the eternal solitide of newly unemployed/4 month quarantine/not having friends in the city, I decided to take a trip to visit my parent who live in the mid-west. Well they already decided to take a trip out here and I just tagged along. The problem is we don't have a plan outside of Fort Sumter and Myrtle Beach, and don't know what cool things the east coast, or The South for that matter, have to offer. I'm just looking for suggestions about unique things in the area to see or do, or fantastic food places I should try as someone that may never have the opportunity to come back. I have about a week here, and am camping just outside of Charleston, SC. Open to anything within a 3 hour drive from here. (We talked about maybe going to Savannah, GA for example) The more specific the better!
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: for example if you came to Vegas I would suggest: 7 magic mountains, hoover dam, valley of fire, death valley as nearby places. Zion, grand canyon, lake powell, antelope canyon as full day trip. Wynn buffet, 8oz steak house, Firefly, as places to eat. Bellagio fountain, stratosphere rides, downtown at night as things to do in town. Etc. I don't expect that many, just 1 thing you think is great about a town or the area.
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Need Help, first time to the east coast.

On mobile
Hello everyone! As the title states, this is my first time to the east coast, and I'm looking for suggestions as to what I should see or do while I'm out here. I live in Las Vegas and in order to escape the heat and the eternal solitide of newly unemployed/4 month quarantine/not having friends in the city, I decided to take a trip to visit my parent who live in the mid-west. Well they already decided to take a trip out here and I just tagged along. The problem is we don't have a plan outside of Fort Sumter and Myrtle Beach, and don't know what cool things the east coast, or The South for that matter, have to offer. I'm just looking for suggestions about unique things in the area to see or do, or fantastic food places I should try as someone that may never have the opportunity to come back. I have about a week here, and am camping just outside of Charleston, SC. Open to anything within a 3 hour drive from here. (We talked about maybe going to Savannah, GA for example) The more specific the better!
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: for example if you came to Vegas I would suggest: 7 magic mountains, hoover dam, valley of fire, death valley as nearby places. Zion, grand canyon, lake powell, antelope canyon as full day trip. Wynn buffet, 8oz steak house, Firefly, as places to eat. Bellagio fountain, stratosphere rides, downtown at night as things to do in town. Etc. I dknt expect that many, just 1 thing you think is great about a town or the area.
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Vegas Rewards Programs Questions - Chase Mlife Gold or Caesars Diamond next week?

Would someone give me the clearest, current lowdown about how Vegas and comped benefits really work for people willing to visit 2-3 times a year and drop a grand or two each time? I am both MLife Pearl and Caesars Platinum (well, 100 tier credits away), and can easily chase the next level this month. Should I chase one or both and why? Legitimate, polished answers I promise to visit this year if you have a local business that applies to me.
Specific questions:
-Over NYE week, can’t recall if technically 2019 or 2020, a lady at Mandalay Bay’s MLife center “gave” me $150 in credit to use at a restaurant. Did she deduct that from some invisible account of mine or directly from my rewards credits or how did that work? Was she mad I was staying at Caesars and trying to woo me back over? I spent equally between MGM and Caesars properties. I MUCH prefer MGM hotels’ styles and designs, namely Delano, Vdara, Aria, Bellagio is traditional but gorgeous… but one year I did more gambling at Caesars just to see what might happen and the room offers were MUCH better. While not a perfect experiment with a control group, I believe the amount spent was equal to my previous year at MGM properties. I also like how Caesar’s tells you directly all of the benefits for each tier hit, MGM either gives less or is more under wraps about the true benefits? I can go next week and easily hit Caesar’s Diamond by taking advantage of their 5x Tier Credits promo for slot and table spending. I estimate it will cost less than $1000 since already at Platinum. But I am also more than halfway to MLife Gold.
Caesar’s Platimum promises no resort fees which is EVERYTHING, 2 nights in Dubai if I fly myself there, which I could, a $100 dinner, some line skipping which is silly but considering how unstaffed some of their areas are, this may actually have some value, and laurel lounge access (though with all my gambling I still don’t have THAT many credits so I don’t know if you can also use cash to get in?), a free stay at Atlantis in the Bahamas, I used to work cruise ships so this doesn’t thrill me but hey…, and a Wyndham tier status match which would be nice… as well as useless discounts and free parking which now everyone gets. And then “1 free night in Las Vegas or Atlantic City for every 5,000 Tier Credits earned in 2020, up to 7 nights” which I have no idea if I have used or not… did my free 2 bathroom suite stay over NYE count as part of these 7 and was that from this year or last year or a combo?
MLife Gold promises discounts, room upgrades subject to availability, which could mean anything, and some line skipping. Meh???
Why the big differences/disparity?
Also…
When I get comped room nights, are those coming out of some database under my account or are they linked to something, and if so, what? Money spent? Or just tier status? Is it a secret? Do the rooms work like money too… i.e. if I take 3 free nights in an amazing suite will I get no more offers or I can take 20 days in a “less ideal” room i.e. Luxor pyramid / Bally’s?
And how do I know those are, or aren’t, coming out of my free rooms earned bank from above in regards to being Caesar’s Diamond?
Lastly…
I’ve also never used any “Gift” Points, are those really actually worth anything legit and worth going back to Vegas in NovembeDecember for?
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Vegas programs - which to chase?

Would someone give me the clearest, current lowdown about how Vegas and comped benefits really work for people willing to visit 2-3 times a year and drop a grand or two each time? I am both MLife Pearl and Caesars Platinum (well, 100 tier credits away), and can easily chase the next level this month. Should I chase one or both and why? Legitimate, polished answers I promise to visit this year if you have a local business that applies to me.
Specific questions:
-Over NYE week, can’t recall if technically 2019 or 2020, a lady at Mandalay Bay’s MLife center “gave” me $150 in credit to use at a restaurant. Did she deduct that from some invisible account of mine or directly from my rewards credits or how did that work? Was she mad I was staying at Caesars and trying to woo me back over? I spent equally between MGM and Caesars properties. I MUCH prefer MGM hotels’ styles and designs, namely Delano, Vdara, Aria, Bellagio is traditional but gorgeous… but one year I did more gambling at Caesars just to see what might happen and the room offers were MUCH better. While not a perfect experiment with a control group, I believe the amount spent was equal to my previous year at MGM properties. I also like how Caesar’s tells you directly all of the benefits for each tier hit, MGM either gives less or is more under wraps about the true benefits? I can go next week and easily hit Caesar’s Diamond by taking advantage of their 5x Tier Credits promo for slot and table spending. I estimate it will cost less than $1000 since already at Platinum. But I am also more than halfway to MLife Gold.
Caesar’s Platimum promises no resort fees which is EVERYTHING, 2 nights in Dubai if I fly myself there, which I could, a $100 dinner, some line skipping which is silly but considering how unstaffed some of their areas are, this may actually have some value, and laurel lounge access (though with all my gambling I still don’t have THAT many credits so I don’t know if you can also use cash to get in?), a free stay at Atlantis in the Bahamas, I used to work cruise ships so this doesn’t thrill me but hey…, and a Wyndham tier status match which would be nice… as well as useless discounts and free parking which now everyone gets. And then “1 free night in Las Vegas or Atlantic City for every 5,000 Tier Credits earned in 2020, up to 7 nights” which I have no idea if I have used or not… did my free 2 bathroom suite stay over NYE count as part of these 7 and was that from this year or last year or a combo?
MLife Gold promises discounts, room upgrades subject to availability, which could mean anything, and some line skipping. Meh???
Why the big differences/disparity?
Also…
When I get comped room nights, are those coming out of some database under my account or are they linked to something, and if so, what? Money spent? Or just tier status? Is it a secret? Do the rooms work like money too… i.e. if I take 3 free nights in an amazing suite will I get no more offers or I can take 20 days in a “less ideal” room i.e. Luxor pyramid / Bally’s?
And how do I know those are, or aren’t, coming out of my free rooms earned bank from above in regards to being Caesar’s Diamond?
Lastly…
I’ve also never used any “Gift” Points, are those really actually worth anything legit and worth going back to Vegas in NovembeDecember for?
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The world's best heisters and conmen run the ultimate gauntlet. Who wins?

Several of the world's best heisters and conmen are competing for the title. To win they must perform a series of heists successfully. Whoever manages to get farther or perform the best in the heists (not be detected or caught later, steal the most, do it cheaper, etc) wins. The teams are:
The teams are all acting independently in their own dimensions and don't have to worry about eachother. These are the targets:
1) The crews must steal the money in the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas.
2) The target is the Declaration of Independence kept in the National Archives.
3) The crown jewels of england, kept in the tower of London.
4) The heisters attempt to steal Batman's suit from the batcave.
5) The heisters attempt to steal data from Batman's computer. But Batman knows someone is coming to steal something from him.
6) All or a substantial amount of the gold in Fort Knox.
7) The gold in Scrooge McDuck's coffers must be stolen.
8) The crews are transported to the Fallout world and must rob 3 New Vegas strip casinos.
9) They must steal the newest Lext Luthor superweapon, kept in a high security vault at Lexcorp.
So, can they do it? Who gets farther?
Bonus round: The teams are all competing at the same time for these heists and can interfere with each other and steal from each other. Does this change the result?
Bonus bonus round: The teams are all cooperating to pull off one mega heist! What's the hardest or most valuable thing they could steal?
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What to consider earlier than playing on line casino poker

those don't have any concept what they are approximately to walk into. Down right here to have a great time, they discern 'why not supply poker a try?' in any case, how special can it be from the house sport they have played their whole lives?"
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For most people, our first poker enjoy was nowhere near a casino. Both we learned from friends or own family contributors in domestic games, or we plugged into the online poker craze. Nonetheless, the idea of playing poker in an real brick and mortar (b&m) on line casino, with all of the attendant points of interest and sounds, is very tempting for most. So what do you need to recognize while moving your home or on line abilties to casino play? There are numerous differences among on line and b&m play, but two factors you can without delay want to take into account are tells and casino kind.
1. Tells
The principle issue the general public have when shifting from online to b&m play regards tells. A tell is a physical movement a player plays which can supply combatants a clue to his hand, inclusive of placing a hand to the face while bluffing.
On line, on account that your fighters can not see you, bodily tells are not really problem (there are online tells, however that is past the scope of this newsletter). In reality, one famous poker room has an advertising campaign where they invite those gamers who've a "bad poker face" to sign up for, for the reason that nobody can see your face on-line. Inside the film "rounders," quoted at the start of this newsletter, the villain is undone by using the way wherein he handles an oreo cookie depending on whether or now not he has a huge hand.
In fact, tells are not often this extreme. Maximum of the time when you play in a casino, in particular a "tourist" on line casino (see following), your warring parties are a whole lot more worried with what they're conserving than what you are.
Even when an opponent scrutinizes you, staring you down at the same time as thinking of a call, they are commonly simply considering how lots they like their own hand. Actual inform-spotting calls for long, cautious remark of a player's inclinations; you are now not possibly to give a great deal away on an man or woman hand.
Experts like to present the affect that they can just appearance right into your soul and recognise what you are retaining, however there may be loads extra to it than that. If you're really concerned you could buy a pair of reflective sunglasses to put on so no person can see your eyes. You can additionally usually wait a predetermined quantity of time (5 or ten seconds) earlier than acting whether your hand is powerful or now not so robust and choose a predetermined spot on the desk to stare at even as looking forward to a person to respond for your action.
2. Kinds of online casino
All casinos are not created same. Ten years in the past, before the explosion in poker popularity, maximum casinos did no longer have a poker room at all, or at pleasant, a small phase of the blackjack floor partitioned away in which or 3 $1 to $2 restriction games would possibly take location.
Manifestly, matters are one of a kind now, however there are nonetheless incredibly unique forms of casinos wherein one may play poker. The first is a card membership. Those are maximum normally observed in locations like california, wherein poker as a recreation of talent is legal, but a few other playing games aren't. Even though they have multiplied to different video games, those clubs are on the whole designed to play poker.
As such, you are probably to locate the most skilled poker gamers right here, despite the fact that no longer necessarily the most powerful and they have their share of vacationers as nicely. The more not unusual sort of casino is a las vegas style casino. These casinos have made fortunes on blackjack, slot machines and roulette and did no longer certainly awareness on poker inside the beyond as it is not a big cash maker for the on line casino.
In contrast to the alternative video games, that are towards the residence (the on line casino) and are based in order that the residence usually wins in the long run, poker is a recreation wherein the on line casino handiest makes cash through taking a percentage of every pot (referred to as "the rake," normally no more than $four a pot) for themselves. Despite the fact that now rare, some casinos take "time" rather than a rake, which means every 1/2 hour a representative of the casino comes round and collects a predetermined amount of money from every player in the game.
Of those las vegas style casinos, you may find what i consider as poker casinos vs. Tourist casinos. A poker casino is one that has constantly had poker as a part of its draw. Those consist of the bellagio and the mirage in las vegas and the taj mahal and borgata in atlantic town. A tourist casino is one of the aforementioned casinos that did now not have poker in any respect until the recent increase made it worthwhile as a draw to get gamers into their casino. Of path each of those kinds of casinos cater to travelers, but the poker casinos are where you are much more likely to locate specialists. Which of those types is extra for your taste is for the person to determine.
The maximum important issue to bear in mind is that whether it's online or inside the casino, poker is poker. Play a clever recreation and you have to rake within the chips, whether or not they're digital or product of clay.
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Has anybody ever seen this at a poker table?

I was in Las Vegas with some friends this past weekend, and ended up playing a 13-hour session of $1/$3 no limit at the Bellagio on Saturday night/Sunday morning. I'll try to keep this as brief as possible, but the hand in question went as follows:
I was in Seat #1, on the button. My stack was about $1,800, which was at least 3 times that of anybody else at the table. On a side, but somewhat relevant note, it was approximately 2 AM, and I had been drinking a lot more than I normally do when I play, though it hadn't affected my play much.
Seat #2 (Small Blind) was the short stack, with about $60.
Seat #9 had been playing for about an hour, and playing terribly. He was constantly chasing terrible draws, and only still had chips because he had caught a couple of miracle rivers. I believed his stack was around $200, but the dealer was blocking my view, so I wasn't certain.
Anyway, I had AhQh. After a few limpers, I raised to $25 pre-flop. SB pushed all-in for $60. Seat 9 called. I called, as well. The flop came 2h3hQc. Seat 9 bet $30, and I announced that I was all-in, confident that I was well-ahead. As I was pushing my stack out, Seat 9 called, and pushed his chips in, as well. Before the dealer could deal the turn, the guy in Seat 3 shouted that he had just seen Seat 9 pull chips from his pocket. Sure enough, Seat 9's stack now contained two $100 chips I had not noticed, meaning my bet was for effectively 3 times as much as I thought I was risking. The dealer asked if anybody else had seen Seat 9 add chips from his pocket, and a few people said that although they hadn't seen him add chips to his stack mid-hand, they also didn't remember him having any $100 chips.
The dealer called the floor manager over to the table. The floor manager asked Seat 9 if he had added chips to his stack mid-hand, and Seat 9 mumbled some gibberish, acting like he didn't understand what anybody was talking about. He eventually denied doing so, but Seat 3 was adamant about what he had seen, and I believed him. I asked the manager if the video of the hand could be reviewed, and he said that it could, but it would likely take an hour or more. I don't know whether that was true, or whether he just didn't want to have to deal with the hassle. He said we could either stop the hand and wait for the tape to be looked at, or continue to play. It was an awkward spot for me (compounded by my somewhat-intoxicated state), as I didn't want to inconvenience everybody else at the table, plus I was confident that I was well ahead in the hand, though I was somewhat concerned Seat 9 might have flopped a set. I asked the floor manager if we could play out the hand and still have the tape reviewed, and his answer was non-committal.
I basically decided "fuck it, let's just play," and allowed the hand to be completed without further protest. Everybody turned over their hands, and SB had AsKd, while Seat 9 had QsJh. A blank came on the turn, and Kc hit on the river. BB won the main pot for just under $200, and I won the side pot for just under $600. Seat 9 immediately got up and walked out of the room.
Had I been more sober or if a higher percentage of my chip stack had been at risk in the hand, I likely would have demanded that the hand be stopped until the tape was reviewed. As it was, the guy adding chips to his stack after I announced all-in ended up being nicely profitable for me, so I didn't say another word about it to the dealer or floor manager. Sorry this story ended up being so long-winded, but has anybody else ever seen somebody try to sneak extra chips into their stacks in the middle of a hand?
TL;DR: I pushed all-in and a guy apparently pulled two $100 chips from his pocket and added them to his stack before calling me.

*edit: As has been pointed out in the comments, the game was $1/$3 no-limit. Original post had typo stating $1/$2.
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Gunshots downtown right now?

My sister is downtown hearing gunshots running for her life and there is no news coverage what the fuck is going on down there
ROUTE 91 HARVEST FESTIVAL
A video of the concert being interrupted by gunshots.
9:34AM 10/2/2017 MOVING EDITS UP HERE TO THE TOP.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A LOVED ONE: 1-866-535-5654 FAMILY REUNIFICATION CENTER: Metro Headquarters at 400 South MLK Blvd Building B
Donate blood at United Blood Services at 6930 W Charleston or 601 Whitney Ranch Dr. PLEASE DONATE BLOOD.
Confirmed info: One shooter , 64 year old man , shot from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay into the festival. He then turned the gun on himself after 10-15 minutes of shooting. He has 8-10+ rifles in the room with him. Man is from Mesquite (not Las Vegas) , Nevada , and is said to have operated alone.
The alleged man with a rifle walking in the Bellagio employee entrance was CONFIRMED TRUE, it was a good Samaritan, trying to help, in the least helpful way. The man just had his guns on him , and took of to try and save lives. The thoughts were right, the process was not.
Reports of gunfire from anywhere BUT the Mandalay Bay are false, all shots originated from the Mandalay. Again: Shooter acted alone, and it is believed his girlfriend was not involved.
As of right now, 9:39am the casualties are 58 people killed, and 500+ injured, in the deadliest Mass Shooting in American history. There are plenty of videos of the gunfire, before during and after, however I do not feel the need to keep linking them here.
Thank you everyone for your thoughts, prayers and compliments. I do not see myself a hero im just a 19 year old kid he needed his sister alive and home, though there were many REAL heroes on the strip last night, people assisting in loading the injured to hospitals, officers and LVMPD and LVPD came together to neutralize any threats, and save as many people as we could. This is a tragic day I will certainly never forget, and I urge everyone to fully read my live edits below, as even now as I look back through them, it still scares me to relive the panic I was in trying to locate my sister.
I might reiterate my story and my sisters below, but don't count on it yet. There is a lot more to her story and I'm not fully willing to ask her if I can tell the whole world about it.
Lastly, I'd like to comment on my lack of confirm able information: Anything I said was "CONFIRMED" was information I was hearing off the Police Scanner, or information off the news. Much of this was later unconfirmed, but during the live events I felt it was best to be posting ALL information from the event so that if anything was true, people would know where NOT to go. The Rifleman in Bellagio was true, and I didn't want anyone running there, even though the guy wasn't involved. I was doing my best to condense as much information as I could, and i was not totally accurate. To those saying: "don't post the live details of police" I really don't think if you're the shooter(s) in this event, the first thing you're doing is updating Reddit, but if youre being shot at, you might be checking Reddit for a "what the fuck where do i go whats going on" update.
( First gun shots were 10:08 PM. I believe this post was at 10:11 PM, it was posted before officers arrived, and before there was anything on the Scanners. First EDIT was around 10:17 or 10:18, and the edits there after were about a minute apart until the 10:29 Edit where i started using Timestamps. )
EDIT: SAYING IN MANDALAY HOTEL ROOM SHOOTING DOWN
EDIT: SISTER SAYING GUNSHOTS HAVE SLOWED/STOPPED.
EDIT: POLICE SCANNER SAYING MULTIPLE DOWN/DEAD. FOX5 REPORTING ACTIVE SHOOTER.
32nd FLOOR MANADLAY SECURITY GUARD SHOT.
32ND FLOOR OF MANDALAY OF POLICE SCANNER 29-32ND FLOORS
10:29 : POLICE SCANNER 2-4 SHOOTERS SOME OFFICERS PINNED DOWN
10:30 MY SISTER SAYS A TRUCK RAN THRU THE AIRPORT GATE SHE IS NOW ON THE TARP RUNNING TO SUNRISE HOSPITAL AT THE AIRPORT
10:31 POLICE SCANNER TALKING PEOPLE RUNNING THRU MCARREN ON THE RUNWAY (my FUCKING SISTER)
10:32 POLICE SCANNER TRUCKS LOADING PEOPLE INJURED TO HOSPITAL. BLACK CHEVY??
10:34 WHY THE FUCK ISNT THE NEWW COVERING THIS
10:35 POLICE AT CONVENTION CENTER MOVING TO FIRST FLOOR
10:35 FOX NEWS SHOWS FUCK TON AMBULANXES AND POLICE. POSSIBKE ACTIVE SHOOTER. POSSIBLE MULTIPLE FATALITIES
10:35 VEGAS BLVD CLOSED.
10:38 POLICE SCANNER SYAS NO SHOTS 10-15 MINUTES
10:40 FOX 5 CONFIRMED 1 ACTIVE SHOOTER, UNCONFIRMED 2+ SHOOTERS
10:42 MOTEL 6 ON TROP OLDER WHITE MALE WENT INTO MOBILE HOME TROPICANA MOTEL 6 STAY AWAY
COBALT AND TROPICANA WHITE RV WHITE MALE WITH A BLACK BAG
10:45 NORTHERN MOST ROOM OF 32ND ROOM MANDALAY BAY
10:47 SCANNER SAYS TWO SCENES. INJURED PERSONEL
10:49 RENO AND TROP
10:51 NSFW VIDEO SOUND OF THE SHOTS https://youtu.be/bobkg9-hGtE
10:53 CONFIRM TWO SHOOTING MANADALAY AND PARKIGN GARAGE??
10:55 NO GUNSHOTS AT LUXOR CONFIRMED.
MY SISTER IS AT THE AIRPORT
10:56 SCANNER KEEPS COMFIRMING MANY SHOT MANY INJURED
10:59 at least 8 critical injuries on scanner in last T minutes. Many going to Sunrise Hospital
11:00 2 LOCATIONS CONFIRMED AT MANDALAY BAY AND ALI BABA
11:02 so many injuries being confirmed on the scanner.
11:03 FOX5 News says All clubs are closed and locked down. My sister is MGM employee her boss says ALL MGM properties ( all the strip really ) is on LOCKDOWN. STAY SAFE PLEASE
11:05 scanner just said 3 shooters UNCONFIRMED. HACIENDA AND TROP/ VEGAS ?? Has bodies / shooters. Not sure when last shots were fired. Tropicana Offramp Is CLOSED
11:06 so many fucking injuries being reported. SCanner says multiple 419's? Scanner saying DO NOT WORRY ABOUT INJURED, NEUTRALIZE THREAT.
WHITE CAR DRIVING DOWN VEGAS TOWARS MANDALAY
11:07 OFFICERS OUTSIDE ALLEGED SHOOTER ROOM AT MANDALAY. SO MANY INJURED BEING REPORTED.
11:09 FOX JUSTSHOWED VIDEO OF THENSHOTS. LIKE 80 SHOTS FIRED, PROBABLY RELOADED TWICE , SOUNDED AUTOMATIC
11:11 VIDEO BEFORE AND DURING SHOOTING HOLY SHIT. https://twitter.com/davidsakach/status/914730995147870208
11:13 NYNY SHOOTER IS HEADING TO THE EXCALIBUR
11:13 my sister saying airport feeling unsafe maybe more gunmen fuck fuck fuck
11:15 HEARING MORE SHOTS MORE SHOOTERS MANDALAY BAY. ALI BARA. NYNY GOING TO EXCALIBUR.
11:16 BLACK DUALIE POSSIBLE CHEVY RIPPED OUT OF EXCALIBUR. PLEASE BE SAFE GUYS
11:17 SAYING LUXOR
I AM READING ALL COMMENTS AND ADDING TOCTHOS PLEASE KEEP COMMENTING HELP ME KEEP PEOPLE SAFE
11:19 KEEP SAYING MORE SHOOTERS PLEASE BE SAFE
11:20 TROPICANA
11:22 STRIKE TEAMS CLEARING MANDALAY 32 29 and CASINO FLOORS. Teams on starwells
11:24 UNCONFIRMED SUSPEDT DOWN MANDALAY BAY
11:25 WHITE RV ON SCANNER AGAIN
11:26 REDDIT LIVE THREAD IS UP BUT IM STILL UPDATING POLICE SCANNER AND MY FUCKING SISTER
11:26 MANY CALLS FOR MEDICAL STILL
11:28 ONE SHOOTER FOUND DEAD MANDALAY ?? FOUND ??
11:30 IM LOSING SCANNER. GOING FROM COMMENTS FOR NOW.
SISTER MOVING FURTHER INTO AIRPORT.
NEWS KEEPS SAYING ONE SHOOTER BUT SCANNER CONFIRMING WAY MORE
11:34 UNCONFIRMED SHOTS AT PARIS. MEDICS BEING SHOT AT TROPICANA.
11:37 CAESAR AND BELLAGIO MAYBE
11:39 SHOTS CONFIRMED EVERYWHERE. ALSO COMFIRMED NO SHOTS ANYWHERE.
CHAOS PEOPLE. ITS CHAOS. ASSUME SHOTS EVERYWHERE STAY SAFE. outside world , assume shots only Mandalay Ali baba and Tropicana. Maybe NYNY and maybe Excalibur
11:41 LOTS OF MISINFO. SCANNER CONFIRM NO SHOTS NYNY BUT SHELTER IN PLACE. NO SHOTS NY NY
11:42 MAN WITH RIFLE ENTERS BELLAGIO. CONFIRMED POLICE SCANNER.
11:44 BELLAGIO EMPLOYEE ENTRANCE RIFLE CONFIRMED.
11:46 I'm hearing way less injury , way more negative gunshots.
11:47 I AM LEAVING I AM GOING TO GET MY FUCKING SISTER. I CAN NO LONGER UPDATE. PLEASE BE SAFE GUYS
Freeways are dead, cops all over. UPDATE 12:15 215 IS CLOSED BY AIRPORT FUCK OP is wlive. Got my sister.
OP is home and safe. One suspect down. Two dead.
1:34 METRO PRESS CONFERENCE. 20+ DEAD. 100+ INJURED. TWO SUSPECTS DEAD ONE DETAINED. ONE POC.
ALL THREATS ARE REPORTED NEUTRALIZED.
My story: sister was 20 ft from the stage, texted us immediately "gunshots." She hid behind a bar, had ricochets hitting the bar, thought shooter was on floor coming closer. She ran out, someone hooked their truck to a fence and pulled it down. She jump through the fence with her boyfriend , and they ran to a private airport thing. Stole a golf cart, got a bunch of people to safety. I left to get her , she made it to just north of McCarran airport , I broke some laws to get there , but pulled in and grabbed my sister her boyfriend , his aunt and 4 other girls piled into my car. One girl was shot in the leg . Dropped the 4 girls off with a friend of theirs at the airport, drove to fire station 19 and dropped his aunt with his uncle there. Drove home , and currently am at home.
That's the jist. I may update more details. I am a 19 year old UNLV student. She is 21.
Thank you everyone for your kind words and helping the information flow. I apologize for inaccuracies throughout the night and I'm just glad it's all over.
Goodnight everyone. See you in class tomorrow !
9:04am : I'm awake now, reading some comments and replying. I've calmed down quite a bit , but what a stressful night. I'll update with any confirmed info I can find
9:34am: Moving edits to the top now.
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White Power Mormon Cult sells Ancestry.com to White Power Trump/Republicunt Blackstone Group. Alongside White Power boosting Facebook they are siphoning up all whakapapa information to use in their Manifest Destiny ideology built on racist, criminal exploitation.

World’s Biggest Landlord Buys World’s Biggest Genealogy Website
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/08/worlds-biggest-landlord-buys-worlds-biggest-genealogy-website/
" 📷Stephen A. Schwarzman (centre), CEO of the Blackstone Group which is purchasing a majority stake in Ancestry.com, sits with President Donald Trump (left) and Chris Liddell (right) at the White House on April 11, 2017. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski, Getty Images)
The Blackstone Group will buy a majority stake in the genealogy website Ancestry.com in a deal worth $US4.7 ($7) billion, according to a press release published Wednesday. Blackstone Group, a private equity firm, is the world’s largest landlord and Ancestry is the world’s largest genealogy website, with over 6 billion records on family history in the U.S. alone. Ancestry also provides DNA testing and has over 18 million DNA test results in its databases.
Ancestry officially operates in over 34 countries around the world, though it’s accessible from pretty much anywhere on the planet. The genealogy website was founded in Utah in 1996 and has over three million paying subscribers with revenue of roughly $US1 ($1) billion a year. The company has expanded into DNA testing in recent years and has partnered with drug companies to share data, raising plenty of eyebrows among privacy activists. The Pentagon has even warned U.S. military personnel against using DNA test kits available from companies like Ancestry and 23andMe.
Blackstone is buying a 75% stake in Ancestry, according to the Financial Times, and owns hundreds of thousands of properties around the world. Blackstone owns both commercial and residential real estate in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and South America, including high-profile hotels like the Bellagio in Las Vegas and the biggest apartment complex in Manhattan. The properties are often owned under countless subsidiary names.
The United Nations issued a report in 2019 accusing Blackstone of “wreaking havoc” with “aggressive evictions” and contributing to the housing crisis that was becoming apparent even before the coronavirus pandemic sent the global economy spiraling. Blackstone made a killing from the 2009 financial crisis, scooping up billions of dollars worth of apartment complexes and single-family homes in the early 2010s.
The CEO and co-founder of Blackstone, billionaire Stephen A. Schwarzman, contributes significant sums of money to the Republican Party and has close ties to the Trump regime, serving on President Trump’s business advisory council in 2017. Schwarzman previously called proposed tax hikes on businesses during the Barack Obama administration, “like when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939,” something that he later apologised for.
The Ancestry deal raises plenty of ethical questions to anyone who’s been paying attention and people are already telegraphing their concerns on social media about the deal. There’s no evidence that Blackstone has purchased Ancestry in an effort to discriminate against tenants based on race or national origin, but it’s not unreasonable to ask if buying a genealogy website will make unethical and illegal behaviour easier in a world where we know that housing discrimination is still rampant — not just in the U.S. but around the world.
U.S. federal housing laws prohibit landlords from discriminating against potential tenants based on race, religion, and national origin, among other categories. But Big Tech companies like Facebook have made it much easier for landlords to do precisely that behind the scenes. Back in 2016, an investigation by ProPublica found that Facebook allowed property owners to target ads based on race, a clear violation of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Facebook called it a technical glitch, but didn’t abolish the practice until 2019 following a slew of lawsuits from civil rights organisations.
For whatever it’s worth, Blackstone says it’s just interested in digital consumer businesses and wants to invest more money into data development for the company.
“We are very excited to partner with Ancestry and its management team. We believe Ancestry has significant runway for further growth as people of all ages and backgrounds become increasingly interested in learning more about their family histories and themselves,” David Kestnbaum, a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone, said in a statement published online.
“We look forward to investing behind further data, functionality, and product development across Ancestry’s market leading platform to continue to provide a differentiated service. Our investment is a prime example of Blackstone’s continued, high-conviction focus on investing in growing, digital consumer businesses, which are resilient in the current environment and beyond.”
Will individual property managers who operate under Blackstone have access to Ancestry’s DNA and genealogy records? Technically, any landlord can already use many of the company’s records today, just as they use commercial background checks and consumer-facing products like Google’s search engine. But it’s perfectly rational to ask seemingly paranoid questions during an increasingly paranoid time.
The U.S. does, after all, currently have a president who was pursued by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1973 for housing discrimination at his rental properties in New York, long before the internet and DNA testing were available to the masses. President Trump and his father used to write a big “C” on the rental applications of Black people. What did the “C” stand for? Coloured.
Editor’s Note: Release dates within this article are based in the U.S., but will be updated with local Australian dates as soon as we know more."
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Fall of Cleveland 14 - Get Lucky by philsrobeighn

Be Tree-bark, a smarty friend in a Californian herd
Uni the Unicorn was on her way to a mythical new place
Didn't tell you it led through miles of desert
Uni is a bitch, no matter how firm and big her teets are
You are going to give baddest special hugs to her when you see her
Suddenly, the last toughy friend in your herd, Oats, points a hoof
"Wook! Wights! Maybe hooman food and wa-wa!"
Head towards the lights
You recognize a tower with human lights going up and down
"Smawty saw Uni come thwough dis! Dat stawt-o-pheawe towah! Dis Was Vegas!"
You have followed Uni!
Reach the outskirts of the city
Take inventory of the herd
"Oats, whewe aww ow mawes?"
Oats looks around too
No mares have survived
"Fwuffy hewd haf no mawes! We die wit no babbehs!"
"Qwiet! We mus find mawes in city!"
"Twee, bawk, how we fin mawes in city wike Was Vegas?"
Turn around, and there are three very pretty mares right in front of you!
They have color in their fluff around their eyes and cheeks
They smell sooooo good, too
"Hewwo big, stwong fwiends! Wan specia hugs?"
A big meanie human behind them growls, "Girls, these are ferals. They don't have money."
"No specia hugs?" you whine
"Sowwy, we onwy giff specia hugs to fwuffies who daddeh gif monneh to owa daddeh."
You think as hard as you can
"How much monneh?"
The man snorts. "For just a fluffy, without a human to pay for one of my ladies here?"
He motions to three human mares with less fluff than most humans, but more pretty
"I'd say thirty-five a piece. Hell, you've got a herd here, so all three for ninety."
"Okay, we get ninety hooman monnies and be back"
The nice big man nearly falls to the ground laughing
You turn to the herd, "We find hooman monies!"
Oats sighs and asks, "But whewe we fin hooman monies in a city wike Was Vegas?"
Suddenly, a man who smells like silly-juice stumbles out of a shiny door
So many pretty lights in there
He drops a white and blue round thing with a triangle on it
Look up, and, sure enough, you are in front of the big triangle with a light coming off the top of it
You remember seeing that when Uni came here!
The man who dropped it was trying to pick it up
Not seeing it, he says "Ah, no biggie' jus a vani-hic-a beeen" and walks off
This is a bean?
You pick it up and try to eat it
Not a bean
A human at the door says "Hey, fluff, give that back, unless you're going to play"
"Pway?" your herd says
"Yeah, that's a chip, it's worth a dollar. You play a game and try to get more."
You puff out your cheeks and demand "Hooman show hewd game! Wan get ninety dowwas!"
"Heh, why not." he says, and leads you inside
Another human comes up and says "What are you doing with these vermin?"
"Hey boss, they have a chip and want to play!"
"Are you serious?"
"Come on, boss, it's just a buck. They're adults for their species. There's no rule saying they can't play."
"I swear, if they shit on the carpet, you're cleaning it with your bare hands."
You say "We gud fwuffs! No make poopies inside!"
"Come on boss! You've given me a great idea! Craps!"
The other human sighs. "Fine. What's the worst that can happen?"
**********
Be the pit manager in the Luxor
After the weirdest night of your life
One of your employees set a fluffy pony down at a craps table
The amused gamblers quickly gave fluffy an explanation on how to be a shooter
You preceded to watch for an hour an a half as a fluffy pony shot craps with all his might
And never miss the damn pass
Not
Even
Fucking
Once
The damn fluffy pony put down an original bet of a dollar
Made it up to $8,000 before you had to call them on the limit
Not counting the hotel room you convinced them to purchase
And the $90 that one sent out for whatever reason
And of course, all the players who love a hot roller
You've paid out quite a bit
Now you've got to explain to your bosses what happened
"Anon," they start "We're not mad at you"
That's good news
"There's a new place out east that's marketing as a theme park for fluffies"
Oh no, don't say it
"After what we saw today, we want to market a casino to fluffies too"
"Of course," says your direct manager, "you will be compensated handsomely for agreeing to manage this"
Maybe it's not that bad
**********
Be Lucky, smarty friend of a herd in Las Vegas
Earlier today you were Tree-bark from California
But now, you have a big human bed for your herd and three new mares
Apparently the man who sold them to you was so surprised he let you keep them
Something about being able to buy a hundred replacements with that money
Now you have a new herd and a new place to stay
New mares and a fluffy-mark of the number seven in red
You give special hugs to one of the new mares as the other fluffies figure out the magic box
And by figure it out, they mean stomp on it until something happens
Uni comes on the magic box
"Dis is Wells Fawgo centah! We in Denvah!" she says
"Wook, smawty, is Uni! She went to Denvah! We go Denvah?"
You instantly feel the good feel at the sight of her beautiful white fur
You collapse and say, "Why botha? We high wollahs."
Thus, fluffies that happen in Vegas stay in Vegas
For a day at least
Next day, try your luck at the Bellagio
Herd drowns in the fountains
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I’m a magician, and I had a run-in with something beyond tricks.

Part 1: How I met Alex

I spent the next few days obsessively searching for answers.
Alexander Chase, the Mirage, the paranormal circus magician, the boy who burned a man alive with nothing more than a snap of his fingers and a ghost of a smile. I had seen so much but I understood so little.
I even began to doubt that what happened at the Mirage Carnival was ever real.
The Internet offered little help. Alex had a Wikipedia page, but the sections on his background and upbringing were blank. He had a sizable following all over the globe, but no one quite seemed to know anything about him beyond his performances. Theories and speculations floated about, but never any answers.
One post on an online forum ranted about how the Mirage Carnival was secretly a cult dedicated to witchcraft and bloody sacrifice. Following the barely understandable ramblings was a poorly Photoshopped picture of a glowing purple pentagram in the circus ring. I rolled my eyes.
Despite my best efforts, the only real information I managed to glean about Alex was that he joined the performance scene about two years ago in June of 2012, with a shorter circus performance accompanied by the same troupe.
He had said that he followed all of my work since the Bellagio escape act, which was in June of 2002, exactly 10 years before the Mirage became known to the world.
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I sighed. I had been in the Internet café for almost two hours with nothing to show for it. The punk rock blasting from the speakers and the kids across the desk wearing bulky headphones and yelling at their screens were starting to make me anxious.
I used my last five minutes to check the ticket sales on my next couple of public shows, then logged out of the computer and got up to leave. The group of kids slammed their fists on the desk and screamed in victory, almost startling me into spilling my paper cup of tea all over the light-up keyboard.

Two weeks passed, and I was beginning to believe that life was back to normal.
I was performing at a lavish corporate party for Gateway Technology, a multi-billion-dollar energy company, alongside numerous other performers and musicians. The well-dressed men and women applauded as I took my handkerchief from my breast pocket, set it alight in a flash of flames, and turned it into a snow-white dove that flapped its wings on my fingertips. Outside the giant curved ceiling-to-floor windows behind me was a sunset over glittering streets.
Of all the venues they could have chosen, the big-shots at Gateway had decided to hold the party in a sky-high lounge on the Las Vegas strip, overlooking the fountains of Bellagio.
When seven o’clock drew near and the partygoers crowded by the windows to watch the fountains start their nightly show, I was approached by a familiar face, an old friend of mine from my big stage days.
“Awesome performance, Bryan,” she said, hefting her giant camera and snapping a photo of me as I put the dove back in its cage. “You’ve still got it after all these years.”
“Thanks. Here to catch the celebrity gossip?”
“You know it. Have you seen Scarlet Fantasia? She’s supposed to be here for the late evening shows. Award-winning Close-up Fantasy act.”
I laughed. “I guess I’m not famous enough for an article anymore, eh?”
“Oh, quit it. You know that’s not what I mean.”
A tall, uniformed security guard came up to us.
“Excuse me,” he said. “Ma’am, are you on the guest list?”
“Um-”
“She’s with me,” I said.
The guard furrowed his brow, scrunching up the speckled red birthmark running down his forehead. “Please include all visitors in the guest log, Mr. Herring.”
“My apologies. Please add Topaz Brooke to the log. She’s a journalist for this event.”
The guard nodded grudgingly and walked off.
“Thanks, Herring. Really saved me there.”
“You weren’t invited?”
“Sometimes I have to stick my nose places. You think my job is all smooth sailing?”
Topaz was a photographer and journalist who specialized in snatching sensational articles on big celebrities and influencers. I first met her after my Bellagio escape act, when she pushed past the crowds to take pictures of me as I walked out of the fountains. I ended up remembering her because she dropped her camera into the water and almost got trampled by the crowds.
“I’m glad I’m here,” she said, as the lights in the room dimmed and the fountains far below lit up with five-hundred-foot spouts of golden mist. “Always a good venue.”
“Reminds you of old times, doesn’t it?”
“More like it reminds me not to be lazy with my camera strap.”
As the fountains rose and fell to the music I couldn’t hear, I thought back to the shining metal cuffs around my wrists and ankles, the fresh confidence I had back then as they locked my cage and sank me into the water. My heart was pounding and my breath ran out quickly, but I was sure that a minute was all I needed. Just as I emerged from the water and stepped onto the acrylic platform they had built for me, the clock hit seven o’clock, Ennio Morricone’s The Ecstasy of Gold played, and the fountains erupted all around me, lit up in a dazzling purple glow.
I watched the spouts down below and imagined myself standing amongst them again.
“You know why they don’t turn on the colored lights anymore?” I asked Topaz.
She frowned. “What do you mean?”
“The lights. They’re just white now. Why don’t they do purple like when I was performing, or some other colors?”
“The fountains only light up in white, Bryan. They probably used one of those giant projectors to add color for your show. It was very exciting. You don’t get to see the projector come out very often.”
I nodded.
Somewhere at the back of my mind, I must have connected the color purple to what happened two weeks prior, because I found myself asking questions again.
“Hey, Topaz.”
“Yeah?”
“You ever do any articles on Alexander Chase?”
“The Mirage,” she exclaimed immediately. “Oh, I wish. I went to so many of his shows trying to net something, anything. But he won’t show himself to anyone when he isn’t performing. He’s invited to everything but shows up to nothing.”
“Ah, I see.”
“Why do you ask?”
“Just curious.”
Topaz narrowed her eyes. “Just curious, eh.”
“What?”
“You’re never ‘curious’ about other celebrities. There’s got to be something more.”
I pretended to roll my eyes, but really I just needed to look away. Topaz loved to play detective, and she had a knack for it too. It seemed to help out in her career and she actually managed to expose quite a few scandalous details about some powerful people, but in a personal conversation I didn’t exactly want her to pry.
The fountain show ended and the lights in the lounge came back up.
“I went to his circus,” I said, trying to cover for myself. “He’s pretty skilled, so I just wanted to know more about him.”
Topaz made an exaggerated “hmm”. Then she laughed.
“Alright, Herring. I won’t pry. I know you don’t like it.”
I began to say something, maybe to defend myself, but the partygoers on the other side of the room cheered and Topaz perked up.
“Scarlet Fantasia,” she said. “She’s here.”
She clutched her camera and bounded off toward the lounge entrance, where a woman in a sparkling red dress and high heels had just entered.
Scarlet Fantasia, the close-up extraordinaire, broke into media a couple of years ago and became an instant star, quickly working her way up to her recent Academy of Magical Arts award. I remembered her from her appearances on TV because she fittingly only wore red dresses, red hats, and red shoes, and because she had a particularly obnoxious laugh that sounded like a dying seagull. Her style seemed far too over-the-top for me, but I supposed I couldn’t talk when she was a main attraction and I’d become a sideshow.
I stayed by the windows and sipped on a glass of wine as the crowd cheered and Fantasia began her performance.

“Don’t you think she’s amazing?” Topaz gushed as she packed up her equipment and I gathered my props.
“I suppose her skills speak for themselves.”
“No, no. The whole neuroscience thing. Researcher by day, performer by night, a master's degree and a conference award to match her AMA award. Don’t you know?”
“I didn’t.”
“She’s real talent, Bryan. She still publishes papers with the NNI and NSF once in a while.”
“That’s very impressive.”
“What, are you jealous?”
“No, not at all.”
We walked out the exit of the lounge, passing by the tall guard with the birthmark.
“Thanks again,” Topaz chirped. The guard nodded.
“Anyway, Fantasia is actually one of those... pet projects of mine,” she continued. “Can’t go into details, of course, but I’m sure she’s got some real juicy-”
At that moment, we brushed past another party guest, and Topaz turned away from me and began talking into the wall next to her.
“-stuff going on behind the scenes. Something in her research career.”
At first I thought she was simply looking at something on the wall, but she kept talking as if the wall had suddenly become Bryan Herring.
“Topaz?”
She didn’t stop talking.
I tapped her shoulder. She didn’t look.
A chill went down my spine.
I looked back the way we came. Standing at the end of the hallway was the other guest we had walked past. He was small and lean, dressed in a purple dress shirt and black vest, with a deep violet rose pinned to his lapel.
I stopped. Topaz kept walking and talking, all the way down the hall to the elevator.
The young man in purple smiled thinly.
“Alex?”
“Hello, Bryan.”

Alex led me to a private meeting room with a coffee table. As I entered behind him, the door swung closed and I heard the click of a lock.
“What are you doing here?” I asked as he sat down across from me.
“I was invited, just like you,” he said.
“But… you’re invited to everything, and you show up to nothing. That’s what Topaz said.”
Alex smiled. “And I won’t be showing up today, either. I came to see you, Bryan.”
“Me?”
“This is where you inspired me,” Alex said. “Twelve years ago, down by the fountains.”
His eyes sparkled in the way that they had at the Mirage Carnival, when he had laid his hands on the severed crate and breathed in the silence tinged with the scent of blood.
Nothing that he said was threatening in any way, but I found myself eyeing the door.
Alex traced the tip of his finger along his armrest, and the lights in the room flickered and dimmed. Every room in the building seemed to make the best of the view, and through the ceiling-to-floor window adorned with heavy maroon drapes, I could once again see the fountains at work.
Alex stood up and walked to stand by the window, watching the lights fade in and out. After a moment of hesitation, I joined him.
“That day, at the top of the hour, everyone was holding their breath and waiting,” he said quietly. “All at once. The crowds upon crowds of people, just waiting for you. I will always remember that.”
I nodded.
In the silence, I could hear an echo of the music that accompanied the show, layered with distant sounds of the city far below. It was The Ecstasy of Gold.
“Did you do that?” I asked.
Alex smiled and put a finger to his lips. “Listen.”
We watched in silence until the show ended and the white-gold mist stilled in the night.
“I was there,” Alex said. “Among the people. Lost and confused and alone. I had never seen the fountains before, and I had never seen such beautiful magic as I did that evening.”
I stole a sideways glance at Alex. His eyes were the same vivid purple, and in the city lights his smile was soft.
I struggled to remember what he had looked like as he watched the armored man burn to death.
I had a million questions.
“Alex-”
High heels clicked down the marble hallway outside. Several more pairs of footsteps followed. Alex tensed.
“Hide,” he said. “They’re here.”
“What?”
Alex pushed me back against the window. Then, he produced something small and shiny from his pocket and stabbed it deep into my chest.
I choked. The sensation was cold like steel. I scrambled Alex’s hand off my chest and stared down at the spot where I had felt the thing pierce my flesh, but there was nothing there. Not even a tear in my shirt.
“Alex, what-”
“Silence,” he hissed. “And be still.”
He flicked his hand, and the velvet ribbons holding the drapes at either side of the window came undone. The heavy curtain fell into place, concealing me behind them just as the footsteps reached the door.
I stood frozen, staring into the maroon velvet of the curtain that smelled like an old coat closet. Then I heard the door unlock and open.
“Alexander Chase,” a vaguely familiar voice said, trailing the clicking of high heels. “The Mirage, none other. Can I enter?”
“You already have,” Alex said. His tone was dark, a complete one-eighty. I felt goosebumps spread down my arms.
“Indeed,” the voice said. “And you must know why I’m here?”
“Because all you do is interrupt and intervene.”
“Oh, please. It’s time to stop playing your games. I’m here to take you back, Alex.”
The way she said his name, it was almost as if she would rather call him something else.
“You’re welcome to try,” Alex said.
A tense silence hung in the air. Then the woman sighed.
“Security found the Gateway CFO dead in the parking lot.”
Alex didn’t say anything.
“Painted onto the pavement like he had a hundred-story fall. They found third-degree burns inside his empty eye sockets. Alex, do you know what humans call people like you?”
“Magicians,” he said quietly.
“No,” the woman said. “They call people like you murderers. Serial killers. Psychopaths. Are you aware of these words?”
“Don’t patronize me. I have lived here longer than you have.”
“And yet how will you ever belong when you have killed hundreds of people?”
My mind was reeling. I was covered in cold sweat. It took me all my willpower not to make a sound.
Whoever was at the doorway, there was an entire army of people behind her, shuffling their heavy boots in the hall.
“You are a traitor,” Alex said in a low voice. “Leave, before I make you.”
The woman in the room laughed. Her laughter was high-pitched and grating, like someone was slowly strangling a seagull.
Scarlet Fantasia.
“Oh, Alex,” Fantasia said. “You know you could never shake me off your bloody trail. If you think you know pain, you have never once thought about what you’ve done to your victims.”
Something began to push on the drapes, slowly making me inch back towards the window.
“And you have never once thought about what they have done to you.” Alex’s voice was very close, like he was leaning back against me. “To us. Look at you, mutilated just to look like one of them.”
Alex kept pressing into the drapes, pushing me backwards.
“It was a sacrifice,” Fantasia said.
I waited for my back to press against the glass of the window, but it never did.
Alex laughed softly and leaned his weight onto me, pushing me out the window into the open air, the glass rippling as my body passed through it like it was made of smoke.
“Sacrifice,” I heard Alex say from the other side of the window as I felt my feet tip over the ledge. The ever-present smile lingered in his voice.
Then I was in free fall into the glittering city far, far below.
I wish I could say I thought of all the beautiful things in life in those seconds before I hit the ground, or that my life flashed before my eyes and I made peace with myself.
But truthfully, my mind was completely blank as the lights of the Las Vegas strip spiraled up at me at breakneck speed, closer and closer and closer, the desert wind screaming past my ears alongside the distant sound of police sirens. I saw the pavement where I would land, hard unyielding asphalt.
Perhaps I thought about death.
Then, a fraction of a second before the ground came up to meet me, starting at my toes and flashing up to the top of my head, I felt my body burst into thousands and thousands of pieces.
Small, thin, fluttering pieces.
The last thing I saw before my eyes dissolved too was a cloud of purple rose petals swirling into the air.

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