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mrbaseball
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2yr agoRIP Mirage. When I was in town a week ago I made a special note to walk through for the memories. Mirage was my mecca back when I first started poker in the late 90's. It saddened me when poker died there. I used to stay there all the time.
Here are 3 pictures from the same vantage point over 20 years. 2004. 2014, and last week.
2004
2014
2024
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DogFace
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2yr agoMy most salient Mirage memory is from a few years ago. I hadn't spent much time in the property, so was just strolling around one afternoon, checking out the lay of the land. I wander into a little shopping area in the rear, where I discover a sports memorabilia store with a sandwich board sign out front: "Meet baseball star Pete Rose!" I glance inside. Sure enough, there's baseball's all-time hits leader. One of the most famous sportsmen of his era is just sitting right there on a little stool a few yards away from me, patiently waiting for fans to get their memorabilia signed.
Except there are no fans. There's no line at all. It's just Pete Rose sitting there all alone, waiting.
Big-time Ozymandias moment. Fame is fleeting. You can be the biggest thing in the world right now. In a few years, nobody will care.
Seems like a fitting tale for Vegas, a town that is always tearing itself down to build something newer and better in its place....
Videopro
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2yr agoThey used to run sit-n-gos in there, really liked those. Then later on the LHE.
I've never seen the volcano kick off in person, only from the middle. I don't have the patience to wait for it.
When I was a newb a mutual friend introduced me to Sklansky, Malmuth and the Brunsons. Mirage was their room of choice until the Bellagio opened. Todd Brunson and Jenifer Harmon would let me sit behind them and watch their play at 200-400 and higher. It was my home for 10-20 and 20-40 for quite a while.
Played a couple $100 SnGs with Jerry Buss in the game. He was tough even in low limits.
In the early '90s I was playing during the CES Convention and Bill Gates sat in a $3-6 limit game. Got on the list for that table but nobody budged while he was there....
