My stint at The Earle will end on New Year's Eve. Their business spikes around the holidays, then settles into a winter trough during which they won't need extra bodies clamoring for hours. This was my deal with them from the beginning, it isn't some weird shafting. Still, it's perversely tempting to not show up on New Year's. Basically they've paid me for a month just so I would be trained up for that one night. But I wouldn't do that.
So in less than a week I will be jobless in actuality again (not just jobless at heart). Would you believe I have something else lined up?
I have an old friend from playing chess in Michigan who makes his living as a gambler. I've signed on as his poker intern. So far that means a 10% free roll at the Detroit casino (he fronts all the money; I don't pay anything if I lose; I get 10% of my winnings). But if everything goes well I will go to Nice, France for a few months, where he plays in a fairly high stakes game.
At first I wasn't sure about this plan, but then I started thinking about things I want to do: play games, learn a language, eat good food. And I thought I would be crazy to pass up a free trip to France to play cards.
And it felt pretty good to walk into the casino with a thousand dollars in twenties in my pocket. And I swear after I won a $500 pot the 40-ish drink server started trying to take me home.
One thing is for certain: if it works out, it will make for incredible blogging.
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3 comments:
Now you just have to take up smoking. Otherwise, you were born for this gig.
Yes yes yes yes this rules! Happy new year too, sorry I missed your call last night but I'm in NYC and it was like an hour till I could actually receive calls. I guess there are some people here or something.
you could probably get a job at the firefly. i hear they are hiring :)
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