We completed our work back in Lawrenceburg and headed out to Iowa. Thinking it was a long drive, we figured on stopping about halfway in Peoria and completing the journey after a brief respite in some Peoria night stop. Thanks to the beauty of AT&T's 3G we found some highly rated Lamb Chops at Jim's Steakhouse in Peoria which we thought a grand reward for successful completion of the Tri-State Poker event. They were delicious and the place was old time luxury in the basement of a bunch of downtown Peoria law offices. Onthe Internet, Barry found the Par-a-Dice Hotel and Casino just off the highway and found it had a Poker Room, so without checking in, we checked out the Poker Room. There were two tables playing $1-$2 No Limit Hold'em and a tournament was starting up in a while which would draw more players. Rather than napping, we played for a few hours. We lost, but it wasn't due to being tired. Just some unfortunate cards. Twice I flopped a hidden three-of-a-kind top set and after all the money went in my opponent had made a hand and the board just wouldn't pair for me. Once versus a straight, the second time versus a flush.
The Floor Supervisor checked the hotel and found that it was full. Oops. All the surrounding hotels were full. We needed to drive about a half hour toward our destination in order to find a Sleep Inn along the way with available rooms. By the time we got there Barry was napping and I was feeling good so I drove a couple hours, then Barry woke up and drove a few hours while I napped, and back to me about 70 miles from Omaha and onto the hotel. We called and they said an early check-in would be no charge because they had rooms ready, so we were all set.
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