Jim in Vegas

Okay..Jim's made it to vegas but his hotel's internet isn't working right now. I'll keep you updated throughout his trip here.

awesome, thanks

Hi Guys,
Flights went well, just got the internet access set up now. I am dead tired here at the moment. Might not be till tomorrow evening I get a chance to update. I'm going to get some sleep here Event 52 starts in a little over 7 hours. I don't play many hands level one so the plan will be to get on the shuttle and show up like 15 minutes late.. this is not because of short rest but was kind of my plan all along. I like coming in after the tables already settled down..

will be in touch soon - I love it out here BTW.

DrSliq thanks for posting this for me, wish you were here buddy - we have to look into buying a house near here soon.

Aidan Demetre paid me $415, me and Martin went to pay him $135 we owed him and he said nope I owe you guys, (as in me and you) umm hang on did some math i didn't pay attention to and handed me $415 so like $550 i guess is what he paid.

Jim threw me a call and this is what I got out of our quick conversation:

Event 52 started out well, in level 2 he was able to hit a high point of 6,000 in chips. Later in the level he had to make a big fold when holding pocket kings and an ace hit the flop. Another hand he hit a set with pocket 3's, but the turn and river paired the board twice and had to make a fold to a large bet on the river.

Level 3 is about to start and Jim has 3,800 in chips with blinds at 100/200.

Jim busted in round three when he pushed all in on the button for around 3k in chips after weak/loose player raised from middle position, the player insta called and jim showed Ace Queen suited and was against Ace Queen off suit. His opponent ended up making a flush after three hearts fell on the flop and rivered the 4th one.

Thanks Aidan for posting the updates:

The day started off great today I got there about 25 minutes into the day which was the plan, and in another 20 minutes time was up to double my starting chip stack.

I had a cold couple rounds and spent a lot of time watching the other players. I wish the deck would of stayed cold though because I started picking up a lot of hands at the wrong time.

There was a younger guy moved to my table - no idea who he was but PokerNews chatted with him a lot of the time and I saw him outside talking earlier to Raymond Rahme. If he was not sitting all the way accross the table I would of asked who he was but never got a chance.

In mid position I got pocket 3's and my table was not letting many people limp.. this player I mentioned about was on the button and the big stack and most agressive player at the table was in the BB. I raised to 250, 2.5 times the big blind - suspect but I had been there an hour and hadn't raised a pot yet and I was pretty sure this would likely got 3 or 4 handed if i didn't get raised out. The button min raised to 500 so the plan didn't work out exact but i had 250 to call and we both had about 5500 chips behind. The flop came KQQ and I checked, he checked - this made me suspicious he could have JJ TT or something but the check was just odd considering he raised and I checked to him. The turn gave me 3's full and my though was - He probably slow played that flop. if he has KK I'm in bad shape but he probably has AK or AQ here, could also be playing Aces slow. I decide to bet 750 with the though if he raises I'm going all in here. the river was K and now I'm staring at KKQQ3 with pocket 3's and I don't believe he is weak. I thought for about 30 seconds and decided if I bet here, and he raised I would fold, so I decided to just check. He moved all in - this hand just didn't add up to me. Perhaps I gave to much credit to my initial read that he was checking the flop strong, but I felt the chances were pretty good I was beat here and I could fold still have 4750 chips which was still well on pace and live to find a better spot. This is the only real questionable hand of the day.

Shorty later I was deal KK and AA on back to back hands, both times i raised and it was folded around - disapointing!
I'm back up to 5100 chips or so when things just went bad. Everytime I raised i was 3 bet from here on out. I found myself raising and folding at least 5 times and dropping down to 3875 chips, and was then moved tables. - Wish that table didn't break.

My next table was a nightmare. Filled with all these very tight players who a bunch worked for poker rooms. One I guess was a pro but same never heard of him he was wearing T6 gear. Another a lot of internet pros were hanging out around as they passed by and even Ferguson gave him a nod as he walked by. My friend knows who he is online I'll ask him the name again. The other guys were not pros, they just worked for the rooms - Unibet, Blue Square and Best Poker. I picked up some big hands at this table that had to be folded without putting any money in the pot. On one hand the cutoff raised to 1K, the button went all in, the SB went all in and I look and see QQ in the BB - bad timing ugh fold. hands were A3 button, AA SB, AK BB... A3 got side pot and actually made money because the guy with aces was short stack then trippled up.

I did pick up a few chips on this table - but lost some when i raised to 600 with AQ and the well known internet player reraised 1500 on top from BB and I let it go. I still was decent for most of level 3 with 3500-4000 chips for most of it but when fold myself down to 3225 and knew i needed to make a move before level 4 was up - so during the next hour and 10 min. I had time to wait and it was not urgent yet, but I needed also to start looking for a spot, as i would be in push or fold mode soon enough if i didn't.

This player who had won that pot earlier with A3 was the only weak link at our table. He was wearing a WPT t-shirt and a WSOP hat and was just not all that good. he had sun glasses on and was like a complete stone when he played - the one thing I'll give him is I could not get any read off him.. he was very still no matter what he had.

My chance to make a move came when this mentioned player raised from the SB to 600, I had 2900 behind from the BB and looked and saw AdQd and decided now was the time. I pushed all in and he snap called.. I figured for sure I was beat and stood up after turning over my hand and then when I saw him turn over AQ off suit I sat back down in relief. I stood back up though after the flop was 3 hearts becase he had a heart. The turn was diamond but the river was a heart and just like that I was gone.

Not sure what I'm going to do the rest of the night here. I might go look for a smaller tournament somewhere looking to just get a cash under my belt.

Will update you guys later

Jim has registered to play in the Shoot Out event. He was slightly unsure if he would play when I talked to him yesterday. He just called and said he felt game and the tournament will be starting soon.

I went into Event 52 yesterday with very little sleep. Not sure if it was the anticipation, the excitement of being in Vegas or what it was but the night i got here I had a lot of trouble sleeping.

When I busted out of Event 52 - I was not sure if I was going to play the shoot out because I just felt worn out. I ended up playing an 8:00 tournament at Harras and felt great in it. My reads were really good. I laid down TT on a flop of 227 and was shown pocket jacks. I later made a hero call of an all in on a QQTXX board on the river with AK. I had tanked for a long time on this hand and the table start to get annoyed which irritated me just a little seeing as i am the quickest player to act 90% of the time. It was a sick call because all I could do was chop but i was moved in for my final 8K and there was 15K in the pot and I really had him on AK also which was a chop but KJ was also a posibility and I could beat that. I called and asked if he had AK he showed and I did too and we chopped the pot.

No doubt in my mind I would of cashed in this tournament but it was a super top heavy prize pool. I started thinking around 11PM it was going to take about 5 more hours to pay and figured the payouts were something like 4800 to fist 2000 to second and 800 to 3rd... there were still 55 players left and I couldn't keep my eyes open. I felt good but decided I had $150 vested here and picked up maybe 350 of EV here - but soon realized there was no way I could make it the distance i don't recall being that tired in years. i was actually starting to fall asleep each time I blinked and decided to just get super agressive and build a montain chip stack - at which point i would of left a while to get a real message and some coffee or the more likely scenario to just bust.

The bust came first and the second I got into my hotel I hit the bed and crashed still clothed bed still made an all. I woke up about 6AM super thirsty but still tired. Went to store came back here then slept a five more hours.

I woke up feeling great and like I had a real chance in the shoot out. I got a quick cab over and about 7 minutes before the cards were in the air I had an entry. I went and made a few calls and was in my seat by the second or third hand.

It was a small field in this tournament - fairly pro heavy. The most noteworthy player at my table was David Benyamine. The table over had Cyndy Viollet and on the other side Jimmy Ficke - David Singer, Andy Black, Jerry Yang, Chris Moneymaker, Daniel Negreanu, Raymond Rahme, Vanessa Russo, JC Tran, Mel Juda, Sam Grissel, Men the Master, Tom Shneider, Johnny Chan, JC Tran, Doyle Brunson, Mike Caro are all people I saw either at tables or in hallways but was not sure who was playing what event.

Anyways my day in this tournament was absolutely brutal. The first hour was fine - no one changed chips all that much and I was down about 100 after level one which was no big deal.

Level 2 was a bit brutal as far as not cards - I made a couple plays and stayed about event but towards the end I dropped down in chips when i was checking from BB then it was checked around and on turn i had staight and a flush draw and called a bet. I made the flush but it paired the board and I did not raise i check called more in fear of higher flush, and he had full house. He had made 2 pair on turn and was weak until then.. anyways still fine. i picked up the blinds a couple times with UTG raises with premium hands.

The hand that killed me came at end of Level 2. It was 3 bet - flat called and i looked saw JT suited and decided to take to put in from BB. We went four to flop and the flop was a beutiful JTT.. Anyways to make a long story staight Queen was a draw card and I lost to a player holding QJ. I was crippled down to 875 chips and we went on break.

I came back from break needing to make a move. when the BB reached me again it was raised and 4 way I seen 98 spades and decided I needed to see a flop and hope to get lucky with my stack being so short. JT X on flop and I decided to get my money in. I lead was a raise a flat call - I was commited to river so just raised again - and tossed my final chips in on a turn of T. no help on river and i was out..

Not much I could of done here in this tournament. I felt very good about my play and the boat vs boat just did me in.

I staked Martin for 50% in a $400 tournament and he came through for me with a decent cash - so I still have a bit of a bankroll out here - and am off now to see if I can't make something happen towards having enough to play the Main Event. Not playing sattletites yet - just going to go hit a bunch of daily tournament at various casinos and see how I do.

Off to play one now so I'll update later or tomorrow. I'm feeling great about my poker game right now despite going 0 for 2 in the event. Lets see what happens now..

Talk to you guys soon,
Jim

I'm feeling really good about poker but the clock is ticking here with only tonight and tomorrow left to play. Without a big win I won't be extending my stay any longer.

Last night I took 3rd in a MTT at Harrahs. I love the fact that the prize pool is super top heavy. Over 54% to first - 28% to second.. the rest of the final table gets a few percent with the jumps being very small. if i played this event everyday I know that would work out in my favor - but getting 3rd when second is 4 times the payout really sucks in the short term.

I had gone into the final table of Ten with a considerable chip lead. 50K, 2nd place had 35K which was my Friend Martin and the next biggest stacks were 25K and a seveal in the 20K rangs.

The blinds just got out of control at the final table -
500/1000 to 1000 2000 to 1500 3000 to 2000 4000 to 3000 6000 to 5000 10000 - take about massive jumps.

I went in playing agressive and on 3 raises in the first couple of ratations i had a short stack push all in and I was comitted to the pot. I lost one ahead, lost on behind and won one behind.

After a while I had to change gears a bit because it was clear these guys were not going to let me push them around. I got fortunate enough to pick up a few big hands though.

Then when there were 6 left I still had the chip lead - but was knocked down to 3rd in chips after:

T X X flop I checked and called an all in with AT, opponent tabled AK and i was in great shape but river was a K.

Then I raised from Cut Off with A5 suited - we're 5 handed - I get reraised by short stack and I'm just staring at almost 4 to 1 - I hated it, I wanted to fold but it would of been silly at that point. I called lost to kings and now am 3rd in chips.

She ends up give my chips to the guy in 2nd and now with four to go I'm a full double up short of the 2nd place guy but I still have a decent stack to play with. It never feels just right when you bust one of your best friends deep in a tournament but i sent Martin out on the bubble - I moved in on him on SB and he looked said, "I have to call, Ok Call" and showed AJ to my pocket sevens which held up.

With 3 to go I had 35K chips and it was not even worth counting the other players chips - over 100K and about 70K is a guess. I limped with QJ and the BB checked the flop came KQJ. I min bet, he min raised and tanked for a while and started to think he's calling me with a flush draw a staight draw for sure. this is a big suspect but I decided to call and see if the turn card hit a draw and then I would decide what to do from there. I checked when the turn was a safe four expecting him to fire again at which point I was going all in.. He checked which now I was putting him on a draw - which turned out to be a bad read. The river blanked again and now I though for a bit - could he have the staight all along - I decide to value bet my hand here figuring I am probably best and if he missed his draw what might he pay out. I bet he raised the min. I looked and saw I still had 20K left if I called and i figured if I'm beat I still have enough chips to make a comeback though a long shot. So i opt to just call rather than move in. He shows K4 - which was a bad check by him - he had better two pair he caught - In retrospect we both played this hand really poor.

On the next hand I got 3 way action on my all in with A8 and was against Q8 and A3 - which I did not see till the showdown. the Q hit a player and I was out - i was in good there but to little to late.

I'm not all the sure about my 3 handed play - it was a bit suspect on that hand i had QJ but the end result is that had I not played it poorly I would of busted on that hand and I still had a chance to get all my chips and then some back and be in contention the hand later.

Anyways 3rd place prize money really sucked because building the chip lead though out the early stages I played very well. mucked JJ and TT preflop twice when I was behind. I also had AQ on a flop of Q56 and laid down AQ when it was lead strong - It was a stange situation just instict I guessed but I told this hot dealer - look at what i'm laying down here and she said "its a good fold" i don't think she knew then but w/e.. it was a good fold because the SB had 56 and I busted another player who also had AQ.

I feel really good about my reads right now at the table - and a final table and 3rd place finish although it was only a minor boost to bank does a bit for confidence. I'm likely going play that event again tonight - its been running around $4800 for first place. If I can take that down then I think that will be enough to take a serious shot at trying to roll up the $10K for the Main event.

Daniel Negreanu asked me yesterday if i was playing the Main Event and when I told him still working out - he said "well there is always next year" which I read kind of strange - It felt ackward as i'm not the there is always some other time type of person - at the same time it would be foolish of me to spend $10K to buy-in direct right now as thats certainly well out of my active bankroll. if i win the money out here though I can justify it as having $10K extra won't change my life that much.

As far as sattelites - like 20 people I talked to told me they are tougher this year then ever before and the blind structures really suck. A lot of people advised to play cash or use better structed MTT as the sattelite which is pretty much what I'm doing now.

Next year I'll play most of the Non Holdem events and the Main Event for sure - I love it out here this time of the year and going forward each year I'll better prepare and plan on having $40K ish for WSOP buy-ins going forward year to year. I'll probably also start coming out here a week every 6 weeks or so hitting up a bunch of MTTs to get more practice - i love the selection out here and the extra expense of coming here to play is worth it because at foxwoods the tournament stuctures suck - there is not much selection and the rake per tournament is higher. Enough so that it would cover a lot of the trip the extra money I'm used to spending on rake.

Off to go kill some time before tonights tournament

It took me a long time to train my mind to do so, but something I've prided myself on for a few years is playing emotion free poker. I can't even begin to explain how empty I feel at the moment.

I was in Harrah's $150 deepstacks about 4.5 hours into it, there are 15 to go paid the top 9 but all I was focused on was $4900 for first. I have 40K in chips and the blinds are about to raise to 2500/5000 and the average is 57K
UTG tanks for a bit and folds - not sure what that was about - UTG +1 moves all in for 35K - UTG +2 moves all in for pleanty. I look down see KK and without hesitation put it all in. Why dealer is squaring up stacks before we flip UTG says I folded an ace so curious what u guys have. I'm up against AQ and AJ - means one ace left - anyways of course the story ends with the case aces coming on the flop..

I just walked out feeling like total nothingness it sucks -

Sorry for the bad beat story but I'm feeling a little better now. I felt I had a great chance at first if i won that pot and it just sucks to lose to the case card like that. The two big stacks were by far the worst players at the table too - If I had that pot I would of been in great position to take this down. I would of been 3rd of 4th in chips with 14 to go and a LOT of short stacks - like there were a good 4-5 players who would be close to pot committed just by posting there next BB - A lot of under 20K stacks.

Anyways - I feel like I've played so well out here and its just so freaking brutal.. on a positive note - i think Vegas is a freaking gold mine!
I love the top heavy prize pools - Like no tournament here ever pays more than 10% its ussually rounded down and first is ussually in the 45-65% range - which I think suits the good players much much better than online. I'll be curious to see how these games are when the WSOP is not running. I will for sure be planning a trip back in a couple months.. and after a few more times will likely look to purchase a place in close proximity - fly back and forth all the time..

This is for sure the place to be for poker - no question about it. I doubt I'll be making many trips to foxwoods going forward.

Martin left a couple hours ago to catch his flight - There was another tournament starting but could not bring myself to play it. Not sure what i'm going to do now, might just watch some TV. I knew I needed to get right back to my room ASAP after busting out of that tournament with the temptation to go blow off steam at some table game or something else likely to be great if I didn't head staight to the room.

Anyways one day left.

I know I got a TON to learn still, but feeling very confident I will learn it - just a tought beat here tonight... UGH

Again sorry about the bad beat story - I'm kind of just venting here

Oh BTW the only reason I had 40K and I kings against a short stacks aces about 25 min earlier - before that I was around 3rd or 4th in chips with about 20 to go

Nice reports jim, I enjoyed them. I agree vegas is a gold mine and just so much fun. I cant wait to go back. Let me know when your next trip is and maybe we can intersect and play a couple of the same tournies and get a couple of beers.

Did you play any cash games? I thought the limit games were pretty soft although, Im curious how many will be running when the series ends.

I think your fold with the 33 was the right play. That king is such an ugly card that you have to fold. Maybe you could have made some sort of blocking bet but, at that point your stack may not have been healthy enough to do so.


The QJ hand I probably would of pushed or reraised the flop. The min raise by your opponent is just such a weird play it makes it tough to read. Plus your 3 handed so you can usually assume the guy is pretty decent (dont know if you had any kind of read on him), which makes it tougher as good players will sometimes use it with very strong hands.

What were the blinds?

Also with this hand I dislike your flop minbet. I like atleast 3/4 to pot bet and am hoping to get it in on the flop. There are a lot of scare cards that can peel in which you may get pushed off your hand even if you still have the best hand. I dont mind going for a checkraise either although it is more risky as he may check behind. With such a wet flop you can not give him odds to draw.

Still, especially since you are 3-handed and short stacked, I like getting it in on the flop incase he is on a draw. At that point the pot is big enough where I am happy to take it down here. He may have folded to a big raise since his kicker was shit or he very easily calls and busts you.

Also with a short stack I am always raising or folding preflop. Just my thoughts on the hand fwiw.

What time was that Harrahs tourny? Sounds like one I would of liked to play.

Tough beat with the kings. It always sucks to take a beat like that at key moments in a tourny.

And does Martin post here? Just curious.

Not much poker in this post

I am so extremely hung over and tired right now. I extended my trip with the intention of playing poker. July 3rd, I was registered for the tournament when I met this girl in the sportsbook we chatted for like the 45 minutes time I was killing before playing then she gave me her cell # and told me to call when i was done. I spend the first hour of the tournament distracted thinking about if that was for real or not - like maybe she was a hooker or something but would a hooker sit and chat for 45 minutes when they knew i was waiting to play a tournament? Not sure but anyways that was on my mind, and I felt better than 70% sure she was a regular chick - so i decided to play very agressive and then go meet up with her. I pushed all in with AK raced against JJ lost and called her.

Damn no answer. The most amazing thing happens - I get back to imperial and some girl walks staight into me then is like "i did that on purpose" i'm like okay she was obviously drunk but still fun - like 30 minutes later in the bar she starts kissing me - asks if I have a room and i was like you should ask your friend if she thinks you should go to room - I was feeling kind of bad about taking a girl who could hardly stand up - I ended up passing which and was awarded by the alchohol gods for it.

Later that night i met a really nice girl she was super drunk and was rubbing against me all night but would kind of back away when I tried doing all that much. She was cool - is seperated with 3 kids but smoking hot. She is type of girl I could totally be happy even just being friends with and I talked to her the next day when she was not drunk. Probably no chance for anything else but she is someone I'm really glad to have met and i would not have met her had I not passed on the chick before.

The next day i talk to this chick some - I meet another who goes back to my room with me in the morning - which i felt better about because she was from Vegas - but she ends up just falling asleep in my room - lol disapointment.

Later that night I meet another chick but I had no room - everyone was booked for 4th of July so after checking out I had no room again till the 5th.

I then later chilled with yet another girl all night - she was super drunk but told me she gets drunk and does this all time. I kissed her a few times even though I had seen her kissing a couple other people earlier but w/e.. she was really really fun. We gambled all night with my money and like 4 hours into it were were up a few hundred - I put back in my pocket what we had started with and told her that this is what we made so far and anything left of it we'd split. she refused saying no way would she take any money and I was like explaining that if it wasn't for her I would not even sit and play this game but she still refused. About 6 hours later- so we played for 12 hours - we were up 230 and i made her take $115 she kept trying to give it back but finally took it.
Dealers are cool in vegas - she was drunk and took her cards off table dealer was like OMG major infraction - thats on chug. and he kept doing that everytime she broke rules she had to chug a drink - its was crazy fun - she was obviously super drunk and she kept grabbing dealers cards - trying to reset hands at pai gow even flung a card across the room lol it was nuts but she was hot and drunk and no one cared even the floor and waitresses were having a good time and getting a laught of it. The dealer and floor broke out the beeds trying to get her to show her tits but a bunch of beeds later no luck. She let me see them though and a few small kisses and that.. was all i got out of her.

Anyways focus shifting back to poker early this morning - but could change in a hurry if this lucky streak with woman continues.

I'm overweight and have little experiance picking up chicks in bars - because I was a single father when i was 20 so the past 9 years not much time for all that - I lacked confidence too but now this seems easy - I'll play some poker for sure today - but when the bar fills up with hot chicks I'll be there

Originally Posted by juniormint11

Let me know when your next trip is and maybe we can intersect and play a couple of the same tournies and get a couple of beers.

I fell in love with this place. I doubt I'll ever go 3 months again without a trip out here - in fact I want to start meeting a lot more people that travel to Vegas in order to know more people out here etc - it seems to be easier to meet chick when you're in a group - even easier when its a group of a bunch of guys and chicks So I want to start getting to know more people that travel to Vegas. I'm going to seriously consider moving out here half the year - i can't do it full time because there is not much for my daughter in Vegas but If i can keep her half the time back in MA and come to Vegas the other half the time that should work

Originally Posted by juniormint11

Did you play any cash games?

Not really, hand't had much time. I played on a $2/$4 fixed limit table in a little poker room while waiting to get on Shannon Elizabeth's table.. I got sick of waiting and bored with the game so left after less than an hour. I

Originally Posted by juniormint11

The QJ hand I probably would of pushed or reraised the flop. The min raise by your opponent is just such a weird play it makes it tough to read. Plus your 3 handed so you can usually assume the guy is pretty decent (dont know if you had any kind of read on him), which makes it tougher as good players will sometimes use it with very strong hands.

What were the blinds?

Also with this hand I dislike your flop minbet. I like atleast 3/4 to pot bet and am hoping to get it in on the flop. There are a lot of scare cards that can peel in which you may get pushed off your hand even if you still have the best hand. I dont mind going for a checkraise either although it is more risky as he may check behind. With such a wet flop you can not give him odds to draw.

Still, especially since you are 3-handed and short stacked, I like getting it in on the flop incase he is on a draw. At that point the pot is big enough where I am happy to take it down here. He may have folded to a big raise since his kicker was shit or he very easily calls and busts you.

Also with a short stack I am always raising or folding preflop. Just my thoughts on the hand fwiw.

The QJ was an odd hand I felt there was a chance I was beat, he had such a monster chip stack to me and with 3 to go he could double me up and still have a decent chip lead. I don't remember anymore what the blinds were at.

Harrahs runs the deepstack tournament everynight at 8PM. At 12:30AM the tournament alternates - sometimes it this $40 rebuy - other times its a $150 bounty tournament - think there might even be some more variety in the rotation.

What time was that Harrahs tourny? Sounds like one I would of liked to play.

Tough beat with the kings. It always sucks to take a beat like that at key moments in a tourny.

Originally Posted by juniormint11

And does Martin post here? Just curious.

Nope - he keeps saying he plans to but hasn't.

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Going to go get some food then by some clothes lol I have nothing clean left here.. will report back later

took second in a small $60 3 table tournament just now. He had about 4x the chips as I did and on the first hand he pushed all in I called with A9 and was in good shape against T9.. QTT flop w/ x x to follow and I was out in 2nd collecting a few hundred profit.

I'm going to go see what the structure is for Harrah's 3:30 PM might play that now - will for sure play the 8PM deepstacks at Harrah's tonight unless a meet a hot chick in the sportsbook again chicks #1 poker #2 rest of trip in Vegas

Will update soon

Jim

Last night went out of the deepstack again with Kings - This time much earlier. A few hours into it I had a nice stack and there was a raise and a reraise - had to go with it - and no aces - one much other turned over jacks and a jack on the river took me out - was a huge pot too.

I just finished 11th in a 90 player $100 donkament - picked up a few $10 bounties but finished on the final table bubble and one off the money - nothing much to chat about here blinds were huge and no much I could of done different.

Heading out to register for tonights 8PM right now then plan to call Ceasars to see if registation is closed for the $1060.. Day 1B runs tomorrow but not sure if registation closed before the tournament opened or not.

In a hurry now so more updates later.

Oh one cool story i was really drunk and bored last night and there is a cool dealer I had been chatting with and a real friendly waitress I had a lost $5 chip through it on one number and hit. i continued to play a while and I told dealer to pick a # and waitress to pick a # and I'd give it to them if it hit - they both picked same # and amazingly it did hit and that ended in $175 tip to dealer and $175 to Waitress lol the place was dead so the dealer and the waitress both had me keep betting there tip money for them and they ran up a few hundred dollars each lol - dealers pool and it was dead so they were all watching and even the floor started picking #'s was fun way to pass time and make friends with half the night staff at same time.

I feel so sick right now about poker - pretty sure I played my last tournament in Vegas for this trip, no time for the long version of the update because I'm in no mood to retell the story, so here's the short version.

I lost 1/3 of my chips early in the tournament probable in some hands I donked off and on another I had 9d7d and the flop was 97K I could't tell if the guy had aces or kings but after re-reaising in and him pushing all in I folded - questionable hand here but with 2/3 of my chips I had plenty to work with..

The hand i went all in on I seen a flop with 44 pretty sure I was facing aces flop was 843 - we get our money all in, sure enough he had aces - river... no need to type it..

Going to save the rant but I feel I played well overall here, there were a couple spots i learned from and some situations to think out a bit more for the future - but other than that, a lot of good play with little reward.. Yesterdays beats were not that brutal but $1K Ceasars tournament just sucked - it don't get much better than having you opponent commit all his chips with two outs

/end rant

I'm both looking forward to coming home and regrouping but also looking forward to rebuilding and coming back out here very soon.

I'm totally spent right now. My last day in Vegas here not sure what I'm going to do - today is the first day of my trip were I'm just not in the mood to play poker. i met an awesome girl last night but she just left her flight.
I might just go relax at the pool or something later - for now i think I'll go play some minimum bet pai gaw just because thats a good place to drink a lot of coffee during the day and I need to get woken up here.

I'll be home late Friday night and will be back working on websites next week.

Hey man, what hotel are you staying at now?

Originally Posted by Jim

I felt better than 70% sure she was a regular chick

Best line in all of your trip reports!

gave Harrah's one more try. Finished in 21st of 87 - late in night i went out losing a race - I had TT against AJ but pretty sure it was correct play. Win that race and I was good .. just the way I've run so far in Vegas.