Back Home... For 3 Weeks Anyways
Vegas was unbelievable. I was unable to post daily updates because the Bellagio had no wireless internet access, and our room was quite a distance from the poker room.
I had planned to play quite a few tournaments, but I only ended up playing in 2 of them. The cash games were extremely soft, and I just couldn't stay away from them. The second day of my trip, I played in the $1500+$70 event, and I busted out early when my pocket kings were cracked by pocket tens. On day 3, I played in the $2000+$80 event which had 285 entrants. I ended up busting out in 26th for a payout of $3165. That was the last tournament I played, I spent the rest of the trip playing $10/$20 NL.
Out of the 6 days I played poker, I didn't have one losing day. My worst day was the first one, where I only made $300. The best day by far was day 5, where me and Galen destroyed the $10/$20 NL game. We each bought in for $5000, and by the end of the night Galen had $9000 and I had $21,400.
This is a $10,000 pot I won from a rich whale named John. He has been raising every pot that comes to him, and has been making huge bluffs and showing them every time. I didn't want to get involved in too many hands with him, so I just decided to wait in the weeds for that one hand where I could take him for everything he had. (Well, except for his $90,000 Rolex).
I have $15,000 and John has around $5000 left. I'm dealt KK in the BB. There are 2 limpers when it comes around to John on the button, and he makes it $120 to go, like he has been doing all night with any 2 cards. I make it $360. Limpers fold, John calls.
Flop comes J54 rainbow. I bet $500, he calls.
Turn 4. I bet $1000, he thinks for a few seconds, then he says "all-in". I say "call" about one nano-second after him.
River 6. He shows J8 off, and he leaves the table.
My final stats were:
Day 1: $5/$10 NL, +$300
Day 2: $5/$10 NL, +$1700 - played in the $1570 tournament and busted out
Day 3: $5/$10 NL, +$1500 - played in the $2080 tournament and finished 26th for $3165
Day 4: $10/$20 NL, +$2100
Day 5: $10/$20 NL, +$17,900
Day 6: $10/$20 NL, +$1600
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Total: +$24,615
I loved Vegas so much that I am going again with my cousin in 3 weeks, from May 5th to 11th. We got ringside seats for the De La Hoya-Mayorga fight on May 6th at the MGM Grand. That same week, there is a bunch of WPT events at the Mirage. They should have the weakest cash games so I will probably spend most of my time playing over there.
I haven't been playing any online poker recently, with all of my travelling. I'm also enjoying the nice weather outside in my new Infiniti G35 that I bought two days ago.
I had planned to play quite a few tournaments, but I only ended up playing in 2 of them. The cash games were extremely soft, and I just couldn't stay away from them. The second day of my trip, I played in the $1500+$70 event, and I busted out early when my pocket kings were cracked by pocket tens. On day 3, I played in the $2000+$80 event which had 285 entrants. I ended up busting out in 26th for a payout of $3165. That was the last tournament I played, I spent the rest of the trip playing $10/$20 NL.
Out of the 6 days I played poker, I didn't have one losing day. My worst day was the first one, where I only made $300. The best day by far was day 5, where me and Galen destroyed the $10/$20 NL game. We each bought in for $5000, and by the end of the night Galen had $9000 and I had $21,400.
This is a $10,000 pot I won from a rich whale named John. He has been raising every pot that comes to him, and has been making huge bluffs and showing them every time. I didn't want to get involved in too many hands with him, so I just decided to wait in the weeds for that one hand where I could take him for everything he had. (Well, except for his $90,000 Rolex).
I have $15,000 and John has around $5000 left. I'm dealt KK in the BB. There are 2 limpers when it comes around to John on the button, and he makes it $120 to go, like he has been doing all night with any 2 cards. I make it $360. Limpers fold, John calls.
Flop comes J54 rainbow. I bet $500, he calls.
Turn 4. I bet $1000, he thinks for a few seconds, then he says "all-in". I say "call" about one nano-second after him.
River 6. He shows J8 off, and he leaves the table.
My final stats were:
Day 1: $5/$10 NL, +$300
Day 2: $5/$10 NL, +$1700 - played in the $1570 tournament and busted out
Day 3: $5/$10 NL, +$1500 - played in the $2080 tournament and finished 26th for $3165
Day 4: $10/$20 NL, +$2100
Day 5: $10/$20 NL, +$17,900
Day 6: $10/$20 NL, +$1600
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Total: +$24,615
I loved Vegas so much that I am going again with my cousin in 3 weeks, from May 5th to 11th. We got ringside seats for the De La Hoya-Mayorga fight on May 6th at the MGM Grand. That same week, there is a bunch of WPT events at the Mirage. They should have the weakest cash games so I will probably spend most of my time playing over there.
I haven't been playing any online poker recently, with all of my travelling. I'm also enjoying the nice weather outside in my new Infiniti G35 that I bought two days ago.
posted by myst @ 4:05 PM
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