Live - Vegas 2011

blackmagicz

Hobbes;267592 wrotePretty sure you have my $25 beside JohnnieH's

whoops LOL

actyper

So how much more do I owe you if I want 5% of your $2100 action

SteveKerr

Ok. We have it worked out

blackmagicz

actyper;267600 wroteSo how much more do I owe you if I want 5% of your $2100 action

105-13.50 = 91.50

Thanks Ash...

actyper

ok shipped

JimmyHo

how about 5% of the Venetian buy-in for 10% of my initial buy-in for the Live at the Bike 5/10 game? you can watch me live to keep me honest :) Let me know what you think.

DennisG

Is there still 5% of the 2100 left? ffs..I leave you guys for ONE day...and miss all this..

blackmagicz

DennisG;267697 wroteIs there still 5% of the 2100 left? ffs..I leave you guys for ONE day...and miss all this..

Yes....do you want?

blackmagicz

pokerJAH;267654 wrotehow about 5% of the Venetian buy-in for 10% of my initial buy-in for the Live at the Bike 5/10 game? you can watch me live to keep me honest :) Let me know what you think.

I would rather just keep it straight tourney.....we can do GBH in July/Aug if you want.

westside8

Think I bbm'd you saying I'll take 5% of the 2100? something like that

blackmagicz

westside8;267706 wroteThink I bbm'd you saying I'll take 5% of the 2100? something like that

booked

Hobbes

Shipped $42 on PS for 2% of the $2100

blackmagicz

Hobbes;270197 wroteShipped $42 on PS for 2% of the $2100

Thanks

JohnnieH

Update if there's anything left please

blackmagicz

Sold out....everyone has spoken for the pieces...I leave in 3 days to attack the beast...tinfoil hat and run good sandwich in hand

blackmagicz

OK ladies and gents, out to vegas tonight....follow twitter for my 6 day adventure :)

Hobbes

blackmagicz;270584 wroteOK ladies and gents, out to vegas tonight....follow twitter for my 6 day adventure :)

Make sure you have your bowl of Run Good every morning (or atleast Friday :D )

blackmagicz

Trip report so far:

Quick notes:

1. flight delayed 1 hour....sat in lounge
2. smooth flight into vegas...the best flight i have ever had..no turbulence in the mountain region...which usually happens (i hate flying)

Day 1 (tourist day)

Got to walk around with the gf as she wanted a day where we could do fun stuff. Who says poker isn't fun...even though she likes to play. Started the morning off with breakfast at Aria..stuck 50 for the trip already....but ate like a champ.

The goal for the day was to goto Mirage see the "dolphins and lions" and then we would end the day with dinner and a show, Criss Angel "Believe" which we had purchased tickets for in advance (front row ftw like 40% off too)

Got over to the Mirage, saw that there was a 60.00 tourney starting at 11am, persuaded the gf to play the tourney then we would go see the lions.....its a good buy in for her skill level and it gave her a chance to play a "vegas" tourney without crushing the wallet. I played as well, figured might as well get my head right for the next day.

Structure 5K chip stack, 20min blinds, starting at 50/100....bingo....

So they got 40 runners and we were off. My table, 6 tourists including myself and 4 regulars from the room. I thought I was playing a home game, 8 players to the flop, all limping in playing ABC poker. Yummy...so I thought. Ended up losing 4K in the first level...hands such as queen high flush to the nut flush and having to fold river when I get min raised....and get shown A5c....losing pairs to Kx Qx after I raise (which btw didn't really do anything, if people liked their hands they weren't folding for any raise).

I quickly re-adjusted after losing all those chips and watching the gf roll up her stack to 8K...I sat and just open shoved from the button and cut off every orbit. Seemed to work well and built my stack back up to 3K.....lol....blinds got to 150 300 and my bust out hand was A2 vs KQ....I opened in the cut off for 750 and got called by the button. Flop 10 10 7, I open ship and get snapped off....river K.....gg me

Sat around in the 1/2 game with 9 geriatrics and had an amazing time. These guys would not raise one time unless they had top 10 raising hands from Phil Helmuths book....lol

Anyways ended up losing 100 bucks total in the game before the gf busted in 13th in the tourney. I got stuck with too many out syndrome when I raised to 7 with A8s and the flop came 7s9s10c, old man 1 led into me 15, I smooth called, then had one other caller....

I thought about shoving on the flop when the old man led into me but I saw the other old guy eyeing his chips so i decided why not bring more along for the ride. Anyways 4c hits turn its checked to me and i shove my 60 bucks and get called by old man 2 with JJ.

Board bricks...gg me. Down 210.00 total for the trip so far.

Next up is the tourist trap called "Secret Garden" @ Mirage. Basically 17 bucks per person and you walk around this little rinky dink zoo like place. There are a bunch of lions and tigers...obv all sleeping because its like 1Million degrees outside in vegas. There are a bunch of dolphins too which look to be pacing around the aquarium and we got some good pictures. Dolphins seem to be on drugs for most of their lives as they look at you and just float there.

The cool part was they were doing a "trainer for the day" activity for some tourists (550.00 a person btw...in case you want to take part). Anyways they get to jump into the tank with the dolphins and have fun with them. We got to watch for free and got some good pictures as they did tricks.

After spending about 1.5hrs there we decided to leave and head over to the Rio to meet up with a bunch of people.

Ran into Phil Helmuth, Antonio Esfandari, Norman Chad, Mike Sexton...gf wanted pictures but they all looked either pissed or busy so we avoided them.

Got to run into my friend Sean Lefort (he was playing the 1500nl) event and chat with him about his 3rd place score. We then walked over to the Final table set up to watch one of his buddies in the 5K shootout final table.

Kept messaging Betrthanphil as he was around the Rio some where but I couldn't locate him, no worries as I will see him either today at Venetian or during the pfc breakfast saturday....

After watching some events and high stakes cash games headed back to Aria and got ready to watch the Criss Angel show.

The show had got a lot of negative reviews online and i see why. People expect too much for a magic show. If you have seen cirque in vegas, you can't compare the two. Criss Angels show sucks. But if you lower you expectations and realize its an illusion show then you will enjoy some of the acts but the jokes arent that good but to kill 1.5hrs and if you get a cheap price on tickets then why not.

After the show we ended up going to Tender @ Luxor and had a good meal. Its a great steakhouse and has good value in vegas. Not as good as N9NE but I didn't want to goto Palms at 9:00pm at night with a cab.

Day 2 starts today, got the Venetian 2100.00 event but first.....breakfast :)

Follow Twitter for hand updates and all my ramblings....lol

Day 2 Trip report tomorrow hopefully

T8urmoney

Shippage on today's event will undo the harm of Day 1

GL to you & BTP

Hobbes

Looks like from his twitter posts, he's into Day 2 of the $2100

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