Prolly gonna be some poker stories thrown in here as well, but I have a bit of time to kill, so I figured I would give my TR to you guys.
So as you know, friday evening I made my way to Vancouver after flying out of toronto. The flight took about 5.5 hrs, and it was good. I free rolled a few drinks from the businessman beside me who was very generous, so already my trip was +EV.
I alredy gave my first night in Vancouver TR, all it consisted of was poker and gambling, if anyone is interested in that, link here:
http://www.pokerforum.ca/f7/costanzas-tr-edgewater-casino-28491/
So Saturday morning, we wake up and make our way up yaletown for some mcd's breakfast, and some shopping. I bought some shoes, clothes, and some other things, but that wasn't enough, so we hopped in the drop top m3 and rolled over to The Pacific Centre (just a pic I snapped on the way there):
It is by faaar the biggest mall I have ever been in. They had so many stores it was insane. We went to this store called Holt Renfrew which was like this High roller department store (gucci, prada, etc). I felt way out of my element and felt very uncomfortable. On the plus side, I managed to snag some free cologne samples, so I was content.
On the way home, my buddy and I decided to do some car shopping. Sure enough, he got the itch, and we went into Ferarri. This happened (vid)
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So, he put a deposit down on that, after driving it he said it was the most amazing feeling ever. Probably standard. My first full day in Vancouver was turning out quite nicely.
For supper, we had a couple ladies join us, we went to the Keg, only this wasnt the keg I was used to. This was the most expensive keg i had ever seen. I had the tenderloin and dungeness crab with a long island iced tea. GG 115$ :laugh:
So we made er home after that, was kind of bored and we both got the itch to play. I went and played 2/5 like I posted about in the BAP thread. I bought in for 500:
got in a few pots, nothing crazy, was down to $400 and was up to $1375 at one point but left with a K (a BI like I predicted)
One hand was so sick, and I have to share. I have JJ in the bb, CO makes it 35 to go, I flatted and away we go. Flop comes down KKQ, check/check... turn is a J (bink). I check, he bets $75, I tank a little trying to decide if i wanna raise or call.. I decide on calling, and give him another chance to fire on the river. I v bet the brick on the river for like 100$ lol, he min repops to 200$.. This guy had such a strong aura that I sat there forever and just called instead of zipping it in like I wanted to but I thought better of it, he had KQ. Sigh. :( lost min tho
My buddy played in a 5/10/25/50 game that was just insaaaaane, the regs at this casino had deeep pokets and didnt mind giving action if ppl wanted to gamble.
Buddy bought in for 5K (all the cash he had on him) , and came home a huge winner, just steam rolled the table for 16K (ran really well)
So my first day in Vancouver was eye opening to say the least, but I loved every second of it. Expensive clothes, exotic vehicles being bought, and big cash everywhere is not something I'm used to at all, but just to experience it is just very, very cool.
more to come....
