Vegas
If anyone is here let me know.
Just finished a weekend conference in Denver so I booked 3 nights in Vegas ($70 flight).
Arrived to the Flamingo and did the self check-in (used my total rewards for the first time in 10 trips here...comps fail) and noticed that they upgraded me to a suite. Arrive at the suite to find out it doesn't have a strip view...yadda, yadda...am now in a strip view go room. After 2 nights is a 4 star Westin hotel in Denver I prefer the cheesy pink bathroom light through the frosted glass of the go room...life fail somewhere there. Anyhow, I'm now on the 21st floor looking directly across at Caesar's and can see the Bellagio fountains. Sitting on the chaise by the window typing this. I'd post a pic if I brought a camera, but all I have is by crappy phone camera which is a fail in low light...will try again tomorrow. I've always thought these Go Rooms with a Strip View are a steal given that they are kinda neat and face directly onto the strip at street level. Not to mention it's an easy walk to the V poker room.
I've been up since 1am yesterday. Took a shower and I am waiting for a room service omlette ($5 deliver + $5 tip but I am nauseatingly hungry) then I will see if sleep or poker follows. If I play tonight it will just be some low or mid limit O8 for fun. Looks like they have an 8 16 half kill and a 15 30 "big O" (5 card O8) running at the V. I'm just here to relax for a few days so making money at poker isn't my top priority. The best games are probably at the B right now due to (I think) WPT being in town, but whatever.
http://www.venetian.com/pokerroom/ (for those that do not know -- I just found this myself a few weeks back)
Main non-poker trips goals:
Go for a hike -- Valley of Fire is likely one of my 10 favourite US parks and I haven't been out there in a few years. I always love stopping at the store just outside of the park which is 1/2 crazy fireworks and 1/2 alcohol...to me that just screams USA, USA...love it.
Check out a furnished rental house that I may rent for 1-2mo this summer if I don't get the job I applied for in Cali...gotta leave Edmonton sometime and I have virtually zero responsibilities right now. I'm loving live poker these days so wtf, I can give cash games a steady shot for a month or two.
Just finished a weekend conference in Denver so I booked 3 nights in Vegas ($70 flight).
Arrived to the Flamingo and did the self check-in (used my total rewards for the first time in 10 trips here...comps fail) and noticed that they upgraded me to a suite. Arrive at the suite to find out it doesn't have a strip view...yadda, yadda...am now in a strip view go room. After 2 nights is a 4 star Westin hotel in Denver I prefer the cheesy pink bathroom light through the frosted glass of the go room...life fail somewhere there. Anyhow, I'm now on the 21st floor looking directly across at Caesar's and can see the Bellagio fountains. Sitting on the chaise by the window typing this. I'd post a pic if I brought a camera, but all I have is by crappy phone camera which is a fail in low light...will try again tomorrow. I've always thought these Go Rooms with a Strip View are a steal given that they are kinda neat and face directly onto the strip at street level. Not to mention it's an easy walk to the V poker room.
I've been up since 1am yesterday. Took a shower and I am waiting for a room service omlette ($5 deliver + $5 tip but I am nauseatingly hungry) then I will see if sleep or poker follows. If I play tonight it will just be some low or mid limit O8 for fun. Looks like they have an 8 16 half kill and a 15 30 "big O" (5 card O8) running at the V. I'm just here to relax for a few days so making money at poker isn't my top priority. The best games are probably at the B right now due to (I think) WPT being in town, but whatever.
http://www.venetian.com/pokerroom/ (for those that do not know -- I just found this myself a few weeks back)
Main non-poker trips goals:
Go for a hike -- Valley of Fire is likely one of my 10 favourite US parks and I haven't been out there in a few years. I always love stopping at the store just outside of the park which is 1/2 crazy fireworks and 1/2 alcohol...to me that just screams USA, USA...love it.
Check out a furnished rental house that I may rent for 1-2mo this summer if I don't get the job I applied for in Cali...gotta leave Edmonton sometime and I have virtually zero responsibilities right now. I'm loving live poker these days so wtf, I can give cash games a steady shot for a month or two.
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totally agree... Good start, keep it up..
Originally Posted by GTA Poker
I always love stopping at the store just outside of the park which is 1/2 crazy fireworks and 1/2 alcohol...to me that just screams USA, USA...love it.
And meth out back.
I'm going to try and find the gym in this place and then wander over to the V and play some pokerz later.
I hope to read a glorified $50/hr trip report at some point.
I'll be staying at the Flamingo this weekend. How did you get upgraded to a strip view go room!? I heard it's near impossible to bribe your way to a better room at Flamingo.
I booked it...just one of the different room options -- Go Room with Strip View...slightly more $ than a standard room. I highly recommend it. The suite "upgrade" they gave me felt like a prison room. I love sitting in bed and seeing the sky, mountains and strip...makes all the difference IMO.
Probably not playing much poker this trip. And hourly rates for a 3 day trip are meaningless. You seem to have trouble grasping that I am a long-term winning cash game player for some reason. You do realize that some people make a living at this game, right? I put little credence in short-term results. Although, I am currently on a 6 session win streak which is super fun.
Anyhow, I don't want to turn this into yet another thread where I have to explain how soft live cash games are to you...enjoy your troll.
Isn't that cute. Do you have some puppies and fluffy bunnies to play with as well?
And you boys were getting along so well as of late. This saddens me.
How does a decent view equate with animals?
I think all that cold Edmonton air has dulled your sense of humor...You should definitely check out Bellagio at some point during your stay. I noticed a huge difference after playing at V for the first three days of my trip back in October. Lot bigger games running as well. Worth the $10 cab ride.
Heh, I don't know why he needs to troll every thread I start or finds it so hard to believe that some people actually make money at poker, c'est la vie. Chip, shoulder, etc...
I finally wandered over to the V around 4pm and sat in an 8/16 half kill O8 game...made $130 in 15 mins raising every hand until I got called for my 2/5 game. 2/5 1k max with lots of pretty good sized stacks even though it was a new table. Made $570 in that after an hour but I really felt like playing O8 since I can never play it live anymore...went on the waitlist for the 4 8 O8 game (the 8/16 died) and sat down with $1200 in chips:) cuz I was too lazy to get them changed. I raised and reraised blind every hand for 2 hours and ended-up even in that game...good times. I got the O8 out of my system and will be playing some more 2/5 or 5/10 (no games at the V tonight) if I play some more during this trip.
Biggest hand it is limped from LP to my sb and I make it 25 to go and get called HU with Q7cc. Flop JT9cc. I bet, he raises, etc...ship da monies all in on the flop (he only had about $300 behind) and I bink the Kc on the turn but miss the royal, wtf?? There were some cool spots in smaller pots but hand histories are boring so forget it.
I'm on one of the best rushes in the past 3 years...7 straight winning sessions of NLH at this point for over 4k...the 2/5 here plays exactly like the 1/2 in Edmonton but it is better in that every table has a decent amount of chips on it. I'm actually considering moving here for a few months more seriously at this point.
I ate dinner at the V poker room and it was decent. I always get carrot juice there...it's actually really good and I've never lost money in a carrot juice session.
Tomorrow off to see a house and to drive to The Valley of Fire.
Live the life baby! Live the life....
No wai! Stay in school and get your edumacation.
And fold those AA's preflop..
I personally live in a world of dilution..
This rarely happens to me anymore, but I picked tonnes of incorrect spots against the wrong players early in a session at tough tables. I was fortunate to almost break even but I played terribly for the first time in a long while. Always things to work on I guess.
The good thing is I really have zero tilt in my game so I managed to start in a big hole and work my way out which is a bit satisfying.
Very nice comeback though...
So are you winning pots with good timed raises/bluffs or superior hands? This statement would seem to indicate the former.
As one of the few successful cash game players on this forum, I would like to better understand where you are making money. Personally, I have really tried to cut back on bluffs, semi bluffs as I find it just leads to bleeding chips and it cuts into your overall win rate. I realize that bluffing has to be considered in the context of the other players at the table, but I try to win big pots with big hands and lose small pots with weak hands.
Go to Bellagio if you have the chance. You won't regret it. WPT main event starts today so lots of action for sure.
I really don't ever tilt live. I can lose $500 or $1000 in a hand and just go to the next one and not be upset at all. The only thing I do is tend to play longer sessions at tables which possibly aren't the best when I'm stuck. I will still leave if there are no good spots at the table but I will stay with only one good spot whereas I would usually leave after a few hours if there aren't 2-3 good spots in the game. I guess that is a form of tilt, but not one that directly effects my play just my table selection and time management.
I think I've played so many live hands that it just does not bother me at all. If someone stacks me when I'm a 4:1 favourite I just continue playing knowing that bad players hit sometimes but are the reason I am profitable.
I can certainly recognize when I have played terrible poker as I did for a couple hours tonight. I really enjoy playing super LAGGY but there are tables where that is an awful strategy and being patient is the best way to make money. It really is much easier to dump 1k with a few bad decisions than to make 1k in a session. Not adjusting can be a very costly mistake when you play a LAG style.
Glad it's behind me and hopefully I can continue to play solid for the rest of the month. Now for sleep and a flight back to Edmonton at 730.
Tickets: 'Absinthe' at Caesars Palace, $65 -- Las Vegas: New Acrobatic Cabaret Show (Reg. $105) | Travelzoo
Too late I guess if you are heading back...this show was in limbo when I was in Vegas last.
deepstack @ Yellowhead Friday.......just sayin
Workaments:(...at yhead right now though
how do you spell 'degenerate'?