The Compu-Side Pimp Vegas Trip
Will try to update in this thread.
Taking bets on last longest in the Monday $550 Wynn tournament (first bullet only)
Comp -225
Conrad -110
Westside +200
Pimp +200
Taking bets on last longest in the Monday $550 Wynn tournament (first bullet only)
Comp -225
Conrad -110
Westside +200
Pimp +200
Comments
Good luck to all of you.
Booked.
Thanks, getting pumped now.. Realized that there are 2 WJ flights leaving at the same time this evening, WJ1118 and WJ1122, 3 of us on 1118 and Wes is on 1122, it's a race... Obvious place for a first bet, who arrives first.. Wonder if pilots take bribes?
Now since my son is ATC wonder if he can arrange for a delay for Wes..
Wait a minute now, just the fact that the three of us outweigh you we should get the handicap..
Think I won. Haven't heard from compupimp yet
Played 2/5 PLO with a $10 rock last night for a couple of hours. One big hand where I flopped top set on K95ss with KsKxTs9x. Got it in on the turn with red ace and held. Pretty sure he had a nut flush draw or something there
Went straight for the hookers and blow obv...
This morning we went for breakfast at the Wynn, played credit card roulette which of course I was outdrawn on... Going to play some cash now.
Flop 89Tcc. I check to ep raiser he bets 3500, 2 folds to me and I raise to 9000 with intention to jam any turn. He jams for me instead and I call. Lose to 78 with a turn 6 and river 5
Playing 7 handed at that point. I'm utg but the rock was to my left, so I actually got act second last preflop. Player first to act raised to 35, got 3 calls to me and I call with A3ddT9. The rock also calls so 5 players to the flop.
Flop comes KQ5dd. Originally raiser pots with 700 back approx. One fold and next player repots all in for about 600. Folds to me and I pots over the top as the player with the rock made it very clear he was folding. And original raiser calls. Was up against KQxx from first player and A5Kd6d for second player. Turn and river were blanks so ended up taking a small loss. Otherwise would've been a 2k session win.
just a tease.... Comp may have had spent some time getting felt up by security at the airport after being very disobedient and not following security’s instructions.
.. and I wasn't being disobedient, I was standing up for my rights against US Border security's heavy handedness.. There was no truth to the rumor I was being part of a mule team..
let us begin this story at Toronto airport. Jeff was directly behind me in the line up for U.S Customs. We put all our stuff in the trays and before we walk thru the scanners the customs agent reminds us to empty our pockets. Mine our empty and I breeze thru. Comp, however decides he would like to get a free Man on Man full body massage before we fly. He walks thru the scanner and all of the alarms go off. The Customs agent politely asks Comp “the senior citizen” if he is sure his pockets are empty. Comp reaches into one of his pockets and pulls out a handful of spare change. He shamefully putts the money in the tray and walks thru the scanner again. Boooom alarms go off again. Customs agent less politely asks “the senior” if he is sure has emptied his pockets. Comp reaches into a different pocket and pulls out either a blackberry or a portable charging device (not sure which one it was). Comp puts the device in the tray and proceeds to walk thru the scanner for a 3rd time. Ding ding ding louder than giant slot machine the scanner goes off for a 3rd time. Comp reaches into yet another pocket and pulls out a keychain that had at least 20 keys on it. Now the Customs agent tell Comp to come off to the side where the terrorists , drug smugglers, and human traffickers go. The Customs agent starts touching Comp everywhere a man could be touched, sometimes gently and sometimes manhandling him like a drunk customer in a stripjoints VIP lou
As I watched this Man on man action for over 5 mins I was traumatized. Eventually Comp came walking out smiling from ear to ear because he just saved at least $50 on a massage.
The tournament at the Wynn that we all played was so well run and I think it was great value for a $550 buy in. We got 18,000 in chips and had 30 min blinds with a $100,000 prize pool. The prize ended up being just under $ 300,000. The tournament director did a very good job making sure tables were balanced and the rules were enforced fairly.
As Comp mentioned Westside and my buddy Conrad busted out before we did and Comp won the last longer by 10mins. The only interesting hand I had involved my pocket AA losing the minimum on an A 10 J all hearts flop where the villain flopped a royal flush. I was lucky that he only had about 12 big blinds.
my bust out hand I had AJ on a AJQ flop and the other guy had the AQ. I did have about 25-30 big blinds but I was just under the average stack and wasn’t playing to get a min cash. I don’t feel bad about going out like that, I think at that stage of the tournament it is a pretty standard shove.
so.....
after we busted the tourney i dragged Comp over to be a good luck charm at the blackjack table...........
story to be continued.........
Tournament itself was relatively uneventful. Doubled early in level two when a reg tried to push me off a hand.
100/100/100 I believe it was. MP opened to 300, 2 callers, 1 call button with QJcc. SB 3 bets to 1400. MP calls, 2 folds, I call.
Flop Q8x 1 club. SB bets 1800, MP folds, I call. Turn 7c, SB bets 4200, I call. River Tc, SB jams approximately pot, I call and win vs. 99.
Table was pretty loose as a whole, regularly 3-4 players to a flop, and 2-3 players even in 3 bet pots. Didn't have many hands to play, lots of loose preflop calls in position that mostly didn't work out.
Bust out hand - Level 6 I think, 300/600/600, sitting with around 28K effective.
MP raise to 1.5K, pretty standard open at this table. He's been pretty active as well. I would def say one of the stronger players at the table. 2 callers, I call HJ with T9, one of the blinds call.
Flop 789 rainwbow, original raiser bets 3k, folds to me, I raise to 10k with 17k~ back. He calls
Turn 2 (or 3, but a blank). He lead jams and I call. He shows 68 and hits his 5 on the river and I go drop some more money at dice.
Def a well run tournament. Very good spot with a great sight-line to the Encore Beach Club entrance, unfortunately it wasn't opening on the Monday we were there. If I had to grind a tournament series all summer that's not the WSOP, I would definitely recommend this one. 1 day tournament is amazing, good structure, and seemingly lots of bad plays all around.
On another note, what did you guys think of the big blind ante? I didn’t think I would like it before I went to Vegas but I found it to be a good idea once I experienced it. That said, I didn’t get a chance to see how it works when you get down to 2 or 3 tables, which is where I think the biggest complaints are.
This is was my first big blind ante tournament and I did enjoy it. The early levels didn’t seem to scary but later on when the blinds are 3000 6000 ante 6000 and you have 80,000 in chips the dynamic certainty changed for me. I don’t know if I should have defended much wider than usual or not....but I felt like I needed to protect that big chunk of my stack.
It it is now day 2 and I am down just over 10k. Ooooops.
good news is day 3 I had plans with an ex-girlfriend for dinner and the Beatles cirque du solid show.... so I saved a bunch of money.
Just saw Mike posted, aaaaand, yes he is a degen... But damn lovable.
I think you really need to defend a lot wider with BB ante, it definitely changes the dynamic. I personally think I would prefer button ante instead though. I know that it causes the issue in the case of a dead button but imo that doesn't happen often enough that it should be an issue.
Sounds like you guys had a great time. That's a crazy blackjack swing Pimp! Epic!