Do it Zefa. You're only young once. Have a lot of fun now - making memories is what it's all about...

If you file a police report they have to give the detective access to video. They are 100% bullcrapping you. But it's not worth the headaches to track down some meth heads.

$777 WSOP Tourney


Soft field obviously. I use to grind 180 mans all the time on pokerstars and the $11 180 mans are definitely harder than these $500-$1k fields.

I got to the venue pretty early and signed up and sat down right as the tournament started. There were 2 loose aggro guys at my table, otherwise the table was pretty passive and put no pressure.

Hand 1: I have AA on the BTN and UTG raises to 225 (50/100). He's pretty loose and has a high C-bet from what I've noticed and I think he will usually fold to a 3 bet as he's opening pretty wide at this table. I flat AA, SB joins the hand.

Flop: Kd Th 8c

Check, check, I bet 300, SB check raises to 800, UTG folds, I call.

Turn: 6c

He bets 1150, I fold

Bleh. We only start with 5k chips and I'm down to 3.8k

Hand 2: Very loose young euro? kid raises CO to 350 (75/150) and it folds to me and I defend A8o. He's VPIPing from CO and BTN 40%+ I'd guess.


Flop: Ad Jh 3s.

I check, he bets 325 I call.

Turn: Ad Jh 3s Tc

I check, he bets 525 I call.

River: Ad Jh 3s Tc 5d.

If he's opening 40% from CO and he's also c-betting flop and turn at very high frequencies. I'm pretty happy with my hand strength vs his range at this point but I don't want river to go check check if he has Jx. I also am not sure if he will 3 barrel here with air. I do think if I bet a bit small, he may call me with Jx though.

I lead out for 700, he raises to 1850, I snap call and he mucks.

I chip up pretty nicely to 13k chips eventually as after I snap called the A8 hand, the table seemed to not want to get involved with me in pots b/c they viewed me as an aggro station or something so they wanted to wait patiently for spots. So I just kept raising and c-betting and building up a stack.

Hand 3: Another aggro kid from a diff table raises to 525 (100/200/25), I make it 1500 from CO, SB ships short stack all in for 3k, kid goes all in for 14k, I call. He has QQ, SB has AKo, I have AKhh.

Flop: AT9
Turn: 4
River: Q

I'm out, and I rebuy. I think I only played like 2 orbits in the rebuy and I ended up bluff shipping AJo on KT4 and the guy who donk led out had KT and I busted. The tourney was 1 re-entry only so that was it for me.

Tournaments: -1554

WSOP cashes: 0/1

I decide to try the PLO games at the RIO.

I got into a 5/5 game and the players there had a rubber banded stack of 5 $2 chips ($10) and it was called the rock. Whoever won the pot got the rock and it acted as a mandatory straddle for the player for the next hand. I like the concept. No cap buy in at the RIO too. Some people bought in for 4-5k. I bought in for 1k. The action was really really good, a lot of people seemed like they didn't really know what they were doing (from my standards) and were getting it in with pretty awful stack off hands.

I actually don't remember very many hands from the session. I just played slightly more aggro ABC and just value bet people to death when I hit and just folded some big hands when I felt like they hit. Pretty straightforward.

Cashed out for 3.6k.



I go eat at a pretty delicious joint called Burger King.



Fries were over salted, but otherwise 8/10.


Back to PLO session 2.

No rock game this time at the 5/5. I only buy in for $500 this time. Session goes bad in the first 2 hours and I'm in for 2k.


Bad beat hand #1: BTN straddled to 20, I pop it to 75 with KsJdTs9d from BB and get 3 callers.

Flop: Jh 8s 3h

I pot and get 1 caller.

Turn: Jh 8s 3h Qs.

I go all in for 405, he calls with Ah9h9d3c and gets the flush.


Stupid misplay hand #2: Someone makes it 25 and I call on CO with QcQsTc4c. It goes 5 handed.

Flop: Qd 9s 2s

Guy bets 100, I make it 400, he goes all in for 600.

Turn: 3h

River: 6c

I quickly flip over my cards. ****. I don't have QcQsTc4h. I have Qc Tc Ts 4c. There is an awkward silence in the air at the table as people look at the hand I chose to pot flop with. I'm at a loss to what to say. On one hand, if I act natural like my play was standard, people will think I'm a huge aggro donk and probably pay me off later. On the other hand, my hand is trash and embarassing.

I lie and say, "oops, I thought I had spades". Probably shouldn't have said that and acted like I meant to stack off there with QT. I suck.

Table is still very soft and people are peeling way too light on flops with bad equity hands. I get all in later with nut flush draw only on a flop vs a wrap + pair and I get there. Realize I'm burnt out from playing almost 13 hours for the day and I can't even read my cards right. I call it quits and cash out 2.8k.



PLO session 1 + 2: +3463

Donkaments: -1554

Overall: +1909

Progress: I'm not gonna make a billion/1,000,000,000

Strong update IMO.

Don't lose car. Use Valet.

I'm too much of a cheap ass to valet. I've started to take pictures of the garage every time I park.

"Cons: Not that great for food. $1/hr comps in the poker room. Ugly red felt on tables. Also when I went to cash out my last session, because I was cashing out a large amount, they asked for my rewards card and took down my information. Not really comfortable with that process."
This always tilts me; fyi if you're not cashing out over 10 K you are not required to show them anything.You will get some dirty looks and possibly have a supervisor called over but they have to pay you.

For me it's a security issue, I don't want casino employees knowing my address, etc. after cashing out a good amount.
Great TR.
MORE PLEASE!!

You appear to be one of the worst PLO players ever.

Happy 4th of July

Lazy day more or less. Grabbed some ramen from a place called Ramen Misoya Tomi. They have 3 types of broths from different regions of Japan... too bad I can't remember any of them. I just chose the first one because the waitress told me it was the most popular. I'm probably going to try the 2nd broth tommorow (similar to Miso soup broth she explained).



The Ramen was really good and was pretty packed full of flavor, maybe too much on the flavor which is why I want to go a bit lighter with the miso broth.

I actually stayed in my room watching League of Legends tournaments for most of the afternoon. Then I realized, what the hell am I doing, WSOP is almost over and I'm just sitting here watching people play video games. I gotta get a bit more action in at the RIO.

1/2 Big O

I got on the list for PLO and Big O and Big O was called first. I've played this game once in my life at a home game and I have no thoughts about it. I ask the dealer and the table to confirm some questions about the rules and how the game worked and people were really skeptical of me and thought I was angling. Bought in 200.

I have no hand histories because I did almost nothing but play like a nit for the whole session folding pre. I was googling on my Iphone how to play Big O and they just said play A2xxx suited to the A and I just didn't get dealt many of those hands. I did play some random KJT89 type hands and ended up losing a bit when I missed a wrap + K high flush draw on AJ8 but some guy had Axxxxhh so I guess I really should only play nut flush hands. They called me for 5/5 PLO but I stayed longer to play 1/2 Big O (bad decision) and then got back on the list for 5/5 PLO when I realized the table I was at were a bunch of nits like me and there was no good action.

Big O: -$16

5/5 PLO

Bought in for $584 because I just took my stack from Big O and added 400 to it. First orbit, table seemed very action heavy and no one was folding pre. Great.

Hand 1: I have As8sKd3c in SB and Button has straddled to 20. I call and 4 players see the flop.

Flop: Ad Kd 8c

I lead for 60 and get 2 callers.

Turn: Ad Kd 8c 3c

I pot for 240, BB shoves all in for 430, MP calls his all in, I go all in for 480 total.

River: 6c.

No way I can win here. What the hell could they be stacking off with. They do the thing where they just hold their cards waiting for someone to show, so I show my AK first. They keep staring at their cards searching for something and holy crap, I guess I'm good here. They throw their cards away with one person mumbling "oh just AK and no draw huh."

???

Hero Hand #2: I have QcTcKd9d in EP. BTN straddles to 15 and there are 2 callers. I pop it up to 80 someone calls, BTN (short stack goes all in for 85) we end up going 5 way to the flop.

Flop: Jc 9c 3c

I check, SB goes "hey I didn't check yet" He was sitting there thinking and I assumed he just checked. I tell him go ahead, he checks, I check and it checks around.

Turn: Qs

I bet 150 simultaneously as SB was grabbing a stack of greens. He goes "hey I haven't acted yet". God dammit. He's seat 9 and I'm seat 2, I don't have good vision of him. He checks, my 150 bet still stands, it folds around and he check raises to 400.

I got straight flush outs, gotta call.

River: Js

He thinks for a small amount of time and bets 700. J is actually a great card for me in this spot. I have 3 options, shove all in as a bluff, bluffcatch with my Q high flush, or fold.

I think Shove = Call > fold. But I only have about 1.1k and I dunno if this guy folds to a shove in case he has AcXc even though he should.

I stare into his soul and see nothing because I'm neither a demon creature nor deity. I call.

He shows KcKs3d6d. Gotta give him credit for having the balls to bluff here.

Overall I think I ran very well in the sense that everytime I went all in (usually on turn) I always had the best hand but dodged my opponents' outs on the river. Sometimes I feel like I'm leaving a lot of money on the table by buying 500-1k instead of like 4-5k but I'm just not ready to flip for 5k stacks in this game.



PLO: +2136

Big O: -16

Overall: +2120.

I eat some Pho at a place called Pho Kihn Do or something and its really good. I drive home as I want to get some sleep because I plan on playing the Aria WPT 500 in the morning which I think starts at 8 AM. But fireworks are blasting right outside my window. Happy 4th everyone.

I deal in a room that gets at least one 5-5 Big O game every day and often has 1-2 must move tables...definitely need a a couple guys in the game who will raise pre-flop or it can be quite nitty. With the right lineup its a tremendous action game! It's an uncapped game and there's usually at least $8-10k on the table and there's been lots of $10k+ wins over a weekend.

Nice update; run good/play good! Not sure wtf mackem is talking about; what a troll.

Wtf the aria tourney clocks are rigged. Ive timed it 3 times with my stopwatch on my phone and the tourney clocks are too fast. 15 min tourney time is like 12-13 min real time.

What the hell aria. False advertising on 15 min lvls

Looks like they fixed the clocks. Level 6 ended up being 15 min

Great TR! Glad you enjoyed Colorado and the Ameristar despite the lack of PLO. If I'd read this earlier I'd have said hello there, perhaps on your way home, if there's an actual return trip.

A 2+2 member from the Live Free or Die state, taking on the country one PLO game at a time. I like it!!

O ya, **** Foxwoods security, and **** the lowlife that broke into your car. From the looks of your TR, seems like you've earned enough to cover that loss. Keep doing your thing!

Only state with no seat belt laws. and one of the few states where car insurance is not mandatory.

He is quite good IMO.

However, def high variance type player on more than one occasion started sessions off in for >2K.

With an 18 K roll, now prly >22 after running well, paying over 1 K a month for housing, having a car with >100 K miles, and going to strip clubs even rarely and not spending that much he will be busto soon.

If you want to sustain yourself grind the 1-3 NL games.

He is up about 12k on this trip so far according to what he has posted, which would put him at about 30k he has for his trip, before expenses. However, he never said 18k was his roll. He said he was using 18k to finance this trip, which was his last month's profit, not his entire roll.

That's a really good appearance to have. Image is a pretty big deal.

I think I just had a really bad line up. At a action table, I can definitely see a nitty hand selection strategy work very well playing only scoop potential hands. But I rarely play split pot games so I'm pretty inexperienced in that area.

Omaha is just a high variance game by default. But I probably do play a higher variance style with lighter 3 and 4 bets preflop.

Trip Statistics
Total miles driven to Vegas: 2990
Total spent on gas: $209.26 (I could only find 9 gas receipts, there's a chance I may have lost 1 receipt or maybe not)
Total spent on Hotels: ~$350 (Silver Inn: 80, Days Inn: 75, Econolodge: 80, Aloft: 110)
Total spent on strip clubs: $42
Food: ~ 35 per day x 14 days = $500
AirBnB July 1- Aug 1: $1063

Cost: ~2160

Poker Stats
Cash games: +13655
Tournaments(2): -2119

Aria WPT 500 Report (15k starting stack)
Very uneventful tournament. I played exactly 4 hands all tournament. So I will post all 4 hands

Hand 1 (50/100): QcTc. I call a raise on the BTN and fold to turn cbet on:

As 9c 3d 5h

after peeling a small cbet on flop with a backdoor club draw.

Hand 2 (150/300): Jh 5h (BB). EP raises to 700, 3 callers, I complete.

Flop: Ah Jc 3d
Checks through

Turn: Ah Jc 7d 5d
I bet 1400, only CO calls

River: Ah Jc 7d 5d Tc
I check (mistake I think), he checks back and I win vs JQ

Hand 3 (200/400) UTG raises to 800, UTG + 1 calls, I 3 bet to 2600, UTG 4 bets to 7500, I fold.

Hand 4 (800/1600/200 ante)

I shove 9d9h UTG with an 10.5k stack. UTG +1 reshoves all in for 18k. Everyone folds. UTG + 1 has 88. He gets quads.

GG. Tournaments lol. Considering grinding the WSOP circuit is starting to seem like a nightmare.

Went back to my place and hung out with my friend Rob and just talked and ate some Thai takeout while he grinded some WSOP main satties and sunday tournies on my laptop. He couldn't bink a seat or ship the sunday, too bad. I need to make an account at WSOP.com while I'm in Nevada and try out the site myself. I think I might head out to LA and San Diego in the next day or two to visit a couple friends from college since I'm out here in the west coast.

Will take a mini-break from this TR unless I have some poker stories from dropping by the Bike or Commerce while I'm out there.

From original post:
"Plan B:
1. Run bad
2. Busto by the time I get to Vegas. Sell Car. Fly home. Mcdonalds cash register til I build a roll. Attempt plan A again."

"But I probably do play a higher variance style"
Yes, you do.

@ Foxwoods 1-2 you tried to get a guy off what you thought was an overpair during the 1st orbit[no strong read yet] when he had ~160 behind and ~70 in the pot.
Def high variance style. Not saying the play is bad, like I said I think you play good. Nice run. Keep crushing.

Grinding the live tournament circut to primarily play tournaments would be a nightmare and very difficult to be profitable in. Grinding the circuit to primarily play cash games can be very profitable. Some places have bigger bumps then others but pretty much universally there is a boost in stakes and number of games running. As a result you get a good amount of 2/5 players playing 5/10 ect which makes these games insanely good.

Solid TR - nice results so far. Keep it coming

You appear to be one of the worst posters ever.