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05-26-2017
, 08:44 PM
05-27-2017
, 12:09 AM
At the apartment right now. It's good to be here finally.
I'm going to use uber and that bus on the strip I think. But when I see that I need a car I can always rent one.
Going to sleep soon after a day of traveling and 9 hours time difference![[TR 26/5 - 9/6] First timer solo Vegas, hh heavy](https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji14.png)
About the neighborhood: I've read the comments of the airbnb thoroughly and it should be fine but I'll report my experience. Gonna be careful anyway
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I'm going to use uber and that bus on the strip I think. But when I see that I need a car I can always rent one.
Going to sleep soon after a day of traveling and 9 hours time difference
About the neighborhood: I've read the comments of the airbnb thoroughly and it should be fine but I'll report my experience. Gonna be careful anyway
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05-27-2017
, 10:14 PM
Played my first session this afternoon, 1/2 at MGM.
Hand 1 - 1/2 MGM
I'm utg+2 with 230 and get A5s
There is a straddle, I call, someone else calls, straddler checks.
Flop Q5X (pot 22)
SB bets 5, straddler C, we C, F
Turn 5 (pot 37)
SB bets 20, F, we C
River T (pot 77)
SB B 10, we R to 50, SB C with 56 and we win
Not so happy with open limping pre, but made a nice value raise on the river.
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Hand 2 - 1/2 MGM
We're in the LJ with $230 effective and AhKh.
There is a Straddle, limp, raise to 13, a call, and we make it 40. Only the raiser calls. He is an action player who sizes big and plays weak hands.
Flop 5c2c8c (pot 96). Check, check
Turn 3c. Check, check
River 4x. Villain bets 20, I call. Villain shows K7o for air.
Preflop we can make it bigger I think. On the flop I think it's reasonable to check behind. I feel like this player won't fold any club and could X/R us.
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The table was pretty passive. Room is nice. The dealers I've seen were ok, one was slow.
In for $200, out for $315, 2.3 hours later.
Back at it tonight!
Quote of the session was something along the lines of: At gamblers anonymous step 3 is to stop straddling.
Hand 1 - 1/2 MGM
I'm utg+2 with 230 and get A5s
There is a straddle, I call, someone else calls, straddler checks.
Flop Q5X (pot 22)
SB bets 5, straddler C, we C, F
Turn 5 (pot 37)
SB bets 20, F, we C
River T (pot 77)
SB B 10, we R to 50, SB C with 56 and we win
Not so happy with open limping pre, but made a nice value raise on the river.
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Hand 2 - 1/2 MGM
We're in the LJ with $230 effective and AhKh.
There is a Straddle, limp, raise to 13, a call, and we make it 40. Only the raiser calls. He is an action player who sizes big and plays weak hands.
Flop 5c2c8c (pot 96). Check, check
Turn 3c. Check, check
River 4x. Villain bets 20, I call. Villain shows K7o for air.
Preflop we can make it bigger I think. On the flop I think it's reasonable to check behind. I feel like this player won't fold any club and could X/R us.
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The table was pretty passive. Room is nice. The dealers I've seen were ok, one was slow.
In for $200, out for $315, 2.3 hours later.
Back at it tonight!
Quote of the session was something along the lines of: At gamblers anonymous step 3 is to stop straddling.
05-27-2017
, 10:26 PM
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05-28-2017
, 03:30 PM
05-29-2017
, 03:32 PM
Quote:
28-5-2017
Session 3: 1/3 at Bellagio
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Hand 3
There's a raise to 10, a call and we look down at AQo in the SB. We call, but maybe should have 3bet. BB calls.
Flop AQJ two-tone (pot 40 four ways)
It checks to the preflop raiser who bets 25. There is a call behind him and we X/R to 100 leaving about 140 behind. The preflop raiser goes allin (he covers me) and the next player thinks a while and calls. I call.
The flush gets there and the shover shows the flush.
I thought this was well played, although 80BB effective I would have probably 3bet preflop. If we take it down then thats a great result for us, if we make it 60 and get 2 callers and pick up a gutshot or similar we can just rip the flop with a high equity hand.
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Hand 4
The CO limps (stack 400), I make it 20 in the SB with AJo (I cover him). CO calls and we're HU.
Flop J6X (pot 43)
I check. Don't really know why. The board is dry and I create some deception. Villain bets 50, I call.
Turn K (pot 143)
X, X
River 6
I X/C 80 and get shown AKo.
Preflop looks good
Flop, I think it would really help your game by challenging yourself as to why you checked. The board is dry yes but you're quite deep and expect the cutoff to continue here with a lot of holdings including lots of offsuit broadway hands, any pocket pair, 6x, bottom pair etc. Deception is fine but I think it just really sucks being oop, if the CO were to bet flop small to protect say 77 and check the turn back. Was it nerves? Understanding why you checked will really help your game out in the long run; that understanding isnt necessarily covered by this wall of text
Turn is fine as played.
River is actually a bit annoying, but I would call I think. I'm not really surprised at the AK holding as players will often "trap" with these sorts of hands, and the bxb line is often quite strong no matter the line-up.
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Hand 5
UTG, LJ and CO all limp and I make it 20 with QhQc on the button. Only the HJ (tight player) calls.
Flop 9h8h2h (pot 50) X, X
Turn Qd Villain bets 35, I call.
River Tx (pot 120)
Villain checks, I go for thin value and bet 60. He tank calls and mucks after I show. I think this bet was too risky in hindsight.
Preflop, I would go larger as UTG limped say $30, expecting a train of calls. Players will often set-mine incorrectly with 22,33 etc OOP so definitely making it bigger.
Flop, I would just bet, he's never folding AhXx, pair + heart, T9o etc esp with a heart. If you get raised fold unless you're getting good odds even with the heart.
Turn, not really sure as played but think flatting ok.
River, great bet, he's going to have a lot of 2p, some weaker sets, KhQx he'll make a crying call with here. Really like the sizing too.
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Played for 5.2h. In for 600, out for 663. Bunch of OMCs at the table. The game got very tight, low vpip. I responded by increasing my pfr a bit and running the table. Won a lot of small pots preflop and on the flop.
Very nice poker room obviously at the Bellagio. Saw Gus Hansen in Bobby's room, lol.
Session 3: 1/3 at Bellagio
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Hand 3
There's a raise to 10, a call and we look down at AQo in the SB. We call, but maybe should have 3bet. BB calls.
Flop AQJ two-tone (pot 40 four ways)
It checks to the preflop raiser who bets 25. There is a call behind him and we X/R to 100 leaving about 140 behind. The preflop raiser goes allin (he covers me) and the next player thinks a while and calls. I call.
The flush gets there and the shover shows the flush.
I thought this was well played, although 80BB effective I would have probably 3bet preflop. If we take it down then thats a great result for us, if we make it 60 and get 2 callers and pick up a gutshot or similar we can just rip the flop with a high equity hand.
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Hand 4
The CO limps (stack 400), I make it 20 in the SB with AJo (I cover him). CO calls and we're HU.
Flop J6X (pot 43)
I check. Don't really know why. The board is dry and I create some deception. Villain bets 50, I call.
Turn K (pot 143)
X, X
River 6
I X/C 80 and get shown AKo.
Preflop looks good
Flop, I think it would really help your game by challenging yourself as to why you checked. The board is dry yes but you're quite deep and expect the cutoff to continue here with a lot of holdings including lots of offsuit broadway hands, any pocket pair, 6x, bottom pair etc. Deception is fine but I think it just really sucks being oop, if the CO were to bet flop small to protect say 77 and check the turn back. Was it nerves? Understanding why you checked will really help your game out in the long run; that understanding isnt necessarily covered by this wall of text
Turn is fine as played.
River is actually a bit annoying, but I would call I think. I'm not really surprised at the AK holding as players will often "trap" with these sorts of hands, and the bxb line is often quite strong no matter the line-up.
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Hand 5
UTG, LJ and CO all limp and I make it 20 with QhQc on the button. Only the HJ (tight player) calls.
Flop 9h8h2h (pot 50) X, X
Turn Qd Villain bets 35, I call.
River Tx (pot 120)
Villain checks, I go for thin value and bet 60. He tank calls and mucks after I show. I think this bet was too risky in hindsight.
Preflop, I would go larger as UTG limped say $30, expecting a train of calls. Players will often set-mine incorrectly with 22,33 etc OOP so definitely making it bigger.
Flop, I would just bet, he's never folding AhXx, pair + heart, T9o etc esp with a heart. If you get raised fold unless you're getting good odds even with the heart.
Turn, not really sure as played but think flatting ok.
River, great bet, he's going to have a lot of 2p, some weaker sets, KhQx he'll make a crying call with here. Really like the sizing too.
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Played for 5.2h. In for 600, out for 663. Bunch of OMCs at the table. The game got very tight, low vpip. I responded by increasing my pfr a bit and running the table. Won a lot of small pots preflop and on the flop.
Very nice poker room obviously at the Bellagio. Saw Gus Hansen in Bobby's room, lol.
05-30-2017
, 03:22 PM
Yesterday afternoon I ended up at Excalibur. Played a short session there. It was a fun game and made a small profit. Nothing really noteworthy happened.
In the evening I went to the Wynn /Encore. Played for about 8 hours, +$235. It was later at night than my previous sessions. Players were not coming and going as much and some guys had a few drinks as well. Chatted with some nice people. Game was deeper as well. I really wanted to be in this kind of game.
Hand 7 - Wynn 1/3
UTG limped, UTG+1 raises to 10 (normal player, from Switzerland I believe). It folds to me in the SB. I make it 40 with KK. Back to UTG+1 who makes it 95. Haven't seen him 4bet before. We both had stacks >600. Too much to go all-in. I call.
Flop QXXddc (pot 196)
I check, he bets 100 I think, I call.
Turn Xc (pot 396)
It goes check check.
River Jx
X, X
He had AcQc
I really liked this poker room. Nice and bright. Also nice that you can buy in for 500 max in contrast to 300 max at other places.
Overall result thusfar: +$810 over 22 hours.
In the evening I went to the Wynn /Encore. Played for about 8 hours, +$235. It was later at night than my previous sessions. Players were not coming and going as much and some guys had a few drinks as well. Chatted with some nice people. Game was deeper as well. I really wanted to be in this kind of game.
Hand 7 - Wynn 1/3
UTG limped, UTG+1 raises to 10 (normal player, from Switzerland I believe). It folds to me in the SB. I make it 40 with KK. Back to UTG+1 who makes it 95. Haven't seen him 4bet before. We both had stacks >600. Too much to go all-in. I call.
Flop QXXddc (pot 196)
I check, he bets 100 I think, I call.
Turn Xc (pot 396)
It goes check check.
River Jx
X, X
He had AcQc
I really liked this poker room. Nice and bright. Also nice that you can buy in for 500 max in contrast to 300 max at other places.
Overall result thusfar: +$810 over 22 hours.
Last edited by Ghostdawg; 05-30-2017 at 03:24 PM.
Reason: Betsize
05-31-2017
, 08:53 AM
