• Ripping allin with paper clips and lent
• Port gunk city
• Wtf is a solver

Background:

41 male
Single
No kids
Good job
Not rich
Dallas born and raised

Dozen Vegas trips in the books, only a few specific to poker.
Played a ton of online tournaments back in the heyday. Mostly micro stake donkaments.
Numerous live events, mostly wsopC at Choctaw and local Dallas card rooms.
Played a few side events at PCA 2018

Not much of a cash grinder.

My first trip to Vegas was 2006ish. Went specifically to play poker. Split a room at the MgM with a buddy.
First ever live tournament was a $300 daily at Caesar’s.
Final tabled, finished 7th for about $8-900 ish. Was an absolute rush.

I stopped playing poker altogether 5 years ago. Lost my patience, drinking too much, and the game had passed me by.

Got sober February 1st 2024.
Decided to jump back into tournaments to occupy my free time and see if I still “had it”.
First tournament was a laughable $75 bounty at an indian casino outside Tulsa.
Took 1st with 7 bounties. About a $750 profit.

Went 0/12 across my next $100-300 entries at the local Dallas card rooms. Couldn’t hold an 80% all in pre to save my life.
Starting to give up hope.
Finally make a final table again and take 5th. Massive mental boost. Only note worthy mention, I was down to 1 bet on the SB with 15 left on the stone bubble. Wild
Run from 30k to 1 million chips.

I chip up regularly. Registration comes to an end and I have avg stack, or sometimes if running well, double avg. It’s at this point I struggle to keep leveling up. I’ll find a spot to get it in for heaps and be favored, but holding has been incredibly difficult. Play badly here and there. That’s poker.

Last couple years I made a few Vegas trips. All I did was drink incessantly, and gamble away piles on slots and BJ. Seems I now have a host at the Sahara. Can’t really remember what I did or sums lost <shrugs>

105 days sober now.
Cashing in on my previous degeneracy on this trip.

Schedule:

Fly in Friday night.
6/7-6/12

5 nights Alexandria ultra suite comped with Airport pickup
$900 free play
$200 food credit
$500 cabana comp

Gladiator Saturday 10am

Fremont Saturday night
Gambling at the el Cortez & Plaza

Azilo Cabana Sunday

Depending on the how quickly the gladiators dispose of me, I’ll have several days for various other small events.

On the agenda:

Bazaar Meats
Peppermill Diner
Circus circus for coin machines and childlike fun, bc it’s a tradition. RIP Nannie Miller.

Rides at The Strat
The Linq Highroller
Twisted Pizza LV off the strip

Various casino hoping
Flamingos
Conservatory
Fountains

Rather eat greasy diner food than go to fancy restaurants. I cook a lot, so paying crazy sums for a steak is not something Im in to. But I’ll hit up a sushi joint for sure. Another great perk of having a host at the Sahara is access to Bazaar Meat.

Bankroll:

$5k cash
$900 FP

$900 WSOP #20-C: 3 bullets @ $300
$1000 BJ
$1000 Slots
$1000 VP
$1000 Poker (cash & dailys)


**credit to rppoker for unknowingly allowing me to rip off a few phrases

I'm in!

Shoes?

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Looking forward to reading about your trip.

Looks great, good luck and have fun!!

In. Travel safely.

Congratulations on the ongoing sobriety!

Have fun! I know Vegas can be a challenging city for those on a sobriety journey. Stay strong.

GL in the Gladiators. That should be a blast.

Hello boys & girls … and nondescripts.
Been an interesting stretch of days since op.

This is now a solo TR; sad face, yada yada yada
Did I suck out or take bad beat? Time will tell.
More time for poker now
Less touristy stuff

Since my meager 5th place finish, previously mentioned;
I fired 5 bullets, went 0/5

• 2 dailies (nothing noteworthy)
• 3 flights of a 2 day 100k

• 1 punt
• 2 bag bubbles (these were painful, played well for most part. Premiums were holding, 50/50 on flips as opposed to 0%, but there were about 4 key hands, late, that I played much too passively post flop)

Put a hard stop on buyins to secure the Vegas roll. Utterly disgusted with how I played some spots. Need to stay off the felt and regain the hunger.

Take lots of food pics at Bazaar Meat!

Looking forward to seeing the Vegas roll unleashed!

I want to try there , have not yet

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Food porn guaranteed.

Chip porn always questionable.

It’s fun and delicious. Very unique style.

Just me, but I would never pay for it outright. But if you’re going to drop a fat penny anyway on something nice, it’s worth the experience at least once.

Testing different way of uploading pics, I didn’t realize we no longer had to host them.

Card protector roulette.

Funny story, that hooters chick is my buddy’s ex gf from college. He’s married to a non hooters chick with 4 kids now, and found a sleeve of those bad boys in storage.

Some hilarious anniversary gift potential there!

In - excited for some of the food pics - Bazaar Meat supposedly closing soon so good you are going soon, hopefully before they do....

PardoG

I almost forgot to say that this is a very good thread title.