OK lets write this Fker up AGAIN...gonna be long but will try to stay photo based. We left off on Wednesday when I was supposed to play a short cash session before taking a break on Thursday. Well I went to the Venetian and it turned into a long session in a sick game where they were just trying to chuck money at my head hand over fist (I think that's the expression?) Unfortunately even I run bad sometimes and I got 2-4 outered a few times and had ppAA cracked twice in odd situations...once with AdAh on a 4h6h9h flop gii having come over pre for $22 over original raisers $7...original raiser folded but the V who called showed up with 2h3h. The other ppAA was a FOUR way all in preflop for a $900ish pot...one V shows up with AK, one with JJ, and older Asian Gamboolz shows up with 4-6 and scoops it w/2 pair. Whats happened to me!?!? Why am I cursed so!?!? ...it hits me later...a shameful mistake but maybe it will serve as a reminder to save others some $. Well I had bought in with...with...with...a fifty!
Anyhow ended the night stuck -$590
BURN THEM ALL!
Weird night in general...they broke our first table to clean the chandeliers and they tested the light/sound alarms for about 20 minutes which was agitating as #%%^
Took Thursday off to recoup before the weekend. I ultimately decided I would stay on the strip over the weekend. The cash games are generally good on labor day weekend and I had the three free mtts every morning so there was just no way I could optimally take advantage of both if I were driving back and forth. Booked a room at Scaliwags (Excalibur) and headed over to Ballys for the Fri morning mtt. I got off to a good start but just as I got the chip lead and started to rev up the engine I had 2 big nasty setbacks QQ < A4os and AK < AJ...I ended up shoving 19bbs from the BB into a 6bb pot with one limper and a late position 2.5x raiser...raiser had the AA...gg...I grabbed a quick $57 off the cash game then headed to check in at Excal for some sleep.
Excal
They stuck me in Tower 1 which sucks because Tower 2 is closer to the poker room and was refurbished more recently
On my way into the hotel snapped this pic...chick was a savvy little %^&$ and looked up to catch me in the glass...asked in a French (Quebec?) accent "what is the picture for" ...told her I needed definitive proof there was a hot girl in the Excalibur hotel...she smiled/laughed and all was good...its super rare for me to actually pursue a girl if I'm not on vacation or something but was very tempted to go for this one b/c I am suuucccch a sucker for this particular build...the gf crashing with me for the night but she is cool with other girls so that wasn't a problem. My mind was more on $ though and I was a little sleep deprived so decided the effort of acquisition and execution was going to be -EV and moved on.
I slept a few hours then hit the cash tables...flirted back and forth with this hot cougar but just playfully; Her bf was playing as well (much younger dude...knew I had her pegged as a cougar) and was cool. Its a ****ty pic but she looked good in person, an uncanny resemblance to Courtney Cox.
The gf texted me mid session and I headed up to the room to catch a shower/coffee/quick recharge...the advantages of having a room.
Ran the table over pretty well...in for $275 out for $807 (+$532)
Saw this chick while grabbing some food, I found her odd and general lack of clothing interesting/amusing.
Got more sleep then it was off the Sat morning mtt at Ballys...I had hoped to cash the first one and get the pressure off (was hoping to net $500+ to justify chasing the promo hours) so I came in to this one more focused. Stuck to the game plan and my general mtt style of just running over the entire field. I maintained the chip lead off and on for most of the early/mid stages and coming up on the bubble with 2 tables remaining I had the significant lead at my table. I ended up dusting off most my stack running a massive bluff with 8 high on a Qh9hJc flop vs the second biggest stack at the table. I put him in a situation for all his chips only 2 spots from the bubble with him having a significantly above average stack. I'm a little dusty on ICM and such but he just shouldn't call here with anything less than a huge hand like a pair with the double draw or something...yeah well he insta snaps with just top pair...I think I had $220000 and he had $140000. Would have been easy to melt down there but my confidence was still high. Despite my love for steamrolling the big stack, I know I can work the @#%^ out of a shortstack and did so to shortstack ninja my way into final table. Worked my way back into things...a few chop considerations came and went...blinds got disgustingly high and the 4 of us remaining decided for an even chop given the majorly top heavy payout structure. Had to give the trophy to one of my Ballys cash game rivals which certainly stung a bit but honestly the blinds had my edge severely deteriorated and 2 of the other 3 players remaining were not total droolers. At the end of the day I am a cash game player so the $ is the trophy/score and a win is a win...tossing her the $20 piece of glass bought me like a buck-fiddy in extra equity. Even chop for +$1811
Just some chip progression
Just a CLS550 on the way out, saw some much sicker cars over the weekend but was never in a good position to take pics
Very cool sunset behind Bellagio on my way out
Back to Excal to grab some sleep then right back to the cash games...stayed up too late, dusted off $-170
Headed over to Ballys Sunday morning for the third and final mtt. It was the larger of the three as well. I started off well getting some momentum going. Some terribad spewtard young Israeli guy in shades and Beats was !3 light from every position...eventually he !3 from EP and I !4 him with pp66 planning to outplay...when he !5 with room left to fold though I insta !6 him all in and he insta snaps with A10os...he gets there. Afterwards he starts bragging about how he did the same thing in a "1000 euro" mtt and was ahead. I told him this was a $200 mtt and that in the almost inconceivably remote chance he even sees a preflop !6 in another $200 donkament hes going to be disgustingly crushed lol...yeah I guess I was a bit steamed. gg.
Hopped on the cash tables real quick for a fast +$190 but was sooo tired I checked in to a room at Ballys and slept for about 5 hours.
Woke up feeling recharged and went down to roll over the cash game for a nice win in a relatively short period of time. In for $400 out for $1120 (+$720).
Table was becoming less lucrative so I walked over to PHO...made some fast $ on the first table running things pretty smooth but when it broke the other game was nutttts. Normally I would never leave a game like this...crazy Russians with 1k+ stacks just spewing all over table BUT I could easily see myself dusting off 3-5 BIs in this game if I ran bad so decided to protect some win and go back to Ballys (shoulda stayed but whats done is done)
In for $200 (rare but I had my reasons) out for $588 (this pic is light b/c its prior to first table break) (+$388)
PHO
Back at Ballys Sunday night for what was supposed to be a short session...get in an epically beautiful game with Las Vegas Michael. This Middle Eastern chick with 0 regard for $ is blowing through hundreds then into the low thousand(s?)...she has no clue how to play, she just calls down any amount with any 2 cards then cheers if she wins and laughs if she loses. Me and LVM are relentlessly ISO'ing here with ATC BUT in a freak run bad she is hitting the most bizarre runner runners and rivers on BOTH of us and we both end up significantly stuck!? On one hand I go $60 pf with AsKs then open shove into her for $300 more on a 4s6s9c flop...she insta snaps and after a 4d-8d runout she shows up with Qc8c Faaaurk! Her daughter shows up and pulls her off the table with all our $ haha. I play waaay to long and cost myself some needed sleep but manage to get mostly unstuck leaving down -$363
So after expenses rooms/food, here was the net for the weekend at about $3kish...pardon my gross apartment carpet
I'm gonna be on a little lower volume this week recharging but then should be full steam again by the 2nd week of Sept...Ill go over some of my tentative plans and goals for Sept later. I also need to recap on the Aug goals/challenges...would do it now if my first round posting this hadn't messed up.
I really need a good mid-level watch since my band broke on my crappy one. Gonna order this one IF I have a decent week this week.
Sorry if I got a little sloppy on this post, I was a little on tilt from it being wiped out after spending a ton of time on it earlier. Also a big thx to the 3-4 2+2rs who introduced themselves and said hi over the weekend. I enjoy entertaining people as well as trying to portray Las Vegas and poker in a positive light so you guys telling me you enjoyed the thread was exceptionally pleasing.