Well since last update been pretty weird. Playing a lot and fairly well with mixed results. I think I mentioned the sick beat I took with the 99 to the A2 on a 922 flop a few posts back, still managed to keep the damage to a buy in that night. Had a good session at Flamingo picking up +$350 or so before dusting off $100 playing 4-8 O8 badly at the V. Next night played a long few consecutive sessions at Bellagio the other night. I initially lost $900 on the 1-3 just running epic bad into three flopped sets...here's those 3 hands:

1: Had about $340 behind and I raise button to $15 with 24s over a few limpers get 2 calls, a loose passive middle eastern guy late 40s with $ to burn and a LAG Asian guy late 20s. Flop comes 2-3-5 w/ 2 clubs, checked to me I bet $35, V1 folds, V2 goes $90 leaving himself about $200 behind...I know he's thinking I c-bet my entire range so he can be surprisingly light here like small-mid pockets and possibly clubs...I make it $195 expecting him to fold his mid pairs range and to gii vs clubs but he shoves which I'm hating with my garbage hand to have escalated the situation such but it still seems like clubs. I call and bink a deuce on the turn but does no good when he shows 33.

2: This hand I had $200+ and raised AJ spades to $12 on button, bb calls, mp calls, lp short stack lady calls. Checked to me on a 5-5-4 flop one spade so I c-bet $35, bb folds...nice ...mp folds... cool ...shorty in LP shoves for $60 obvs I call she has pp44.

3: In this hand there are a few limpers and the Asian lag from hand 1 makes it $12 in LP, I decide to flat with Jd7d on the button and 2 more players flat including the loose middle eastern guy from hand 1. On the flop of 7-4-J 2 hearts it gets checked to original raiser who makes it $35, I raise to $115, older middle eastern guy tanks while before flatting and Asian lag quickly mucks. Turn is a black 10, V checks and at this point sizing is pretty awkward with me having about $120 left and he covers...pretty confident he never had 8-9/J-10 here so 10 changes nothing and I shove...he snaps with pp44.

After dumping $900 I decided to play 2-5 (yeah this sounds bad but it was not a case of going to chase my losses so much as I was only planning to play another few buy ins and decided I wanted to play 2-5). It was a pretty bad game full of regs many of which I knew and/or recognized...I missed value on at least one hand possibly 2 that I might type up later. One of the better regs I talk to sometimes was cool enough to discuss one of the hands away from the table later and I was pretty much in agreement with his assessment/suggestions. The 2-5 table got shorthanded which I preferred for a bit but when it broke I went back to 1-3, +$93 on the 2-5 2.5 hrs. Back at the 1-3 I got lucky on the same Asian lag player mentioned earlier when a bluff line I was taking turned into an actual value hand, picked up about $150. Then came this crazy hand that helped bail me out for the night:

I had about $420 behind and the Aussi V directly to my left (solid player here for series I believe) had about $700. He had seen me open and threebet light a few times that night at showdowns including recently. One caller on the button pre and I look down at KK in the small blind, I make it $12...V makes it $30 pretty quickly in the big blind, I tank a moment then flat, button folds. I check a KhQh8c flop and he makes it $45 I quickly slide out $100 and he instantly goes all in...super weird I feel like hes limited to KQ and trip Qs here since hes too good to play aces this badly...I fist pump snap and wait to see his QQ/KQ roll over drawing mostly dead BUT he flips Jh10h which is actually pretty terrifying vs my hand when I've been running badly. I can't help but smile and laugh a bit when the A smacks the turn, happy to say I really wasn't angry or upset in any way...the poker spirits must have sensed my good intent as the 4th K slammed the river for quads. Left afterwards down maybe $200 on the night.

I didn't want to play much today since I have the mtt Orleans Main tomorrow so just played a short 2.5 hour relaxing day session at GVR for +$250 then grabbed some Sushi.

gtg bed pretty much right after this post for the tournament tomorrow...bring on the sick run-good

Everyone has their morning rituals...this is mine though it happens more around 1 pm


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Annnd a ***** OWL I saw while waking dogs the other night

3b or fold J7dd pre in Lp open hand


And sushi (((((

Aren't 50s bad luck?

^yes confirmed many times $50s = runbad

And Jew, this was just basic bi#$% sushi, we'll go get some good stuff later

You can always spot the fish at the table because they buy-in with $50s.

I thought you were an actual poker player. tsk tsk

I don't even put 50's in my wallet. I don't want them to touch my real money and give it cooties.

Which bankroll would you, or anyone, suggest a $50 go in the untimely event you stumble on to 1 (or 2) because the bastards at the cage gave them to you and you did not have them snap changed out for real dollar billz?

[ ] Personal life roll

[ ] Poker roll

[ ] Drinking and otherwise gamboools and good times roll

[ ] Light on fire and use to light a 'nag champa good fortune or money' insense stick

...and different from the previously mentioned 'good times' roll, and into the obviously named...

[ ] Hookers and blow roll

Those argyle shorts though....

Take them to the cage and exchange them ASAP for real money.

^this +1. They are so run bad they could potentially make all those allocated activities you mentioned go quite poorly.

+1 get rid of the fiddys pronto

ugh...ill get into a bit more after weekend but essentially shoulda kicked off my mtt run with a deep $...outplayed everyone pretty significantly and was among top chip leaders for the majority of the tournament, got up to 260k ish before losing a pretty standard QQ < KK spot vs a shorter stack got me down to bout 200k...blinds 3000-6000 1000 ante and this dude with WSOP 2014 hat on just rips it in UTG 120k or so...I insta call LP with ppAA and he has gdam pp66 which spikes on the flop. Was only the second significant all in for me all tournament, the other being KK which held vs AK. lost a button spot with AXs to JJ button vs SB short stack then got my last 50k or so in KQ vs 33, flopped the Q but running hearts gave him a 4 card flush and im busto. out 14th only 9 pay because the little field. pretty puke implosion from the AA onward. pumped about how solid i played this early into the summer but can't help but be super disappointing in not starting off with a cash if not a win.

Annnnnnd I'm over it. Colossus time baby.

Get rid of that run bad before the Colossus tho, that's nice.

37 minutes to pull out of it, that's good. Sounds like you played really well and your confidence is high. ahhh, confidence, the thing you MUST have at the beginning of a poker tournament. I have a good feeling about this....

Nice meetin' ya today.

Run pure!

U2, run sick good, hoping some of the good guys (ie us) can get a piece of these lotto manies.

Productive day today, played 2 short 1-2 sessions for +$500, hit AYCE sushi, reggd both afternoon flights of colossus, and got a leg day in at the gym. Pretty pumped for the weekend and determined to enjoy myself.

Gl today man

playing 5b ill say whats goood if i see you man!

I've read most of this thread and following the journey has been really cool. good luck in colossus. see you at the final table

Busted mostly on Q9 < K9 as aggressor on 5799 board 2 diamonds. Lost the rest with KX dd on a 2 diamond flop when I couldn't improve vs 88. Met some cool people who were familiar with thread though and did dinner+drinks then done pokerz for +$150 or so. Love summer here. On to tomorrow afternoon as I try to day 2 again then will update after weekend.

Run good whey! I got here too late for colossus and moved to Ph 500k so I'm out of your way

Thx, I'll likely be missing that one so likewise. Keep fighting for the good guys.

Dam busted like 30 minutes before heading to day 2

Bagged 26,100 on Colossus so kinda awkward stack size but back for day 2 anyhow. Peaked at 32.5k but lost a chunk with AQ in position to KK on a AK7 2 diamond flop which killed momentum and I had to rebuild a bit. Follow tomorrow twitter @Wheydacheese