I keep forgetting to take any chip stack pics. But nothing momentous has happened. My morning session yesterday was in for $300 and out for $563.

Near the end I called a $20 preflop raise from button with 6h3h. Raiser was EP and shut down quickly on previous raises if missed flop. There were two callers in front of me. Four-way flop was 2c10h3c. Raiser bet $25, two folds and I called. Turn was 4h. He bet $55 and I called. River was 9h completing my back door flush. He checked and I bet $75. He called quickly and i tabled my flush. He mucked.

I went back to Encore last night and won $100 in a short session. Im still too worn out to be playing poker after midnight. Some French guy two to my left would raise to $25/30 from his BB whenever there were limpers. I limp/called from button with Kh10h out of spite. Flop was A/7/3 rainbow. He bet $25 and I called. Turn was 10s so now I had a pair. Lol. He checked and I bet $50 and he folded.

More poker today then Esther’s Kitchen tonight. I slept 7 hours which is a long time in LV.


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Esther’s Kitchen is FANTASTIC, you’ll have a great time.

Nice job on the poker!

It’s replaced Lotus as our favorite. Their new location is now open so it will be different. We’ve been there 5-6 times and always eat there when in LV. I’ve had wild boar, rabbit, etc. Everything is phenomenal. It’s best dining in a group to share more items.

I thought I would have spent more time at poker but since I’ll be back for WSOP I’m ok with a few short sessions.


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My lovely young bride has informed me I posted the wrong caviar picture and left out the mussels. So now I’m square with karma.

For this, they must remove the yolk and mix something in the egg white. Then top with cream and caviar. Also had salmon roe in it. Was very good. But I ate it with my eyes closed. The gazpacho had watermelon and cucumber and other flavors. Very good way to start.


Somewhere under there was a mussel - they say. It was remarkably tasty. That white stuff is like a sheet of coconut flavor.


Honey, does this look ok? We good?


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Mid session at Wynn w usual $300 initial buyin.



I’m in SB with $400 and under gun raises to $15. He has $800 or so. Three callers and I make it $50 from SB. Maybe this is a leak in my game but I try to raise to an amount to get only one caller. Better math and I don’t care if I chase em off. Initial raiser calls and one other guy. Flop is Kc6d2d. I bet $70 and initial raiser calls. Turn is Qs and I bet $100. He takes his time before folding.


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Obviously you had 33, right?

Oops. I had Aces.


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Making it $50 after a raise and three (!) callers are absurdly small. Regardless of my hand I would make it at least $80 here, and that is probably even too small. But we are working with restricted stacks, so probably good to leave at least some illusion of fold-equity. A proper sizing would probably be around $100, but then you have already put in 25% of your stack and thus look very strong.

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Let's say you instead of raising to $50, you make it $85, and only the raiser call.

Flop ($215 or so): Kc-6d-2d

You bet $70 like you did in game, and he calls.

Turn ($355): Qs

Now you can easily jam all your value hands for your remaining $230 into $355.
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Don't fall into the trap of 3-betting these tiny amounts, just because you see everyone else do it. Ramp up the sizing, and your winrate will follow

Dinner was at their new location



Fire roasted asparagus



Margherita Pizza


Spaghetti and meatballs


Rigatoni w that pork cheek stuff


Butterscotch Budini


Everything was excellent as usual. We actually ate only one slice of pizza and took the rest back to TI for breakfast tomorrow.


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I’ll share a couple hands from yesterday’s break even session later. Been in 1/3 game at Wynn for about 90 minutes this am.


I had K’s in EP and raised to $15. Two callers and button makes it $55. When he looked at his cards he didn’t survey the table to assess chip stacks or seem to think about much of anything. We both had about $300 to start hand. Folds to me and I thought about BigWhale’s advice yesterday and raised to $155. Everyone folded and 3-better laughed saying he should have known better.

I was in BB on this hand with $400 stack. One limper and button raises to $15. He has about $500. I call and limper calls. I’m sure there’s a good case to raise with J’s here. And I’d be interested to hear. Flop is Jc8h2s. I check and he bets $15. I just call thinking that I don’t want him to go anywhere. Limper folds. But I guess I don’t have any indication of his hand strength by calling. Turn is 9h. I check and he bets $15 again. That seems odd to me so I raise to $50 to see if he likes his hand. He starts to give a speech while counting out chips and then calls. Players giving speeches always get my guard up. River is KC. I check and he checks. He show my set and he shows 10’s.


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I'd mostly 4 bet with KK but if I'm up against an agro 3 better I'd rather call with kk than with qq especially if I'm scared of playing post flop with an over card.

Second hand 3 bet pre and not sure why you're checking river.

Either way enjoy the trip!

Thanks for the shoutout! If you both only started with $300 in the KK-hand, I would have just gone all-in (or made a rare call of the $55 to disguise my hand a bit). Stacksize makes it very akward for any kind of 4-bet size that is not all-in.

In the second hand, as once again proved by this hand history, players who make the same bet on flop and turn are almost always weak . So that is a classic live tell that can be heavily exploited if you recognize it.

GL with rest of trip!

I’ve read a lot of your hand descriptions from your trip reports and have to admit your analysis and line of thinking certainly intrigue me. I felt the raise to $55 was a weak play. He told me later he had KQ. I thought about simply calling since he’d never put me on K’s but there was still a player to act.

In the second hand, I thought he was weak too but his speech threw me off.


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Enjoyed the TR
Appreciate the effort and pics
Safe travels to you and the mrs’s

TR update: Early Thursday evening, I started to experience sharp pain in my right heel/ankle. It got bad pretty quickly and made walking very painful. It was a gout attack. Hadn't had one of those in years so it snuck up on me. My gout med was back in Iowa so high doses of Ibuprofen were the order of the day. Ugh. I made it to Esther's Kitchen and back to TI but gave up on any more walking so I went to bed around 10. At 6 am my wife comes back to the room with one of those motorized scooters and said I can't just lay around. She's gonna get me over to the Wynn for a poker session before heading to the airport. Apparently, she rented the scooter from TI bell desk. There was still a lot of pain in my heel but I could grit my teeth and limp if needed. Actually made about $300 that session.

Here's a hand from Thursday at Wynn that crushed me. Guy ($500 stack just sat down) raises to $15 and I call from cutoff with 7's and just over $800. No other callers. Flop is Qs10h7s. He bets $30 and I call thinking I have him drawing very thin. If he had a set of Q's or 10's ( I think he'd check these hands) I'm really screwed but it really didn't feel like he had me. Turn is Ks and he checks. I don't really think he has a flush or a straight here. I bet $75 thinking I'd get a call from ace of spades or two pair. He pushes out two red stacks for a raise to $200. This surprised me or I should say it confused me since I felt I had the best hand. I called. River is Kh and he shoves. I thought for 20 seconds or so and called thinkin I could beat AK, flushes, etc. He turned over KQ for a bigger boat. Profit for the session went from $507 to $7. Can I fold the river?

Made a similar mistake in the home game last time. Slow-played middle set on a wet board. All on me.

The issue isn't folding the river, it's not betting the flop (IMO, obv). With straight and flush draws out there, let's charge them.

On turn, you get blasted. Straights now in play, as are flushes. Not sure I could've folded either, but this is probably the time. Or shove.

How much was the scooter?

I was staying at the Orleans. My doctor was good at convincing me if I didn't take my BP meds every day I would quickly die. Came back to my room to find one of the bottles missing from the desk. I looked everywhere for it, on the floor, under the floor. Maid must have stolen it. Joke's on them because you can't get high on BP meds, lol. Of course, all the employees denied stealing it, what else are they gonna do? Luckily I get my meds from Walmart, so I called a local one and they filled it.

I want to know how you looked under the floor.

It was $60 for the day but I only had it for 7 hours.