Third break, in very workable shape with 94k. Average is 50k, and the board says there’s 78 left, so it’s probably lower than that.

My ability to remember specific hands and action is waning as the day goes on, lol. I remember one big stud8 hand I was in, when I had two small pair and an ace high 4 flush working on 6th street. My opponent’s board was something like 7-8-T-Q rainbow, I don’t remember the order his cards came out.

I was facing a bet on 6th. Since it looked like a low was unlikely, and he was drawing to or had a straight made, I called with my flush and boat outs. I caught the 5th club for a flush, he made his straight, missed his low, and bet/called on 7th with the loser.

Another interesting spot in PLO. Aggro chip leader makes it 3500 at 1k/1.5k, button calls, shortstack ships 9k from SB, I wake up with KK97 and no suits. I thought it highly likely that the chip leader is 4betting to isolate in position if I flat, so I folded. Sure enough, chipleader pots it, button folds. Shortstack has QT99, and chip leader has squadoosh, QJT5 with one suit. He makes a flush to bust the shorty… I would have made quads

I don’t regret the fold. The story of my whole freaking trip so far is being out of position, with an above average but non-nutted hand, facing heavy aggression, and not knowing what to do.

I can pass up marginal OOP spots. Both stacks to my left have me covered, so I’ll need to proceed cautiously in big bet games.

Feeling good and playing confidently.

Played 2 levels, now we’re on 40 minute dinner break to color up the black chips. I have 97k, the board says 54 players left, so it’s probably lower than that, and I’m probably slightly above average.

Played a bad triple draw hand. Called a raise from BB in a multi-way spot with 8-3-2-x-x, (too loose?), raiser and SB each take two also, and I catch 9-8-7-3-2. Check check to the raiser, who bets, SB calls, I call. SB draws 1, I pat (good? idk), raiser draws one. Check check to the raiser, who bets, call call.

Here’s where the hilarity ensues: the SB tables his hand, not realizing there’s a third draw still, and shows a 9-7. He apologizes for the mistake, and it’s ruled his hand is not dead.

Um, now I guess I need one, and break the 9, which makes everyone laugh. The raiser also takes one. I catch a Jack, so I can’t win. Check check to the raiser, who checks back with A2345, saying he was drawing to 2345. SB wins with the hand we all knew he had.

If I was thinking on my feet, I should go for the snow after SB tables his hand, because only I can be repping stronger. Stay pat, then maybe they both fold after the third draw. Ah well. Learn something everyday.

And also one interesting, boring ol’ NL hand. CO opens to 4.5k at 1k/2k, I flat Ad6d from BB. Flop Kd 7d 4c, I check, he bets 4.5k again, I c/r to 15k. He thinks a bit, and calls. Turn misses me, 2s, but I have the lead so I go 19k.

I’m trying to decide if I need to empty the clip if I miss, or if a bet of 30something k will leave me chips if it goes bad, and accomplishes the same thing. Fortunately it’s moot, as he folds. Must have smelled a rat, because he asks, “semi-bluff?”

I smile, don’t say anything, and of course don’t show.

Dinner tonight is a nutritious and delicious Steak N Shake from the Fremont food court. No pictures, because we know what that looks like.

Now I’m heading back, for as long as it takes!!

I’d appreciate it if some of you mixed game wizards would weigh in on any of the thought processes I’ve posted today!!

Busto in 33rd place. The bubble was 21

Lost a wishy-washy stud8 hand where I had initiative heads up on 4th, gave it up when I caught bad, and tried to re-take it when the bets doubled. I made a pair of aces, but missed the low, and he ran me down with kings up.

My decisive hand came in limit O/8. Folds to me on the button, I raise to 12k with 8x4x4h2h. Big blind calls. Flop Ts 8c 5s, he checks, I bet my 42 low draw and pair of 8’s, he calls. Turn Ah, now he leads 12k.

I make my 2nd nut low, with my 8’s and a gut shot to the wheel for the high. I think I may still have scoop equity, so I call.

River Qs, he leads 12k again. I make the crying call hoping for half, but he has Ks2s23, for a flush, the nut low, and the scoop. My 8’s were actually ahead for the high going to the river. Fold preflop, I guess? I dunno.

Next I find myself in the 8k big blind in 2-7 triple draw, with 8-7-2-x-x and only 19k behind it, facing a raise from the chipleader in the cutoff.

Time to decide. Do I stack this? And if I do, do I break the 8? Might be kinda silly to stack it and draw three. I decide with almost 1/3 of my chips in the blind, I need to go with it, and I keep the 8 and draw two. He also draws two.

I catch bad, and draw two again. He draws one. I catch 3-3, so now I draw 1 for the final draw, and he pats. I pair the 7, and he shows down 76532, so I was dead keeping the 8 anyway.

Sigh. So it goes. Basically the worst possible outcome, to play allllll day, yet bust right before cashing.

Still, playing mixed games all day was a lot of fun. It forces me to expand my mind thinking about poker situations that don’t come up often, if you just play hold’em or PLO.

No cash game nightcap for this evening, my poker bandwidth is emotionally drained for the day. Gonna get some rest, make some follow up job calls in the morning, then try again at cash in the afternoon.

Thanks for reading!

A good thing to say whenever someone asks you what you had, is "I had Jacks".

Either it's plausible and they nod knowingly or its a really funny joke, or both.

You don't mention stack size and blinds in that O8 hand so it's tough to say if I would have folded pre or not.

If there's been a lot of folding the raise is not a bad play at all - I might have checked the flop as played but you got pretty unlucky he had KK23 there.

I probably had about 60k in that O/8 hand, with 3k/6k blinds, 6k/12k stakes.

It’s been another very productive morning.

It starts with breakfast. I went back to the cafe about 3 blocks from my Airbnb, called Eat. Got the thin-sliced, pan fried porkchops with scrambled cheese eggs, toast, OJ, and coffee.



Then I went back to my place, and did my laundry.

Made some follow up phone calls, and now I’ve got an interview with the director of operations for the greater Las Vegas area! We’re meeting at noon tomorrow in one of the clinics.

Feeling very accomplished, I think I’ll go back to the Golden Nugget and play some uncapped 1/2 NL.

GL on the interview, and crush the uncapped game!

Fun trip report. And all the eats have looked good!

I would never have made the effort to visit all those places in person handing out resumes. Good job of job hunting! And good luck on the interview!

GL on the interview!

Well, of course not. You're already retired.

Well, yeah, but I never expected Walmart to give me my pink slip just because all those go-getter whippersnappers wanted to be a Greeter.

Finished at the Nugget for +393. I started losing right from the jump, down to -500 at one point, but I stayed patient, and focused, kept my stack topped off, and made the comeback.

First hand of consequence, I open 77 to $15 from CO, button and a blind calls. Flop 5s-6s-5c, I cbet 20, button calls. Turn 2d, I bet $35, button calls again. River Th, I check, and button SNAP bets $110. Sigh.

This is another one of those spots where I feel like I ought to be ahead, and I have showdown value, but I’m out of position facing heavy aggression. I just don’t think the average 1/3 player is making $100+ river bets that lightly, so I fold. He never showed, never said, so we’ll never know if it was correct.

One hand I thought I played well, I open 8c6c from HJ to $10, button makes it $23, SB cold flats, I come along. Flop As-7s-5s, and it checks through. Turn 3c, and the SB bets $15.

For that sizing, and the way the action has played out, I don’t give anyone much credit for a hand here, so I raise to $45. PFR folds, SB calls. River Kc, so I miss everything, and SB checks, with about $100 behind.

Welp, I don’t have any showdown value, so I guess I need to follow through here. Don’t think I need to shove, so I think a bet of $60 will accomplish the same thing. He tanks a bit, and folds.

That guy got me back a little later, when he opens to $7 from CO, I 3bet AsQd from BB to $25, he calls. Flop 9c-8c-3h, and he floats my $30 cbet, with about $75 behind.

Welp, guess I need to hit to win, and I sort of do, as the Qc rolls off on the turn. Clubs AND JT get there, but I don’t think I have any other moves than shove, first to act with a SPR that low.

He quickly flicks in a chip for the call, didn’t want to see that. The river is an offsuit ace, which gives me a glimmer of hope, but he had 33. So I got his stack in completely dead on the turn.

Top up, then I make a score. I open Kd3d to $12, and BB makes it $25. Thanks for being terrible at sizing, so I call. Flop Jd-7c-3s, he continues for $25. I float with my pair, and backdoor diamonds… and the turn is another lovely 3. Now he leads out $100. Hmmmm.

I guess it’s time to play for stacks, so I shove for $406 total. He snaps with QQ, and I fade the two outer. Baluga Theorem exists for a reason, sir, nh me.

Two orbits later, I call a late position raise with 77 and flop the joint, 7-2-2. I check/call $20 on the flop, then I lead out $50 on the turn, an 8. Villain looks very confused and calls. River 5, I shove for about $140, effective stacks. He says “Guess I gotta see it,” and calls, so I show it to him. He had 99.

Nice to put one back in the win column. I was going to a dark place, when I started losing again right when I sat down. But I stayed patient, played my game, and turned it back around. Hooray for no buyin caps at the Nugget!

Now I’m over at Resorts World, because I really wanted to get some noodles. And ride the rush, and play more 1/3.

Made it over to Resorts World, and I was all excited to get the noodle dish at my favorite stall in the food court there. I couldn’t get them last time I was over here, as they were closed Monday.

And RATS, they’re closed again, even for dinner on a Thursday night. Guess I have to try again on the weekend.

So I went with a certified DogFace approved recommendation: the clay pot rice bowl place! It has chicken, sausage, veggies, and rice, with a special sauce. These are all things I like!



Now sitting in a new 1/3 game at Resorts World for the max 400!

Just gonna keep playing my game.

Love it! Hope you enjoyed.

The K3 hand shows why it's so profitable to draw at some of these hands. Massive turn jam and he doesn't even stop to consider if one pair is good. Eeek. Even if it's hard for you to have a 3 there, he's going to see a lot of JJ and 77.

Fold pre.

In all fairness he probably doubted a FH would fastplay JAM in position like that.

Welp, Resorts World did not go well. It was a crazy game, I hit my stop loss, but since it was so crazy I went even deeper, and lost that too.

Set vs overpair in a 3bet pot for buyin number 1, QQ < AK aipf for buyin number 2 (against the guy that just won A9s > K3o aipf the hand before), and it was downhill from there.

Sick thing is, the game was still really good, with people stacking off all kinds of goofy stuff. That’s why I went deeper, not that it did me any good.

Just one of those days, where everything goes wrong. Ah well.

I still have a couple tourneys next week already paid for.

So going to bed earlier than I would have preferred, but that’s fine.

Interview tomorrow! We’ll see how that goes.

Nice TR, look forward to the rest, GL.

Loving the food recs as well as the rest of the thread.

Do you happen to remember any prices please? (I've got a 9-day solo trip in August and am collecting names of reasonably-priced places).

Yep I’m always interested in prices for meals

Sorry about the run bad. Hopefully you get a big $$ offer and that’ll pay for the cards!

Well played! There are so many pots that are there for the taking, if you are able to suss out a weakness in their bet sizing.

The games at Golden Nugget are a hidden goldmine, so much that I should probably not even mention it to people on here

Meals in food courts, and my breakfasts, are running $20-$35ish. Yardbird was $60, including 18% gratuity. Honey Salt for two with dessert was $75 before tip.

Circus Circus SteakHouse was good in the 80s, place sucks now, just my opinion.