*Split*, KurtSF and mpethybridge from left to right.
We met up at Hooters and had wings, shrimp, burgers and (ahem) a salad.
From there we went to the MGM to donk around at 1/2 NL. *Split* and I were seated together at first, and KurtSF joined us later when a seat freed up.
We had a blast being kind of silly, but we all actually played solid poker (except for the blind calling and straddling). KurtSF ran horribly--he lost a stack AIPF with AA v. KK, he lost another one with AA to *Split*'s flopped full house and he had some other stuff go wrong that I don't recall.
I ran basically as card dead as I have been since I got to Vegas, and finished up just a few big blinds.
*Split* finished up Kurt's stack plus another decent chunk; he was definitely the big winner of the three of us tonight.
The first night *Split* and I played together at the V, he busted on me about having a too-serious demeanor at the table. Tonight I went to the other extreme and played the table drunk. I was almost stone cold sober (less than three beers), but acting silly and talking about being drunk and doing things like randomizing my preflop raise size by asking the dealer to pick a number.
I'm normally not a funny guy, but I cracked up my end of the table with a pretty good quip.
We had let the cat out of the bag that we played on the internet pretty early in the session. Later, *Split*, who had the God seat on me, was just making conversation. He says to me, "you never did the internet dating thing, did you?" And I said "no I never did," and then we go off talking about internet dating. He finally says to me, yeah, you're lucky you never had to do internet dating." I replied, "nope; I do internet poker; it's my wife who does the internet dating."
And a good time was had by all.
Not that it will surprise anybody, but my fellow mods are very cool guys who are a real pleasure to hang out with.
Kurt and I are going to grind the venetian tomorrow, and it sounds like our sessions will overlap. So that's cool.
*Split* also took this picture of my back and Kurt:
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Tonight:
Kurt and I met up tonight at dinner time at the Venetian. We ate dinner at the Grande Lux and then Kurt resumed, and I began, grinding. I decided to join him at 1/2, primarily just to have fun, but also because I didn't really feel like I had my A game today after last night's revelries and only about 3 hours' sleep.
Again with the tough tables. Kurt says that he suspects three of the 10 people at our table who were there as a group of being 5/10 players who were slumming. I don't know about that, but they weren't the usual 1/2 players, either.
There were a few soft spots at the table, but, just through the luck of the way the cards fell, I kept mixing it up with that group of three guys. I finished up on the group of them, but down to one of the three.
They left about an hour or two before Kurt and I left the table, and I went from card dead to getting a few playable hands. I played a few cool little hands with 88 and 55, but, for the most part, everything was pretty standard.
I had position on Kurt, so I was able to float him with air in a 3 bet pot and take it away when he checked the turn. I was thinking "w00t! I am in a hand against someone who knows how to fold!"
Kurt and I both finished up a hair under one buy in each.