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Been back from Vegas for a full week now and my sleep schedule is still way screwed up. It's 8:40am and I decided that I am going to stay up all day today and go to bed around 9-10pm to hopefully reset. Sucks though.
As far as my time in Vegas I had a very good time.
I learned a lot about my own game and really feel like the deeper buyin complemented the way I play. Games are very soft out there in comparison to Foxwoods.
I'm starting to think these old guys are Foxwoods are right when they say it's the hardest place to play. Out of Atlantic city, Vegas, Turning Stone, and Foxwoods. Foxwoods is by far the toughest room IMO.
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considering only playing poker, would you rather play full time in vegas or back in the east? seems like lower variance in the east since the people back there arent as good or bad and more swingy in vegas due to tourist fish and pros. interested in what you think.
Assuming that I put aside the mental rut of leaving my friends/family/life that is in Connecticut and focusing solely 100% on poker, the answer is very easy. Vegas.
Deeper buyins, more game selection, better comps, player pool is significantly bigger, poker isn't taboo.
Those are a few reasons off the top of my head. Also there is a ton to do in that city. It really is one of a kind.
The games are certainly way more swingy in Vegas. I was up like 7-8k in the first 3 days playing 2/5.
The better players there are much better then the regulars here at Foxwoods or the ones I have tangled with in Borgata.
I have never played anything above 2/5 in Vegas or here, but I can say with 100% certainty that there were players in Vegas I thought were much more sophisticated than anyone I will encounter regularly at the 5$ blind level on the east coast. The people out there are actually grinding out rent money, they are good. There was actually a few guys who were in their 50's that live there and actually play good. The people on the east coast just want to toot their own horn by flaunting poker knowledge.
As far as the "fish" go, there are way more of them in Vegas ainec. Some nights I saw tables with 3-4 super fish that I would never ever get to play at Foxwoods. With so many people coming in and out of that town every day it seemed like there was a new fish to replace every old one that left.
There were also some groups of foreign guys that haven't really got a clue how to play. I haven't seen that in a full year at Foxwoods.
In my opinion the games in Vegas are way better and beatable for a substantially higher hourly compared to here. Compared to Borgata it's close but I still might think the Vegas environment as a whole beats Borgata.
Casino vs Casino I think borgata's games are better than any casino there. The problem is that Borgata is all you have in AC. In vegas theres 3-4-5 rooms that I think you could viably play at. I may be wrong because I only really played Venetian, but I think Aria, Wynn, Venetian, Bellagio all have decent games to play in.
Gymin It
Realized that playing so much poker and eating casino food so much is making me unhealthy.
As poker players our entire livelihood is contingent on a sound mind. A sound mind is much easier to manage with a sound body.
Went yesterday with a friend I plan on going with a ton and I felt pretty good.
Wasn't nearly as strong as I was when I went 3x a week religiously before my old AT&T job screwed up my schedule. Did some light full 165lb reps on bench and handled it pretty easily so I don't think I completely fell off.
Going to donate 100$ to charity every week I am not in the gym a minimum of 2 days. Will make exceptions if I travel to AC for 5 days or something like that
Need charity ideas. Thanks.
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