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08-28-2009 , 09:23 PM

#26

grouchie

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Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,069

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Originally Posted by mikech

i've probly dropped almost 10k in the past month at bellagio 1-2nl.

it's not what you drop, it's what you pick up that counts

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08-28-2009 , 09:38 PM

#27

zoltan

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Originally Posted by mikech

i've probly dropped almost 10k in the past month at bellagio 1-2nl.

^^^Vega$Vic/Big Stack gimmick imo

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08-28-2009 , 10:08 PM

#28

Malucci

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Originally Posted by zoltan

^^^Vega$Vic/Big Stack gimmick imo

+17

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08-28-2009 , 10:21 PM

#29

pig4bill

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Originally Posted by mikech

i've probly dropped almost 10k in the past month at bellagio 1-2nl.

But how much did you win?

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08-28-2009 , 10:22 PM

#30

mikech

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Originally Posted by zoltan

^^^Vega$Vic/Big Stack gimmick imo

i wish...sadly, i still have to pay at the rhino

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08-29-2009 , 04:51 PM

#31

Scotlanta

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Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45

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Originally Posted by mikech

i've probly dropped almost 10k in the past month at bellagio 1-2nl.

C'mon Mike... Drunken 1/2 does not count.

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08-29-2009 , 06:20 PM

#32

TonyBones

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Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 361

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Originally Posted by Scotlanta

C'mon Mike... Drunken 1/2 does not count.

I think you'd have to be more than just drunk to drop 10k in a month in a vegas 1-2nl game. Can't even imagin what state of mind that would take.

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08-29-2009 , 06:39 PM

#33

mikech

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Originally Posted by TonyBones

I think you'd have to be more than just drunk to drop 10k in a month in a vegas 1-2nl game. Can't even imagin what state of mind that would take.

meh, i have fun doing it, and it's great stress-relief. better to lose it to poker players instead of blackjack, where i could lose a lot more a lot faster (and have). screw mgm-mirage; i'd rather circulate that money back in the poker economy.

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08-29-2009 , 09:52 PM

#34

pig4bill

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Originally Posted by TonyBones

I think you'd have to be more than just drunk to drop 10k in a month in a vegas 1-2nl game. Can't even imagin what state of mind that would take.

It's easy, and you don't even have to be drunk. You just have to run bad. I've lost a thousand a day on weekend trips, and didn't even play all that long, maybe 4 or 5 hours per day. All you have to do is miss every flopped oesd, every flopped nut flush draw(or pair the river if you've made the nut flush already), and run every flopped set into a straight or flush. Trust me, it's not as hard as it sounds.

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08-29-2009 , 10:12 PM

#35

mikech

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Originally Posted by pig4bill

You just have to run bad.

nah, i pretty much just go aipf blind. usually i lose (since they generally call me with better starting hands than mine...oops), but occasionally i manage to suck out with crap like T3o, and i get a kick outta that.

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08-29-2009 , 10:38 PM

#36

Jetto

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Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 10,886

Wow I thoght vegas would have alot of regulars and sharks playing there? or do the tourists just fill up the rooms

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08-30-2009 , 12:06 AM

#37

pig4bill

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Depends. Sharks and regs tend to come out more when there's "chum in the water", weekends, 3-day weekends especially, NCAA March Madness, etc.

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08-30-2009 , 01:28 AM

#38

NL soulja

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Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 372

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Originally Posted by Jetto

Wow I thoght vegas would have alot of regulars and sharks playing there? or do the tourists just fill up the rooms

I believe Vega$Vic has answered this question numerous times now. All you have to do is to show up and $tack-A-Donk.

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08-30-2009 , 02:12 AM

#39

ginonice

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Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 27

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Originally Posted by mikech

Sir:
Would you please let me know your itinerary of your next trip to vegas?
Perhaps we could meet at one of the card rooms of your liking?

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08-30-2009 , 09:22 AM

#40

Scotlanta

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Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45

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Originally Posted by ginonice

Sir:
Would you please let me know your itinerary of your next trip to vegas?
Perhaps we could meet at one of the card rooms of your liking?

Take my word for it, you do not want to challenge Mike. More than a few of the high stakes players (i.e. "sickos") occasionally drop down to play this nonsense they call "Drunken 1/2". They are not actually (necessarily) drunk, they just open shove preflop every hand (often against each other). Me? I'd rather play blackjack, but I appreciate the rationality of keeping it in the poker economy.

That being said, if you decide to challenge Mike in an actual game, you better bring more than a few buy-ins...

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10-11-2009 , 06:21 AM

#41

Eldon

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Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 156

It's currently looking like (check casino's website) room rates are continuing at low levels. For example, at Imperial Palace: Jan, Feb and March 2010 are lower than they were in June and almost at Dec 2009 levels.