Nope he isn't. He still posts on other parts of the site but he's given up on this thread unfortunately.

he is now a wsop dealer.

really? maybe, I would not be in a hurry to tell people that either

Just came across this linked from somewhere else. Loved reading it from the beginning. Was nice to be able to read all the updates in one sitting rather than waiting a year each time.

Hope OP is doing well.

bump

I thought we decide whomever bumps this thread gets a 6 month insta ban

Gee ......Three Years in Las Vegas has become Sixteen Years in Las Vegas...
Time passes so quickly.....Dynasty, I guess you'll continue in Vegas for many more years to come? Do you like living in Vegas for all these years?

I read this thread years ago. It was a good read.

I hope you are doing well, Dynasty.

Bump

I've accepted this thread is never getting updated again, but bumping so newer forumites can enjoy it

Damn, as a former Lost Vegan, I saw the bump and was hoping for updated tales.

Fish on a heater and his heater finally ended.

He gotta be busto by now. Only reason he wasn’t busto earlier was because of a really lucky win in a 100k super turbo freeroll.

You can ask him, Dynasty is still active on the forums occasionally.

If he is dealing that could mean regular income. I figure he is quite good at poker surviving even that many years.

I still play regularly at the Bellagio. And it's still how the bills get paid.

These days it's exclusively no-limit hold 'em. Though, there was about half a year (late 2016 to early 2017) of crushing a 30-60 stud 8 or better game. That was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the game couldn't be sustained.

I also played a fair amount of the 30-60 stud high, the 20-40 Omaha 8 or better, and the 20-40 mixed game at Bellagio in the subsequent years. Again, none of those games lasted and have been sporadic since the pandemic.

After the 2019 WSOP, I caved in and simply concentrated on no-limit hold 'em for practical purposes. It's a lot of 2-5 with some 5-10 occasionally.

I sat in the 10-20 for a bit just to get my feet wet. I bought in short there so it doesn't really count.


It looks like I gave up on updating after 2012 (11 years). It seems strange to me that it's been 12+ years since then. Unfortunately, too much of what I do seems to be: wake up, shower, eat breakfast, and head to the Strip to play poker. There's not a lot of exciting stories to tell.

Poker is so dead that decade old threads are getting resurrected

This thread encapsulates the professional poker dream perfectly. It’s exciting at first and eventually turns into a grind. For every glamorous pro playing million dollar pots on TV, there are hundreds or thousands more we never hear about. Not all went busto, they just grind out a decent living while avoiding a desk job.

I read this thread many years ago. I only recently started skimming the forums again and did a double take when I saw you just provided an update.

I guess this would officially be one of the longest running threads on 2p2. I’d actually find your perspective on the changes in poker the last 20 years from your perspective of a Vegas reg interesting.

Do you still have the suits?

Anyway Merry Christmas OP and thanks for the update!

Every consider moving Somewhere with softer hands?

Ever play plo?

That's awesome. Still playing poker as a source of income.

Poker has been on a downward swing for a couple of years. It would be good to do an update since people would want to know
1) how did you survive Covid with rooms closed. Online?
2) Did you get another full time job to even out the gambling fluctations?
3) what are your thoughts with all the poker drama since 2012.
4) any other things about life in Vegas.

Maybe he uses Palmolive and I’m not sure who would ever want to move away from Vegas

Ha softer games***

Can you give us an idea of what your hourly is at $2/$5?

Lol at this turning into an AMA well

I believe he worked for 2+2 and did some stuff for the online magazine