Whale (and brother) does Vegas - 2024 edition (8th-17th May)

Hello fellow LVL people,

Better late than never, but starting this thread to document my upcoming trip to Las Vegas. And when I say upcoming, I mean that I am leaving in less than 12 hours from now!

As the title indicates, I will not be alone in Sin City. My brother will be keeping me company, although we will actually not fly there together. I will go my usual route of Malta-London-Las Vegas, while he will be making his own trek from Norway. But we will - if no delays - arrive in Las Vegas only around 30 minutes apart. I am arriving first, and by the time I have cleared immigration etc., he should have landed as well (his final flight is from from LA to Vegas).

I will be staying at Mandalay Bay for the entire trip, and brother will be staying at Delano for the entire trip. So we will obviously be very close to each other while there. I had some decent offers for MB and brother had great offers for Delano, so the location made sense in that regard. Obviously it's on the south end of The Strip, but looks like weather is going to be really hot and not very walkable anyway. So we will just have to rely on taking Ubers or Taxis etc. to get around.

We will also be attending a concert at House of Blues at MB on the 11th of May, so there will be a break from gambling/poker while in Vegas. We have also considered to check out the Sphere one of the days, although not set in stone yet. And given the warm weather, there will also be plenty of visits to the pool etc.

Shoes and roll are above, which as always gives me a reminder that I should buy some new shoes soon. Thankfully the roll is a bit bigger than what is shown in the picture

I really havent made many plans regarding poker. There might be a bit more tournaments than on previous trips, simply because it's my brother's favorite format & I have had some really good runs in tournaments here in Malta the last year or so. But I will obviously also try to squeeze in as much cash games as possible, and try to be a bit smart with my decisions. Not just in regards to how I approach hands, but also in regards to where I play and what time of the day I am playing. For example, there is probably not much value in joining a cash game at Caesars at 10am in the morning.

Will obviously also play some Video Poker here and there, hopefully running a bit better than what I did in January. But also here the trick is to be smart, both in regards to where I play and what type of game I am playing. VP is actually one of the reasons I chose to stay at Mandalay Bay; as they still (at least from observation in January) have a good selection of machines with not terrible pay tables at my stakes.

Hopefully I can convince my brother to post a bit as well, but regardless I will do my best to update every day with the usual stuff - some pictures, a lot of hand histories etc.

'Only' staying for 9 days, so it's not a super long trip. But will just have to make the most of it. I can't wait 😀