MuckPls and BigWhale vs Vegas (01/13-01/27)
Hi everyone! It’s the holiday season so figured I’d start this thing off. 2 weeks until we go to Vegas for two full weeks.
I’m not entirely sure that I’ll be able to post daily updates. The reason for that is I’ve been busy with work the past couple of months and the new company I work for is based in Las Vegas (yay!!) which means I’ll be working pretty much every day I’m there including business dinners during weekends. I will still obviously use the time off to play as much as possible, but no more playing nights jet lagged unfortunately and hopefully a lot less degen stuff.
Btw: there has been a lot of discussion about my last TR, I really like(d) to put my own emotions into the TR and share with you all the ups AND the downs of gambling. This did not come over well with many people so will just try and stick to summaries daily. People forget that I only do this for entertainment purposes and once it loses its entertainment value it all goes to ****.
So yeah anyways will post obviously but probably not as frequently and as detailed as before, will keep it as a daily summary and let BigWhale post more updates.
Oh also expect a lot of restaurant reviews and food posts as I have booked 6 or 7 restaurants so far.
As for the hotels I have the following booked, all comped:
13-16: Cesars Palace
16-20: Vdara executive suite
20-23: Cesars Palace
23-27: Vdara executive suite
Lots of moving between hotels but whatever, this way I can maximise comps. And since I’m still Platinum I can pretty much get checkin and checkout any time I want.
Last but not least, we are flying Malta - London Heathrow - Vegas and I have booked premium economy with Virgin Atlantic so will be really nice!
Took the $510 profit after 5 hours at Aria and went to check out this fairly new place and HOLY **** their food is amazing. Especially the spicy watermelon hit the spot! Highly recommend.
Also cash games so far:
All I had to do was complain a bit and managed to pack it in with gutshot + flush draw vs a set of kings and hit a flush on turn and straight flush on river for 1k pot:
nice 
hitting a 2-card straight flush feels SO good (from my limited experience), especially if there is a high-hand bonus.
There was a wait list at Aria so had to go with the second best option. 500 at blackjack into:
Flight leaves in 36 hours, let’s make it ****ing count!!
go go go go!
Heater continues. Got into a game at Aria but it was absolutely terrible with a bunch of OMCs. Left after a while up $75. Took $500 to blackjack again and:
Who needs poker? 😀
BigWhale - Wanted to say thank you for all the effort and level of detail you put into this trip report. I'm a rec player and love reading your thought process.
I'm curious what's your TR process - do you quickly capture important hands right after the hand and then write a detailed TR later on or are you writing it as you go? Or are you a genius replaying all this from memory later?
Another try at Aria 1/3.
Not asking for much, just need a last 1200 for full recovery. #onetime
BigWhale - Wanted to say thank you for all the effort and level of detail you put into this trip report. I'm a rec player and love reading your thought process.
I'm curious what's your TR process - do you quickly capture important hands right after the hand and then write a detailed TR later on or are you writing it as you go? Or are you a genius replaying all this from memory later?
Thanks, hugely appreciated 😀 My thought process is definitely flawed at times, but I try to base a lot of it on what I have learned at 'Crush Live Poker'. So if you want to improve your game, I strongly suggest to sign up there. And I can guarantee I am not paid to say this.
I am writing down quick details as soon as the hand is finished, and when I then get in front of a computer I just need to look at my notes to jog the memory and remember the hand, the opponent types etc. A typical note can look like this (I write parts of it in Norwegian for myself, but would work just as well in English):
"Two l3 raise ATdd 16 CO, BB call, l-f. T-9-4 two c one d. C $15 fold."
(two limps for $3, I raise ATdd to $16 from cutoff, BB calls, and limpers fold. T-9-4 two clubs one diamond. He checks, I bet $15, he folds).
After doing this for all trips for 6 years now (where did the time go?), I am very used to it and have found a system that works for me. If I have a specific strategic thought during a hand that I think is important to mention, I also try to include it. But most of the times it's not really necessary, as it all comes back to me when I read the short version.
(and I am very honest with the thought process I have during hands, both good and bad).
BW: thank you from a silent follower
Muck: blackjack the **** out the rest of your trip
Appreciate it, glad everyone enjoyed it! I’m $1200 from my target so no more blackjack at least for a while, will try and grind it out at 1/3 today and tomorrow.
Already up $200 so technically just $1k to go!
6 hours in, sitting at close to 1k. Will try my best to stay until midnight but will see how that goes.
I’m an old Swedish fish. Gave up after 7 hours, way too tired to continue playing. 600 profit!
One more almost full day to go tomorrow.
One final update for tonight. After winning 600 at Aria I had some food at Park MGM and after hit a blackjack table for $500 and had THE SICKEST shoe of my life. Cashed out $1200 profit in like 10 minutes.
And with that ladies and gentlemen and non-binaries WE ARE OUT OF THE HOLE!
Way to get unstuck!!!
way to blackjack the **** out the rest of your trip!
Late checkout confirmed for today so have the room until 3pm. Until then:
Then probably back to Aria for even more play.
And if the good run wasn’t enough, just shipped a 1700 pot at 1/3. You all know what this means right? We upgrading on the way home!!
^ oh come on, you've gotta provide a HH for that hand at least.
Other guy had a naked ten
Straddle $6 with KTo, 4 callers. Late position make it $25 I call so does 3 others. Flop Q98r. Original raiser makes it 55 into like $150, I call. Turn is a J, I check and he now makes it $150. I ship it right into his face for 600. He calls with JJ and river is a brick [emoji3464].
"catching that jack on the turn - you got lucky there"
