TR 09/01 to 09/06 (more of the same!)

Always in for a mrb TR!

I have a recommendation for your first meal. However, it's kinda like OPTAH, I don't want to influence the action. 😉

good luck

my next Vegas trip is January. I've never been so anxious for winter. haha

Have fun. Looking forward to the read.

It's been a long day. It started very early in Chicago to catch a 9:00 a.m. flight to vegas. Also I screwed up when I booked my flight because I usually get the pre-boarding and I forgot to do that this time. I Fly Southwest so pre-boarding is important if you want to get a good seat unfortunately I ended up in group C this time which meant I was one of the last board. It actually worked out pretty good though because even though the plane was full I was able to snag a row three seat I'll be at a middle. Actually the middle wasn't any more uncomfortable than an aisle or window

After getting in the room I had to do some housekeeping chores. First thing I had to do was go to Walgreens to pick up soda and beer. One of the things that sucks about the Venetian is they don't have refrigerators. So whenever I stay here I always bring a fold up cooler and stick it in my suitcase. It's not ideal but it's better than nothing.

After that I had to go get a new players card for the Venetian because somehow I lost mine. Then I decided before going to place some poker I would get something to eat because I was very hungry. All I had was a bowl of oatmeal before I left for the airport this morning so I was really starving. Of course I went to Cheesecake Factory and got my spicy cashew chicken which was outstanding as always.

For dessert I had the Godiva chocolate cheesecake which was also outstanding. For the entire month of August I went carb-free trying out a Keto diet. That's over for now.

Now it was time to go play some poker and check out the new Venetian room I like the room a lot. It's very comfortable the table seem bigger than normal so you have a lot of room at each player's space. I played for about 3 hours and was mainly car dead for most of that time. I went on a little rush at the end and finally got the unstuck. After a little over 3 hours I ended up plus $54.

I was really starting to feel tired so I decided to head back to the room to chill out a little bit. On the way I took one small shot at bubble craps and hit on the first roll for plus $34 and decided that was plenty for for now.

Both the Wynn and Venetian are running deep stack tournaments this week and I plan to play in at least one or two. Tomorrow for sure I'm going to play in the $400 Wynn. On Tuesday the Venetian has also has a 400. And on Wednesday the Venetian has a $600 bounty tournament. I've never played in a bounty tournament before and I think I'm probably going to try that one but we'll see how it goes. There are a couple two day tournaments going but I don't think I want to plan any of those I want to stay with the single day tourneys. I may go back down a little later but I'm also might just go to bed cuz I'm really feeling tired and like I say it's been a really long day so I'll keep you guys updated and check in with you later.

Good luck in the tournaments!

5 pairs of shoes? I can't even think of 5 different things to do in Vegas.

Might look into CVS or the like for a $5 styrofoam cooler. It will function a lot better than the fold-up and it won't leak either. I think TI has one across the street.

Five pairs of shoes is easy. One pair of flip flops for the pool one pair of decent looking shoes if I need to dress up one pair of walking shoes if the other two pairs of slip-ons start to bother me and the two pairs of slip-ons is my everyday normal shoe. I have them in two different colors because I want them to match the shorts I'm wearing after all I am a fashion plate.

Slept pretty bad last night even after going to bed very early. I am wound up getting up about 4:00 a.m. after tossing and turning most of the night. I decided to go out for a nice morning hike before the heat really gets in later in the day. I headed down to the Bellagio Conservatory like I normally do on my first morning to see what it looks like this trip. They seem to be going with a balloon type of motif.

Then I headed back to the venetian. When I went through early at 4:30 a.m. the poker room was pretty busy. There were 413 games going and four or five of other denominations. Vegas is really hopping this weekend but after all it is a three day weekend. I decided to take another early morning shot at bubble craps. And once again I hit on the first roll cashing for a plus $45. As always my bubbles crap strategy is hit and run if you win anything get the hell out of there.

Then I hit the Grand Lux for breakfast. I had my traditional First breakfast in town eggs benedict. They were very good.

Today's plan is to hit the pool when it opens at 8:00 a.m. it's already hot so I probably won't stay out there more than an hour or so. Then I plan on playing the $400 Wynn tournament at noon. Hopefully that will take up well into the evening. But if not I'm sure I will just play more cash once I bust out.

haven't seen the Venetian pool, hope you can snap a little photo
good luck in the tournament.

I didn't take any pictures at the pool maybe I'll try to take one tomorrow. Venetian pool kind of sucks now it used to be great before they redid it a couple years ago. Used to be one big pool with great sun exposure everywhere but they chopped it all up to get more reserved and paid seating. I only stayed out there for about an hour cuz I didn't want to overdo it plus I wanted to get a couple of hands of poker in before the tournament this morning. I played at the Venetian for about an hour and a half and ended up plus $74 in for $300 out for 374.

Woulda Coulda should have been better but I took a pretty bad beat on hand where I flopped trip threes. I had Ace three suited and flop came 3310. I came out firing and one guy kept calling me. I bet 25 on the flop 50 on the turn and he thought a long time before calling that 50. Unfortunately the river was a queen which paired Queens on the board. He had a pocket Queen so he had a full house better than my full house. Anyway it was an okay session now I just want to rest up a little before I head over to the tournament. I'm not really hungry but I figured I should eat something before the tournament starts because if I go long I know I'm going to be very hungry before it's over. All I did was grab a chocolate chip cookie at Bouchon which was really good. Going to walk around for about a half hour or so to get some steps in before I hopefully be leather ass in that tournament all day long.

Just starting. 25k starting stack.

I'm the opposite of a fashion plate, whatever that might be. I'm not sure I own more than two pairs of functional shoes.

My wife is constantly trying to get me more new shoes. I tell her all I need are one pair of tennis shoes, one pair of dress shoes and one pair of casual shoes.

She gets me more, and I never think to wear the rest.

First break, all the way up to 26k from my starting stack of 25k! That's not good 😀

Got stuck early then got to around plus 10k then drifted back down. Surviving anyway.

Second break, a little better. 65.5k average is 58k. 63 left and 17 get paid but reg is still open until end of break.

great start to the trip and the tourney. hope both continue to go well

that cashew nut chicken looks great

3rd break, looking better! A little over 200k. 29 players left and 20 get paid.150 total entries.

People are watching

good luck Mang

Sub'd

4th break. 9 left final table. 205k. Just lost 2/3 my stack in a hoffific bad beat. Will need to shove and get lucky.

I am very tired and hungry!

Gl. Probably two flips gets you to chip leader. Run well

way to FT in #1!

Sitting at the bar in Grimaldis right now, sipping on a beer and just ordered food. I lasted longer than I thought after last break busting out in 6th place. I busted out at exactly 10pm which means I leatherassed that tourney for 10 hours!

Anyway 6th paid 2404 or a profit of $2004. Hard to complain about that. I am hungry and exhausted. I shoved my final 300k chips with A5 suited and ran into AK and didn't improve. We played 6 handed for at least an hour. The whole thing is a blur about right now. Maybe tomorrow I will try to remember some key points and hands. Just gonna eat and drink now and likely crash.