To Las Vegas Nov. 30 - Dec. 6
It’s a little early, but I’m excited for this trip. It’s been too long.
My husband is attending the MJBizCon conference (
) for his business, and of course I’m going to tag along! I’m looking forward to any samples he gets😉
We leave Nov. 30 and fly home Dec. 6 – conference is Dec. 4-6, so he’ll miss the last day. We are staying at our Hilton Grand behind Flamingo – Elara was booked, but we really like the Flamingo HG, and it was so few points it’s amazing.
We have reservations Sunday evening for Bazaar Mar, but now I’m considering The Orleans $40K guarantee NLHE tourney that day. Seems like a pretty good structure, prize, etc. Any advice? Is it worth it. If so, we might change reservations to Monday or Tuesday.
Will post shoes and roll as we get a little closer. Until then, I’ll share some “home” poker stories.
Played in one of the two local 1/2 NLHE games Friday night. This game has a dealer’s choice $5 bomb pot every round followed by two hands of PLO. I usually play w/o my husband, but he joined me this time. I always ask for my seat ahead of time, and someone else had snagged my seat 5. Annoying, but no big deal. I asked for seats 6 and 7 instead.
For background, my husband and I are definitely winners in this game. My husband has played only a few times, but he is very aggressive and a good player. He has won every time he’s been there, but these guys are terrible players. They buy in for $50 to $100 (then rebuy), limp/call almost every hand, and limp/raise or raise only with QQ+ (usually only w/ KK or AA – and then they limp/shove), but they rarely raise – I mean almost never. They call bets w/ any piece, chase draws for the wrong price, etc. Really bad. There is only one decent (and that’s stretching it) player. And they have zero idea how to play PLO, let alone PLO bomb pots.
When we arrived, they had us in seats 4 and 6 with nobody in seat 7. It turns out one of the players didn’t want us sitting together. I was pretty upset, but let it go.
Funny thing is, if these players aren’t related (at least half of them are on any given night), they grew up together and/or they work together. They are good ole boys, and this is a small town. My husband and I are the only ones not born in the area.
There is collusion among these players every game. These guys will check it down, check the nuts on the river, tell the other guy what they have, etc. I wouldn’t be surprised if they shared profits at the end of the night. However, they are so bad it’s worth playing. Plus, they feed us and there aren’t many other options – and it’s only eight minutes’ drive.
My husband and I never collude. We never check it down and we sure as hell never check the nuts on the river. Plus, at least one of us always shows our hand, even if we don’t get to showdown, because I never want someone to think we are colluding/cheating. So to have this guy want to separate us was tilting. I desperately wanted his measly $100 stack. My husband got a little of it, but then the guy lost his last $60 KK
Halfway through the night seat 5 left, so we got to sit together. I won $150 and my husband won $500, so it felt good 😉 I didn’t push it Saturday night, but If I ask, I know they will never separate us again.
Worked until 1:30, then showered and headed out. No time for a walk, so made the best of the walk over. Had a terrible sandwich from the shop downstairs that me husband brought me.
Good cocktail servers today and running better so far. Played a hand poorly earlier, but started thinking and playing better.
Made a good call against a reg I have played against a lot, then made a good bluff against him. He actually left after that one, although I didn't show. It's still early.
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Chopped bomb pot hand after I typed the above (pic). Then won $70 on next hand with AA.
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And AA loses to quads. Could have called the river, but too much in there not to shove. Ahhhhhh!
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Hang in there JN! Looks like you flopped a set and he one outered you on the river! That sucks!
PLO variance. Sure to swing your way soon.
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In for $2,000; cashed for $1,640. I will take it. Prairiebreeze, tell your buddy I am sorry for getting so lucky against him [emoji6]
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by the way, sometimes you just need a change in scenery, have you tried playing at the wynn on this trip?
by the way, sometimes you just need a change in scenery, have you tried playing at the wynn on this trip?
I check Poker Atlas every day when I head out to see where PLO is being played. They haven't had any PLO games going, and once I'm at Aria, I don't feel like spending what would amount to 45 minutes getting to a new venue. I guess I could Uber, but I'd still probably have to wait on line, etc. Just not worth it.
Hubby had a good night. Turns out we are just about even for the trip 😉 I'm down ~$175 in poker, but I hope to turn that around on this last day! Off to Aria for the $800 PLO Mystery Bounty soon.
I check Poker Atlas every day when I head out to see where PLO is being played. They haven't had any PLO games going, and once I'm at Aria, I don't feel like spending what would amount to 45 minutes getting to a new venue. I guess I could Uber, but I'd still probably have to wait on line, etc. Just not worth it.
Hubby had a good night. Turns out we are just about even for the trip 😉 I'm down ~$175 in poker, but I hope to turn that around on this last day! Off to Aria for the $800 PLO Mystery Bo
yeah, the wynn 1-2 game usually starts a little later, i checked yesterday, during the day the had 2 games 1-2 and 1 game 5-5 rock with waiting list for each
and the online registration via poker atlas is very comfy
anyways: go kill it !!!
Unfortunately, we did not kill it; it killed us [emoji22] Husband went out of tourney early with AA as AA. He flopped two pair and the other guy got a flush.
I hung on for a while, but couldn't build a stack. Made a mistake and lost a few chips, then geat KKQT on button. Short stack raises (he did it a lot), I 3bet, and the big blind four bets. This guy has been a lockbox. He has a huge stack. He is a very good player, but also sucked out on a few players. Of course I'm never folding, and he has AA. I am out.
Then we both proceeded to get crushed in the live game. AA losing to KK, to pair losing to a two outer Ace on the river. You guys know the deal. We still had a blast. Heading to the airport soon. Cannot wait to see the puppies!
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Unfortunately, we did not kill it; it killed us [emoji22] Husband went out of tourney early with AA as AA. He flopped two pair and the other guy got a flush.
I hung on for a while, but couldn't build a stack. Made a mistake and lost a few chips, then geat KKQT on button. Short stack raises (he did it a lot), I 3bet, and the big blind four bets. This guy has been a lockbox. He has a huge stack. He is a very good player, but also sucked out on a few players. Of course I'm never folding, and he has
Sorry to hear that Java … good to hear you still had a good time 💪
Thanks. We did!
PSA: If you are TSA pre and have Clear, skip Clear if there is a line. It's totally useless at this airport. This is the second time the TSA line has gone twice as fast as Clear. And they have one person taking boarding passes in the Clear line for TSA and regular people. Completely stupid.
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Yeah, it seems as if everybody has TSA precheck now days, so it's effectively the old "regular" security line.
I've never minded getting to the airport early though. Prefer low-stress travel vs trying to hustle. I'll just sit in the club and get some food/drinks until boarding time.
Thanks. We did!
PSA: If you are TSA pre and have Clear, skip Clear if there is a line. It's totally useless at this airport. This is the second time the TSA line has gone twice as fast as Clear. And they have one person taking boarding passes in the Clear line for TSA and regular people. Completely stupid.
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As a non-US poker player I’m used to having a really bad time when entering the US (even in Vegas), so I kind of have myself conditioned for this .. anything that’s not totally horrible is fine ;-)))
Give the pups lots of belly rubs for us!
Thanks for the TR.
On the airport note, I've found Harry Reid to be pretty quick more often than not. They do a good job of shuttling everyone through.
Great TR as always! Appreciate you letting us enjoy the trip with you!
Picked them up from my MIL's house around midnight. They were very happy to see us. This is hanging out Saturday while we vegged and watched Ted Lasso (again).
thanks for the TR, sorry the variance wasn't in your favour and hope you had a fun trip
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Thanks for sharing your TR. Making me already want to plan my next trip
Thanks for the TR, may you be blessed with positive variance in your home games!
Such a pleasure to meet you. Hopefully we'll get a chance to play again (and I won't be as card dead next time).
