Trip Report 9/21 - 9/26
Just sitting in the airport bored and waiting for my flight. Looks like it is on time.
Cant wait to get out there again
Well done! Tough beats.
Scew it! Im here to play tournies. Just bought into V 400 deep dtack one day. 40k 30 minute levels. Lets go!
LFG!
First break 36.9 k. Haven't played a hand just donated blinds. Hopefully something gets going after the break.
Go, go, go!
Well, that didn't work 😀 The tourney portion of this trip is officially over. I started chipping up a bit and got up to about 55K. Then I made the kind of move I had been trying to avoid at all costs but I did it because I thought I had a read on this guy. Anyway there could be multiple mistakes by me in this hand. It went down like this at 1200/1200/600:
UTG raises to 2400, next 3 call and its on me with AQ off. Should I call or raise? I call.
Next 2 players call then the big blind raises to 17K. So raises 6 callers of 2400. This guy is kind of wild, has the biggest stack at the table and has successfully shown down more than a couple questionable hands.
It folds to me and I figure this guy could/would do this with any 2. Other than UTG raiser no one has shown any kind of strength. So I think for about 15 seconds and shove. Either he folds or I have a fighting chance but he had a real hand withh KK and I couldn't catch a bullet.
Anyone else I woulda folded.
During a good portion of today's tournament there was a girl who was on my right who was also on my right at the final table of the tourney I won at Resorts World this summer. We chatted a bit and she told me Resorts can barely get a tourney started these days and that they usually don't even get enough to start it. Thats a great room and it's sad that they can't enough peopl
They have been hurting for a while. I played their Sunday HORSE tournament back in August when it was new and they were pretty excited to get two tables. I haven't followed its trajectory since then to see how turnout has been. I just think the NLHE pool is finite and Wynn is killing them in that price point, so the way forward has to be counter-programming Wynn and Venetian in some fashion. You're just not going to play a small NLHE at RW if you can play a bigger field at Wynn.
Then you have to wonder if the market is there to sustain something different like PLO, HORSE, or some mixed variants. I'm not sure.
It's not just a RW problem. I don't think it's a phenomenal time for poker in Vegas. Even Wynn missed their guarantee once or twice while I was out there.
I'll always go to bat for RW because it's a great room with good dealers and staff. If nothing else, it's great to play in summer when the influx of players equates to meatier prize pools and healthier fields. In the "offseason" I'm not too interested in playing an event with 2-3 tables despite wanting to help the room.
They do have NAPT coming up in a month+, which they have promoted heavily. It attracts a lot of Euros and will do big numbers.
Trying to decide where to eat tonight before giving cash poker a go. Something new or an old standard. It's an age old question 😀 I am a creature of habit so you will likely figure it out before me.
In your bustout hand, after two calls would have been better to raise your AQ to 6k or something. then when you get raised, it will likely go to you heads up so a call would be in order. if an ace hits the flop you can shove, otherwise fine to fold to a flop bet.
you play more tournaments than I do so whatever. feels like tourney grinders are often more eager to shove 45 bb with AQ preflop than I am. well what if they already have kings?
I went and got one of my usual dinners and it was delicious as always. The fried chicken and cornbread at Yardbird.
After dinner I decided to go to the Wynn to play cash. My table was very aggressive. I got stuck about $110 when our table broke. I then moved to another table and before I could even get dealt a hand that table broke. So I took that as a sign that I wasn't supposed to play cash poker tonight. Actually I'm kind of tired and I'm just going to chill in the room for a while and try to get a good night's sleep. It's been a pretty long and exhausting day.
In your bustout hand, after two calls would have been better to raise your AQ to 6k or something. then when you get raised, it will likely go to you heads up so a call would be in order. if an ace hits the flop you can shove, otherwise fine to fold to a flop bet.you play more tournaments than I do so whatever. feels like tourney grinders are often more eager to shove 45 bb with
Yeah, I really don't think I did anything right in that hand and got mesmerized in a sense to the size of the pot. An UTG min raise is all sorts of flashing red lights and I probably should have folded right there. But calling along with the others felt like good odds. Then when the guy who seemed most likely to make a play for the pot made a play for the pot it was mostly my read on him. Like I said if anyone else made a play for the pot I woulda folded. It was specifically that guy and the way he played.
Yeah, I really don't think I did anything right in that hand and got mesmerized in a sense to the size of the pot. An UTG min raise is all sorts of flashing red lights and I probably should have folded right there. But calling along with the others felt like good odds. Then when the guy who seemed most likely to make a play for the pot made a play for the pot it was mostly my
guess what, sometimes they have it
In your bustout hand, after two calls would have been better to raise your AQ to 6k or something. then when you get raised, it will likely go to you heads up so a call would be in order. if an ace hits the flop you can shove, otherwise fine to fold to a flop bet.you play more tournaments than I do so whatever. feels like tourney grinders are often more eager to shove 45 bb with
Raising is definitely right but 6k is too small. With 2400 and 3 calls we want to be 12/13kniah. We can still fold to a shove but we’re more likely to get folds and get heads up
Then of course the most important thing he needs to do is find an A on the flop
Raising is definitely right but 6k is too small. With 2400 and 3 calls we want to be 12/13kniah. We can still fold to a shove but we’re more likely to get folds and get heads up
Then of course the most important thing he needs to do is find an A on the flop
6k is not too small. that's enough to get rid of the other riffraff and the BB is going to raise anyway. I would rather go heads up to the flop than all in preflop drawing almost dead
My body clock is hosed for Vegas but right on track for when I leave tomorrow as I have a 7am flight home 😀 Went to bed early and got up waaaay early. Luckily the fitness center opens at 5am so I got there at the opening. My body was jonesing some real excersize after eating bad food all week and getting now real sweats or resistance in. Felt good to get a real sweat going and actually work some muscles. I always get a ton of steps in while in LV (usually 12-15 miles a day) but I miss the actual workout usually.
The fitness center at the Encore is really nice and easily the best one I have been to at a lv hotel. Shoulda been doing it all week 😀
Todays plan is to get cleaned up and then wander around until cash games start running and then likely play cash all day. I will have my final feast tonight, then maybe a little more cash and off to bed early.
Raising is definitely right but 6k is too small. With 2400 and 3 calls we want to be 12/13kniah. We can still fold to a shove but we’re more likely to get folds and get heads up
Then of course the most important thing he needs to do is find an A on the flop
The more I think about it, it was a total donk play on my part and normally what I do in that position is fold. A UTG player had a good enough hand to raise and 3 more had good enough to call. That should be an insta fold in my position with still 4 to act.
If it woulda been tournament one of the trip I woulda folded but this was tournament "last chance" I tried to make something happen which is what gets most players knocked out of tournaments. My tournament goal is to keep focused with patience and discipline and in this hand none of that happened.
6k is not too small. that's enough to get rid of the other riffraff and the BB is going to raise anyway. I would rather go heads up to the flop than all in preflop drawing almost dead
There’s 12.6 when it gets to us. If we go to 6 then pot is 18.6.
If it gets round to UTG then he needs 3.6 more to call into 18.6. Never folding.
If they call UTG+1 then needs to call 3.6 more into a pot of 22.2. Never folding
Then 3.6k into 25.8. Etc
There is no way 6k gets us heads up
the guy in BB will raise no matter what. if hero raises to 13k or whatever, villain will raise to 30k or all in and then hero is dead either way. if hero raises to 6k, sure some limpers still call. then villian raises to 17 or whatever and hero is likely the only caller. it goes heads up.
the guy in BB will raise no matter what. if hero raises to 13k or whatever, villain will raise to 30k or all in and then hero is dead either way. if hero raises to 6k, sure some limpers still call. then villian raises to 17 or whatever and hero is likely the only caller. it goes heads up.
So we’re doing Strat based on already knowing what someone else in the hand has? That’s um…an interesting approach
I went and got one of my usual dinners and it was delicious as always. The fried chicken and cornbread at Yardbird. After dinner I decided to go to the Wynn to play cash. My table was very aggressive. I got stuck about $110 when our table broke. I then moved to another table and before I could even get dealt a hand that table broke. So I took that as a sign that I wasn't suppo
I love Yardbird so much. Very little of that type of food in Australia, so I always make sure I head there
Had one of my favorite Las Vegas breakfasts. The breakfast quesadilla at Grand lux. It was delicious as always.
After breakfast I got into a poker game and played for about 6 hours. I had one big pot where I flopped a set of Threes against the guy with pocket aces. Other than that it was just mainly grinding. I think I cashed out for a win of $127. In for $300 out for 427.
Went back to relax for a little while and to get cleaned up and dressed for dinner. I'll probably try to play a little bit more before dinner. And maybe some more afterwards too.
Well this trip is pretty much over. I got another hour or so of cash in before dinner. It went pretty well in for $300 out for 453 So another $153 profit.
Had my typical final day steak dinner at delmonico. As always it was outstanding. But I would like to add tonight's meal was maybe the best I've ever had there it was just spectacular. But I have noticed a slight decrease in the quality of service. Pre-covid it was absolutely impeccable. Now it's still very good but it isn't quite that oh wow I can't believe how good this service is.
Had the bone-in ribeye steak fries and I washed it down with three Abita Ambers.
Now I'm just going to pack relax a little bit and hopefully get a good night's sleep I have to leave here by about by about 5:00 a.m. as I have a 7:00 a.m. flight.
Thanks again for following along it is appreciated. I'll give him more detailed recap of the trip when I get home tomorrow afternoon.
I enjoy your TRs Mr B. glad the poker went well for you and seems like everything went as planned.
Well, that didn't work 😀 The tourney portion of this trip is officially over. I started chipping up a bit and got up to about 55K. Then I made the kind of move I had been trying to avoid at all costs but I did it because I thought I had a read on this guy. Anyway there could be multiple mistakes by me in this hand. It went down like this at 1200/1200/600:UTG raises to 240
Folding AQo to a UTG raise and three callers never hurt anyone.
Great pics.
Posting just the pics, then adding text via edit seems to work well.
