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A Floposaurus takes on Vegas: 3/18-3/21 March Madness TR

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Long time lurker, first time trip reporter. This will be my third year going to Vegas for March Madness with a group inc

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4441 posts · member since Dec 2005
3mo ago
by BigWhale

Horseshoe definitely won't allow you to check in without paying an early check-in fee. The fee usually starts around $50 (?) dollars, and then goes down the closer it gets to check-in time.

If you're Diamond they usually let you check in for no fee. Did I mention they're having multiplier days during your scheduled trip? 😀

OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

Whatever the lowest tier is, that’s what I am.

OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

Weather looks to be up to 97 while I am there. Might just take my backpack, as I won’t need to pack any additional outerwear. Heat wave!

OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

Starting to pack for an early flight on Wednesday. Obligatory shoe and roll pic to get things goin.


feel wrath avatar
6317 posts · member since Nov 2010
3mo ago

nothing like the excitement of the 48 hours before a Vegas trip

OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

Starting to buzz with excitement over here. Some good first-round games, and I'm excited to escape to some warmer weather.

As excited as I am, also feeling a little bit of guilt. The daycare has spring break this week (bad beat), so our kid is at home. My parents live close by, but they're out of town the whole week (another bad beat). So we've called the in-laws in to help while I'm gone. They'll have a great time together, and of course, I'm incredibly grateful that's an option, so I can go be a degen a little bit in Vegas.

OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

Did most of my packing last night and got everything to fit in a backpack. Waking up super early to fly to Vegas. Next update will likely be some LAS airport pics!

Javanewt avatar
3692 posts · member since Nov 2006
3mo ago

Safe travels! Well done on getting it in a backpack.

OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

I’ve arrived to Las Vegas and quickly whisked to the Venetian. We’re waiting for this game to start.


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AzOther1 avatar
1555 posts · member since May 2011
3mo ago

LFG!

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958 posts · member since Oct 2011
3mo ago

LFG! Good luck and run good and hit a high hand!

OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

Welp hit quad 9s for the $200 high hand

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golddog avatar
3182 posts · member since Feb 2013
3mo ago

Nice! Hope you got action and got paid via the pot, too!

489 posts · member since Apr 2024
3mo ago

Nice! A great start!!!

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1028 posts · member since Jun 2008
3mo ago
by FloposaurusRex

Welp hit quad 9s for the $200 high hand

Nice one! Is the high hand a fixed amount now, or did you get to draw a random price from envelopes?

OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

It was $200 every 30 min. Now at the ‘Shoe while I wait for my friends to get in.

Ended V +400! Good start. Will post some hands later.

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4441 posts · member since Dec 2005
3mo ago
by FloposaurusRex

Welp hit quad 9s for the $200 high hand

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Jeez, you got better luck than me. I haven't hit a high hand for any amount in more than 4 years.

OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

Played just about an hour at horseshoe, left up +$110.

No really notable hands in the session, but a few from earlier at Venetian.

HAND 1:

I have 99 and raise to $10 UTG. OWC calls. 1 other caller. This guy was limping and was definitely a promo hunter. Had already bragged he was on like hour 13 of his session. And this was at 10 AM!

3 ways to the flop and it comes 9h9d4h. BINGO.

I check, OWC bets $10. Promo hunter calls. I raise to $35 and she folds. He calls with like $65 behind. Turn comes 7d. I jam. He tank calls. I’m obviously good.

High hand winner!!!

HAND 2:

Stack is around $280. There’s a euro guy who raises to $10 in EP. A tight aggro guy who literally has a laptop and phone headset at the table calls in LP. I make it $55 in SB with JJ. Initial raiser folds. Laptop guy calls.

Pot $120. Flop Js4s4c. Another gin flop. I check. He checks. Turn Kd.
I make it $35 and he calls.
$190. River 2d. I shove for $180 and he calls. I win with the boat. I believe he called with a K of some sort.

I also got it in on a DBPLOBP where I flop the nut straight on one board and turn open ended on another. Chopped the pot with the OWC.

Let’s hope this run continues.

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OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

Gave a little back at the craps table and another horseshoe session. Got a little back at the roulette table. Wandering the strip before Delmonico’s tonight!

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OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

Nice lil dinner at Delmonico’s and now we’re finding a table.

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TJ Eckleburg12 avatar
3605 posts · member since Oct 2007
3mo ago

Hands look good, Delmonico’s looks GREAT.

Keep the positivity going!!

OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

Just had an incredibly tilting session where I’d get premiums, and then lose to **** hands. JJ with AK2 flop, TT losing against queens.AK on K8492 board and the guy called $25 PF with K8o. Calling it a night

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OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

Back for day 2 and got a nice run in past FB.


Plan today is watch some MM games throughout the day and then find some poker at night.

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OP
121 posts · member since Jan 2019
3mo ago

One hand from last night’s 1/3.

Starting stacks: 350
Villains: young Asian guy in the SB. He’s tight so far as we just sat down to a new game about 30 minutes ago.

I’m in MP w/ JJ. Raise it to $10. He makes it $35 from the small blind. I call. Flop QQ5r. He bets $20. I call. Turn 7x. He checks. I check back. At this point it’s feeling a lot like AK. River 2. He bets $35 and I call. He shows Q3hh.

I did NOT expect him to roll that hand over.

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2667 posts · member since Feb 2003
3mo ago
by FloposaurusRex

Nice lil dinner at Delmonico’s and now we’re finding a table. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mmmmm! Love Delmonico! Run good today.

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3mo ago

Some Hand Histories from the Wynn

Hand 1
$1/3 at the Wynn, $500 effective. This was the crazy table, and there were 4 or 5 guys who knew or were friendly with each other. All 45-60ish I’d say.

UTG villain is one of them. He has been betting big and pushed me around in a previous hand.

V1 opens to $15 in MP. He gets a call, then I raise to $65 in the SB w/ 9s9c. Both players call.

Flop comes Ts7d6h. With 3 players in the hand, I check OOP, and the flop checks around.

Turn is 2c. I make it $60. V1 thinks for a while and makes it $250. The guy behind him folds. I think on it for a long time. I asked him what he wanted me to do, and he kinda gave me a shrug and a smirk, which seemed pretty genuine. I eventually folded. He said I made a good fold, and his buddy kinda confirmed that.

In the next hand, the main villain is the same guy.

Hand 2
I’m on the button with A9ss. UTG V1 opens to $15. 2 calls. I call. Four ways to a flop of 972r. He bets $25. Other callers fold. I call.

Turn 7x. He checks quickly.

I make it $35. He raises to $130. I tank call, as I’m not sure what hands check-raise the turn that opened UTG. Maybe 99, but I have one of those. Maybe 76? But he should be betting that turn himself, I thought. So I took about 2 minutes on it and called.

River is J. He checks, and I check back and win against … K2o.

Hand 3
I’m in LP with Q9ss. 1 limp to me and I make it $20. SB calls. Limper folds. V in SB was also a MAWG but was not with the group at the table. He’d seen me bluff a few times.

Flop comes JsTh2c. V1 checks to me, and I bet $20. He calls. Turn 5. He checks, and I check it back.

River Ac. He checks, and I feel like he has Jx. So I took some time before betting $100. He thinks and thinks and then folds.

I was happy I went for the river bluff here and felt really good about my ranging opponents (for the most part) on this trip.

A review of how I think I played
I was really focused on playing aggressively and committed to more turn betting when it was advantageous to my raising range. I learned how often people just fold to turn barrels when you keep the foot on the gas. That was a big confidence booster for me. I think a few times I might’ve been overly aggressive, and it cost me money, but I just didn’t get paid in some spots where I thought I would. I think the largest pot I played was maybe $500 the whole trip, and it wasn’t for a lack of trying on my part.

I also felt that being aggressive helped me gain clarity after the flop, and I was able to navigate situations much better than in previous poker sessions.

Observations on the games
The games at some places were not fun. Little table talk, no drinking, etc. I sat next to some super negative players, and the moaning and groaning were pretty grating. Specifically one table at Aria, one table at Horseshoe, and both tables I played at in Bellagio. All of that complaining made me so grateful I’m not trying to play poker for a living. I was annoyed after like an hour. I can’t imagine dealing with them for hours on end.

That plays into my next point: I had the most fun when people were having a good time. I did have some really great chats with people about a wide variety of topics, and I really appreciate the conversation and finding common ground at the table.

Aria:
I think the room gets easily overwhelmed. Something as simple as changing the TVs to the basketball games caused the floor some agony and the gentleman snapped at me even though I asked very calmly and respectfully. The games were okay there, and my tables only had a few regs. I know the lists get long and it’s super busy during March Madness, but even the servers were flustered. I did play with the guy who used to run the Resorts World room, so it was cool to talk with him and learn more about what that job is like, and have an insight into the higher stakes games and how they run.

Bellagio:
I want to like this room, and hitting the royal flush is one way it’s trying to convince me. But I feel like the worst tablemates I’ve had in my limited Vegas experiences have been at Bellagio. Just quiet and not fun, taking things seriously, and some just lifeless bodies at the table.

Venetian:
I really like the room, and if it were a little closer to where I was staying, I’d play in this room a lot. My experience was great (quads help with that), but everyone was friendly, and the table was fine, albeit super reg-heavy the morning I played there. I did witness a guy with his computer and headset taking work calls while playing, which seemed absolutely WILD to me.

Wynn:
I dunno why I waited so long to go to this room, because I think I might put it at the top of the Vegas list. The whole resort felt super upscale, and the people in the purple jackets, just waiting to help you, were such a great help when I needed to know where to go for valet. The watermelon juice was as delicious as advertised, and it just felt like a completely upscale experience.

Horseshoe:
It's the same old same old here. Could be awful if you have a bad table, but I had some good tables, especially my last night. The action was good late at night, so it’s fun to play here before stumbling back to the room.

Final Results
Not getting into as big of pots as I would've liked, I still managed to make it out of Vegas with a W. I played roughly 28 hours of poker and made a measly $350. Again, I think if I got paid off in some spots, I would've come back with a lot more. But that's variance for you. I definitely felt like I played a lot better, so I'm happy with my process.

I made another $250 net profit with the rest of the table games and sports over the weekend, for a total profit of $600. Obviously, I would've loved to make a lot more on my trip, but winning is better than losing. Thanks to everyone for following along, and hopefully I helped scratch the itch for Vegas for many of you as a very amateur trip reporter....

FloposaurusRex
3mo ago

Starting to pack for an early flight on Wednesday. Obligatory shoe and roll pic to get things goin. ...

FloposaurusRex
3mo ago

Welp hit quad 9s for the $200 high hand

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