 Vegas November 2019 |
| Day 6 - A BLOG about nothing... |
| Last Updated: 2019-11-29 13:24:06 |
| I don't have a lot today, unfortunately.
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| Don't worry, I'll still manage to babble on a bit for you, but if you're strictly interested in my poker acumen you're going to be disappointed in this one :-)
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| The short version is I played in two tournaments, I couldn't get anything going in either of them, there weren't any particularly notable hands in either of them, I busted out unceremoniously going all in with well under 20 bigs in both of them.
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| The long version is I played in two tournaments, I couldn't get anything going in either of them, there weren't any particularly notable hands in either of them, I busted out unceremoniously going all in with well under 20 bigs in both of them and I finally got a good beer (and some food) in between tournaments.
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| :-)
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| Slept late, spent the morning doing my BLOG, didn't even get to read my newspaper online! Lunch at Sadelle's in Bellagio. Got some pictures for Joann, picked up a couple of Christmas tree ornaments she had wished she had bought in October, ran back to the room to drop stuff off and then on to Aria.
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| In the first one I registered late in the 3rd level, got aces in the first few hands, didn't get much for them. I think that was the last time I was above the 12K starting stack. It was about 2:40PM when I bought in, it was about quarter after four when I busted. I believe it was 2s or 3s run into Kings again. Was that back to back busts like that in the 1:00? I'll have to check yesterday's BLOG.
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| I finally got a black and tan at Tom's Urban because for a rare time on the trip I was available for a beer between 2 and 5 PM for "half price on anything that pours". I only got one because I asked for another one at 4:59 and the response was "I have too many orders ahead of you, I can't it in on time". Asking isn't enough, it has to be keyed into the register before the clock hits 5:00. Note for next time, don't wait until 4:59.
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| I was gonna get some pot stickers with that second beer so she missed out on some tip money!
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| The 7PM wasn't a whole lot better. Although there was some entertainment, mostly because I wasn't the victim and he mostly stayed out of my way ... who am I talking about?
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| I'm in the 2-seat and there is a complete and utter maniac in the 4 seat. Although he only played 98% of hands instead of 100%. He would fold to a lot of aggression.
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| But outside of that he was pretty much playing every hand. And whenever he was first to act preflop for the first level I played (level 3, earlier than I prefer but I had nothing better to do) he min-raised in the dark while the cards were being dealt 100% of the time. In the second level he started to only call in the dark.
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| But I'll give him credit - he was a starting hand maniac, but he played well post-flop and stayed out of the way of people like me that he quickly figured out knew how to deal with him.
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| He would still call me pre-flop, for example, but would quickly fold at any sign I was betting the flop. And obviously he never caught against me.
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| But I did see him flop a full house with K-6 and river one with Q-3 after 3-betting preflop. Because he also knew who was getting frustrated with him allowing him to mess with those people.
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| But for me it was just entertainment. I knew he'd play honestly against me and like I said he never actually caught.
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| Eventually our table broke and I got moved to a new table. It didn't get any better, I mostly hovered between 10K and 15K from my 12K starting stack.
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| I did win a few pots at the new table tho, but that just meant I was hovering between 15-20K while the blinds kept going up.
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| We're late in the 600/1200/1200 level, I'm sitting around 15 bigs, blinds are about to go up to where I'll be sitting on 10 bigs...two limpers in my big blind and I see a flop of A-4-5 when I have 7-3, so a double-gutshot straight draw ... good enough. I get in, I get called by A-6, 7 on the turn gives me two more outs (one of the two remaining sevens give me trips, a 3 gives me two pair but him a straight), no help on the river and my poker trip is over!
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| Back to the room earlier than I've gotten back in a while! Type up this BLOG and hit the sack since I plan to leave whenever I get up Wednesday morning. I hear I-70 is open again so hopefully I can get through!
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| First, as always, thanks for reading! I do appreciate it.
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| Second, what a satisfying trip after a brutal June. It's nice to be bringing home a nice chunk of change this time.
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| Joann and I will likely be going to Vegas a couple of times between now and June, but I probably will not get in any poker. We're going to be here for the Super Bowl! Check back once in a while if you want to see our June plans, as soon as we know what we're doing it'll get posted in a new BLOG. |
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