Back from Vegas

I just got back from Vegas yesterday and am still feeling the after effects. My sleep schedule is all fucked up and i think i might have contracted s.a.r.s., overall though it was definitely worth it. I would say this was probably the funnest trip that i have taken out there so far. We stayed at the Flamingo the first 4 days and it was actually a lot nicer than i was expecting. I didn't really play that much poker the first 4 days just did more drinking and paryting. We went to studio 54 at the MGM one night and the playboy club a top the Palms another night and both were pretty sick. I decided to sit down at 2/5 around 3a.m. after the bar and lets just say it wasn't the best idea haha. I went all in pre-flop for like 600 with ak vs. qq which i actually think was a good play and don't really know how the guy called me but oh well, needless to say i didn't hit. The guy thought forever and i thought i could get him off it but the idiots at 2/5 cant fold so good call i guess. So after the first couple of nights being there i was down about 2k haha, just the way i was hoping to start. That wasn't that big of a deal because i knew i would win it back and a lot of the 2k was spent on a lot of other things than poker. We also went to this sick steakhouse in the MGM called Craft steak and it was by far the greatest steak/meal i have ever had. Granted it was like over 200 a person but i think it was well worth it, it was that good. My buddy's cousin who is cool as hell picked up a good part of the check so that was really cool of him. If you are ever in Vegas i definitely recommend that you eat at Craft steak. The last few days out there i stayed at the Wynn and the room/hotel was sick. I have been there many times before but never in any of the rooms and they are sweet. I went to check in and they didn't have a room for me so they put me in a deluxe room on the 60th floor, which is the top floor, BALLLIINNN haha. The rooms there are so sick i don't think i will be able to stay anywhere else when i go out there now. The room had plasmas in the main room and in the bathroom with a sick view overlooking their golf course and las vegas. Unfortunately i didn't really take any pictures of the trip again so i dont really have any to put up on the blog. I think i am going back out there again though in march so i will take some for sure that time. As for poker the trip didn't really go as planned. I would say that i lost around 500 playing poker which isn't a big deal at all but i was just running so shitty it sucked. I must have got my money all in 5 or 6 times as the favorite and lost every hand to a turn card or river card. It sucks but that's just the way it goes sometimes, you are going to get unlucky that's just the way the game is. I was down about 2k with 3 days to go and managed to get back to even the day before i left. This was pretty good considering how bad i was running. If i wasn't running so bad i would've pulled in some decent money but the cards just weren't holding up what can you do. Every time i would get the money in i swear the person would suck out on the turn or the river every time. Once i got back to even i ran into the sickest half hour of the whole trip where i managed to lose around 1700 in a little under a half hour. There were 3 big hands in this half hour that really just stuck it to me and i wouldn't play these hands any different i just got unlucky/cold decked.

Hand 1- Idiot to my left had been limping into every hand and calling/raising with really weak hands. So we are 6 handed i have j8c from the button i raise to 20 pre and the idiot calls. Flop comes 910Q and i flop the straight. He checks to me i bet out 25,he raises to 70, i think for a sec then re raise to 155, and before i can even get my chips into the pot he immediately goes all in for like 420 more. I don't see how i can get away from this hand 6 handed so i finally call and of course he has the KJ and i lose about 700 here. Not a bad beat at all but just a sick set up and i don't think many players are getting away from this hand.

Hand 2- about 10 minutes later i pick up AA in early position and raise to 20 again and have 2 callers behind me. Flop comes down Q86 which is an ok flop but there are a lot of draw possibilities with this flop so i bet out 50 into the 75 and get 1 caller. I had played with this kid the day before and he would call down with any pair/draw so i didn't really like him calling. The turn comes a 9 which I didn't think hit him but i checked only to check raise if he bet out a decent amount which he did. So he bets out 80 and I'm positive i have the best hand at this point so i re raise him 175 on top of his 80 hoping to take the pot down right here but he calls and i already have a sick feeling before the river comes. The river comes a retarded 7 which i know just killed my hand so i think for a second and throw a freeze bet out there of 50 because i don't want to check and just have him go all in, i wanted to at least see his garbage hand. He thinks for like a minute then finally just calls showing a 910 off suit haha. Nothing like idiots chasing you down when they aren't getting even close to the right odds to call. It wouldn't be a bad play on his part if he was actually raising and playing the hand strong but he was calling down when i was making it clear i had a big hand. Then he just calls on the river when he makes his hand, such a bad play.

Hand-3 This was about 5 minutes after these other 2 hands and i was tilting a little bit but i still think i played this hand pretty good. It is still 6 handed and i have AKc in the BB and the guy from the button raises to 20 so i make it 75 to go. He thinks for a second then calls so at this point I'm putting him on at least a some what decent hand. The flop comes down 854 with 2 hearts so i bet out 90 which i would with a big pair here, he thinks for a bit then finally calls. At this point I'm pretty sure he has something like 991010 or jj. The turn is a 3 actually a pretty good card for my hand giving me 4 more outs,so i could check and let him take control of the hand or try and blow him off his weak mid pair which i did. I bet out 180 on the turn here thinking i am taking it down right here or if i catch an A K or 2 i will have the best hand anyway. So this time he thinks for a while then finally just flat calls again which gave me this sick feeling like he had 88 or flopped a huge hand. The river is a disgusting King which i hated to see once he smooth called the turn because i had a feeling i was now beat after he called the turn and i would have to pay off his river bet. So i check the King and he thinks for a second and bets out 200, so sick. Once i checked and he bet the 200 i actually said "such a sick river card i know you have 88 and the river comes a King just to stick in my ass because i have to call now." So i did finally pay him off and obviously he has the 88 for a set and there goes another 600. I just got up and walked away from the table at this point i was so frustrated.

So my hard work of getting back to even was lost in a matter of a half hour. It definitely sucked but that's the way it goes sometimes. I ended up pulling in like 700 the day i had to leave to cut my losses to only 1200 which i don't really care considering how much i spent and how bad i ran while i was out there. It sucks that i had my 1st loss out in vegas but this was the funnest trip i have had out there so its not a big deal. As for the goal i will be starting back up either tomorrow or Sunday so check back and im out.