How was it for you? (Vegas)

NickyOD

Now that Vegas is over I thought it might be time for some of you that travelled to share your tales of joy, or sorrow from Vegas. I know from experience this can be a really tough time of the year for a lot of poker players because Vegas may not have gone so well.

August last year I was struggling to milk enough out of an underfunded on-line bankroll to pay the bills, thanks to overspending in Vegas (partly because of doing my brains on table games while drunk in the Rio, but mostly thanks to a fat bastard in a Hawaian shirt who kept dogging me in 4 figure pots in a 2-5 game at the Orleans. More the fool, me, for taking money out of Neteller to try and get the guy.

This year NOT going to Vegas was the best decision I've ever made and July has been the best month I've had online all year, but I still really missed it, the girls at the Tilted Kilt, The hustle and bustle of the hooker bar, the girls dancing on top of the slots and the old fogies underneath them not even batting an eyelid. Not to mention the extreme heat, the jaw-dropping scenery on the strip, the crazy taxi drivers and watching the WSOP main event.

So fill me in on the gossip please. Who shagged who? Who stripped down to their boxers at the ultimate bet party this year, and most importantly who won and who lost?

Don't give me any of that "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" crap!"

NickyOD

bump!

Ah jeez, it can't have been all bad? :eek:

BigCityBanker

link to my blog at the bottom.

the highlight for me had to be telling Andy Bloch how important it was to value bet the river in the Sporting Emporium... lol..

nicnicnic

BigCityBanker wrote:

link to my blog at the bottom.

the highlight for me had to be telling Andy Bloch how important it was to value bet the river in the Sporting Emporium... lol..

i offered to stake him at blackjack

BigCityBanker

nicnicnic wrote:

i offered to stake him at blackjack

i remember that - he suggested that it wouldn't be such a good idea for all concerned....

nicnicnic

heres what i posted on my blog about it; Vegas that is


My first impression as we travelled to the house from the Airport is this place is a ****hole and on the journey to the airport on the way home my opinion hadn’t changed but what a ****hole. Now I’m not one to be seduced by shiny things and Vegas is simply the shiniest thing in the world. Having spent many summers holidays around Mediterranean resorts since the mid eighties the decadence of Vegas was nothing new to me its just on a larger scale there with gambling thrown in.

I enjoyed downtown its realer less pretentious and while they still want your greenback they seem to give something for it and don’t want to totally clean you out.

Poker

A number of people had told me that I would come back a better player. I don’t think I have. But what I learned will enable me to go back to Vegas better prepared for a trip there. The size of the field’s there mean it is just not feasible to play tournaments exclusively and any future trips will be incorporating a lot of cash games. Its just fiscal logic but as a tournament player it’s a lesson that had to be learnt.

Having said that I came out about $3000 ahead on poker there if I exclude the $11500 in WSOP entries that I had earned online at no cost. I ran very bad and at times played good and even on occasion great poker.

The standard of the average American playing in the tournaments that I played was shockingly bad. I’m not exaggerating when I say tables that I played in $1000 events there were easier then €25 tournaments run in blazinaces on Monday night. There was the odd good young American but in general the standard was really bad.

AS for the two WSOP events I played. The standard in the $1500 was awful I have no doubt I could of gone very deep except for that two outer when all in on the turn. My main event starting table was very tight for the first level and as that was as long as I lasted I’m not going to make any judgement on the standard of play.

I didn’t like the Rio and its something I’m going to have to get past when I go back to Vegas. This is a flaw in my make up and rather then just play past it and play the four or five WSOP events I had mapped out I opted for the better-structured games in the fantastic Venetian poker room. Logical yes, but reflecting on the trip I regret not playing more bracelet events.

All in all I enjoyed my time in Vegas. The people that I shared the house with were all A-one and I’m sure that many of us will team up again in the future for trips as there was a lot of poker talent there and people who will be in the game for the long run.

cardshark202

Vegas was a decent laugh, I ran badly at poker and hence didn't play much, but didn't bring much for poker anyway. The house was a good enough laugh, all the group staying there were sound, I knew most of them anyway but others that I didn't really know, I was glad I did by the end. Bowling was probably the highlight of the trip but I ran so badly at that its ridiculous. That and the evolution of the next big thing in the card playing world, Mai Chung. Plan on bringing a lot more money next year and running better. Hopefully staying in a house again as that was much better than being stuck in a hotel all the time.
Mneh not much more to say.

pumpkinpints

NickyOD wrote:

Don't give me any of that "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" crap!"

ah no, but it does....