mrbaseball
09-23-2005, 01:07 PM
I may be pokered out? This was the first (of 17) LV poker trips where I was bored with poker. A lot of it had to do with the storms in the gulf. I would have rather been at work this week because the markets I trade are so juicy when storms brew. Katrina for example was a career type week for me. So part of my problem was all the money I was leaving on the table at home.
Anyway got in late Friday night and checked into my room at the Aladdin. Grabbed some quick food and played some uninspired 3/6 for an hour or so and won 12 bucks. Time for bed and attack tommorrow.
Decided to go to my all time favorite poker room. The MGM. I won my biggest bet of the trip on the walk down there. At an intersection the walk light went on and I took a step and a cab flew by at about 80 mph. Two steps and I was a dead man. It shook me up a little.
Last trip the MGM had some awesome 6/12 games. But this Saturday morning all it had (for limit) was 3/6. 6/12 and 10/20 had one or two names each on interest lists. I trammed it down to the Mirage and played some 6/12. The game was soft but I couldn't catch much and won a little bit. Grabbed some dinner and then hoofed it over to the Bellagio for some 8/16. Game was soft but after about an hour it broke (after waiting 45 mins to get into it!). It got down to 4 handed and no one wanted to play any more. 7:30 pm on a Saturday night and the 8/16 game breaks at the world famous Bellagio? This was the theme of the trip. Lots of short games and lots of broken games and I think the health of LV (low limit) poker is poor.
Sunday played some more at Bellagio (the new chairs now 6 months old have taken on their classic wobble). I just don't like the Bellagio, the chairs, the way it is run, the floor workers or the locals there. Otherwise it's just fine /images/graemlins/smile.gif I also went back and played some 3/6 (full kill) at the Aladdin). Aladdin ganes were almost always short.
I was running poorly. Worse than poorly. Worse than ever. For 3 days straight I simply couldn't win a hand. This would have been Saturday, Sunday and Monday. I played a lot of hands and lost of lot of hands. I couldn't get any cards whatsoever and when I did the missed and when they didn't miss they got rivered. This was my worst live run ever. I've seen it online though and knew it would turn around sometime.
Monday was rock bottom. It started by being bubbleboy in the morning tourny at the Aladdin. Those tournaments are pure crapshoots but I got to the final table witha decent stack and made a stupid play (allin with 66 in ep which ran into AA) when I could have had plenty of chances for a decent cash with patience. I thought I was already in the money by making final table but they only paid 9 (about 120 entrants).
After bubbling I added insult to injury by running horrifically in a 3/6 game where I went about 2 to 3 hours without dragging a pot. The low point of this session was 33 in the big blind which was raised/reraised and reraised by the time it got to me. This was a fairly passive game and I tossed the 3's away. Of course flop had the other two 3's which would have meant a huge pot and a $190 jackpot hand.
That night I tried the new room at Paris. That room really blows. Too noisy and too dark as it's just a roped off converted blackjack pit. All they had was 3/6. I blew through a rack (never tilting in the least) without dragging a pot. AA and KK both got rivered in this foray. I knew things had to turn soon.
Tuesday I wandered over to the Mirage (after bombing out of morning crapshoot tourny). Got on the 6/12 list and jumped in a 3/6 while I waited. I didn't leave for 6/12 when they called because this game was superduper soft. A couple of guys that played every hand and called every bet regardless of their cards. After a few hours here I had a lot back from the early losses. Later that night the good run continued at the Aladdin.
Next day back to Bellagio after 3 hands of tournament play (I raise with QQ, old lady calls, 10 high rainbow flop, I bet 300, old lady raises to 600 and I go all in and old lady calls with ATs and gets runner runner spades for the flush). I hate Bellagio but gotta play more than 3/6. I played 4/8 while waiting for 8/16. The 4/8 was too good to leave. I was getting great cards and just running over the table. All of the a sudden the trip was no longer a loser. I finally had a chance to build an impressive chip pyramid. Later I headed back over to the Aladdin. Instead of just crossing the street in front I decided to take the overpass by Ballys. I was still thinking about my near death experience walking to MGM of a few days before. Little did I know a maniac driver would mow down 13 innocent people right in the middle of my "safe" route just an hour later. Be careful and attentive on the sideways in LV! Anyway the winning kept coming at the Aladdin that night and the bad run was a distant memory.
I was leaving early the next morning (I thought!) so I called it an early night happy with my comeback but really tired of poker. Unfortunately my flight was cancelled and I was rebooked on the 10:45pm flight. What to do with 12 hours to kill? Cab it down to the Mirage. I played 3/6 for 9 hours straight. Easily my longest session ever and I was up and down and up and down and pretty much even when the dust settled but thoroughly sick of playing. Finally getting home at 6am this morning was the real highlight of the trip.
Most games this trip were short at least at one point or another and the town in general seemed quieter than usual. Poker seemed quieter too. I've been going 2 to 3 times a year to do this the last 7 years and the poker boom seems like it's dieing a bit from this outsiders view.
Even though I'm bored right now I'm sure I'll be raring to go back next spring just like always!
Anyway got in late Friday night and checked into my room at the Aladdin. Grabbed some quick food and played some uninspired 3/6 for an hour or so and won 12 bucks. Time for bed and attack tommorrow.
Decided to go to my all time favorite poker room. The MGM. I won my biggest bet of the trip on the walk down there. At an intersection the walk light went on and I took a step and a cab flew by at about 80 mph. Two steps and I was a dead man. It shook me up a little.
Last trip the MGM had some awesome 6/12 games. But this Saturday morning all it had (for limit) was 3/6. 6/12 and 10/20 had one or two names each on interest lists. I trammed it down to the Mirage and played some 6/12. The game was soft but I couldn't catch much and won a little bit. Grabbed some dinner and then hoofed it over to the Bellagio for some 8/16. Game was soft but after about an hour it broke (after waiting 45 mins to get into it!). It got down to 4 handed and no one wanted to play any more. 7:30 pm on a Saturday night and the 8/16 game breaks at the world famous Bellagio? This was the theme of the trip. Lots of short games and lots of broken games and I think the health of LV (low limit) poker is poor.
Sunday played some more at Bellagio (the new chairs now 6 months old have taken on their classic wobble). I just don't like the Bellagio, the chairs, the way it is run, the floor workers or the locals there. Otherwise it's just fine /images/graemlins/smile.gif I also went back and played some 3/6 (full kill) at the Aladdin). Aladdin ganes were almost always short.
I was running poorly. Worse than poorly. Worse than ever. For 3 days straight I simply couldn't win a hand. This would have been Saturday, Sunday and Monday. I played a lot of hands and lost of lot of hands. I couldn't get any cards whatsoever and when I did the missed and when they didn't miss they got rivered. This was my worst live run ever. I've seen it online though and knew it would turn around sometime.
Monday was rock bottom. It started by being bubbleboy in the morning tourny at the Aladdin. Those tournaments are pure crapshoots but I got to the final table witha decent stack and made a stupid play (allin with 66 in ep which ran into AA) when I could have had plenty of chances for a decent cash with patience. I thought I was already in the money by making final table but they only paid 9 (about 120 entrants).
After bubbling I added insult to injury by running horrifically in a 3/6 game where I went about 2 to 3 hours without dragging a pot. The low point of this session was 33 in the big blind which was raised/reraised and reraised by the time it got to me. This was a fairly passive game and I tossed the 3's away. Of course flop had the other two 3's which would have meant a huge pot and a $190 jackpot hand.
That night I tried the new room at Paris. That room really blows. Too noisy and too dark as it's just a roped off converted blackjack pit. All they had was 3/6. I blew through a rack (never tilting in the least) without dragging a pot. AA and KK both got rivered in this foray. I knew things had to turn soon.
Tuesday I wandered over to the Mirage (after bombing out of morning crapshoot tourny). Got on the 6/12 list and jumped in a 3/6 while I waited. I didn't leave for 6/12 when they called because this game was superduper soft. A couple of guys that played every hand and called every bet regardless of their cards. After a few hours here I had a lot back from the early losses. Later that night the good run continued at the Aladdin.
Next day back to Bellagio after 3 hands of tournament play (I raise with QQ, old lady calls, 10 high rainbow flop, I bet 300, old lady raises to 600 and I go all in and old lady calls with ATs and gets runner runner spades for the flush). I hate Bellagio but gotta play more than 3/6. I played 4/8 while waiting for 8/16. The 4/8 was too good to leave. I was getting great cards and just running over the table. All of the a sudden the trip was no longer a loser. I finally had a chance to build an impressive chip pyramid. Later I headed back over to the Aladdin. Instead of just crossing the street in front I decided to take the overpass by Ballys. I was still thinking about my near death experience walking to MGM of a few days before. Little did I know a maniac driver would mow down 13 innocent people right in the middle of my "safe" route just an hour later. Be careful and attentive on the sideways in LV! Anyway the winning kept coming at the Aladdin that night and the bad run was a distant memory.
I was leaving early the next morning (I thought!) so I called it an early night happy with my comeback but really tired of poker. Unfortunately my flight was cancelled and I was rebooked on the 10:45pm flight. What to do with 12 hours to kill? Cab it down to the Mirage. I played 3/6 for 9 hours straight. Easily my longest session ever and I was up and down and up and down and pretty much even when the dust settled but thoroughly sick of playing. Finally getting home at 6am this morning was the real highlight of the trip.
Most games this trip were short at least at one point or another and the town in general seemed quieter than usual. Poker seemed quieter too. I've been going 2 to 3 times a year to do this the last 7 years and the poker boom seems like it's dieing a bit from this outsiders view.
Even though I'm bored right now I'm sure I'll be raring to go back next spring just like always!