skp
07-03-2003, 08:10 PM
I just got back from 5 days in Sin city and as always, I had a helluva good time. Say, does anyone know of a law firm in Vegas that needs an attorney specializing in Canadian personal injury litigation?..heh...
I could move to Vegas and just love it.
My buddy, John and I stayed at the Flamingo. Nice enough hotel. Great location.
The 15-30 action at Bellagio was generally quite good. Assuming that the action when I was there was representative of the types of games that one generally can find at the Bellagio, I reckon that the game is quite beatable for at least 1 big bet an hour. I didn't play particularly well (or long) for the first few sessions and was also generally card dead. I was about even for the trip until the last night when I hit a rush, coincidentally played much better, and cashed out a $1100 winner for the trip (32 hours of play). Nothing spectacular but beats a kick in the ass.
John and I met up with Clarkmeister and his girlfriend for dinner at the steakhouse in the Venetian on Saturday night. I think it's called Delmonico's or something. Clark said that this would be one of the top 5 dinners that I will have ever had and he was right. The food there ws simply fantastic. Great company too. Thanks, Clarky.
I thought I was supposed to have dinner with Vince Lepore and friends on Sunday night but he was AWOL when I showed up at the Bellagio. Oh well, maybe next time. To be fair to Vince, our plans were not set in stone; they were of the "we'll maybe go for a bite on sunday" variety.
The Light nightclub is located right next to the Bellagio cardroom. The babes that hang around outside that joint must distract a winning poker player to the tune of 5 or 10 bucks an hour. Like I said, any use for a Canadian ambulance chaser in Vegas? Pretty please?
No real interesting hands to report. One kinda odd one though. I have 77 in the bb. 3 way action. Flop is K97 with two clubs. This was on Monday night which was my last night of the trip and this was the first set I had hit on the trip. The fish in MP calls my flop and turn bets. On the river, I check and make a crying - and frankly horrible - call. We chop the pot. What were the turn and river cards? What was his hand?
....Bah...that's too easy....
Played with Cissy Bottoms for a while on Sunday night. Very pleasant woman to play with. She was chatting it up, joking around and did not at all play the part of the Vegas card shark (which she really is). Unfortunately, that's not what one can say about most Vegas locals. Most of these guys are just not very nice. Also, it's unbelievable how they constantly berate fish after a bad beat. When it comes to thinking about long term gain, some of these pros are clueless.
Also, dealer abuse. Though on that score, they are not nearly as bad as the Commerce players. Last August, I saw a Commerce player spit at a dealer (for putting out a bad river card) and he got a 20 minute penalty...heh...ya, that should fix him...
Miised out on meeting up with Pokerbabe. Sorry Babe, hopefully next time.
From a distance, the 30-60 games looked pretty good on most nights. But the thought of having a couple of losing sessions in 30-60 yankee doodle money and then spending weeks to make up the loss in my hometown 10-20 canuck money game just ain't too appealing to me. Besides, something that looks nice from far can often be far from nice.
Pass.
Bellagio friday night buffet. $35. Quite nice. But what's with the ultra cheap comp of 15 bucks and that too, just one a week. Must drive the locals crazy.
It was tournament time at the Bellagio. All the big tourney names were there including Hellmuth, Cloutier, Juanda etc. For cash games, they were also spreading a 300-600 mixed game for the likes of Eskimo Clark et al. Anyway, the cardroom was extremely busy all week.
Flamingo pool: B+
Flamingo Fitness room/spa: Another B+
To the WPDG:
One regret was that my trip was from Thursday to Tuesday and therefore I was unable to attend at the WPDG meeting. My thanks to Howard for the informative and entertaining WPDG meeting minutes that he sends out regularly.
Well, that's all...see you guys back at the medium stakes Forum.
I could move to Vegas and just love it.
My buddy, John and I stayed at the Flamingo. Nice enough hotel. Great location.
The 15-30 action at Bellagio was generally quite good. Assuming that the action when I was there was representative of the types of games that one generally can find at the Bellagio, I reckon that the game is quite beatable for at least 1 big bet an hour. I didn't play particularly well (or long) for the first few sessions and was also generally card dead. I was about even for the trip until the last night when I hit a rush, coincidentally played much better, and cashed out a $1100 winner for the trip (32 hours of play). Nothing spectacular but beats a kick in the ass.
John and I met up with Clarkmeister and his girlfriend for dinner at the steakhouse in the Venetian on Saturday night. I think it's called Delmonico's or something. Clark said that this would be one of the top 5 dinners that I will have ever had and he was right. The food there ws simply fantastic. Great company too. Thanks, Clarky.
I thought I was supposed to have dinner with Vince Lepore and friends on Sunday night but he was AWOL when I showed up at the Bellagio. Oh well, maybe next time. To be fair to Vince, our plans were not set in stone; they were of the "we'll maybe go for a bite on sunday" variety.
The Light nightclub is located right next to the Bellagio cardroom. The babes that hang around outside that joint must distract a winning poker player to the tune of 5 or 10 bucks an hour. Like I said, any use for a Canadian ambulance chaser in Vegas? Pretty please?
No real interesting hands to report. One kinda odd one though. I have 77 in the bb. 3 way action. Flop is K97 with two clubs. This was on Monday night which was my last night of the trip and this was the first set I had hit on the trip. The fish in MP calls my flop and turn bets. On the river, I check and make a crying - and frankly horrible - call. We chop the pot. What were the turn and river cards? What was his hand?
....Bah...that's too easy....
Played with Cissy Bottoms for a while on Sunday night. Very pleasant woman to play with. She was chatting it up, joking around and did not at all play the part of the Vegas card shark (which she really is). Unfortunately, that's not what one can say about most Vegas locals. Most of these guys are just not very nice. Also, it's unbelievable how they constantly berate fish after a bad beat. When it comes to thinking about long term gain, some of these pros are clueless.
Also, dealer abuse. Though on that score, they are not nearly as bad as the Commerce players. Last August, I saw a Commerce player spit at a dealer (for putting out a bad river card) and he got a 20 minute penalty...heh...ya, that should fix him...
Miised out on meeting up with Pokerbabe. Sorry Babe, hopefully next time.
From a distance, the 30-60 games looked pretty good on most nights. But the thought of having a couple of losing sessions in 30-60 yankee doodle money and then spending weeks to make up the loss in my hometown 10-20 canuck money game just ain't too appealing to me. Besides, something that looks nice from far can often be far from nice.
Pass.
Bellagio friday night buffet. $35. Quite nice. But what's with the ultra cheap comp of 15 bucks and that too, just one a week. Must drive the locals crazy.
It was tournament time at the Bellagio. All the big tourney names were there including Hellmuth, Cloutier, Juanda etc. For cash games, they were also spreading a 300-600 mixed game for the likes of Eskimo Clark et al. Anyway, the cardroom was extremely busy all week.
Flamingo pool: B+
Flamingo Fitness room/spa: Another B+
To the WPDG:
One regret was that my trip was from Thursday to Tuesday and therefore I was unable to attend at the WPDG meeting. My thanks to Howard for the informative and entertaining WPDG meeting minutes that he sends out regularly.
Well, that's all...see you guys back at the medium stakes Forum.