TAKING VEGAS(or down in flames)

Donkey_Tax · **Joined:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:47 pm **Posts:** 1562

headin out early, might start at the IP and hop along southward from there if i need to look for better games. im oddly pumped up and motivated to play tonight, hopfully that proves to be a good thing. id very much like to book a decent win tonight (not that i ever enjoy losing) lol, wanna keep the trend up and stash some cash for some upcoming mtts.

Donkey_Tax · **Joined:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:47 pm **Posts:** 1562

well hit the IP first as planned, couldnt find the poker room, they apparently moved it upstairs. i went and checked it out but only a crappy mtt, a 2-4 limit, and a 3-6 mix (yeah tempting but im out to make $ tonight) game up. kept headin south as planned next stop was the flamingo. the game was 'ok'...not the juicey spewfest i was looking for but i was hesitant to move on as it was an easy game. as expected i didnt get into any crazy chip wars or massive pots but i was able to be patient and consistently take down alot of smaller pots as well as make good profit off catching a number of ill-concieved/executed bluffs. my image was really solid so i was also able to steal the occasional pot as well. alot of the other players thought i was odd as i would tank in a few situations that they thought were insta/snap calls ect...the truth is that if its any significant amount, i like to play the hand out and come to some decisions in my head before acting, im not gonna randomly snap call with TPTK and will probably lay it down often if the story i put together would indicate i should, the only time im snapping is with a verrry big hand against a dryish board where there is little to no threat to me except some monster that im just gonna pay off...so anyways had to tank a few times on marginally strong hands, a few i folded, a few i called, cant say for the folds but i was correct in the calls. i think i may have left a little value on the table on a few hands but in black in white i thought i played them pretty well/standard. anyhow, i made up for that in the bluff catches. played 4 hours 25 min and left up +$392 so was pleased with that. the game looked like it might break anyways and im probably gonna do a fast session tomorrow day so didnt wanna burn out unnecisarily at all.

Donkey_Tax · **Joined:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:47 pm **Posts:** 1562

havent played since mon night. left stuck $-400. i guess i was about due for a loss though the circumstances kinda sucked. it was an easy game where decent pots were gettin scooped by like 2pair no kicker...i was practically salvating to get any kind of cards/action. unfortunently everyone seemed to take a turn rivereing me untill i was down -$100 from my $300 buy in. i added $100 back on and got back to $400 when this hand happened. I limp with pp55, a lag player with position on me makes it 15, one caller, i call because this guys range is big and hes deep stacked. flop comes 2-5-7 rainbow...i check, V makes it $50 and the other caller drops off, i c/r $150...alot of times i slow play this verse an agro v but ive seen him overpay by alot just to go fishing so want to get some $ in. turn is a 3, at this point it seems possible v actually may have a decent overpair and be going with it with me huge fav, dont want a scarecard to kill my action on river so i just shove all in into him...he tanks then calls and shows...pp44!?!?!? i was 95% or so on flop, now 82% on turn and its an $820 or so pot...naturally the A comes on river to makes his wheel. :shock:

Zin · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 6:35 pm

That last hand has to sting a bit DT, Ace on the river to complete his wheel ouch. Poker is a cruel game at times. Keep your head up and do not let this minor setback tilt you.

Donkey_Tax · **Joined:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:47 pm **Posts:** 1562

got out for a bit last night, short session for +$176. its looking like this summer academic semester is going to be more intensive and expensive (yes i guess i rhymed) than i anticipated. still trying to push on the cash game volume and stash $ for the move to 2-5, so if anythings gonna give its gonna be the mtts, despite how much i enjoy playing them, they are yet to prove profitable for the time invested (yes its because i run unrealistically bad in mtts lol). im not sure what changes ill make, may cut them out entirely for a time but i know id be wanting to play them all summer while im surrounded by all these series...another option may be to focus on smaller buy in mostly one day events. i may just try something i havent yet and just really focus hard on one particular series, im considering doing so with the golden nugget grand series, the price points are low but the structures is still very appealing, i would also anticipate weaker competition than some of the other series such as the venetian deepstack. im not sure though, thats still alot of time/hours taken up to consider...though i may be able to mitigate that by playing cash games between mtts/after bustouts ect...

Donkey_Tax · **Joined:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:47 pm **Posts:** 1562

played 2-5 on fri and sat night, +$1200 between the 2 nights. the moves not permanent was just took a shot at ti fri night when i saw a weakish looking game then continued on sat but all the same im pretty pumped up about the nice win and it felt good playing up. gtg sleep, have to deal with useless academic bureaucracy tomorrow.

Donkey_Tax · **Joined:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:47 pm **Posts:** 1562

Had lunch today with Scott (from the AVP blog) and AVP'ers Mr and MS 'turdferguson' and a friend of theirs named Ed. We met up and ate at Lotus of Siam. We all had a good time talking some poker and random things (canadian football...healthcare...poker...poker...poker)

We had alot of fun as well joking around about the TBC saga haha

. The food was good, I would say the best Thai Ive had here in Vegas, though my ultimate Thai award goes to 'Ode to the Elephant' in Rincon, Puerto Rico of all places. I was supposed to meet up with them again to hit the cash game at Ballys tonight but i went and swam a ton of laps shortly after lunch followed by some burgers on the grill and a few beers...ended up feeling totally sacked, probably from being so out of shape and a one hour nap turned into 3 hours...ill likely go for a session tomorrow night, considering jumping back into the 2-5 where i last left off.

turdferguson · **Joined:** Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:35 pm **Posts:** 143

Good times today at lunch with some fellow AVPers. Also a big thanks to Scott for the tour of Las Vegas after lunch, lol.
We ended up at Bally's and unfortunately got worked pretty hard by the fish to the tune of -300 for me and -130 for Mrs. Turd. Not a good day at the office.
Anyway, we're shopping and getting massages tomorrow, then will be playing poker from 8:30 or 9 PM on.
Will you be at Bally's or elsewhere, I'll be in the Caesar's Palace area, so could hit up Mirage, Aria, Bellagio or Bally's. Could even go to my arch nemesis PHo, where the fish are plentiful but I can somehow never win

TF

Donkey_Tax · **Joined:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:47 pm **Posts:** 1562

no poker for me tonight as it seems ive been unwillingly drafted into a date night...that makes 5 days of no live poker for me which is pretty insane with how much more ive been playing. its does mean ill have total freedom for the weekend though which is nice. im hoping to play a few good cash sessions and at least one mtt somewhere. so on my way out for dinner/movie with the womantype and her hot friend that ill probably get caught checking out...maybe i can talk them into seeing something good at least maybe that adam sandler comedy or something

Donkey_Tax · **Joined:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:47 pm **Posts:** 1562

played a ton of poker over the weekend, fri and sat were pretty dissapointing +$127 after 17+ hours, though i suppose i should be happy i wasnt stuck with some of the nasty beatdowns i took. sunday was much more productive for me making +$374 in about 3.5 hours. i didnt end up playing any mtts i think due in part to the long and less than stellar fri and sat sessions. looks like the first event of the nugget grand on fri will be my first mtt in a long time, obviously its a mtt so not getting my hopes up but i do feel like i can make a good run of it.

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