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Trip Report MGM, MGM and ummm more MGM LONG Date: 11/14/07 Player: excitedsuthner For Rooms: Excalibur (Live),MGM Grand, Summary: 2 friends in for 1-2 NL poker and to experience the magic of online dating Content: My friend and I got into town from Denver on the 9th of Nov and hopped the shuttle to the MGM Signature. Now first things first DON'T TAKE THE SHUTTLE! Normally we always grab a cab and are there in 5 minutes. This time we opted to give the shuttle a try and after paying our 6 bucks each we were carried around half of vegas for about 40 minutes while dropping off other passengers before heading to the Signature. A cab costs 10 bucks plus tip so next time we will stick with that. A note on the Signature. It is top notch. No where else has the kind of service and accomidations with such a great location. We have stayed there the last 5 times we were in Vegas and will not stay anywhere else. Normally we are just in Vegas to make some extra dough over a weekend and head home. We are there for poker and poker only. Well this time was different because my newly divorced friend was meeting a girl he had initially met online. I am a believer that Vegas and spouses/girlfriends cannot co exist and having her along proved it. I saw my friend for a total of 3 hours of poker, the rest of the time he was off doing whatever it is couples do in Vegas. I leave my wife at home so I could not tell you. Ok on to the poker.... I almost exclusively play at the MGM and this trip was no exception. I did not play as much this trip as I was tired from working on our new home and just wanted to relax some while away from the wife and kid. After arriving at the Signature I headed to the MGM poker room and was seated at the 1-2 fairly quickly. I never play my best on the first night because I am getting back into my game. I played for about 5 hours or so and was down 200 bucks. Most notable hand was me on button with JQ with unraised pot. Flop 6 J Q rainbow. BB bets out 25 (twice the size of pot) and it folds to me. I raise to 50, BB calls behind. Turn is a 9. BB bets out 50 and I go all in for 140 ish he calls with pocket 9s and I don't improve. Now this is a hand that if I was on my game I would have not made that move and saved alot of money but I did and that was my mistake. After playing I met my friend and his internet lady for dinner at rainforest cafe (using my MGM poker room comps) After dinner I went back to the poker room and played for another 5 hours and left up 600 no real notable hands that I can remember. So my trip did not start out that great but the first night never does. Next day I decided to relax at the roof top pool of the radisson where internet girl was staying. I played a few hours of poker that night at MGM and the table had no action so I decided to walk around get some food and go into the pit of hell that I like to call the excalibur. The EX has the loosest tourist games I have ever played in and the game I sat in on was no different. It was INSANE. I watched all ins preflop for 200 with the callers calling down with KTo and A5 SUUUUUUITED! I just watched and ended up in a raised pot with AJ on button against one of the crazy SOBs. He was BB and flop comes AAQ. He immediatly pushes all in and I call, no way to put him on a hand because he didnt even know what he had most of the time (more to come on that). Anyway he shows QQ and I do not improve so first hand I play I lose my 200 buy in. A couple hands later the same guy now has close to 500 chips and he calls someones all in who has the nut straight on a board of A 2 4. He flops his cards over and says I have the straight too! Well check again buddy all you have is a pair of twos (2,5o) and he loses the whole 500 on that call!!!!!!! ARGGGGG!!!!!!!!! I could not take that game any longer and left down 300 in about 30 minutes. Sunday I made it down to the MGM 1-2 at about 5pm and played well and got a good table I could run all over. I ended the night at 1 am for a profit of 1500. Over the last year that is my best table profit at 1-2 in that short of time. Closest I came before was 1100. Monday the final day I hit the tables about 3 pm and played until 7:45. I was playing very pissed off at this guy I will call grotesquely fat guy or GFG. He was the perfect guy to donk off all his money to me but he was making insane calls and hitting. I got seated beside GFG and could not even get even get up close to the table because he was taking up my area and his. I asked to be moved to another side of the table when a seat opened up. I had been watching him donk off to others and could not wait for a hand with him. My mistake, first hand with him I bump it to 8 with A8c in middle position. GFG calls from the BB. Flop 7 K J with 2 clubs. GFG bets out 20 and I raise to 50. GFG calls. Turn is an A. GFG checks and I push in for remaining 130ish. GFG thinks and thinks and says the famous I have to call and turns over KT river is K and I lose my stack. I really love those type of calls but this guy kept hitting and pissing me off LOL. So one of the last hands I played at the table in same positions I limp with 88 and he raises from the BB to 20. I call behind with one other british girl caller (BG). Flop comes J 2 7. GFG bets out 20, BG folds. I can smell his weakness and raise him all in for about 100 more. He insta calls with AK and yes you guessed it the turn is an A. After that train wreck I left the table about 30 minutes later down 300. I had some major bluffs and re bluffs that would take all day to explain and you would need to know the table so I will spare all of you the torture as this is long enough. So all in all I was only up about 1300 for the trip which for the amount of poker I played was not to bad. Normally I play about 40-45 hours during a 4 day stay and this time I put in no more then 30. I always have a 2000 dollar goal but I was not to upset about not making it because of the time spent. |
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