vegas, baby!
well, after 24 long hours of driving, a broken thing-that-holds-the-windshield-washer-fluid, a whole lot of construction, and a few ugly housemates, my WSOP month of vegas has officially started.
but i haven't played any real poker yet. day one consisted of a swim (yes, i went swimming. yes, it was the first time in over 3 years. no, i didn't drown.) in our gorgeous pool, a stocking-up of beer and "food" at the grocery store, followed by dinner at the wonderful venetian noodle bar with some fcpers and a private table at the venetian poker room for some mix game fun and some bowling afterwards. while i was waiting for everyone else to get in at the house, i went to mandalay bay and railed JC and Jared at the WPT final table. i couldn't really see very well, nor could i stay too long, but it was good to say hi to JC during the break.
the mix for the 4/8 mixed game was O8, badugi, 2-7 triple draw, razz, and LHE. nothing that exciting really happened (outside of frequent 5-bet straddling), but i did see mark (nosup4u) make what was quite possibly the sickest value raise i've ever seen in LHE on the end. we were playing extremely sill(-ily?) and there were 3 or 4 straddles on. thom (hfactor) looked at only one of his cards and raised. we eventually saw the flop 6 handed or so. it came J106 with two spades. thom led, mark raised, i cold called with K10d on the button, as did dustin (navybuttons) from the sb. thom reraised, and mark called as did dustin and i. the turn came and offsuit Q. thom then looked at his other card and led into mark again. mark raised, i thought for a while, eventually putting mark on some sort of two pair hand, and then called, taking a few sips of my corona and admiring my middle-pair, oesd monster. dustin folded and thom called. the river bricked off, thom checked, mark bet, i folded, thom raised, and showed mark a king. mark thought for a while, saying "you don't really have AK, do you?" and eventually managed to pull a sicko value raise out of his back pocket. thom capped, mark called, and thom showed K3 for king high while mark raked in a slightly-above-average-sized 200 dollar pot or so with his QJ.
but fuck it, dude, let's go bowling. mark and his friend james left so that they could rest before the event today, and scott (nutzbuster), dustin, josh (gilbertology), ray (troyomac), thom, and myself hit the lanes over at the gold coast. i admit to having campaigned for this venture quite hard over the course of the evening since i had brought my bowling ball cross-country, but in the end i think everyone had a good time. in the first game, dustin, thom, and scott took it to ray, josh, and me (i blame josh's 34, lol), and the side bet will lead to us having some embarassing signatures on fcp for a while. but in the second game, we decided to up the ante and switch the teams around, playing for $3 a pin, and dustin, josh and i gave ray, scott, and thom 7 pins. we won by 38 pins, SHIP THE C-NOTE!
today i'm going to start the grind over at the wynn, and i might wander over to the rio to wish some fcpers luck in the NLHE event. if anyone finds any good o8 cash games other than the wynn and mirage, let me know.
but i haven't played any real poker yet. day one consisted of a swim (yes, i went swimming. yes, it was the first time in over 3 years. no, i didn't drown.) in our gorgeous pool, a stocking-up of beer and "food" at the grocery store, followed by dinner at the wonderful venetian noodle bar with some fcpers and a private table at the venetian poker room for some mix game fun and some bowling afterwards. while i was waiting for everyone else to get in at the house, i went to mandalay bay and railed JC and Jared at the WPT final table. i couldn't really see very well, nor could i stay too long, but it was good to say hi to JC during the break.
the mix for the 4/8 mixed game was O8, badugi, 2-7 triple draw, razz, and LHE. nothing that exciting really happened (outside of frequent 5-bet straddling), but i did see mark (nosup4u) make what was quite possibly the sickest value raise i've ever seen in LHE on the end. we were playing extremely sill(-ily?) and there were 3 or 4 straddles on. thom (hfactor) looked at only one of his cards and raised. we eventually saw the flop 6 handed or so. it came J106 with two spades. thom led, mark raised, i cold called with K10d on the button, as did dustin (navybuttons) from the sb. thom reraised, and mark called as did dustin and i. the turn came and offsuit Q. thom then looked at his other card and led into mark again. mark raised, i thought for a while, eventually putting mark on some sort of two pair hand, and then called, taking a few sips of my corona and admiring my middle-pair, oesd monster. dustin folded and thom called. the river bricked off, thom checked, mark bet, i folded, thom raised, and showed mark a king. mark thought for a while, saying "you don't really have AK, do you?" and eventually managed to pull a sicko value raise out of his back pocket. thom capped, mark called, and thom showed K3 for king high while mark raked in a slightly-above-average-sized 200 dollar pot or so with his QJ.
but fuck it, dude, let's go bowling. mark and his friend james left so that they could rest before the event today, and scott (nutzbuster), dustin, josh (gilbertology), ray (troyomac), thom, and myself hit the lanes over at the gold coast. i admit to having campaigned for this venture quite hard over the course of the evening since i had brought my bowling ball cross-country, but in the end i think everyone had a good time. in the first game, dustin, thom, and scott took it to ray, josh, and me (i blame josh's 34, lol), and the side bet will lead to us having some embarassing signatures on fcp for a while. but in the second game, we decided to up the ante and switch the teams around, playing for $3 a pin, and dustin, josh and i gave ray, scott, and thom 7 pins. we won by 38 pins, SHIP THE C-NOTE!
today i'm going to start the grind over at the wynn, and i might wander over to the rio to wish some fcpers luck in the NLHE event. if anyone finds any good o8 cash games other than the wynn and mirage, let me know.
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