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pokerpops:
Have a great time out there, you of all people deserve it.

Erimus:
Susan kicked me out tonight as there might of been an overlay in the 2k gtee at the G, there was a small one but we did a cash, finished 3rd for £310, tipped the valet a fiver (best valet in any casino by a country mile, before I took my seat my drink was waiting for me, this happens to almost every one as well), also paid Dave his 10% we do an auto swop if we are in the same tourney.

Got to the final table embarrassed at the size of my stack 8 bigs I think, wasn"t nitting it up to make the points just no spots or cards to get a double, the next hour though was ok, I would like to say it was all skill etc but whoever was in my seat would of done pretty much the same, JJ v AJ holds, QQ v AQ holds, turn a house and guy jams drawing dead,mbn, old adage of chip and a chair holds.

I did take advantage of the chips and stole from the people on my left, one semi reasonable player and one who is a bigger nit than me so it was easy to steal and keep my stack in shape, eventually lost a lot with AQ v AK, v the the tight guy, I was priced in even though I was certain I would be dominated, I hit a Q but he flopped the flush,  I managed to ladder to 3rd as one guy got unlucky when his A10 was outdrawn by K10, gave me another £100 so was ok with it.

Let"s hope this is  the start of some run good in Vegas, it"s a freeroll let"s take advantage.

Erimus:
6 hours Middlesbrough to Gatwick, 10 hours London to Las Vegas in the company of Mr S Ward, we decide to play the $100 bounty hunter, who do I get sat next too, yup Stuart.

Crap shoot, tired drunk hungry definitely not +ev, 21 runners, we both reach the final table, I know not exactly a massive field, bit of a laugh, Stuart still in with 6 left, I went when I missed my flush draw with villain having hit trips after limping with K4.

Been up 26 hours and its starting to tell, Binnions daily game on the cards today think quite a few will be going to play, never visited downtown last time so play the Binnions pm tourney, then a night down town, on the bubble now Stuart still in, bubble deal discussed so Stuart in profit as he has took a couple of bounties.

Stuart chopped it he got $300 plus bounties, good start.

Food, sleep beckons.

Erimus:
Update on yesterday (Friday I think), headed downtown to play the Binnions afternoon game 20k starting stack 20 min blinds but a slightly better structure than the Harrahs game.

With a lot of the Apat lot playing it got 4 or 5 tables going and the waitress who got that shift must of been pleased as I am fairly confident she had her best Friday for a while.

Seat draw wasn"t particularly kind as I had Ger and Stephen (aka the mole online) who I had met before the flight over so knew he was very good, we had another 3 Apaters including myself, Matthew and Susie, the rest were random Us guys.

Uneventful start, but managed to get back to starting stack when I cold 4 bet KK, and got folds from AJ and 10 10, miss a bit of value when hitting the nut flush on a paired board versus an American guy but as played I could of been beat, these are the hands were top players get max value, me I get min value but happy to be still in.

Ger has knocked Steven out and has chipped up nicely with a cooler KK v QQ against a capable young American.

I lose a few when I raise Q 10 suited utg, the break was imminent so thought it was an easy steal. I get one call from a passive American, flop was Q high 2 clubs, I led out, he insta jams,and has me virtually covered, I tanked a while and I didn"t think he would do that with a draw so I gave him the benefit, he had AQ, if he had 3 bet me pre I would of folded but under the circumstances I lost the minimum.

We are now down to 14and I am in shove mode and get most of them through, get a double up with QQ v J 10 and have 23 bigs, next hand I get 99 utg, I raise and it"s folded to my room mate who picks up raising chips, but he is shaking fairly visibly, this is due to either a massive hand or because he is on his 10th Contreau and lemonade.

Phil plays pretty standard so I have to put him on a hand here or we  are flipping, his 3 bet was quite big and I didn"t think set mining was an option, I folded,he didn"t show but claimed pocket 2s, owned there then ( still not convinced), this was the same guy who last night couldn"t get into the room so made the long trek back to reception complaining his key wouldn"t work, only to be be told he had been trying to get in with his total rewards card, (perhaps I should of called then), well played to him anyway.

I get to the final table but I am a short stack but get a full orbit to get a hand as i am given the button, eventually get it in with 99 v 10 10 v AQ, I was in bb with the nines and it looked a good chance for a treble but the AQ scooped and I was gone in 8th, payouts were top 6 but a bubble had been agreed, never folding 99 there just to get the bubble payment, overall played well enough, but didn"t get the double required when down to the last 2 tables.

We had 5 players on the Ft including my room mate who eventually bubbled running 44 into 99, Ger and Matt ( not our Matt) done a chop 4 handed so well played to them,

Popped over to the D casino and played a game called Sigma derby, basically a mechanical horse racing game, pretty retro in these high tech times, I had 4 quarters in my pocket and deposited them, and cashed out for $25, pretty impressive roi that one, perhaps I have found the game for me.

Hogs and Heifers for the last drink of the night then back to the strip.

Playing at Ceasers Palace today in the Apat event which I think is now a one dayer, and will make a decision on which Venetian deepstack to play, it will be Sunday or Monday depending on todays efforts.

So played 2, 2 final tabs but no cashes so far but loving the game and enjoying Vegas.

Erimus:
Quick report from Ceasers palace game from yesterday, folded  777 after 4 card straight on the turn,guy jams all in, he had it, 5k lost, this was 3rd hand in at 25/50 level, still have 10k left, no need to go bust here me thinks.

Hit 2 pair with Aj, flush gets there on the river, he had it I didnt pay him out of spite,and hit 2 pair v a flush draw, he got there, then got it in with live cards,by the end they were no longer live, all good fun.

Went for food and tried to get tickets for a show but the ones available i didn"t fancy so popped along to the Venetian to play the 7pm deepstack.

Table was pretty aggro but i got up to 13k without showdown, someone benefitted on an 88 10 flop when a Texan(with more Gold jewellery on than the local Ramsdens) Mis read his hand and jammed 5 high  into the pot, guy with A8 got a double up mbn, Texan thought he had 58, it helps to look at the cards mate, just a little tip.

I then flop quads but its very difficult to get paid when nobody has much,that was slightly annoying.

I then went on a massive run of poor spots/cards, as a lot were gambling so they could re enter.

Jammed over a min raise from the button with 10 8 spades in the big blind, got called by Q6 ( must know our home game at Stockton), got a double to 22 bigs after turning trips.

169 started there was 55 left when guy min raises from the button, I didn"t see this tbh and jammed 67 suited  blind on blind (18 bigs) bb was very tight and was confident he would fold, he did,button then tanks for ages some one calls the clock on him and he eventually sighs and says I must be beat and calls, wtf, he tables A5 off, I flop dead as it contained 2 aces so that was that finished late 50ish.

Evn though it was a mistake by me, and the guy was ahead it was a very marginal call as he wasn"t massively stacked and I had been fairly snug, some one else asked how he made the call but I didn"t stick around for the answer, nh move on.

So far 0/4 in mtts, playing the $400 Venetian deepstack today this starts at 12 and is a 2 dayer, playing ok, morale still high, lets get lucky.

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