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Erimus:
Here we go then the 5th and final set 2 games all, new balls please.

The trip over was fine, not a massive fan of multi flights but was ok except for a 1 hour delay in Philly and a sweat with the luggage, apparently that got there an hour before us and was left a different place to pick up, we were not told about the new place panic set in as all cases on carousel were collected,found them eventually, missed welcome party but not a problem.

After checking in bumped intoTom and Lucy at the Linq, nice to see a couple of familiar faces, will no doubt see them at the Nugget on Wednesday.

No poker yesterday, just a wander about, buffet breakfast, collected buy in for colossus from main event Rep who kindly took us over to the Rio.

Spent a few hours railing the one drop playing spot the pro watching people exit as their $111,111 buy in exited their lives, did not think it was appropriate to ask for selfies at that moment.

I would imagine exiting  that game must hurt slightly, tbh not a fan of the selfie culture, although a few hours later after happy hour in Brooklyn Bowl and feeling slightly merry,  managed to photobomb quite a few pictures, sigh 55 year old, grow the feck up.

Band seen were called Modest Mouse and would highly recommend seeing if the chance arose.

Strange smell all night, I was later informed by my brother it was weed, me being a bit green and wet behind the ears didn't have clue, lived a sheltered life.

Just woke up and wide awake same time as yesterday, contemplating another gym session like yesterday morning no thanks try and get a couple of hours kip in.

Colossus starts at 10am, updates on twitter Erimus1, if that is unsuccessful may play a Rio deep stack depending on the time of my exit.

Thanks for reading, run good, be lucky, stay healthy.

Erimus:
First poker event of the trip was the Colossus, this was my first WSOP event,and it was one of the things when I first started playing that I wanted to do, so a tick in that box, handy it was via a package won also another ticked box.

Off to a great start level 1 eventually get AA in v JJ on a 9 high flop so we have some wiggle room and a bit more playability.

The next paragraph is going to sound like a complete whingefest but I promise you it isn't, it's poker its what happens and the amount I have played it's water of a ducks back.

In fact the cards are irrelevant, so I won't put you through that info, after all no one really cares because we have all heard it all before,suffice to say I didn't win a single significant pot after the double. The hands I played all seemed to be second best and draws missing etc, that's  the nature of the beast.

I exited jamming KQ hearts (9bigs) into a min raise from utg who had AA, picked up straight draw outs but nada, nh,gg.

The table was ok, because of the relative shallow stacks and quick structure people played pretty snugly, 3 bets were with value hands etc and most showdowns were big hands v not quite as big hands.

It was an experience but in the end it's just another game in the long run.

I actually didnt mind the 5k starting stack, you know you have to chip up relatively early and build,or you are gone in a few hours to get in another game.

Well done to all Apat players who cashed and who made Day 2 no doubt their exploits will be documented elsewhere, Gl to them.

The 2pm deep stack was cancelled and I had a look around for other games but most would of been late regging with 25/30 bigs so I decide to hop on the beers instead, back to the roadhouse near hotel and took in a few craft beers in the heat, not being a sun worshipper, being a northerner with milky white skin, these were taken indoors in the lovely air conditioning, it's to hot to sit outside in comfort but love the short stroll between air coditioned spots.

I think I am playing the Wynn $100k today, $550 buy in, slightly deeper, starting stack 15k.

I would imagine biggish field, will see what happens, que sera sera, thanks for reading.

Erimus:
Played the Wynn on Monday, unfortunately nothing too exciting to report,peaked at 21k then a downward spiral, again no spots, pretty card dead, one of those games.

Made a good fold, (note to self must start making good calls), with QQ, guy just min raises my initial raise and I called actually set mining, was never going bust in this hand as imo he only has 2 hands, doesn't even has AK here as in previous earlier spots he has raised 8x initial raise with AK showing both times indicating he doesn't know how to play said hand.

The flop was King high, he just jammed, I open folded Queens, he showed AA, nh, wp.

If he had raised 8x raise as before it all would of gone in pre.

This just delayed the inevitable, A5 into AJ blind on blind in the last hand before re entry ended.

Pondered another bullet, but thought better of it and went to Yardhouse on the strip for another taster session of craft beers.

The night was spent in Osheas playing beer pong with a few of the qualifiers from Grosvnor, inc Joe Beevers who is a top bloke.

Tuesday went off strip for a visit to Hoover Dam , was an interesting day out, seen if before from a previous helicopter trip but actually being there it was pretty impressive.

Made a dash after the trip out to Carls wedding, quite a few turned out and the ceremony was held outside, not like a traditional wedding it was all over and done in 10 mins, Congratulations to both Carl and Emma, pleasure to be a guest.

Made the way down to the sign for group photos then they were off back downtown and myself and a few others made our way to a roof top bar at Paris for more free drinks and food provided by Grosvnor, met a few more pros, W Kassouf, J Kimber and a few people who I know through twitter, streams etc, really enjoyable but tiring day, but I still manage to be wide awake at 4:15, no gym though legs are shot.

It's mad hot here, was 114 degrees at the Dam today, pretty uncomfortable, first world problems I suppose.

Playing the Apat game later today, my brother should be making an appearance, his first live game in a casino, hopefully a few Apat regs will be on his table to calm any of his nerves, should be fun whatever happens, it's a re entry so a slightly different dynamic to normal Apat games, see if I can actually play a few hands today, would make a change, thanks for reading.

Erimus:
Last day today (Friday), potentially a big one, body clock still all over as I am wide awake and could of done with a few more hours, but red bull may have to make an appearance later.

Spent a lot of Wednesday downtown, breakfast in a Vegetarian restaurant, really tasty and tbh was as enjoyable as the few buffets we have had.

Regged at the Golden Nuggett for the Apat game along with my brother who was playing his first ever live casino poker game.

The queues were out the door for the first 2 levels and think it got 500 plus runners, luckily for you I can't remember a single hand apart from my exit hand which was an 8 big blind shove with 10 7 off suit, I thought it was AK tbh, Pables said he would give me a spin with 77, think he was a bit surprised to be 70% there, sevens held, at least they went to one of the good guys, don't know whether he spun them up or not.

So the Harland family last longer bet went to my brother who was going along quite nicely until he gets it in with AQ v K10 v 88 which if he had won would of set him up nicely, as per the worst hand, apparently the guy had been running godlike and hit everything.

Thanks to Leigh, JP and others at table for advice given, he and I both appreciated it.

Had a nice meal with Tom and Lucy in a quite period of the game, one of the dishes contained Asparagus which I had never tasted before (bloody northerners), but will be buying a few sprigs ?, it that the collective term, thanks again Tom and Lucy I owe you next time.

Headed back to the yardhouse for a few craft beers before sleep.

Thursday came, flipped a coin PH or Wynn, PH won although nearly cheated and went to the Wynn as the card room is absolutely fantastic, but PH started an hour earlier and I was ready to play.

Again hand histories are a blur but this one got me back in the game.

Gobby young American patched up pro min raises, (he speaks highly of me) 3 limps follow I have 9 10 dd in BB with 10 bigs, being the uber nit I am, I shove, I am called ny above guy by KJ, flop J6x 1 diamond, but the flush draw came in by the rear entrance, oh err missus, back in the game.

Made a set of Queens v guy from above, slow played them all the way knowing he would jam river which he did, boomio.

And finally finished him off when I defended 98 suited to a min reraise, he jammed his remaining 10 bigs with Q8, flop was 9 high, I made a straight and he left the table, with a thats f******g terrible man, personally I though it was quite good.

Me and the guy to my right both laughed as we were both wanting to stack him as he was such a t**t, excuse my French by the way.

To cut a long story short made Day 2 with 117k around 25 bigs so in with a fighters chance.

Didn't see AA, KK all day and AK wasn't being kind, but must of done something right, time for the premiums to make an appearance today.

Long day ahead so an early night, nooo, it's Vegas, a few drinks later ended up on the high roller thing with a few of the Grosvnor people including 9 high like a boss, who had us waiting for ages so he could get a $5 discount on ride.

There was a free bar and managed to get 3 JD and cokes down in the 30 minutes the ride lasted.

Back to hotel via In and Out burger, watched them play craps for a while then said goodbyes, most are leaving today but we have the extra night.

So Day 2 starts at 1pm local time, about 100 returning but not in cash yet will have to find that out when get there.

Hopefully run deeper in the above but if not heading downtown to meet Apat people for last night drinks, anyway that went on longer than expected if you are still here, run good,be lucky, stay healthy.

Erimus:
Well that brings Vegas to end and it was a close run thing but in the end Vegas won in a tiebreak.

Will I be back ?, never say never but circumstances will dictate. I have been over 5x now and although going alone is ok both times when Apat and Grosvnor/Apat/Brother they have definitely been the most enjoyable trips.

The Planet Hollywood game unfortunately didn't go as planned, even though 20 bigs is ok it's vulnerable and you need a hand to double fairly quickly, basically raise folded AJ to a 20 BB shove, may be tight but don't like stacking off with AJ to an unknown, jammed JJ no takers and then couldn't make a move table was full of big stacks and limping wasn't on the agenda.

We were hand for hand for 3 hands and I can grind for days then the bubble burst, jam 88 v utg raise, guy rejams 300k out of turn, think I am going to need to hit a set, original raiser folds up against KK, hit straight outs on turn but alas non forthcoming.

Cashed for $555, so this effectively means only bought into 1 game, Colossus was freeroll, profit from today paid for Apat games so that left the Wynn so -$450 is ok with me, 1 cash in 4 will take.

Fremont street tonight for a meet up with Apat then fly home via New York tomorrow, back in Blighty Sunday pm.

Hope these have brought a bit of the flavour of Vegas over, as I have said on numerous occasions just a keen rec who wins and loses but enjoys the game, thanks for reading, run good, be lucky, stay healthy.

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