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ThinkerJE makes a return trip to Vegas
lukybugur:
--- Quote from: billyho10 on June 11, 2008, 13:16:28 PM ---
This blog definetly deserves the best blog prize! lovin it! ;D
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It truly is a great read but it"s the sheer volume and effort he"s putting in whilst "on holiday" that impresses me most.
I hope he sits at my table in Dublin - I have his game all worked out. Yeah right, who am I trying to kid?? All I know is that he IS good enough to lay down big hands and that he does think about hands logically. I wonder if he"ll be able to put me on 47s tho?? ;)
technolog:
--- Quote from: ThinkerJE on June 11, 2008, 10:17:32 AM ---
...she earns $5,000 a night (I am in the wrong business) and has just traded her Ferrari for a new Bentley...
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--- Quote from: ThinkerJE on June 11, 2008, 10:17:32 AM ---
...I got the bus back to the Circus...
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That"s one helluva BAD BEAT there James!
ThinkerJE:
Ok today is Wednesday and my last day in LV. I woke up late with yet another headache and decide to have a day off the beer today (that was the idea anyway). Bagels for breakfast as we don"t trust the breakfast buffet after Jon got a bad case of the eartha"s. Then onto the gift shop to get all the tacky presents for people back in blighty. I was done in record time of around 20mins. I hate shopping anyway but this is just annoying. Why the hell do I have to bring gifts for people when I go on holiday? They are just useless tat with LV on anyway, like fridge magnets or pencils. No one ever uses them or even likes them, but if you don"t do it you get so much grief about it. Anyway, job done and then on the bus to Binion"s to play the razz event.
Binion"s $160 Razz, 5,000 starting chips and 30mins levels & 153 runners.
6,250 at 1st break (end of level 3). I won"t go into detail about the hands as frankly it is alot more difficult to remember than in the hold em events. The main pot I won involved me having a 6432A vs matey"s 6532A. I made my hand on 6th street and got him to call my bets all the way. I felt alot more comfortable at the table today than during the omaha event. I am seated between to old stud veterens who definitely know how to play razz, so I am trying to stay out of their way and also learn as much as I can from them. Razz is a drawing game and a card catching game. So far I have no done anything stupid and hae caught enough cards to keep me in it. The limit format means there are alot of players left but this will change during the next 3 levels.
4,250 at 2nd break (end of level 6). Mainly card dead and only won a few pots by raising in position wit a low card showing. Need a double up but the limit format and nature of the game means it is almost impossible to switch gears. You cannot lump it in with goo as you can in NLHE. I need to pick a hand and commit to it through all the streets and hope it holds.
6,200 at 3rd break (end of level 9). Got my double up when down to 2,400. There is an early raise from a 3 and I find 743 and decide this is the hand. I re raise to isolate and all the money goes in pre 4th street. I am in big trouble as 743 vs A23 but I suckout on the river to double up. Then I get a big triple up when I hit 6542A on 6th street and get paid twice by players with a 7 low and a worst 6 low. I am up over 20k now and in very good shape. The antes kick in quickly and 2 hands erode my stack when I have to fold on 5th & 6th street when I get a king and pair up. I have already put alot into the pot but I know I am behind and drawing dead. Thats razz, its a sick game that deals out some tough beats.
I bust out in 32nd place 15 mins into level 12. I am down to 5k with 400 ante, 700 bring in and 2k-4k limits. I spike the Kc and have to bring in for 700 (only 3,900 behind). There is a raise from a 6 high and all folds to me. I have A4 in the hole and think about taking a gamble to double up. I know the guy will have a draw to a 6 low but I need to get chips. I call and catch a 3 on 4th street, he gets a 7. All the money goes in and its A4K3,5,J,T vs 3567,6,Q,8. I actually take the lead on 6th street but the 8 on the river seals my fate. I am not sure if this was bad play or not. All I know is that I had no chips and wanted to gamble heads up in order to give me more play and buy me some time. It was not to be.
Jon was feeling alot better today and also took part in the razz event. He was unlucky to bubble in 18th (2 off the money) when he paired when drawing to the wheel. Top performance mate and a good tournament all round. A nice change from NLHE anyway.
Spotted at the bar in Binion"s were "Mad" Marty Wilson & Jesse "The Voice Of Poker" May. I have not been back to the Rio so star spotting has been few and far between lately (although Jackie Collins was seen in Ceasar"s Palace 2 nights ago, but I don"t think she plays poker), and I was surprised to see them downtown in Fremont. All the other faces seem to hang out on the main strip or at the Rio.
So thats it, no more poker in LV for me on this trip and a grand total of $0 won. This is obviously very disappointing but I feel I have not played that badly, I just needed to win a few races, or not got outdraw and I could have gone deep. A full review will be done when I get back to England, after I win the Irish Championship in Dublin on Sunday (mega uber self bokk).
NO BAD BEATS - Razz is cruel & frustrating game but also a lot of fun...
ThinkerJE:
Thats it. Another thinker trip to Vegas is over. Thats for all your comments and words of support. I will not post for a few days now as a) I will be in Dublin this weekend and b) my internet at home is knackered. I will post a full review of the trip (poker and non-poker related) when I have digested it and I am able to get back online.
In the meantime I hope to see some of you in Dublin this weekend, I will be the good looking one at the bar drinking Guiness after my pocket kings have been outdrawn again.
NO BAD BEATS - Las Vegas is still the best place in the world!!!
billyho10:
thanks v. much for treatin us to an interstin and entertain blog. your hand recall is just fantastic! glad u had a great holiday and thanks for sharin it with ur fellow APATers (we will be wantin to hear the seedy vegas gossip though over a pint in dublin! ;) )
we will all be nervous of your valuable daily live experience when facin u at the tables in dublin.....hopefully u havent given too much away about ur game 8)
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