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Fatcatstu:
Great updates mate, all the best today!

Joker161:
Just before leaving for the Rio, three things. (1) I saw the smelly man again yesterday at the Venetian. His hair seemed less greasy so perhaps he had had a shower. Wasn"t close enough to test the smell factor. (2) for those of you that have been to Vegas and have been in one of those standard hotel rooms with the shower head fixed to the wall, why is it assumed that all human beings are 5" 8" or smaller? Mildly annoying. (3) I was in the "Essentials" store at the Mirage this morning (where everything is at least double the price of Walgreens) and saw that they were selling ex-casino floor decks of cards for 99 cents a pack, plus they were two-for-one! Blimey! These cards are probably £10 a pack new! I run a poker club at school and need decent cards so I bought ten packs. Might get some more. In relative terms, is this the biggest bargain ever to be seen in a Vegas casino?

Joker161:
So only five of us at the table for 11am. One bloke raises the first four hands and we all fold. He raises the fifth, gets called down and shows J7 for a pair of sevens. He almost got the bloke to fold, but he still out half his stack. I had 32s and would have hit the flush. There are other hands where I fold rubbish and would have hit big, but I keep folding. Half an hour in I get KK in the SB. The loose bloke raises, as usual, to 150. I make it 425 and he makes it 1325! I call and stare at him and without looking at the flop reach for chips and bet 1100. He tank/folds. I showed the KK and he looked surprised. I wonder what **** he had. Nothing else to report in Level 1. The odd steal, but nothing went wrong. On just over 6k.

Joker161:
Level 2. The loose player is now down to less than 1000. A new player raises and he goes all-in. Another player raises to 2100. The new player folds JJ and the loose player has TT vs QQ. Ten on the river. Good that the loose player still has chips! I get KK and everyone folds. Half way into the level I raise UTG with KQs. Loose, but the table is loose so I give it a go. Three callers! Flop is J95. I bet (possible error?) and get one caller. Turn in another nine and gives me the flush draw. Check/check, so a free card. River a brick. He goes all-in and I fold. Back down to 5k. Hmm. Calm down. New bloke to my left raises, the loose bloke goes all-in for 2k, new bloke calls with AJ! Loose bloke has AQ, but there"s a jack on the flop. Shame the loose bloke"s gone, but his first half hour was appalling. Two more small hands. I get KT on the button, there"s a call, I raise and it gets through. Then I raise with AJ in LP, two callers, the flop is 655, I bet and they both fold. I"m on 5,500 at the end of the level. By the way, a ripple of applause when the French score. Need to keep an eye on that too.

Joker161:
Level 3. 25/75/150. A bit early for the antes. The bloke next to me reckons we"ll be cashing by the end of today. Ten minutes in I raise UTG with 98s (bit lairy). Nice Australian bloke to my left calls and the rest fold. Queen high flop. I bet, he folds saying he had AK. Handy. By the way, the stack to my immediate right is a dead stack and already down to 3,500. What if he/she doesn"t turn up? Free chips for the rest of us though! Literally as I type this the TD comes over and takes the chips away. Apparently after two levels if the player hasn"t turned up he/she gets a refund and the chips come off the table. Shame. I make a loose steal raise with 86s and get reraised. I fold. So the next hand I obviously don"t raise my KJ and the flop is AQT. Obviously. 30 minutes into the level I get AQs UTG, I raise and get two callers. King high flop, I bet and they both fold. Phew! A normal flop bet in these situations is a fifth of your stack and we are only on level 3! Up to 6,200. 45 minutes in the Calling Station to my right calls again to I raise on the button with A7. BB calls as does the station. Flop is 764. BB bets out 750. The station folds and I have a think. Does he had a set? I decide to get lairy and raise to 2k. He thinks for a bit and folds saying he had an overpair. I said "nines?" And he nods. He says "tens?" Station says "no, he had aces." I said "not aces, but better than nines." We move on and I"m on 8,200. Two hands later the bloke I beat gets it all-in with the Station with AK on a A85 board and the station has 55. He leaves muttering "I should have pushed all-in on the previous hand." Got away with that, then! Towards the end of the level, there"s a rubbish 350 raise, the SB calls and I am in the BB with 32. I was so close to calling because of the price, but was sensible and folded. Flop A32! The other two get to the river and the winning hand is AT. One of those...

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