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Joker161:
Found a nice French place in the Wynn and also had a glass of wine. Very good food, but it didn"t make me feel any better; in fact this head cold is getting worse. I walked back via Walgreens and got some "cold and head" pills and then back to the hotel. The pills didn"t seem to make any difference. Spent the rest of the day in the room feeling a bit rubbish. Didn"t eat anything else - not particularly hungry at the moment.

Joker161:
Saturday 9th July

Didn"t sleep that well. Up at 5am as usual. Watched the first set of the Serena match and then breakfast as usual at Pantry"s. It was quite a good match. Not much in it. It seemed to me that Serena was making more mistakes but that her serve got her out of trouble. Also, Kerber played the occasion big points badly. Now back in the room with a continual headache. I think this time I really will not play poker today. I"m starting to get worried that playing when feeling like this will almost certainly lead to mistakes and so it"s just a waste of money. I might play a bit of cash later if I"m feeling a bit better. I"ll definitely play the $400 PLO tomorrow and then that"ll be it.

Joker161:
Did very little all day, and although I didn"t feel much better I decided to play the 7pm bounty tournament here at the Mirage. $100 buy-in and a $25 bounty on everyone"s head. I didn"t bring my iPad with me and was drinking, so I don"t remember many details. I got chips quite quickly and then I remember not betting the turn when up against a women who then hit a set on the river (someone else was all-in). That was annoying. The other memorable hand was not calling second pair when a big stack put in a hefty river bet and he showed the bluff. I was very close to calling and it meant I went into the final table a bit short. I ended up 7th after pushing the button with 44. I got called by A9 and there was a nine on the flop. So I cashed for $180 and had $125 in bounties, less $10 that we each chucked in for the bubble in 9th. Shame I didn"t get a little further, but I was battered by the end, to be honest. Only five hours until the Murray match. I"m sure I"ll be awake by then, as usual.

Joker161:
Odd watching a British man in a Wimbledon Final and it not really being an edge-of-seat game. Playing a man who had served 130-odd aces in his six matches so far, and reducing him to eight; can we say that Murray returns as well as Djokovic? Anyway, had breakfast in the "Pantry" while the first set was going on and then back to the room for the rest. Watched the mixed as well, then the football and then got ready for the 5pm PLO at the Venetian, my last biggish tournament. By the way, how did Portugal win this tournament? As someone on Twitter said, if England had not scored that last minute goal against Wales, we would have had three draws too and would also have been on the **** side of the draw. Hmm.

Joker161:
I"m at the break after the first four 30 minute levels. We started with 12k. I won a couple of small hands, then far too much chip dribbling, then a hand where I was up against a player who was playing a lot of hands. I had something like a nine-high flush and he turned over the nut flush! Must remember that this is a game of the nuts. I got down to about 5k, but then won a smallish hand that I"ve totally forgotten (and I"m not drinking) and then I got up to 9k when there were three calls, the button raised and I potted from the BB with AAT7. He tank/folded.

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