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The Perils of Paulie - An Irregular Blog
Paulie_D:
Las Vegas: 13th November 2010
"Bricking It"
Ugh....I'm pretty sure I'm coming down with something....I don't know what because the symptoms are all over the place. Perhaps I'm just run down...I don't know how, it's not as though I'm overdoing it or anything.
Whatever, a very late start...seems hard to get out of bed but I head down to the buffet around 3pm...told you it was late. I was thinking about a late lunch but the buffet is closed until 4pm while they set up for dinner.
I have numerous options for other places to eat but I'm happy to wait. I run a few dollars through the slot machines just to keep the comp offers rolling in.
I get in the queue for food dead on 4pm and grab some bit and pieces. Still not much of an appetite but you have to feed yourself I suppose.
Over to the poker room where I have to wait an hour to get a seat. My intention is to put in a long session here...I know there is money to be made here.
Unfortunately, things just go to hell in pretty short order...nothing works, every time I get a hand I get counterfeited or outdrawn. Whenever I flop a monster draw and get my money in, I see more bricks than a hod carrier.
The gods have looked down and decided that Paulie is doomed. The first couple of racks disappear in two hours and the third in another 2 hours. There were a couple of donators at the table (I suppose I could be one of them?) but they juice the pot trying to get even and draw me in only for me to miss like Robin Hood's shortsighted brother.
I'm not putting any more money on the table tonight...so I get up and head over to TGI's for a few beers and some food, it's happy hour and I get a few jars in.
I contemplate doing something else...but I can't decide what and by now it's getting a little late so I decide to get some rest.
Really living it up....aren't I?
MAIR:
Gr8 trip reports Paulie, do get well soon hope you feel better to enjoy the rest of your holiday
Paulie_D:
Las Vegas: 14th November 2010
"Illegitimii Nil Carborundum"
It's nice having the luxury of a long lie-in in the mornings....well, I say morning, I mean the WHOLE morning...it's rare for me to leave the room before 1pm when I'm here.
Even though I'm still awake and moving about fairly early it allows me plenty of time to catch up on what's happening out and about but still have the rest of the day to play.
Yesterday was a huge disappointment to me...but doomswitched or not I wasn't going to let it stop me. I'm just chalking it up to variance.
I made it to the poker room by 1.30pm thinking I'd play for a couple of hours before grabbing some lunch. FAIL!
In fact, I had a nice 8 hour session before I got up. There was some real donking around going on at a couple of the tables whith blind raises getting capped pre-flop by some moron with a bankroll. Frankly I don't need or want to play with these donkeys. I'm just happy to grind away.
Never got a hand I was inclined to get in with and decided that discretion was the better part of valour and just requested a change to a quieter table.
This was much more my style...no frantic action, just simple easy play. The beer was coming regularly...thanks to the attractive cocktail waitresses...and the money was OK too.
At one point I was fairly deep into my original $100 but only because I invested heavily when flopping the nut low and a straight. I eventually only got half but it was of a $200 pot.
Flopping quad eights and letting someone catch up helps too!
By 10pm, I'm up $100...doubling my buy-in and have had enough. I have a decent beer buzz on and I have to eat so I head straight over to my now regular haunt of TGI Fridays. $4 draught beers and cheap food. I sink a couple of pints or so and a late dinner before calling it a night.
Sidebar: Look, I know these numbers I'm posting up aren't huge compared to some of the pots I could be playing at 1-2 NL...and the profits aren't spectacular but it's nicely in my comfort level.
I came here to gamble...not throw money around like an idiot. Am I managing the risk?...Absolutely, but I'm having fun playing a game I love and, barring yesterday's debacle, making a profit at it. I'll have a count up at the end of this particular set of Vegas posts and see where I end up....but I think I'll be slightly up at the end.
Tomorrow is Monday...a BIG football day in the US...should be lively in the bars.
Fatcatstu:
I NEEEEEED the redskins to do awesome, AND for london fletcher to make about 1 billion tackles for my fantasy team to win please :)
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: Fatcatstu on November 16, 2010, 00:47:43 AM ---
I NEEEEEED the redskins to do awesome, AND for london fletcher to make about 1 billion tackles for my fantasy team to win please :)
--- End quote ---
Oops...major FAIL. ;D
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