Author Topic: The Joker in Vegas  (Read 84818 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

Joker161

  • Staker Licensed Player
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 521
  • jhsch on 888
The Joker in Vegas
« on: June 22, 2013, 15:00:47 PM »
As some of you know, I"m off to Vegas on the Wednesday 3rd July and then playing in the Main Event. I thought I ought to start up a blog to keep everyone posted. I"ll probably try and do the Twitter thing too, so long as the WiFi works in the poker rooms. The plan is to play Day 2 of the $1,111 charity event on the Thursday and then Day 1B of the Main Event on Sunday. If things go well (touch a massive bit of wood!), then Day 2A is Tuesday and Day 3 is Thursday, giving me a day off between each of the Days (is that a good idea?).

If you"re wondering why I"m Joker161, the Joker bit is the nickname coined for me by my brother (the reason escapes me) and the 161 is where I used to teach before Brighton College started to build new buildings (it was 161 Eastern Road). That was quite dull. Back to the poker...

I have sold 20% of the action via the "Staker Exchange" and it is sold out, but there might be a spare 2% available for those who fancy a stake. Gup9y hasn"t paid up yet and has until tomorrow night, then I"ll offer it out.

Anyway, I"ll see lots of you at Coventry next week, but I thought I"d get this blog thing going as I had a spare moment.
« Last Edit: July 04, 2013, 15:48:22 PM by Joker161 »

Paulie_D

  • Administrator
  • Platinum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6420
  • Travel Guru
Re: The Joker in Vegas (for the 5th time!)
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2013, 15:04:11 PM »
Hope to see you in Coventry, Joe

Good luck.

PS. Twitter Name?
« Last Edit: June 22, 2013, 15:09:33 PM by Paulie_D »
“Thor has Mjolnir but I have a banhammer. I think I win”

Joker161

  • Staker Licensed Player
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 521
  • jhsch on 888
Re: The Joker in Vegas (for the 5th time!)
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2013, 16:34:19 PM »
@JokinJoe161

SirPercival

  • Staker Licensed Player
  • Platinum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3700
Re: The Joker in Vegas (for the 5th time!)
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2013, 17:34:09 PM »
Best of luck with this Joe, hope you win the lot.

fandango

  • Staker Licensed Player
  • Platinum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2137
  • "it was suited"
Re: The Joker in Vegas (for the 5th time!)
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2013, 18:01:18 PM »

Best of luck with this Joe, hope you win the lot.


+1

Enjoy Joe have a blast
2011 Bronze medal in Omaha online WCOAP
2012 ECOAP Main Event Champion and Gold Medalist
2012 ECOAP Player of Series winner
2012 UK Amateur Champion
WCOAP Gold Medalist and Bracelet winner Team England
S7 WCOAP Bronze medal Antes only
Bronze Shoot out WCOAP

Bigfella42

  • Staker Licensed Player
  • Silver Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 497
  • Vague memories of being in Vegas
Re: The Joker in Vegas (for the 5th time!)
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2013, 20:36:31 PM »
Have a great time joe
APAT Scotland runner up 2008
APAT Sotland final table 2009
If it's not in Scotland you can forget it!

Curlarge

  • Regional Captain
  • Platinum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1786
  • I wish I was as good as someone better than me!
Re: The Joker in Vegas (for the 5th time!)
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2013, 00:01:16 AM »
Will be rooting for you mate ;D
APAT Season 6 statistics
APAT Live Events 8, Attended 8, Final Tables 0, Cashes 0, Ranking Points 0, Having a word with myself 1.

PHIL_TC

  • Administrator
  • Platinum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1908
Re: The Joker in Vegas (for the 5th time!)
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2013, 12:03:59 PM »
GL Joe. Might take another 0.5% if its going spare. Most of all enjoy the trip and the experience. Hope you have a ball x
Winner of 1 gold, 2 silver & 1 bronze medals.
Proud member of team England '11 & '12 (Home Internationals) & team APAT  '11

Now pretty much poker retired, but available to help feed / sub the APAT server hamsters now & again.

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=101148

AceOnTheRiver

  • Staker Licensed Player
  • Platinum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1713
Re: The Joker in Vegas (for the 5th time!)
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2013, 22:28:51 PM »
Smash it!

One time for the teachers
@jpround on Twitter
Views are my own
"Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends" Czech Proverb
"Where you find beer, you find good life" Another Czech Proverb

Supernova

  • Staker Licensed Player
  • Silver Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 204
Re: The Joker in Vegas (for the 5th time!)
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2013, 23:06:19 PM »
Good luck & hope you bink big, above all have a great time & a safe trip. See you in Coventry.  :)
APAT UK Team Championships 2011 18th
APAT Welsh Championships 2012 13th
APAT European 2012 6max 3rd Bronze Medal
APAT Home Internationals 2012 Omaha S/E 3rd
APAT WCOAP 2013 Stud S/E 14th
APAT WCOAP 2013 H.O.R.S.E S/E 7th
APAT English Championship 2013 3rd Bronze Medal

Joker161

  • Staker Licensed Player
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 521
  • jhsch on 888
Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2013, 15:52:47 PM »
Day 1 - Wednesday 3rd July

Standard flight. Watched three films and read half a book. Food was OK. Definitely worth going Premium. I owned up to Customs about my $14,044 that I was carrying. They took me to a back office and made we wait while two of them were in earnest discussion pointing at a computer screen. A worrying 5 minutes, but it was all fine in the end!

Stepped out to the taxi rank in 110F heat, but was in a taxi within five minutes who somehow managed to make the trip last for ever and cost $30. I think Las Vegas has a new terminal, so the trip is a bit longer, but I"m still now convinced.

The room at the Rio is massive ("all-suite") and the air conditioning is reasonably quiet, which is the key thing. I managed to sleep OK last night. So the first thing I do is go down to the WSOP area to buy-in for the two tournaments so that I can off load all the cash before I get mugged. The queue is the longest I"ve seen at the WSOP, and it takes me 30 minutes to get to the front. When I leave the queue it"s longer than when I arrived!

Back to the room to unpack, and then something to eat (quite a good burger from somewhere in the Rio) and then off to play cash for as long as I can stay awake! I play in the official poker room it the main casino rather than in the WSOP area. They have $1/$3 tables rather than the $1/$2 that I prefer, but it is quite a passive table (raises to $8) so that"s OK. First hand I get 62 in the BB and get to see the A62 flop! A nice small pot to start, and then in my second hand, in the SB, I get 77. There is a raise and three callers, so I call. Flop has a seven on it! I win quite a big pot (although I think I could have bet more on the end) and am $100 up in 5 minutes! After that its up and down, but then I lose $100 when I make a big call (and a poor one). I raise with AQ and get a caller. The flop is JJ5. I c-bet and he calls. Hmm. The turn is a queen, so I reckon I"m ahead here (he"s shown poor hands in the past), so I bet again and he calls. The river is a blank, and I decide to check call, but then he bets $100. I decide to call, think there is a chance he has the jack, but he has 55! Poor call.

I am nodding off towards the end and finally hand myself in at about 10pm (6am UK time). Actually manage to get some sleep, but wake up at 2.30am, read a bit, then manage to sleep from 4am to about 7am. That"s a record for me on the first night in Vegas! The quieter/more efficient air conditioning certainly helped.

Curlarge

  • Regional Captain
  • Platinum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1786
  • I wish I was as good as someone better than me!
Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2013, 16:13:52 PM »
Very best of luck mate. Don"t forget, if you win more than $5,000,000 we are free-rolling the one drop next year!!!!! ;D ;D
APAT Season 6 statistics
APAT Live Events 8, Attended 8, Final Tables 0, Cashes 0, Ranking Points 0, Having a word with myself 1.

AMRN

  • Staker Licensed Player
  • Platinum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5261
Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2013, 16:15:44 PM »
Best of luck Joe!!


Hoping you get chance to keep your blog updated - looking forward to following your progress.

Paulie_D

  • Administrator
  • Platinum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6420
  • Travel Guru
Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2013, 16:16:14 PM »
$30 (assuming it"s inc. tip ) to the Rio is a little above the odds but nothing to get too excited about.

If you win more than $5m....I want mine...in cash.

Looking forward to more...
“Thor has Mjolnir but I have a banhammer. I think I win”

SirPercival

  • Staker Licensed Player
  • Platinum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3700
Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #14 on: July 04, 2013, 16:22:49 PM »
Didn"t try the $50 in the passport trick then Joe?