- 10am - wake up, shower, get a taxi from Luxor where I am staying to the Venetian
- 11.30am - register for noon toruney at Venetian - play some $4/$8 limit while I wait - buyin for $100 and cash out for $112
- noon to 4pm - play tourney 98 entries, down to about 35 left where I have 11BB and move all in on button with Q-10suited hoping to steal. The BB has AK and thats that.
- walk to Mirage - get some lunch/dinner
- 6.45pm - sign up for Mirage 7pm tourney. Play some $3/6 limit while I wait. Buyin for $100 and cash out for $101
- 7pm - 8pm - play Mirage tourney - get AK 3 times and lose/not connect 3 times. You have to chip up fast in this badly structured tourney so Im in trouble - push all in preflop with AJs in late pos. Called by J8 by large stack - he hits a straight - thats that.
- walk to Bellagio
- 9pm - after waiting a while I get a spot in a $4/$8 game and do ok. Play for about 90 mins. Buyin for $100 and cashout with $210.
- walk to Excalibur
- 11.30pm - sign up for the Pokerpro electronic machnes and play a game of .5/$1 against crazy drunk people. Get to $144 and then push all in with 87 suited on a 956 rainbow flop. Called by a guy with 10-9 (top pair). Turn is a 10, river is a 9 - nice catch by him as he stacks me. Its 2am by now and even though the table is soft and crazy I decide im too tired so take my loss and
- walk to Luxor
- 3am - by the time I arrive and check my emails its time for bed.
2 comments:
Hey Paul,
Sounds like your having a lot of fun, i only wish i was there with you.
Can you tell a little more about the cost of the tournies you enter.
Do you know if there is a decent website listing tournies etc?
I know a handful of my poker buddies are following your blog with a fair interest.
Hi and thanks for the comment. I enter tournaments anywhere from $60 to $500. Heres a list:
- Oceans 11 weekly in CA - $60
- Luxor - $52-$70
- Venetian - $150
- Mirage - $70
- Mandalay Bay - $70
- Bellagio - $330 - $540
- MGM - $70
- Monte Csrlo - $50 - $85
Also on a less regular basis I have taken a shot at preliminary tournaments in larger events ie. Aussie Millions - $1100, WSOP - $1500, LAPC - $1200, EPT Monte Carlo - $1000 approx, etc.
Online, I play much smaller - $11 and $26 tournaments mostly with occasional shots at $100+.
Websites listing vegas tournaments include cardplayer.com and pokerplayernewspaper.com. I think Bluff magazine also lists them (search for the website on google)
Again, nice to know some folks are following the blog - Thanks.
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