Vegas weekend trip - March 2010

So I went on a really short Vegas trip this weekend for a friends wedding but managed 2 short sessions of poker at The Orleans poker room, mainly because this is the hotel where we stayed.

I like the Orleans poker room. It is big and on Saturday had plenty of tables running although they only have a few games - $2/4 limit, $4/8 limit, $1/2 NL and $4/8 Omaha 8. They run tournaments with a good turnout twice per day but my schedule did not let me play them.

On Saturday I played $4/8 limit for about 3 hours. I bought in with $100 and worked it up to about $260 and then down to about $40 and then back up to $170. I had to stop playing at 5pm because the wedding was at 6.30pm but that was a shame because later that night the Bad Beat jackpot of $77,000 was won and everyone in the room gets a share!! Anyhow I banked my $70 profit.

On Sunday they only had a seat open at $2/4 limit and had a lot less tables running. There was one table of Omaha8, one table of $1/2 NL, one table of $2/4 limit and about two tables of $4/8 limit. So I played the $2/4 buying in for $40 and cashing out for $150 about 50 minutes later when a $4/8 seat became available. Unfortunately in the $4/8 I rarely got ahead and ended up a couple of hours later giving it all back for a $40 loss. The last $60 was pretty much a gift as the wife put me under some time pressure to leave so I tried to force some action - not a very good thing to do in this game. I got all my money in with 5-3 suited on a board containing 2 3's only to lose to a guy with A-3 suited. Serves me right for playing that junk in the first place!!!

Overall I played about 6 hours and turned a $30 profit. Not great but better than a loss.

I find limit a strange game. I seem to chip up early almost every session and end up giving some back. I am going to really focus on why this happens - I must have a big leak. You would think it is obvious I play much looser after winning a stack but I consciously try not to do this. Maybe I tighten up too much. Or maybe the other players just get a read on me and I don't mix it up enough.

This was still an enjoyable trip, albeit far too short in duration.