Las Vegas - downtown

Went to Vegas on Sunday night and returned on Wednesday morning. Stayed and played at the Golden Nugget in down town Freemont Street - they only had 1-2NL and 2-4 LIMIT games running so I played mostly 1-2 with occasional periods on the limit game if I was waiting for a no-limit seat.

I played basic ABC poker but managed to win over $2000 in 2 days of play (Mon and Tues). The room was surprisingly busy and quite soft although I obviously ran good. Most tables were full of talkative nice people with a couple of drunks to watch for entertainment. Once I had targeted the weak players I seemed to systematically walk all over them and take their chips.

In my last session one of the players who I had bullied a couple of times in earlier sessions watched me from start to finish get information and take 3 stacks of red chips off one guy isolating him and winning small pots. He commented how much he had enjoyed watching me take apart his nemesis on the table and generally how he felt he had learnt a lot just by watching me play.

Of course that was a great compliment. I'm not sure if I deserved it or not but I seemed to play well and have a little bit of luck. Players were shoving their stacks into me AFTER I had made the nuts or a tight player with an obvious big pair would shove into me AFTER I had flopped a set or 2 pair. It was almost comical.....

So I enjoyed myself. The room was busy both days (surprisingly as it is mid-week) and is comfortable. It has about 10 tables in it and 4-5 were always in use even early int he morning.

I drove home on Monday morning and am looking forward to my next trip out there!