Vegas - April

Had a quick 2 day trip to Vegas a couple of weeks back. My buddy goes there for insurance conferences and gets his room and board paid but wants someone to carpool with him. I am lucky that I still get comps for free rooms so I often agree to go. This time I had a freebie at Excalibur.

We left at 7pm Sunday and got in before midnight then met for drinks about 12.30am and drunk beer for 4 hours before deciding to go gambling. Probably not the best start. On Monday he went to his conference and I did not see him again until Weds when it was time to go home.

So Tuesday I started playing:

I played for a bit on Monday art Excalibur but they only ever get one or two tables open and while the player pool is very soft, the chairs are not great and the drinks are slow. So I headed over the Mandalay Bay where everything seems a little more classy. Also I have a different friend staying in the Mandalay Bay with his family and I thought I might say hi so he had gone walkies that day down to Venetian.

I then headed over to MGM which is a must if you are staying on that corner of the strip. It has more poker action than Mandalay Bay, Excalibur, Luxor, or Monte Carlo combined. And NYNY and Tropicana have no poker action at all. 

I played one tournament at MGM at 11am on Tuesday mornng. The structure of the MGM morning tournament has changed and almost become reasonable (it used to be a stupid double the blinds every round like most of the cheapo tournaments in Vegas). I went deep but no cash. Then i played the cash tables a bit more at MGM as I had a good session there on Monday.

 I managed to hook up with my buddy and his wife/kids on Tuesday afternoon and walked around with them showing them some of the Vegas highlights. Finally we got back to their hotel (the Mandalay Bay) and the kids were tired so my buddy could finally join me in the card room. That was a fun session as I made $750 in about 90 minutes. Then I went drinking so no more poker that night.

Overall I did well at poker, but lost quite a bit playing Craps. I love that game, but there is a reaosn TJ Cloutier went broke playing it. It is very addictive and I know how easy and quick it is to love hundreds or thousands of dollars playing it.

Met up with my lift on Weds and after watching a soccer game in the Sports Book headed back to OC.