poker in Vegas - July 1st
I am wiped out, tired and card drunk from a long night at the tables. I had decided on an easy-going day after the long haul at the Venetian yesterday.
Today took off when I met with Michele and his wofe to sign him up for the Main Event. We met for a cup of coffee at Starbuck's and continued to the registration desk and the cashier with the $10,000 in bills from Banco Nacional. Michele was awarded a seat at table 39 i Blue Amazon, seat 6 - a good spot for the spectators, and I hope I will be able to give updates during the Friday the 3rd.
While Michele took off to play at the Venetian in the afternoon, I took a ride with Jeff in his rental car to go shopping (don't tell Marian, shhhh!!). We were back in the afternoon, I had lunch and took a nap, and later I went to the Bellagio while Jeff went to Harrah;s to sign up for the 8 p.m. tournament.
I joined him just half an hour before tournament start and paid the $150 entry fee. The total number of players added up to 80, a decent stack size with $10,000 and blinds of $25/50 to begin with. 20 minute levels, though, but this is also the maximum you can expect from e one-nighter, so no complaints here.
Jeff was busted about 2 hours into the tourney, while I had a good run and a table where I think I had a pretty picture of the player types, and I was able to adjust to them accordingly.
I made a lot of solid agressive plays, one or two good laydowns and the couple of suckouts you have to make i order to win a tournament like this - so I did! When we reached the final table I was third in chips, but I played my way to the chip lead. When we were 3-way I had the double amount of chips of the other 2 players, so when one of them took out the other we were as even in chips as you can get, so we decided to chop the pot of aound $6,000 - a nice payday finally!!
Tomorrow Thursday is the first day of the Poker Palooza, the usual poker show with tons of offers and free stuff. Jeff is headed back to Costa Rica, but I will hook up with Diego and check out the action , and probably later on try the cash game at Mandalay Bay which so far has proven profitable to Diego by a juicy margin.
Updates coming....
Today took off when I met with Michele and his wofe to sign him up for the Main Event. We met for a cup of coffee at Starbuck's and continued to the registration desk and the cashier with the $10,000 in bills from Banco Nacional. Michele was awarded a seat at table 39 i Blue Amazon, seat 6 - a good spot for the spectators, and I hope I will be able to give updates during the Friday the 3rd.
While Michele took off to play at the Venetian in the afternoon, I took a ride with Jeff in his rental car to go shopping (don't tell Marian, shhhh!!). We were back in the afternoon, I had lunch and took a nap, and later I went to the Bellagio while Jeff went to Harrah;s to sign up for the 8 p.m. tournament.
I joined him just half an hour before tournament start and paid the $150 entry fee. The total number of players added up to 80, a decent stack size with $10,000 and blinds of $25/50 to begin with. 20 minute levels, though, but this is also the maximum you can expect from e one-nighter, so no complaints here.
Jeff was busted about 2 hours into the tourney, while I had a good run and a table where I think I had a pretty picture of the player types, and I was able to adjust to them accordingly.
I made a lot of solid agressive plays, one or two good laydowns and the couple of suckouts you have to make i order to win a tournament like this - so I did! When we reached the final table I was third in chips, but I played my way to the chip lead. When we were 3-way I had the double amount of chips of the other 2 players, so when one of them took out the other we were as even in chips as you can get, so we decided to chop the pot of aound $6,000 - a nice payday finally!!
Tomorrow Thursday is the first day of the Poker Palooza, the usual poker show with tons of offers and free stuff. Jeff is headed back to Costa Rica, but I will hook up with Diego and check out the action , and probably later on try the cash game at Mandalay Bay which so far has proven profitable to Diego by a juicy margin.
Updates coming....
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