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Trip Report "Business" 1 Week after a 9-Day Trip Date: 07/22/08 Player: StrayBullet For Rooms: Caesars Palace,Treasure Island (TI),Venetian,Wynn, Summary: My wife is going to kill me as I was just out in Vegas for 9 days and 1 week later I return on business for 3 days, but it's just not enough...extended trip by 2 extra days! Content: Monday, Day1: It was only a week ago that I spent 9 days here in the town of vice and greed yet I find myself back for a business trip :). I left Tampa around 10am, snagging a coveted exit row seat on Southwest despite boarding near the end of the “A group!” Several chapters of various poker books and the complete Beatles Love album and I “quickly” found myself at Mccarran airport headed for my rental car. The place was packed as there’s a high-school basketball something or other in town as well as the Harley convention at Mandalay. Thanks to Hertz Gold Club, I had my jeep and was jetting down Sunset towards our corporate office, arriving just around noon. I won’t bore you with the work details but I started doing what I needed to conduct my classes this week, had lunch with the local team at Sammy’s Wood Fired Pizza (had to avoid the pizza as I have a spot I want to try this week and didn’t want to have pizza twice) then went to Sam’s to pick up supplies for the week. By 4pm, I was set-up and ready to check-in to the hotel across the street at Valley Ridge and Sunset. By 5pm, I was out the door and looking for some card action….you didn’t think I’d put of playing with only 4 days in town did you? :D I headed over to a favorite haunt, Casa Fuente in the Forum Shops at Caesars for a Pedro Bello smoke coupled with yet another west coast fave, a Fat Tire…or two :D The location is awesome for “site seeing” and an occasional conversation! And I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the waitress dressed in sheer midriff toga with an ever-so-slight g-string just daring to be lit be floor lights! As it neared 6:30, I finished up what was now a stub of a cigar and headed towards the poker room to check out the action. 5 cash tables were in play with no one on the upper deck. When I inquired about the number of entrants for the 7pm tourney, 16 was the answer. I decided to opt out and head to TI. I didn’t need to play tonite and I always like the feel of the TI room, just so damn cozy, where I feel right at home! I took Frank Sinatra/Industrial to Mel Torme to avoid the strip and landed at my usual parking space on level 3, walking straight into the tunnel and down the escalator to the poker room. They damn near had the same action in play as Caesars with 2 tables in the 7pm, I bought in for $65 and intended to have some fun trying out a bit of a new strategy along the way. Before too long, I had my table talking and laughing it up, just what I wanted; learning all I could as I played the part of “in-town business guy” :D At the end of level 3, first break, I had only slightly chipped up and I decided the best course of action was to obtain a Bahama Mamma at Kahunaville…:D. Being a fast tournament, 20 minutes and 3500 chips, I knew what I was in for and since only the top 3 would get paid, I figured my more aggressive approach would be well suited to try out. We made the final table, out of 20 people ;), sometime during the second hour and pushing with pocket aces twice I got no action. I didn’t have enough chips to raise/continuation bet so all in it was, over-bet or not. One of the best comments I heard all night was the guy next to me, Jeremy who misspoke when asking to hit a set, and came out, “come on, I need to hit a slut.” :shock: :D That was bested by a Brit who commented, “in the spirit of the game, you won the hand but that was a stupid play.” :D He ended up on my left when the balanced tables, then on my right when we got to the final 10. He was just an arse and the entire table celebrated when he busted out in 7th position! There was much talk of a chop, but with so little money at stake, the 2 leaders were hesitant, as would I. I got it in from the sb with QQ and the bb called with pocket 7s; my hand held and I was sitting pretty. Jeremy, who was on my immediate right then open-pushed and when I looked down, I’d found pocket queens yet again. I made the easy call and when all black blanks fell, I was feeling much safer against with red king/queen. Another rag spade fell on the turn and I was counting my ducks until the ugliest king fell on the river. I was devastated once again by the river once again, until I noticed it was the king of spades and since my queens were both black, I raked a HUGE pot. With 6 players left most of the chips were in front of me and Nate, the player on my left. Talk of chopping began again, and the player who held most of the chips that was the hold-out earlier, Steve, was now short and willing….now Nate and I held out ;) Jeremy went on a rush getting it with AK v AA and the board flopped a gut-shot, turning his straight. He was then all in with 97o against deuces and when the board double-paired on the turn followed by a rag on the river, his kicker played and he was back in pushing action. That was followed by a 3-way short stack all-in fest with the board flushing out, they chopped it up! He finally busted when his luck ran out, busting in 5th. He was a very smart player and it was a pleasure playing next to him! We then ran a deal when we were down to 4 players, making a save for fourth, instead of chopping it outright. Dwayne was the beneficiary of getting his money back and we were down the 3. The other early hold-out for a massive chop was Alan who was now “short” and looking for a deal. With blinds at 2k/4k, none of us, Nate nor I had more than about 5bb in front of us and after trading chips for an orbit or two, I piped up stating it was silly to flip for a winner. They both quickly agreed, and we chopped it up 3-way. After tipping out $10, too much but hey, I like the room and the staff (both other players also tossed in $10) and minus the save for third, I’d netted $200 for just about 3 hours of work. I know it’s not a big win by any stretch of the imagination and most cash game players could pick that up in no time short, but after the cards beat me up all last week despite playing some of the best poker I’ve played in some time, the “win” felt good. I cashed in my chips, thanked Troy for the great customer service and was on my way back to the hotel. End of day one, not a bad day at all :). |
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