Sunday, June 26, 2011
Final Table
Monday, June 20, 2011
Halleluia
Amazing trip this weekend.
After looking at the pictures I realize that it does not gives all the credit that to those amazing locations deserves.
Big plains, warm Sun, thin sands, awesome views... Is an experience to live 'on site'.
How you can explain the magnificence of the Grand Canyon.. with 450km long and 30 Km wide ? How can you describe the peace surrounding Monument Valley ? Just a great weekend.. Awesome.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
News du front ... Week 1 - 6 sessions - 14h15 /+1070
# 1st week report
> Session au Mirage - Quad as a Main course
> Session au Mirage - Lorsqu'il y a du poisson au dessert
To be continued ...
Today, Rio, Flamingo et Imperial Palace
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Not only poker
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
the guy that should not be named
Mondays..
JB made a late entry but a too-soon departure as well and after struggling with my 'almost average stack' I had to start playing aggressively with no cards.. or let's say.. a range of cards between douce and eights with some jack-fours time to time...
I hit a draw on the flop with 7-8 off on a 4 way hand and soon after I double up my stake with good hands to reach 40k when the average stack was about 21k. Then my 8-4, 7-3, 4-9 off came again for another 2 hours and I started feeling the pressure of the blinds + antes.
JB & Myself were seated at two different tables, I found myself in a table of locals, and was for me a tough start with bets that had no-sense (bet 55u$ on a 24u$ pot) So I had to narrow my range of hands, and while watching baseball I was waiting for the good hands at the right spot.
I left the Golden after a few hours with a +370u$. I left at the moment that the table became crazy....
100u$ bet post flop was pretty current (remember it was supposed to be a 1-2 table) people were pushing with absolute rags and whishing to hit something, like the old guy at my right that made quads 7 against a full of tens.
What this guy had prior to push for 250u$ ? Q-7, yes he made quads on the river with only one 7 in his hand... and he was also claiming for the full vs quads jackpot by the way...
Mondays are quite estrange days in Vegas..
Monday, June 13, 2011
Vegas day 1.5
Late in the afternoon i had visited a few casinos to made the player cards for the cash games and I understand now what HUGE mean in us.. average size of a Casino is twice the size of the Rhodanie campus..
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Landed ...
Allez hop, un kawa ricain (beurk !) et je vais mettre un p'tit sous dans le bandit qui est à côté, en attendant ma valise.
Ensuite j'attrape un taxos, je fais un crochet à la Bobby pour serrer la raquette à Doyle & Co, et au Planet Hollywood pour faire une bise à Holly Madison (pour les non-terriens innocents, c'est une des ex-copine de Mr Hefner, fondateur du mag au lapin). La 'babe' anime, depuis qq. mois, un spectacle "a sexy striptease-and-storytelling adult production" nous dit la promo.
Et puis dodo.
PS : J'ai perdu mon HU contre le pilote (un ancien joueur pro de NL1000). Je voyage en soute au retour ... c'est balot.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
I'm taking off ...
Bien caler dans mon fauteuil, je sirote un Virgin Mary (pas d'alcool dans l'avion sinon ... mal de casque assuré, déjà qu'on a facilement le melon au poker), grignote des noix de cajous, jette un coup œil sur le profil de l'hôtesse, qui descend l'allé dans un petit tailleur seyant et entame la conversation avec ma charmante voisine, tout en relisant 'poker pour les nuls'.
Le chapitre concernant le repérage du fish (c'est important, parce que si l'identification n'est pas possible, c'est NOUS le pigeon ... glups !)
... et après on dit que les hommes peuvent pas faire plusieurs choses à la fois !
Plus sérieusement, j'ai pris 3-4 magazines avec moi, les derniers Poker52 et Poker Magazine. PokMag se demande quel avenir à le poker en ligne et la dernière édition de Poker52, développe un gros dossier sur les WSoP 2011, qui s'intitule "Tous à Las Vegas ..."
Et ben on y va ...
Bon je vais voir si le pilote a le temps de faire un HU ... je vais lui proposer de jouer le retour en First (suis en coach à l'aller).
Je vous retrouve à l'arrivée. A plouch
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Jour J -5 ... "ESTA bueno" !
Bon là je suis dans les starting blocks.
J'ai trouvé un hébergement pour mon carrosse et pour ma bécane (merci Mitch !).
J’ai répété mon anglais : raise, RAISE, I’m allin Sir et puis super important « fold, FOLD » … j’ai pas trop entrainé « call », parce que je ne pense pas beaucoup l’utiliser (sic).
J’ai aussi revise 2-3 trucs utiles comme : a coffee please, Caesar salad with italian dressing, New-York steak, Bloody-Mary, I’m looking for the restrooms …
Et pis, je suis plutôt busy pour mon dernier week-end … lessives et repassages.
Any support accepted ! (trop facile l'anglais)
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Right or Wrong?
Situation: Online deepstack tournament $3.30 - 431 players - 23 remaining - $357 for the winner, $9.90 for the 23rd.
The 'good' guy (me :-) ) was chipleader with approx. 100K and the 'ugly' guy (on my right) was 2nd with approx. 90K
I am not sure about the blind but i believe it was 800/1600. This is a pre-flop situation with 9 players.
I hit KK.
UTG fold
The Ugly UTG+1 flat call.
The Good (Me) UTG+2 - raise 4BB (reasonable online? maybe 5-6 BB would have been better?)
Everybody fold until it comes back to the Ugly who shove his stack.
OOOPS what's up man...limp and all in????
Hum, what does he have(i assumed since the beginning that the Ugly was a man....girls always fall in love with the 'good guy' in the movies, isn't it)?
Before reading what happened to me below... Let me know how YOU would have done it with 23 players left and if you would have done it differently in the middle of the tournament (let's say no being ITM)
Was my move right or wrong?
Raising UTG+2 with 4BB is announcing a certain strenght I believe...he could see me with a big pair AA, KK, QQ or AK, AQ and maybe AJ..or may be in a (suicide) bluff ? or he could not see me at all (simply not even ask himself the question...pretty frequent at this level, right?)
Which hand is justifying to go allin after a limp when you are ITM and 23 players left??
Here is what i thought...
AA? - probably not. i would have cbet instead of allin
Any other pair KK-QQ? same as above
AK, JJ or smaller pair? maybe.. if my opponent has AQ, AJ, JJ-xx he would probably fold
AQ, AJ, Ax? It would be stupid to move allin with those hands..just call
Bluff? probable at this point in the tournament.
So i was convinced that the Ugly was on smaller pair or on a big bluff.
and guess what...I called
and guess what...he had AJ and a A came on the flop
and guess what...I finished 23rd
and guess what.. I tilted
Retrospectively, this was a stupid call and a big mistake. i believe my thinking was not incorrect, but at this point in the tournament, calling an allin of the 2nd chipleader was simply the wrong move... even with KK. I shouldn't have risk my stack at this point in the tournament.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Bio pass, mon sésame, ouvres-toi ?
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Another interesting daily tournament.
At the Aria Casino, twice per day their run a 100u$ +25 NLH tournament with a field average of 50 players, 8000 starting chips and progressive 25/50 30 mins blinds.
What is so particular? Well, allvegaspoker states that the Aria Poker room is superior to the Bellagio due to layout, chair comfort, etc and almost at the same quality level than the Venetian for a fair and decent buy in.
In addition it seems that Aria have drafted the old MGM's dealers which are amongst the best in the city: http://www.arialasvegas.com/casino/poker.aspx
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
POKER but not only..
Our plan is to leave Vegas on Friday 17 (very very early..yes guys prepare to wake up with the sun or to play poker all night to avoid waking up) to pick up a nice car at the airport and start our journey with a very nice drive to Lake Powell (430 km) where we will be enjoying boating and wakeboarding within the lake canyons.
Stacks, Buy-ins & structures
If you wanna know what are you missing and where we will be, here is the Stacks, Buy-ins & structures of the other events running alongside the WSOP 2011 for the June-July period.
Deep Stack Extravaganza Venetian 2011
The Deep Stack Extravaganza is held four times a year at The Venetian. The majority of tournaments will be No Limit Hold'em but they also include some H.O.R.S.E. tournaments, an Omaha eight-or-better tournament and a pot limit Omaha tournament and the buy-ins range from $225 to $5,000.
http://www.venetian.com/uploadedFiles/The_Venetian/Content_Blocks/Gaming/Deepstack_Extravaganza/DeepStackIII2011.pdf
Grand Poker Series Golden Nuggets 2011
Golden Nugget Las Vegas hosted its Annual Grand Poker Series June 4 – July 4, 2011, in its luxurious events center, The Grand. This month-long event featured more than 60 poker tournaments including Omaha high/low, HORSE, Pot Limit Omaha, 7 Card Stud and plenty of heart-pounding No Limit Hold ‘em action, as well as cash games.
http://www.goldennugget.com/downloads/gps_2011.pdf
Caesar Palace 2011 Summer Mega Stack Noon
From May 30-July 15, the Caesar Palace offer a schedule of special tournaments with a variety of special events, including Double Stack Turbos, Heads Up tournament, 6-handed tournaments, and Omaha events. Buy-ins range from $120-$550. Tournaments runs daily at noon and 4pm.
http://www.caesarspalace.com/casinos/caesars-palace/casino-misc/poker-mega-stack-summer-2011-noon-detail.html
http://www.caesarspalace.com/casinos/caesars-palace/casino-misc/poker-mega-stack-summer-2011-4pm-detail.html
Vegas as sanatorium
Annual Binion's Poker Classic / Mega Stack Series du Caesars Palace / DeepStack Extravaganza du Venetian / Grand Poker Series du Golden Nuggets
De plus, je participerai au Poker TDA (Tournament Director Association) Summit 2011. Mais par contre aucun WSoP au programme (je n’ai pas la bankroll et suis pas très fan des satellites).
J'essaierai ici de partager avec vous mes expériences, actions significatives, moves, runs, swings, tilts et autres bad bits (enfin ceux-ci pas trop …)
Cependant, je ne m’engage a rien, parce je souhaite jouer beaucoup (10h/jour), comme si j’allais en ‘cure’ dans un sanatorium … alors si on y ajoute 8h de sommeil (faut être bien reposé pour jouer), 1h de sport (un esprit sain dans un corps sain), 2h pour les repas et «je m’la raconte avec mes friends», il ne va pas rester grand-chose pour blogger, d’autant plus qu’à Vegas, comme vices, yapake l’poker … m'a rappelé ma maman ... ;-)
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Ben didn't screw up my bankroll...
The Swiss Franc / Dollar exchange went from 1.15 CHF for 1u$ down to 0.88 CHF in a short period of time and still going down, Mitch show me the trend on the financial charts and today transactions are made at 0.87
So yes, the stay in Vegas will be 24% less expensive ... unfortunately hotel and flight are already paid since March.
I target a budget of 300u$ per poker night, this should cover most tournaments entries and cash game on the 1$-2$ tables.