Not only poker

Today was a non-poker day. JB recovers from a cold, ‘The one that should not be named’ recovers from bad beats and I.. well dunno, I was happy to something else than play poker.

In the morning I wake up and walk down to the Planet Hollywood mall looking for an Steelers jersey, we meet at for the lunch and as JB didn’t show up we decided to go south-east to the Gun Shop.

We have tried a few full automatic guns (MP40, Thomson & M234 SAW) it was a pretty good experience, we left with plenty of goodies to meet JB and move to the Factory Outlet in the north. Suddenly we get hit by the ‘pretty women’ syndrome and we have benefit of the low Dollar-Swiss franc exchange and the factory outlet prices. To make it easy, take any item in Switzerland and divide the price by 4. I purchased a pair of Nike shoes for a 30 chf, 2 shorts for 25 chf and 1 Lacoste polo for 30 chf.

Tomorrow support the one that should not be named at the Caesars Hi-Lo Omaha and certainly a visit to the Rio to see the 10’000 u$ Holdem limit game (Event #27)

the guy that should not be named

tks to claudio for not naming me in his previous message. i am not the one that prefers to spend time in slot machines than on poker tables. i am not the one that win much more on slot machines than on poker tables....and i am not the one that was supposed to enjoy poker but after a series of bad runs, has much more fun in slot machines...in one word...DISASTER...so far.

2 tourneys and 4 cash game session...and nothing but mentally down below zero....flush against full, Aces cracked on the river, bad readings (but i should have open a psychic shop to read correctly some of my oponnents)...all seems to be against me enjoying poker. So big decision...No poker at all on Tuesday...Pool, shopping, fun...maybe some slot machines :-) and start as a new man on Wednesday (planning for a omaha H/L tourney). Stay tuned for other funny experience in Vegas...Cheers and enjoy not playing poker.

Mondays..

Monday 13th started with a deep stack tournament at the Caesar Palace, a field of 500+ (531?). The one that should not be named in the blog get busted right after the first break and went play some slot machines.
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.

So what it should happens, happened.. my stack was 20 bb and I pushed with my first 'not too bad hand' K-Q suited.

I get busted afer 6 hour of poker fighting with no cards.. I was quite disappointed because I think that, given the situation, I was playing pretty good..

Then lead to the pool, a cigar, a quick shower and direction downtown to visit the Binion's and Golden Nugget. After the dinner we decided to give a chance at the Golden for some cash 1-2.

The one that should not be named decided to go pay a visit to de slot machines...very soon... again... 
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...

That was for me the inner voice saying, dude: it’s time to go. We took the one that should not be named in the blog from another slot machine on which again he cashed out big money and we grab a taxi for the hotel.. to find Jack Sparrow (seriously) playing poker on seat 10 on the lobby of our hotel.. 
Mondays are quite estrange days in Vegas..

Vegas day 1.5

So finally.. arrived after a 24h door to door trip from home to the hotel. When landed at Vegas JB came to pick up us with a limo.. yes.. a limo, plate VIP 12. After drooping the baggage at the hotel when meet for a lunch, my watch showed 7am CET but it was the right moment to eat a big T bone in the Harra's steak house. Sleep 5 hours then walk around Vegas until find Mitch for the Deep Stack Extravaganza at the Venetian. 350u$ after I get busted 400 on a 600+ field...
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..

Landed ...

C'est dingue, j'entend déjà le bruit des coins qui dégringolent dans les slots machines.

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.

I'm taking off ...

Je survole le Rhône, puis la Manche et bientôt l'Atlantique.

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

Jour J -5 ... "ESTA bueno" !

Mon 'dossier' a été accepté … Yeeeeees !
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)