The tournaments out here continue to frustrate although I felt I’d saved five grand on Thursday; intending to play the $5000 short handed we ordered a cab for 11 o’clock but it didn’t arrive until 1.30 by which time I was way too wound up to even consider it.I’ve checked my records and it’s nine tournaments in Europe and another nine out here since I’ve made a final; come on sample size, do your stuff! There has been some sloppy play in there but I feel I’ve been playing pretty well during the last few days and am confident that I should go deep soon.
Since the last post I’ve played another Bellagio comp losing with A-10 to Q-10, I quickly got a big stack in the $2,000NL but got into a “mine’s bigger than your’s” re-raise fest against the wrong guy and lost three coin tosses, and then, in yesterdays $5,000PL, I actually turned the nuts on fourth street holding 6-7s on a 3,4,Q,5 board but his trip queens filled up on the river.
Xuyen and Steve arrived on Friday and, after bumping into Danny Samson, we headed over to the Mirage - my form in the cash games continues to surprise and it’s now four wins in four sessions. I haven’t ventured further than the Mirage yet but am told the Venetian and the Wynn both have games that are worth checking out (show a WSOP entry card at the Venetian and you get your rake back).I move into the Luxor today; it’s only my second trip out here and whilst the house has everything we need it is too remote and the promised 10 minute ride from the strip is at least a half hour trip. Womble and Ariston move into the Rio on Thursday and with the main event starting on Friday it’ll be good to have a base in the hotel.
