blonde poker

 

It's the $1500 limit shootout today.  If you win your table you're in the money. I'm not playing but I have bought 33% of Carlson whose a experienced limit player. He lived in Vegas playing limit at the Bellagio for a living until he started his family. Wish I hadn't now, as he called me at 11am and woke me up! After my blackjack session I only managed 3 hours kip. Some interesting happenings in Vegas.this week: The Wynn Casino (owned and named after Steve Wynn who built the Mirage and the Bellagio) has recently opened and they are paying Daniel Negraneau a huge retainer to play cash games exclusively at their hotel (rumours of the amount vary). He is their Hotel Ambassador and plays all the cash tables even the $2-4 limit. He has also pledged to take any heads-up challenge for ANY amount of money at ANY poker game so I'm gonna ask him if he'll take Tikay on at Piduki for $100. The Wynn have also introduced automatic shufflers to give players more hands per hour and stop dealer collusion. Last night a guy was shot dead just off on the strip in a drive by (less than 3 minutes walk from the Rio), apparently there is 1 homicide per day in Vegas but it never gets put in the papers in case it hurts the tourism. Harrahs, who own the WSOP have just purchased Caesar's Palace Hotel this week so they now own 5 hotels on the strip. The biggest cash game in world is at the Bellagio, most afternoons Doyle Brunson, Gus Hanson, Jonny Chan , Chip Reece, Phil Ivey & Co sit down and play $4000-$8000 dealers choice (yes $8000 to see a flop, or $32,000 with normal 3 bet pre-flop raises). I saw Gus Hanson bet $250K when the board paired up on the river in Pot Limit Omaha , Jonny Chan called with the nut flush and Hanson mucked his bluff and remarked casually to the pit boss, chuck me over another rack of blues!  Over 30 casino's now have poker rooms (a lot of them closed them to put in more slot machines in the 80's) but the comps are still poor for poker players, you get a reduced hotel rate by about 25% and free drinks, although there are not really free as you have to tip the dealer. I'm making sure that I always have lost of change as the last 2 times I have tipped I only had $100 bills!  As usual everyone I speak to is doing okay on the trip so far, rarely does anyone admit they are losing and if they do, write off the next 15 minutes prepare yourself for some bad beat stories. However, everyone is really friendly here and its easy to get to know new people as we all have something in common, we're degenerate gamblers living on the hope we will land a big score. What I place eh I love it!