Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Doobs]

Good luck teeks, sleep soon but hope to read more thatn 3 pages with my morning fruit and muesli..

Thanks Vinny.

Was expecting and hoping to see Doobs, but no sign of him yet. He was a little unwell yesterday, so fingers crossed he is ok.

Think Mr Animal has gone back to Cornwall.

Hi tikay

I am going to give this a miss.  Feel better than yesterday but still not back to normal.  I don't want to show up and end up tossing $600 because I feel terrible in a couple of hours. 

Think tomorrow should be fine.  Going to try and get up and have an early swim, breakfast and watch the footie.  Think there is a $240 nlo8 at PH.  Not your thing I guess, but very much mine.  Hopefully can get a confidence booster in before the big one the day after.

Good luck

[Marky147]

Best of luck today, Tikay!

Hope your feeling better soon, Doobs.

[tikay]

Level 1 complete, no fuss, no drama, 16,500. Easy game. Sometimes.

The refrain from a familiar voice of "FLOOR" 3 times in the last 5 minutes tells us that Superman (as was) aka Batman (as is) aka Twatman, as I perhaps unwisely called him a few nights ago, has joined us. Deep joy.

[I KNOW IT]

Good luck today Tony

[tikay]

Thanks Craig,

Level 2 ended and we have 18,100.

Ridiculously easy game......

Twatman is on vigilante duty, patrolling all the tables, advising the dealers how to split pots, players how to play, and generally being an interfering busybody.

[George2Loose]

Gl Tony. Win it all!

[tikay]

Gl Tony. Win it all!

Thanks George, if only.

End of level 3, first break.

11,700, after a setback in a difficult hand.

I flopped the nuts and 3 bet the opener who then flatted me. The turn was a terrible card, a double freeroll chopper, (completed the low and flush) and I had neither. He set me in and I had to fold my nut high as I could only get half at very best, so it made nonsense to call.

Tough game, this.

[tikay]

Back to starting halfway through level 4, and we have been joined by Big O novice Jeff Kimber, who I have been coaching.

[tikay]

End of level 4, 16,300, which is likely to be around average.

166 entries so far.

Re entry ends in an hour, be good to avoid a car crash, but would re-enter if we did, as this is great value.

Huge fun, Big O, and I feel totally comfortable in this format, more than any other.

[tikay]

Level 6 begins, we have 19,000, with the average at 22,500, as we have 180 entries of which 120 remain.

It is playing ridiculously fast, folks playing for stacks, seen several pots of 30,000 or more, simply because re entry is still open. (Ends after this level).

It will calm down once re entry closes, so if we get there safely, we are right in it. As things stand, think I'd happily gamble for a double up in this level if the chance came along.

Anyway, let's see how things pan out. Would be our first second bullet of the trip, but the chance to make a real run at this has to be considered,

[tikay]

Dinner break.

Could not find a double up spot, so we head into level 7 (300-600) with 18,000, which is 30 Bigs, that's ok really, and at least we saved a $600 second bullet.

195 entries, 110 remain, = 26,591 average.

Am determined to up the aggro a bit when play resumes if I find a decent spot and try and get us a stack we can motor along with into day 2. That may mean an early exit, so be it, but we could use another cash.

Big O is the best fun ever.

[tikay]

Plasma updated to show 201 entries of which 111 remain.

Meanwhile, we have moved on to 23,000, still sub average, but close to 40 Bigs.

All ship shape so far.

[tikay]

Moved up to 27,000 in Level 7, but with blinds now 400-800 we actually went back slightly with 34 Bigs.

Hope I don't get a table move, I know where I am with these lads, and seat 4 is perfect to be able to see the board and other hands properly.

96 remain, so 15 souls departed in level 7.

[tikay]

BOO

[tikay]

MIO