327 of 10,416 remain in the Millionaire Maker

50
United Kingdom Roberto Romanello
1,270,000

158
United Kingdom Yucel "Mad Turk" Eminoglu
700,000

291
United Kingdom
James Dempsey
275,000

I believe blinds resume at 10k/25k with 25k BB ante.

Good luck all

2am finish.  Followed by what i hope wasn’t a dodgy huge kebab .
I probably got to sleep before 3 but it’s all a bit hazy.
Deliberately set no alarm as didn’t think I’d play the aria plo 600. 
Woke up sometime after 9am and after jumping in the shower at 10 I made the decision to head for aria anyway .   Pool can wait or maybe later after bust 🙈
Get to aria at 10:50am to a short queue and realise it’s a plo8 tournament !  Im not sure if my mistake but more likely they adjusted the schedule after I’d wrote mine .
Anyways I’ve struggled to write this as we are 24 mins in and I’ve folded 1 hand preflop 😎

Quite hard not to have a hand when they give you all those cards and two ways to win.

Is it in the casino floorspace this year? Or at the back, by the door to Park MGM?

Sorry to hear your news, KarmaDope.

All the best

Congrats Tony.  Think you had a better time than me.

On to that final hand.

We are at 4000/8000 with 8000 big blind ante. So there is 20k in the pot.  I have 133k behind after paying the blinds.  The bubble went at 10k/20k which is 50k a circuit, so I still need to be taking spots.  It went to 5k/10k whilst this hand was dealt.

One fella at the table has just busted the players on my direct left and right AA>KK and AA>KQ in consecutive hands (KQ was a 60k shove in to him).  This was reported on poker news.  Table is a bit shell shocked so it is folded round to new player in SB for first time whilst I am sat there.  There are several bullying type big stacks at the table and two smaller stacks on my right (AA guy has many stacks of chips).

Obv no reads on new person.  He has about 200k at start of hand, I have 150k.

He raises to 24k.  Don't really like raising so near bubble.  Think he should be shove or limping.  I think I fold if he shoves, so he gets way more chips his way so may be wrong.  Either way at this stage, neither of us wants to be having to call off for all our chips/most of our chips right now with ICM disasters possible.

Am kind of putting him on a standard opening range to steal my BB which is behind A8.

I need to still be taking spots.  He takes an age to call, maybe 2 minutes with AT suited, which makes me think I was right here, but interested in thoughts.  Flop came Q43.  I call for a 4 or 3 to give me more outs.  We get a ten.

Annoying I busted so close to the money 3 days in a row, but don't think I should play any of my exit hands differently.  

FWIW I play the hand the same way, but might try to talk him into folding while he's tanking, now we know he's marginal

Such a lovely place to win all that delicious money if you can get a fold.

Bad luck on the call. Trust you to find the guy who found his gentleman vegetables.

Keep at it, Doobs.

Not going this year, so all vicarious Vegas poker stories very much appreciated.

Oh wow! Congratulations, Doobs!

[I was part of a 6 way chop at one of the Luton Festival events around that time]

When I first started playing poker in around 2004, he was Mr Consistency in terms of his tournament record.  Always there or thereabouts in the Grosvenor festival results around the country.

I was part of a 6 way chop at one of the Luton Festival events around that time, which included Micky, Carlo Citrone and a certain Rob Yong in the group of 6.  He was a tough opponent, but also pleasant company at the table.

RIP Micky Wernick.

Crikey, what a line-up that was...


https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=11974

£500 + £25

Probably got chicken and chips with that, too.

GG to one of the Midland greats. Will be much missed but I can see Mad Marty tapping an open seat for him now.

https://twitter.com/culturaltutor/status/1643638905894215681

Construction of St Pancras station

A few years ago, there was a list of people who wanted to join the fantasy leagues. I can't find it on this thread, and I recognise it was a while ago.

If you are interested, there is likely to be at least one place in the long-running league.

Message in this chat if you fancy it.

I'd like to have the league managers list sorted in the next month or so, in order that we are sorted before the draft.

Fabulous news, tikay.

Stay happy.

So many people turn up an hour before the day starts and then spend three hours tweeting about how ridiculous it is that they have to queue.

First Vegas tip is don't be one of those guys.

Take your own food if you can. Will save you spending $30 for a sandwich and drink.

When you buy in, you get a table and seat number allocated on the receipt.

I'll take the easy ones.

Hi
Looking to finally make my first trip after trying to do so for many years now without success...i like the look of the Omaha hi-lo on June 25th as there is a bounty hunter on the Thursday and colossus on the Friday if i get knocked out.
I wondered if any of you experienced travelers could offer any advice on the following.

Looking to go Tuesday to Monday/Tuesday and would rather book a direct flight and accommodation together so i have been looking at British Airways.
Are there any hidden costs when you get there (hotel charges etc.)? Main one is a hotel tax called Resort Fee. Not all hotels charge it, but the main hotels do. Amount ranges roughly in line with quality of hotel, but can be as much as $50 a night. Check to see if Resort Fee is included.

Do i need to fill out any forms other than an ESTA? Unless there's a COVID restriction, no. If you're taking more than $10k (including any British money in your wallet), declare it.

Can you register for the tournaments from the UK online? No, but it's easy to do it at the venue. For WSOP, you can enter at any time, so just go when it's quiet, rather than an hour before the 10,000 person tournament starts

Any hotel recommendations that are close to the tournament or would you stop in the tournament hotel (not looked at these prices yet)? Opinions vary wildly. Anywhere on the strip is fine. If you stay on the same side of the strip as Paris/Bally's, there's a monorail that gets you right to the heart of the action

I will take a read through the WSOP thread for further advice but was hoping to find a few answers before i do.
Is there any basic advice that anyone would offer from their experiences. It's hot outside. Like really hot. But inside, you might need a jacket. Oh and that place you think is going to take 10 minutes to walk to is half an hour away.
thanks for any replies

Superb. Excellent diary return.

Great to see you both doing well.

League concluded, so I am posting the draft order and finishing positions here for now, in case Sleeper has a wobble and deletes all the chat:

1 - KarmaDope 7th
2 - ForthThistle 8th
3 - Tifosi 9th
4 - Stevef31 10th
5 - Ironside 5th
6 – CardiacAtRest 6th
7 – Bergeroo 3rd
8 - Tal 4th
9 - ConnorsCrew 2nd
10 – HappyGolladayzz 1st

This is all pending the potential resumption of the Bills @ Bengals game.