There are 2 buses that you can catch on the Strip that go Downtown - the Deuce (double decker & stops at EVERY stop) and the SDX (gold single decker that only stops at limited stops).  The double decker Deuce buses run 24 hours per day, but they stop at every stop and therefore it takes ages to get Downtown (45 mins approx).  The SDX only runs from 9am to 12.30am and stops at limited stops but only takes about 20 mins from the Strip to Downtown.

You can catch the SDX from the stop outside the Wynn and also outside the Paris (obviously the Wynn is the closest to Treasure Island).  Coming back from Downtown you can catch both buses just along from the huge pelican crossing at the bottom of Freemont Street and when the SDX reaches the Strip you can get off at the Fashion Show Mall (opposite the Wynn) and at the stop between Bellagio and Cosmopolitan.

$6 for a 2 hour ticket and $8 for a 24 hour ticket, or you can get a 3 day or 7 day pass.  You need to purchase a ticket at the bus stop before you get on the bus.  The ticket machines all accept cash (notes) and some accept credit cards.  I think there's a ticket machine outside the Wynn, but if there isn't there is definitely one opposite at the Fashion Show Mall bus stop.

More details here....

http://www.rtcsnv.com/wp-content/uploads/routes/2014/DEUCE.pdf

Wadey 54,000 on the button

Frankie playing 400,000+ in the small blind passes

Skalie passes the big blind

Frankie shows...Two black Queens!!!

Wadey flips, in the height of understandable frustration, two black kings

"just my luck" says wadey

the table is open mouthed, the dealer almost gasps, but stops himself

frankie stands "my hand was all in or fold"

he raises his eyebrows, smiles....and sits down

 

Not sure what to make of that tbh. Why would you show it? Weird

congrats on your promotion Tighty (and your birthday!).  Not sure which one was the most difficult to get to!

Thanks guys

where did you find that quote from me Simon ? lol

Hope you both have an awesome time in Vegas Lee.  Full report when you get back!

[who would like to play online poker with Americans again not stay or spend any money in Venetian/Palazzo as the owner (Adelson) spends his profits on being the leader in trying to get online poker banned in that country.]

Stupid prices on www.lowcostusa.co.uk for Venetian/Palazzo in late June (22nd onwards) and early July.  e.g. 24th June for 9 nights at the Venetian is only £729.  The same room via Expedia is £1067.

Sorry Michelle, this isnt a dig at you and will obv depend on personal views, but I would suggest that anybody who would like to play online poker with Americans again not stay or spend any money in Venetian/Palazzo as the owner (Adelson) spends his profits on being the leader in trying to get online poker banned in that country.

I doubt there are many people who have become that successful without being a ruthless b*****d!

Stupid prices on www.lowcostusa.co.uk for Venetian/Palazzo in late June (22nd onwards) and early July.  e.g. 24th June for 9 nights at the Venetian is only £729.  The same room via Expedia is £1067.

Why are you persisting with the re-buy/add on format?  There's an overlay for a reason.  There seems little point in advertising to those with smaller bankrolls that they can get in the £500 deepstack for a minimal amount, but then putting them at a huge disadvantage when they can't afford the £50 add on to get double the chips.  Those who might look to satellite in are satelliting in for a reason.  To then expect them to fork out a further £50 (when they won their seat through a £5 satellite) seems a tad unreasonable.

Sorry i must have misread this as a moan when it was positive feedback! My apologies.

jog on

I assume the same £5 sat players who moan about the add on costing £50 in the main sats once they have binked a £50 token do the same moaning in the £5 rebuy sats where the add on costs £5 when there are 50p sat winners in that £5 sat who can't 'afford' the £5 add on because they are only in for 50p or are they quite happy to have the add on because it suits them, gives them a decent advantage over the 50p token qualifiers and they can afford the £5?  Can't have it both ways surely?

I would think that significantly more bankrolls can support a £5 add-on than a £50 add-on.

Correct but the principle is the same there is just a zero added to the end of the figure. Rob needs 10 times as many £5 punters as £50 punters to get the same money into the prize pool so that fact goes without saying. All the 50p micro punters are hard done by the same way as you are moaning you are but because it suits u at £5 level it's not a problem to have the add on but once it goes out of your buy in range its a problem.  The £50 rebuy's will bring in as many punters who wouldn't play otherwise than it loses because the add on is too expensive.  It's a £150k £550 entry flagship mtt for DTD.  It's hard to get many people into it for a fiver in reality (1 out of 100 obv) do people actually ever really sat into these events for a fiver very often without actually having numerous sat bullets at it.  The vast majority of £5 punters are m

ulti £5 bullet guys like me, vino and numerous others who spend prob close to the buy in every month playing sats to win multiple seats into £50s and then the add ons to go with it.  It's a nice dream to sell you won £35k from a fiver but the reality is that is pretty much never the case.  

I don't remember moaning & I don't remember saying it was about me!

I assume the same £5 sat players who moan about the add on costing £50 in the main sats once they have binked a £50 token do the same moaning in the £5 rebuy sats where the add on costs £5 when there are 50p sat winners in that £5 sat who can't 'afford' the £5 add on because they are only in for 50p or are they quite happy to have the add on because it suits them, gives them a decent advantage over the 50p token qualifiers and they can afford the £5?  Can't have it both ways surely?

I would think that significantly more bankrolls can support a £5 add-on than a £50 add-on.

If you can use tokens to rebuy and add-on then that's great and obviously resolves it.  If not, then DTD by not offering any variety of "ways in" online are restricting their market.  All I'm asking for is some proper freezeout options in the lead up to these (with very low guaranteed seats in comparison if necessary).  So a £5 freezout into a £50 freezout. 

Why are you persisting with the re-buy/add on format?  There's an overlay for a reason.  There seems little point in advertising to those with smaller bankrolls that they can get in the £500 deepstack for a minimal amount, but then putting them at a huge disadvantage when they can't afford the £50 add on to get double the chips.  Those who might look to satellite in are satelliting in for a reason.  To then expect them to fork out a further £50 (when they won their seat through a £5 satellite) seems a tad unreasonable.

An under-rated under-heralded player, Will Dorey

I'm pretty sure that's Jake Quinsee in the left of the shot (that's exactly the way he holds his cards!).  How is he doing?  Has he had his afternoon nap yet?!

DTD website has payouts as follows:

1   -   £132,651
2   -   £76,653
3   -   £45,900
4   -   £32,130
5   -   £25,245
6   -   £20,655
7   -   £18,360
8   -   £14,688
9   -   £12,393

Min cash is £2k from 81st up to 46th

Payouts are a big secret again?

Table 13 looks like it could be fun.

UTG Tim Slater gets two callers (I couldn't tell is he limped or min raised but it wasn't a big pre)

He then leads      . Mark Cullumbine practically puts himself all in. Tim completes the action setting the rest of the chips in.

Guess the hands please?

Answers when I've done another lap of the room.

mmm not a lot to go on but my guess would be an overpair for Tim and flush draw for Mark.  Tim held?

Are you sat at table 13 or have contact with any of the mentioned players?

  Mark
  Tim 'who shouts HOOOLLLLD' as the hands are tabled. He then fist pumps the table has he hits two pair on the turn and bricks the river.

Erm no I'm sat at home reading the updates.  Maybe I should have played with these hand reading abilities!  If I wasn't working this weekend I would have been playing.

Table 13 looks like it could be fun.

UTG Tim Slater gets two callers (I couldn't tell is he limped or min raised but it wasn't a big pre)

He then leads      . Mark Cullumbine practically puts himself all in. Tim completes the action setting the rest of the chips in.

Guess the hands please?

Answers when I've done another lap of the room.

mmm not a lot to go on but my guess would be an overpair for Tim and flush draw for Mark.  Tim held?