Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Karabiner]

Will catch up on replies later, but for now.....

Slowmo has cashed, got $1,974 locked up.

Hope you get the lot Slowmo.

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I played golf at Wollaton Park GC today which is also pretty damn fantastic especially in this coolish summer which we are currently experiencing, perfect golfing climate on a wonderful course.

I play my poker in the evenings online with a glass of wine in hand. 

PS I also managed to chalk up a "W" in the $33 Omania the other night for the first time ever

This is a man who has life sussed.

Truth to tell, I think he had it sussed before he heft his teens.

[Karabiner]

I played golf at Wollaton Park GC today which is also pretty damn fantastic especially in this coolish summer which we are currently experiencing, perfect golfing climate on a wonderful course.

I play my poker in the evenings online with a glass of wine in hand. 

PS I also managed to chalk up a "W" in the $33 Omania the other night for the first time ever

This is a man who has life sussed.

Truth to tell, I think he had it sussed before he heft his teens.

I heft to say I agree.

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I played golf at Wollaton Park GC today which is also pretty damn fantastic especially in this coolish summer which we are currently experiencing, perfect golfing climate on a wonderful course.

I play my poker in the evenings online with a glass of wine in hand. 

PS I also managed to chalk up a "W" in the $33 Omania the other night for the first time ever

This is a man who has life sussed.

Truth to tell, I think he had it sussed before he heft his teens.

I heft to say I agree.

My keyboard, (among other things) is worn out Ralph. I have to guess where the letters are.

[Doobs]

Meanwhile, bruised & bloodied, but undaunted, I'll be playing the $600 PLO @ Venetian @ 5pm.

I'm joining!

Getting the team back together for one last go at the 1-2-3.  Tikay was saying there were lots of alternates for the last omaha, so get there early.  Will probably be there 4.15 and get a coffee

[Karabiner]

I played golf at Wollaton Park GC today which is also pretty damn fantastic especially in this coolish summer which we are currently experiencing, perfect golfing climate on a wonderful course.

I play my poker in the evenings online with a glass of wine in hand. 

PS I also managed to chalk up a "W" in the $33 Omania the other night for the first time ever

This is a man who has life sussed.

Truth to tell, I think he had it sussed before he heft his teens.

I heft to say I agree.

My keyboard, (among other things) is worn out Ralph. I have to guess where the letters are.

I didn't mean to sound ungrateful for the compliment.

Deffo had life a bit sussed for a few days after months of not hefting it.

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I played golf at Wollaton Park GC today which is also pretty damn fantastic especially in this coolish summer which we are currently experiencing, perfect golfing climate on a wonderful course.

I play my poker in the evenings online with a glass of wine in hand. 

PS I also managed to chalk up a "W" in the $33 Omania the other night for the first time ever

This is a man who has life sussed.

Truth to tell, I think he had it sussed before he heft his teens.

I heft to say I agree.

My keyboard, (among other things) is worn out Ralph. I have to guess where the letters are.

I didn't mean to sound ungrateful for the compliment.

Deffo had life a bit sussed for a few days after months of not hefting it.

Lol. You didn't sound ungrateful. Did I sound mardy?

[tikay]

I played golf at Wollaton Park GC today which is also pretty damn fantastic especially in this coolish summer which we are currently experiencing, perfect golfing climate on a wonderful course.

I play my poker in the evenings online with a glass of wine in hand. 

PS I also managed to chalk up a "W" in the $33 Omania the other night for the first time ever

This is a man who has life sussed.

Truth to tell, I think he had it sussed before he heft his teens.

I heft to say I agree.

My keyboard, (among other things) is worn out Ralph. I have to guess where the letters are.

I didn't mean to sound ungrateful for the compliment.

Deffo had life a bit sussed for a few days after months of not hefting it.

Lol. You didn't sound ungrateful. Did I sound mardy?

😬

[KarmaDope]

....& get well soon animal, who has decided to go home, as he is not too well.

Sad to hear this. I was covering an adjacent event to yours yesterday and saw him take his seat - remember thinking to myself that he didn't look too good but assumed he'd just been playing too much as I'd seen him in a few events!

Hope its nothing serious and get well soon Animal.

[tikay]

Amongst the attendees in the $600 PLO @ Venetian is Mr At It Bradley.

Also in attendance, Cos and Doobsy.

[Doobs]

....& get well soon animal, who has decided to go home, as he is not too well.

Sad to hear this. I was covering an adjacent event to yours yesterday and saw him take his seat - remember thinking to myself that he didn't look too good but assumed he'd just been playing too much as I'd seen him in a few events!

Hope its nothing serious and get well soon Animal.

Missed this earlier, get well soon fella.

[slowmo]

BUSTO .  114 TH FOR $2410. NEXT PAY JUMP AT 99TH.

Jason Koon who had been playing a lot of hands opens for 5100 off a stack of 180,000. Me small blind with 29000 ( blinds just gone to 1200/2400 with 400 ante so 7200 chips to see 9 hands ) . He just saw me double when I pushed over an early position raise of a massive stack and get called. Me AQ , Villain K-J . I flop an ace for full double up from a bowl . Thinking Jason Koon knows I am playing  tight , I push K-Q CLUBS as I think he folds most of his opening range. He snaps with 8-8 flops a set and that is history.  thinking I SHOULD PEEL A FLOP AND CHECK, FOLD IF I MISS  AS I HAVE  BUTTON NEXT HANDS AND STILL 24000 .    interested IN ANY COMMENTS OF BEST STRATEGY.

Off to 6pm deepstack to spin up my winnings .
Best of luck to Tikay and everyone else at the Venetian.

[tikay]

BUSTO .  114 TH FOR $2410. NEXT PAY JUMP AT 99TH.

Jason Koon who had been playing a lot of hands opens for 5100 off a stack of 180,000. Me small blind with 29000 ( blinds just gone to 1200/2400 with 400 ante so 7200 chips to see 9 hands ) . He just saw me double when I pushed over an early position raise of a massive stack and get called. Me AQ , Villain K-J . I flop an ace for full double up from a bowl . Thinking Jason Koon knows I am playing  tight , I push K-Q CLUBS as I think he folds most of his opening range. He snaps with 8-8 flops a set and that is history.  thinking I SHOULD PEEL A FLOP AND CHECK, FOLD IF I MISS  AS I HAVE  BUTTON NEXT HANDS AND STILL 24000 .    interested IN ANY COMMENTS OF BEST STRATEGY.

Off to 6pm deepstack to spin up my winnings .
Best of luck to Tikay and everyone else at the Venetian.

Great result Simon, well done.

That exit hand? You cannot peel from a 12 big stack IMO. Neither can you raise/fold. You can shove, raise call, or fold, IMO.

The play looks ok to me. A flip to double up off 12 bigs? All you can eat, baby.

[tikay]

Hit & Miss

Err, b-u-s-t-o.

Not even give my Stakers a sweat tonight, apologies. It started at 5pm, & I was back at Rio just after 7pm.

The exit came out of a clear blue sky. One moment I was sitting there quietly, watching what's what, the next I know all my chips were in the middle, & they never came back.

Think the exit was fine (!), or more accurately, "standard".

I had button raised 3 limpers (it was a very limpy table) with.....

 

2 callers.

We saw this flop.

  

First to speak bet the pot. I have top set, & nut flush draw, this looks like a great spot to play a big pot, in fact, it's a dream spot imo. So I potted it, & when he re-potted I sort of assumed he had a small set. In fact he had the rather lovely........

 

I don't fold his hand either, though he was not to know his flush draw was dead.

So I just need my man to miss, or if he does hit, a heart or a pair up does the job for me. He hit, I missed.

Think it's all pretty standard.

It was the very start of Level 3, so I could fire another bullet & get 75 Bigs (15,000, Blinds were then 100-200), but after some dithering, I just thought it better to get out of Dodge before I set fire to another $600. Confidence is slightly less than maximum right now. If I had hung around 5 more minutes, I'm sure I'd have stuck in another bullet.

Shame really (we've heard that before) it was full of fun Brits - Doobs, Cos, Fraser, Kev O'Leary, At It Bradley, Lappos, Jerome Bradpiece & so on.

Move on, next case.....

[tikay]

Tuesday's Action

My Schedule lists these three options......


WSOP Tuesday 16th June - $1,500 PLO

Binions Tuesday 16th June $220 PLO

Orleans, Tuesday 16th June $240 PLO8

I now learn that the Orleans thing is Limit, so that's off the list.

Which means either the WSOP $1,500 PLO (decent structure, 7,500 chips, 1 hour clock, starts at 25-50), which is great, or the little $220 PLO @ Binions.

I'm inclined to think a drop in class might not go amiss, so Binions might make sense, though I have to say, I'm still very tempted to play the $1,500 WSOP PLO.

I'll dither all night, & then tomorrow morning, promptly dither some more. I seem to have a 2 day break after tomorrow. That'll do no harm, but I'll deffo play one or other tomorrow.

I seem to have developed what appears to be a mild case of neuralgia, too. It's not bothering me much, mostly at night, it's painful to sleep on that side (it's on the side of my face), or when I first try to eat, but otherwise, it's not much of a problem.

I went on google to research it, & it says it is caused by many different factors, including old age

google is shite.