Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Hawk]

Good luck today , keep the good form going.

Thanks David.

Am going to swerve today, it was always likely to be today OR tomorrow, & tomorrow kinda works better.

Explanation on way shortly.

Cliffs - am off the back of, maybe, the most wonderful 4 days I can remember in many a year, if not ever, so today is rest up day. I'll try & do some Updates from Events 1 & 2 for my intrepid stakers first.

Then, Heaven forbid, I took hundreds of photos on Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, & I'm going to post a few. Other folks holiday snaps are about as interesting as Stars Hand Histories, or bad beat stories, I know that, but they mean the world to me, so you'll just have to look away.

I'll play @ Golden Nugget tomorrow ($240 PLO8 I think), then Tuesday will be the last day of my non-poker "holiday", & I'll start the poker schedule proper on Wednesday. 

What camera do you have these days tikay?

Since I've been away from Blonde for so long the last time you mentioned cameras I'm sure you were thinking of getting a DSLR but I always found a good Compact Super Zoom does everything I need.

Look forward to seeing some photos from you.  I'd definitely prefer to see holiday photos over hand-histories.

Well my photos do have a certain unique style.

I'm currently using a little Kodak PixPro. I had a similar thing previously, & it was fine, but it just sort of seized up, it would not open or anything, so that went in the bin, with all the others. I did toy with the idea of a DSLR, & Anna Fowler offered me some useful advice, but it'd be wasted on me.

Fair to say, there are some things we have to accept we can never do well. In my case, photography, hitting a golf ball cleanly, drawing a picture, are all things I just have to accept I'll never master, no matter what equipment I use. Fortunately, I make up for it with fashion sense, charisma, & generally speaking, the ladies find me hard to resist when I turn on the charm offensive.

When I retire, I'm determined to master a few of my failures - photography, especially wildlife, (I took some amazing photos of dolphins on Thursday) fishing, & golf. 

I know some one who could help with that

Hope you are having a great time and run well.

[tikay]

A testing first four levels, am somewhat fortunate to have 13,000 from 15,000 starting. We return at 200-400.

Mixed table, one excellent player, the rest of us seem to be average twonklers & ploppers.

[booder]

A testing first four levels, am somewhat fortunate to have 13,000 from 15,000 starting. We return at 200-400.

Mixed table, one excellent player, the rest of us seem to be average twonklers & ploppers.

That's plenty of chips.

Keep on twonking and plopping.


How many entries ?

[redsimon]

A testing first four levels, am somewhat fortunate to have 13,000 from 15,000 starting. We return at 200-400.

Mixed table, one excellent player, the rest of us seem to be average twonklers & ploppers.

That's plenty of chips.

Keep on twonking and plopping.


How many entries ?

135 and rising

[tikay]

A testing first four levels, am somewhat fortunate to have 13,000 from 15,000 starting. We return at 200-400.

Mixed table, one excellent player, the rest of us seem to be average twonklers & ploppers.

That's plenty of chips.

Keep on twonking and plopping.


How many entries ?

I really feel that I ought to be on the front foot on this table, it's super passive and face up stuff, but I just can't find any workable material.

Plenty of time, but I've hardly been involved since my early swing swong.

Anyway, we shall see.

Redsimon was down to 600, but has 10,000+ now.

[tikay]

Had the lot and bet out on a board of......

x x

Shame the board actually read......

x x

8,500.

Really must concentrate harder, or get new bins.

Can't remember doing that ever before. Ugh.

[tikay]

Back up to 12,000 after I eventually found some gamble.

That's only 24 Bigs though, so still need to get a wriggle on.

[tikay]

16,000 now, first time I've been above starting stack I think.

Vroom vroom.

[Karabiner]

Had the lot and bet out on a board of......

x x

Shame the board actually read......

x x

8,500.

Really must concentrate harder, or get new bins.

Can't remember doing that ever before. Ugh.

You do realise that some things are detrimental to the eyesight at a certain age.

[tikay]

Had the lot and bet out on a board of......

x x

Shame the board actually read......

x x

8,500.

Really must concentrate harder, or get new bins.

Can't remember doing that ever before. Ugh.

You do realise that some things are detrimental to the eyesight at a certain age.

8 levels complete, so re-entries and Late Reg closed, with 171 runners according to Mr Plasma. About 90 remain by the look of it.

Am not in good shape, just 15 Bigs, so will look for a spot now. Not really got myself in the game, even though it's a lovely table. Could use some gambling ammo.

[tikay]

Had a mad half hour, found my dancing boots and ran my stack up to 33,000, then lost half of them a shade unluckily, so back to 15 Bigs.

[tikay]

Just had my first 2xup of the day to go to to 25 Bigs.

Exactly 71 of the original 171 remain.

If I can find another double, would be right back in this. If......

[tikay]

Bingo bango busto.

Found a lovely hand to get it in with....

 

My man was in terrible shape, but got there and even my low got counterfeited. Amazing how in this game you can hit your ace and it kills your hand.

Was just starting to get in the game, too.

That'll sting for 10 minutes, but we resume hostilities on Wednesday.

Night all.

[slowmo]

unlucky Tony.
It was my great pleasure to run into Julian at Planet Hollywood today on the way back from first break. We kinda binked each other as ten minutes after having say hi I was out with AK v A4 and on my way out I had to pass his table just as he picked up Queens and got it all in against KK which left him on life support.Sorry Julian 
We had lunch and a chat and it was great to see him again and catch up a bit. Obviously I bored him as he was soon off to find a cash game . Will try my best not to bink him in the 11am tomorrow .

[Rod Paradise]

Match fishing means other people, competition, time constraints, pressure...   Ugh!

Oh no, I just mean float fishing by saying match fishing.

Other people, socialising, not things that should be happening during fishing time!

Oh right. I also lurrve float fishing. I first started with a matchstick on a piece of cotton. It's so exciting to try to interpret what's happening under the water by watching the little movements on the float.

They don't do that kind of fishing round here (not much still water, and a big salmon river), but urgh!! I gave up fishing after moving to Scotland as a kid from Bermuda, after fishing where the fish are fighting to take your bait the standing about cold hoping for a couple of bites an hour doesn't appeal I'm afraid.