Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Doobs]

Jeff Kimber bragging on twitter about getting 1k over ICM in some tourney or other.  Would hate to be on the other side of that deal!




PS from what you said, I think our share was probably about right.   

[tikay]

Jeff Kimber bragging on twitter about getting 1k over ICM in some tourney or other.  Would hate to be on the other side of that deal!




PS from what you said, I think our share was probably about right.   

Well I was happy to play on, but "Chicago" (red shirt, baseball cap) was desperate to deal.

The stacks were very lopsided. Think there were 2.7 milly chips in play, Jeff had 2.1 milly, Chicago around 300k, & the remaining three of us had 300k between us, with blinds at 10,000-20,000.

I had a good a chance as any of laddering into 3rd place, equally, I could go busto next hand.

Part of the reasoning for Jeff doing Business (it was not his idea), was that he wanted to watch the England v Wales game I believe. This sounds a bit odd, but I think he was keen to see me get a nice score, too. That's not to say we took it easy against each other though, we clashed plenty of times, & he wrested a pot or 2 from me along the way.

It was interesting to see a really experienced Pro take control of a final table the way Jeff did, especially as, as far as I know, he had never played Big O in his life previously. Think he really enjoyed it, too. I certainly did, was one of the most enjoyable days poker I can remember in many a year.

I never explained my busto yesterday at Golden Nugget, but it was a horrible cooler, when Mr Loose got there despite being utterly dominated. There were 30 or so left, & that coup would have put me in a great position to Final, but maybe I used up too much run good the day before.

Today, I'm on work catch up after 2 days AWOL.

Wednesday was such an odd day, it was really sad to take Gill to the Airport & see her off, then I went & played poker for 16 hours & had a ball. Real bitter sweet stuff.

No more Tourneys now until Sunday, when I'm scheduled to play the $600 PLO @ Venetian, so Friday night & Saturday night I'll be playing Big O cash @ Rio. Only played 2 cash sessions so far, which was before Gill arrived, as I did not want to be playing cash all night when she was here, but I'm a few bob ahead at Cash, & really enjoy those sessions.

Meanwhile, I have 3 Blogs to write, all for different things - the Sky Sports page, the Vegas blog, & another non-Vegas one for Sky Poker. Best push on. It's 0130 here, & it'll be 4am at best before I get done.

All good. Vegas is just great.

[tikay]

Just one other thing I wanted to mention about Wednesday. With Gill going home, which was sad, then winning a few bob & having a fun sweat, which was lovely, the day ended awfully when I heard the news about Chinese Frankie. 

Few things in life or poker surprise me these days, but that was a shocker, a real bolt from the blue.

Condolences to his lovely wife, who will, I fear, miss him terribly.

Somehow, playing poker at DTD will never be quite the same again - Frankie was furniture.

RIP Frankie.

[Marky_Crash]

Jeff Kimber bragging on twitter about getting 1k over ICM in some tourney or other.  Would hate to be on the other side of that deal!




PS from what you said, I think our share was probably about right.  

Well I was happy to play on, but "Chicago" (red shirt, baseball cap) was desperate to deal.

The stacks were very lopsided. Think there were 2.7 milly chips in play, Jeff had 2.1 milly, Chicago around 300k, & the remaining three of us had 300k between us, with blinds at 10,000-20,000.

I had a good a chance as any of laddering into 3rd place, equally, I could go busto next hand.

Part of the reasoning for Jeff doing Business (it was not his idea), was that he wanted to watch the England v Wales game I believe. This sounds a bit odd, but I think he was keen to see me get a nice score, too. That's not to say we took it easy against each other though, we clashed plenty of times, & he wrested a pot or 2 from me along the way.

It was interesting to see a really experienced Pro take control of a final table the way Jeff did, especially as, as far as I know, he had never played Big O in his life previously. Think he really enjoyed it, too. I certainly did, was one of the most enjoyable days poker I can remember in many a year.

I never explained my busto yesterday at Golden Nugget, but it was a horrible cooler, when Mr Loose got there despite being utterly dominated. There were 30 or so left, & that coup would have put me in a great position to Final, but maybe I used up too much run good the day before.

Today, I'm on work catch up after 2 days AWOL.

Wednesday was such an odd day, it was really sad to take Gill to the Airport & see her off, then I went & played poker for 16 hours & had a ball. Real bitter sweet stuff.

No more Tourneys now until Sunday, when I'm scheduled to play the $600 PLO @ Venetian, so Friday night & Saturday night I'll be playing Big O cash @ Rio. Only played 2 cash sessions so far, which was before Gill arrived, as I did not want to be playing cash all night when she was here, but I'm a few bob ahead at Cash, & really enjoy those sessions.

Meanwhile, I have 3 Blogs to write, all for different things - the Sky Sports page, the Vegas blog, & another non-Vegas one for Sky Poker. Best push on. It's 0130 here, & it'll be 4am at best before I get done.

All good. Vegas is just great.

It cannot compare to the £3.30 OH8 DYM's surely!

Couple of questions if you have the time...

Do you know if the 'Big O' at the Venetian have all the same straddle and $10 on the dealer button stuff @ $1-2 like the Rio does?

When hiring a car these days in Vegas do you need anything apart from drivers license, passport and $$? I remember the DVLA bringing in some crazy new rules since I last hired a car in Vegas but im not sure how much the USA car companies bother with it.

Good luck in the cash sessions, hopefully you can play even more freely and kick some serious **** now you have a nice cash in the bag and have one on the board

[Rod Paradise]

https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence Driving licence check code - allows hire car company to check you've not got a bad driving record.

[Marky_Crash]

https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence Driving licence check code - allows hire car company to check you've not got a bad driving record.

Thanks Rod! I will complete that form and get one of the 'check codes'.

[vegaslover]

https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence Driving licence check code - allows hire car company to check you've not got a bad driving record.

Thanks Rod! I will complete that form and get one of the 'check codes'.

There is an International Drivers Licence you get from the Post Office, about a fiver.
Looking it up, it states that if pulled over by the Police they might ask for this.

I recently drove in Florida and all they wanted at hire desk was my photo drivers license, were not interested in paper part, even though T&Cs asked for it, or anything else. Appears to vary by State in US though

[Marky147]

Tikay going to drag this coup he had with the old bill out for at least another fortnight (NAP)

[KarmaDope]

Tikay going to drag this coup he had with the old bill out for at least another century(NAP)

FYP, good sir.

[Marky147]

Tikay going to drag this coup he had with the old bill out for at least another century(NAP)

FYP, good sir.

[MANTIS01]

Yes terrible slowroll really. I mean in that photo he looked tired and mean so who knows what went down. I just hope he wasn't tazered in the process.

[MANTIS01]

In fact I read that being on the wrong end of a tazer can trigger a poo problem when you reach a certain age. That would be a disaster to go with our current wee problem. Sad to say toilet problems could spell the end of the stake this year chaps.

[RED-DOG]

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[Tal]

BBC Weather app says it's going to be 45 degrees on Monday in Las Vegas, Tikay.

45?! That's not a temperature for weather. That's an instruction in a Delia cookbook.

[Marky_Crash]

Thanks Vegaslover, after having a browse around online it looks like very few hire companies in the US bother with anything other than the standard photo part so I will just chance it (should be able to find one company that is happy with just the photo part).

Things have went quieter. Maybe Tikay has killed so many fish at the 'Big O' cash game he is trapped under a mountain of chips?