Celtic & Chompy's Vegas Extravaganza II

[Chompy]

It's easy to forget just how bad the standard is over here. We're not talking Seb-bad, or even The Sicilian-bad, this is tragic stuff.
No joy in the $330 yesterday, lasted around four hours, never much above starting stack. Didn't do a lot wrong but didn't do anything earth shattering either, not quite there at the moment but it will come (hopefully).
Anyway, about half an hour in, a big beardy dude came in to my right having just bought in. He didn't do a lot for a while, then the blinds hit 100-200 and he starting going for it a bit.
In two hands he managed this.
Raise to 625 on the button, BB called, 1350 in the middle. Flop jack high. BB checks, beardy bets 3000, BB calls. Turn nothing exciting. BB checks, beardy puts BB all in, BB calls. Beardy KK, BB JJ.
Beardy now down to 4600. Folded round to him. He goes all in, yep, that's 4600 into 300. BB calls with JJ. Beardy reveals his stunning 77 and duly turns the set.
Just LEARN HOW TO BET PROPERLY FFS.
Another one that stuck in the memory from later went like this.
Blinds 300-600, big stack min raises. BB re-min raises. BS re-min raises. BB calls. Flop comes ace high three spades. BB checks, BS goes all in, BB with about 10000 back calls. BS has 55 with a spade. BB has A5.
Turn is a spade. BB goes ballistic and I mean ballistic. LMFAO.
Otherwise they've completely ballsed up the evening tournament at the Venetian. It was speedy enough before, when it was $180 buy in, 30-min levels. Now they'vre made it $120 buy-in, 20-min levels. No interest in that nonsense, so have just been hunting around for alternatives.
Tonight it will have to be Caesars, where they at least still have 30min levels.
Tomorrow will be here, $200 with 30min levels (should have this every night).
Saturday Binion's, which looks a good one. Always try to get there for at least one tournament each trip.
Bellagio $500 apparently only got 18 runners yesterday, which ain't much cop.
The Luton foursome arrived yesterday and, after fillet mignon x 4 at the Grand Lux (good choice), hit the satellite table. Crazy scenes imo, take it easy first night. Mega looked shattered (unusually) and didn't last long (not unusually).
Celtic and Mrs Celtic arrive later.
Gym now, that six pack didn't create itself you know.

[lazaroonie]

Tell Celtic that pictures of hooped jerseys in vegas will go down well with (most) of the Blonde Scots. We can send them to Fergus to seethe at later...

[Simon Galloway]

Gym now, that Watney's party pack pack didn't create itself you know.

[AlexMartin]

Gym now, that Watney's party pack pack didn't create itself you know.

lmao

[the sicilian]

We're not talking Seb-bad, or even The Sicilian-bad

Just to be mentioned in the same breath as the great one.................

[Chompy]

Gym now, that Watney's party pack pack didn't create itself you know.

Get back to your shakes'n'water please

[Chompy]

LOL Cashaments imo.
Five Lutoners started yesterday's $340 and first out was...Keith. Desperate scenes, all in with KK v QQ on an AKQ flop, queen on the river. Next out was Jim McBride after three hours or so.
Myself, Mel and Rice'n'peas all got to the final 50 or so but they went before the money was reached. I went out 24th for a handsome return of $469. Marvellous.
I got knocked out by a 'whooper'. What a nob. All in on a 555 flop, me A9, him 10 10. 10 on the turn and he was out of his seat, fist pumping and giving it the full Dylan Bircheff. If only that other five had come on the river.
It was roller coaster stuff from early. Lost a 40,000 pot with the blinds at 100-200 against yet another Vegas A8 genius, all in on a  , him with  , me with  . Queens are a pain in the arse at the moment.
Two hands later I trebled up with  on a  flop, against  and  .
Then had KK two hands running, firstly doubling up someone with 66, then trebling up v A9 and AQ.
The most amazing thing happened on the table next door about an hour in. Three players all in on the flop, set over set over set. Bottom set then hit quads on the river. Fix imo.
Strongly fancy a big result for a Lutoner today, with Celtic making six of us playing the $540. Hooped-shirt boy was still going strong when I pulled the plug just after midnight last night. I really don't understand that kind of energy.
Bought a $150 five-day gym pass yesterday to help force myself back down there this morning. I must admit I don't find it as easy as in my regular gym back in carrot-cruncher territory, where watching the soft porn channel MTV Dance helps relieve the boredom but it has to be done. That weight has to go and there's no point even trying the S.Galloway/Snat/Tighty shakes gig, I know I couldn't do it.
Gym, final table and fillet mignon ftw.

[tikay]

Keep this Diary going boys, it's a great read.

[celtic]

[ ] A good start!!

Arrived safely, wish i'd got lost on the way to the cardroom tho. American players really are dumb when playing poker and i'll never understand why they always seem to get lucky. Anyway, played the $120 donkament on arrival and was doing nicely on about 21k, blinds 600-1200, G.I. Doe makes it 3500 from MP, i shove with AK from the small blinds and his remaining 15k is in the middle before mine. oops!!! He turns over AJ, sees my hand and says oh i thought u might have that!!! Safe flop of K 8 2 didn't prepare me for the J turn or the J river but it was all worth it to see him celebrate like he had won the world series! Got the rest of my chips in 2 hands later with AK and the SB made a brave call with AA . Played a bit of 1/2 cash followed by an unsuccessful sat and headed to bed.

Played todays $550 deepstack, too many shocking things to report, other than i just bubbled I blame the prof clump lookalike that thought it would be good to isolate with 66 when the shortstack (less than a blind) went all in UTG with 99. he managed to get AK & 10 10 to fold!!  Nae mind, early days yet and will try again tomorrow. One of the big stacks wouldn't do a deal for the bubble as he wanted to be able to pressure the small stacks, then never played a hand for an hour. I hope he gets syphilis. But i'm not bitter obv.

[the sicilian]

I hope he gets syphilis

Sounds like internet player chatbox response IMO

[$muszlesz$]

wots the exchange rate like over there?

[Chompy]

Celtic very unlucky yesterday, more moronic shove monkeys killing him. 103,000 at the dinner, which was double average, but then small blind shoved 40,000 with the blinds at 1000-2000, Celtic AK in the BB. Hard not to call imo. SB turns over 44 and, as usual, that kind of donkeyness gets rewarded.
Back to today's $500, on break, came to check out the Posh score and then realised the game was put back to Sunday. FFS.

[Moskvich]

wots the exchange rate like over there?

moch the same as it is over here?

[AlexMartin]

bump. whats happening.

[Chompy]

It's been kind of like June for me so far, playing really well and consistently going deep but not cashing, or not to any great extent.
So far it's been non-stop poker and nothing else for five days. Went out after around six hours on Friday after losing a race (six Lutoners started, first one out was...Keith) and the same thing yesterday, although this time I made it through the dinner break and lasted another...two hands.
Only had 18,000 with 30secs left to dinner with the average at 53,000. Any two and they were going in.
UTG made it 4,100, in they went with 57, he called with AJ, flop came 5 5 10, all aboard, woo woo. Staggered they were, staggered. A couple of WTF comments and 'wow dude you sure like to gamble'. LOL. It was pleasing to do it against one of the new breed of OTT Hollywooders too.
First hand back was 99. Raise, 6,000, young guy next door all in for 30,000, call. He has A10, er well played, so on so on.
That knocked me down to around 12,000 and this was when the fun and games started. In they went with 9 10, folded round to the blinds.
BB asks how the dealer how much, dealer replies "12,300". He's not keen but reluctantly says "OK, I call". I turn my cards over. Now the small blind, a German guy I think, pipes up and says that he still has cards. These had been hidden behind his chips.
He stands up, looks at my cards, thinks to himself, 'hmm the BB didn't want to call' and goes all in for 50,000 odd. The big blind folds. Germany turns over KJ.
Now before the dealer does any more, I'm informed that, if I win the hand, I'll be getting a ten-minute penalty for exposing my cards. Roffle.
I miss. Germany punches the air. Nice. He was gone within another half an hour. Good.
Stil, alll that meant I was just in time for the $120 donkeyfest. Won the first hand, doubled up on the second hand, flopping top set (7's) v KQ (nice hand) and then...bubbled.
With three tables left, myself, Celtic and Rice'n'peas were all going well, but they both went around 15th, Celtic getting knocked out by a young French guy who went on to make himself look a right tit at the start of the final table.
First he put around 80,000 of his 120,000 chips in his pocket while moving seats. The rule is that these chips are then no longer in play but he was cut some slack and just fined one round of blinds and antes. That was fair enough imo and you'd think he'd have been happy.
But then everyone wanted to pay the bubble their entry fee back bar him. Cock. He changed his mind. Then everyone agreed to a five-minute break bar him. "Non, ten". Cock. He also 'whooped' a couple of times after winning big pots. 'Whooping' should incur an automatic ten-minute penalty.
One rule they are really tight on here at the moment is not talking about your hand heads up. I've pushed it to the limits a couple of times now but haven't yet been given a penalty. Whether I can make it through another five days without picking one up remains to be seen though.
On the subject of penalties I nearly got another guy one yesterday. Had been chatting to the bloke to my right about the WSOP final table and whether it was possible to get tickets. I've got a t-shirt I'm desperate to try out on TV.
Anyway, he knows Dennis Phillips, who'd been given a load of tickets. I asked any chance of finding out if he's got any left and he called him during the hand before it was due to be his BB.
He was still on the phone when the cards were dealt and the dealer, a jobsworth, called for the floor before telling the BB he'd broken the rule.
I said it was my fault he was on the phone and he let it go. He did. Otherwise BB would have got a penalty for doing me a favour. That can't be right.
PS, no tickets FFS.
PPS, three days in and no sign of a Celtic shirt. Backers of that particular 100-1 shot can go collect their winnings.