Quick Vegas Update

[The Camel]

chompy how much cheaper are non firect flights

i checked last night direct flights are only £600 (from aberdeen)for later next year
i have to go next year for my 40th  and i cant see it being much cheaper non direct
and the less stop over i have will make it alot easier getting on and off planes

You're only 39?!?!?!?

Makes me feel even older. I thought You, Karabiner and Tikay were the only poker players older than me.

[Ironside]

chompy how much cheaper are non firect flights

i checked last night direct flights are only £600 (from aberdeen)for later next year
i have to go next year for my 40th  and i cant see it being much cheaper non direct
and the less stop over i have will make it alot easier getting on and off planes

You're only 39?!?!?!?

Makes me feel even older. I thought You, Karabiner and Tikay were the only poker players older than me.

yep although i feel about 80 just now

[Delboy]

Well done Ralph. Nice cash!

[Karabiner]

Thanks everyone for all of the good luck wishes, they give me a warm feeling and I really appreciate them.

Thanks also to my blonde railers Floppy, FreeRollin' and AndrewT

The old spirit of blonde is still alive and well

Obviously pretty damn chuffed to have binked a decent score but I was totally knackered yesterday even before the final table started after the fourteen hour+ day one and then another sleepless night but as soon as play started the old adrenaline kicked in and I completely forgot about it.

Pretty standard final really, I waited for a couple of the shortstacks to exit and then picked my spots to 3-bet/reshove which worked for a while but i never got any cards to work with. AQ once and 55 were my two best hands while three of the other players went on big heaters finding AA several times each and another guy's TT binked Erik the Skandie's KK.  So fifth place for $5500, it feels sooooo good to type that 

Right, I'm off for some brekkie and then back to the V for today's $340, it would be rude not to...

[Free_Rollin]

Well Done Ralph!

Also, I don't think I'm going to see you now unless I come down to Venetian for some cash tonight, but basically I got on the phone to Virgin to ask about Upper class upgrades, and managed to get one for £700. So, I'm now off back to the UK tomorrow on upper class, wiiiiiiii !

Downside is that I was going to stay with Dave, Nicky and Tom for a couple of days, but that's not going to happen now... would have been good!

[NoflopsHomer]

Sure didn't busto the comp within an hour today. I'm the best.

[NoflopsHomer]

I did my stack mainly because of 3 hands,  am playing 15k having chipped loads in the first 10 minutes thanks to good cards and flops and have a very active image. utg raises to 300 playing about 9.5k, guy to my right flats and I reraise to 1,500 with queens. Passed back to utg who instantly jams all-in. Other guy gets out of the way and I call but he has kings. Knocks me down to 5.5k.

Cutoff limps for 100, small blind makes it 400, I flat Tens and cut-off calls. Flop is 832dd, small blind bets 1k, I call, co folds. Turn is offsuit 7 and he sets me in. I tank and fold, he shows aces.

At 75/150 I make it 400 playing about 3.6k from the hijack with KQ. There's an extra 75 in because a new stack came along and 525 of it gets anted into the middle. bb is the only caller, flop comes K87cc, he has checked dark and I bet 625, he makes it 1,600, I jam and he snaps with aces. Marvellous.

Gl to the rest of the guys.

[AndrewT]

First break about 14k. Was up to 17k but dribbled away. Ralph wasn't at his table when the break started - hopefully he'd just wandered off early and isn't busto.

Ralph if you need to shift some $$$ then I'll take some off your hands.

[vegaslover]

WP Raef, nice one.

Wow, didn't know BA was flying to Vegas from Heathrow.

Times are better but prices ain't from what I've seen. Ever tried broken flights with United? I'm going back to these imo.

From what I saw, prices were a bit better than Virgin and heathrow is alot more convenient than Gatwick for me.

I can't bear the broken flights. Waiting around at a souless airport for another 3 hour flight when I'm already knackered does my head in.

I think BA will be more than Virgin eventually, but they have a price promo atm. They virtually giving em away to buyers in the states. I've always taken non-direct route, much cheaper. However after 15 hours on planes just to get to vegas, via charlotte, I think I will always fly direct from now on.

[AndrewT]

23k at second break, which is average. Ralph busto.

[Claw75]

good luck Mr T!

[celtic]

good luck Mr T!

[AndrewT]

QQ v TT and AK v 77 - up to 71k wihich is double average.

Plus I've discovered the free wifi works in the poker room - stops me standing outside the Grand Lux Cafe.

[Royal Flush]

I did my stack mainly because of 3 hands,  am playing 15k having chipped loads in the first 10 minutes thanks to good cards and flops and have a very active image. utg raises to 300 playing about 9.5k, guy to my right flats and I reraise to 1,500 with queens. Passed back to utg who instantly jams all-in. Other guy gets out of the way and I call but he has kings. Knocks me down to 5.5k.

Flat pre imo

[AndrewT]

Next break - on just under 100k. Average about 50k. Been moved to a tougher table with three guys on my left who are chipped up and know what they're doing.