The Best In The Business

[Young_gun]

Can I just ask the reasons for the show? J3hh, I guess it's to create a dynamic on the table but personally I always prefer the no show 99% of the time.

unlucky but hope u can do better I'm the milly, wd on plo Cash too

[pleno1]

Took today off and yesterday, went to the gym, went to the pool, chilled and relaxed. Going to dinner tonight with a good friend I haven't seen in ages. Tomorrow is day 1b of the Monster stack and can't wait for it, I'm going to really give it 100%.

[pleno1]

Decent night, went for dinner with good friend I haven't seen in 6 months from Vegas. Won the flip and went to play 5/10 PLO. It was really weird, never seen this before but if you win the pot you now get a $20 chip button put in front of you that works as the straddle and you are the last to act with $20 put in the pot for you. Played pretty well for the first 2 hours then in the last hour made a few sloppy mistakes that were just pre flop calls. Made a buy in or so to finish, but was up around 3bis at one point.

Really enjoy playing PLO, feel like it comes relatively natural to me but definitely making mistakes, really would like to fully transition over after summer and only play NL on Sundays and potentially Tuesdays/SCOOPS/WCOOPs etc.

Really want my lifestyle to change when I get back to Europe, way less grinding till 5am, way more going to bed at midnight-2am and waking up and spending the day awake rather than the night.

Monster stack tomorrow, I feel like I'm going to bad 100,900.

[George2Loose]

I'm gonna go with 88,300

[FUN4FRASER]

Yo ..how's it going  ?  Room/ house ok etc ?

Need to pick your brains....busted the mega stack so looking for some other value tournaments to play today /next few days

Any ideas mate please ?

[pleno1]

Yo ..how's it going  ?  Room/ house ok etc ?

Need to pick your brains....busted the mega stack so looking for some other value tournaments to play today /next few days

Any ideas mate please ?

Hey mate, yeah everything great.

Planet hollywood $400, $200k guarantee, its a 1 day event, got your name written all over it

[Doobs]

Yo ..how's it going  ?  Room/ house ok etc ?

Need to pick your brains....busted the mega stack so looking for some other value tournaments to play today /next few days

Any ideas mate please ?

Am going to play the a Wynn Classic.  $400 $100k guarantee.  2 day event, so the structure not as quick. Starts at noon. PH is 11am.

[FUN4FRASER]

Yo ..how's it going  ?  Room/ house ok etc ?

Need to pick your brains....busted the mega stack so looking for some other value tournaments to play today /next few days

Any ideas mate please ?

Am going to play the a Wynn Classic.  $400 $100k guarantee.  2 day event, so the structure not as quick. Starts at noon. PH is 11am.

Are You the same as me then Dave.?..in jet lag zombie land   ? ☺

[Doobs]

Yo ..how's it going  ?  Room/ house ok etc ?

Need to pick your brains....busted the mega stack so looking for some other value tournaments to play today /next few days

Any ideas mate please ?

Am going to play the a Wynn Classic.  $400 $100k guarantee.  2 day event, so the structure not as quick. Starts at noon. PH is 11am.

Are You the same as me then Dave.?..in jet lag zombie land   ? ☺

Very much so.  Stayed up til midnight thinking I'd get on vegas time.  Woke up at 6.  Just like having the kids here.

[FUN4FRASER]

Yo ..how's it going  ?  Room/ house ok etc ?

Need to pick your brains....busted the mega stack so looking for some other value tournaments to play today /next few days

Any ideas mate please ?

Am going to play the a Wynn Classic.  $400 $100k guarantee.  2 day event, so the structure not as quick. Starts at noon. PH is 11am.

Are You the same as me then Dave.?..in jet lag zombie land   ? ☺

Very much so.  Stayed up til midnight thinking I'd get on vegas time.  Woke up at 6.  Just like having the kids here.

Mmmm... .I can relate...wanna get some breakfeast/brunch about 11am somewhere. .?

[Doobs]

Yo ..how's it going  ?  Room/ house ok etc ?

Need to pick your brains....busted the mega stack so looking for some other value tournaments to play today /next few days

Any ideas mate please ?

Am going to play the a Wynn Classic.  $400 $100k guarantee.  2 day event, so the structure not as quick. Starts at noon. PH is 11am.

Are You the same as me then Dave.?..in jet lag zombie land   ? ☺

Very much so.  Stayed up til midnight thinking I'd get on vegas time.  Woke up at 6.  Just like having the kids here.

Mmmm... .I can relate...wanna get some breakfeast/brunch about 11am somewhere. .?

You coming down the wynn?  If so terrace point cafe is nice.   Probably best to register first so you don't get on the alternates list.  Terrace point cafe is nice.  Imagine the buffet lines will be pretty horrendous at that time on a Saturday. 

[FUN4FRASER]

Not 100   % sure ...I'm thinking I might play the planet hollywood especially as Pads has prophisised  + he is god ☺

Can still meet up first though

Let's move over to your staking thread so as not to swamp bitb

[pleno1]

Woke up a little late, got to the monster stack. It's always weird, every time I get to a new table I fold a few hands then I open then always somebody comments that "ohhh mr aggressive etc"

Anyway, I started off really well, I flat 97s vs a fish who raised 5 out first 6 hands. He checked t62r and I bet, he called. Turn ace and I just decided to give up as felt he has a lot of Ax, river 8, pinnnnnng. He bet, I raised and he folded.

I 3bet him very shortly after with QQ, flop Q92r, I decide to check back, turn Q92T, he checks, I bet big, he calls. River Q92TJ, he weirdly leads, I just fold.

3 hands later he opens again, I 3bet AKss to 1900 over his 800 raise and then a guy new to the table makes it 6000 from 15,000, pretty tough but just basically snap folded.

I had raised quite a few hands, snap folding to jams every time. I raise 33 off 15k at 400bb in lowjack. Max Steinberg flats button off 13,000. Flop AJ3ssx I cbet 700, he makes it 1900 and I tank and make it 4300. He takes some time and calls, I know he's very clicky/potentially overly spews so was just going to 3bet the flop small and c/snap any turn. Spade turn is pretty interesting, not sure what is best on like . Turn is AJ39 double flush draw, obviously checking here is superior as any float picked up equity. He sorta smiled and checked. River was AJ39T back door flush draw completes. I bet 4300 again, he shoves relatively quickly. He has another 2500 behind, I mean its a stupid spot, but just don't think he's bluffing here.

I fold and he shows me the , kinda ridic really that he would float a flop 3bet with on AJ3ssd needs to be like KQdd, QJdd, KQo, AQdd, all of those seem really ambitious, especially in monster stack when everybody is tragic and I'm legit the only other reg on the table. But that was my plan on the flop for him to make a mistake, so whatever, who knows, maybe he owned me with QJ or QT!

I'm left with peanuts and standardly bust.

I went for dinner with Felix Stephenson who is a v, v good guy and then went to New Orleans to play chinese poker with Cos and a Chinese/German guy. I was definitely the fish in the line up but won a decent amount running very well. Really enjoy Cos's company as always, but the New Orleans was really weird, I actually kinda liked it. I've been spending all my time around Aria and Cosmopolitan in cocktail bars around pretentious people where a drink is $25, in New Orleans everything is super budget and thus everybody who is there is pretty under it etc, but it gives a totally different sense of Vegas and helps you appreciate what you have and where you are etc. I think I'll go back a couple of times and just play small stakes no limit there, meet the weird and wonderful people and just stay away from a lot of the pretentious stuff, although ofc I love the other side too when the time is right.

Tomorrow is the PLO8 which I'm really looking forward to, then Monday is the $5k 6max no limit. Hopefully get a run in one of these fkn donkaments.

[pleno1]

I need to be honest with myself. Last week I was day 2 in 5/6 tournaments and really was so keen about playing $1500 events. Since then I've ran really poorly in every no limit event and now I'm playing big PLO games around town, missing the $1000 no limit event tomorrow to play the PLO8 the day before the $5k.

Next week there is:

Monday - $5k No Limit Hold'em
Tuesday - $1500 Mix Max
Wednesday - $10,000 6 max Championship
Thursday - $3000 No Limit
Saturday - $1500 extended play

They are 5 very important tournaments, at the end of the day I am a No Limit specialist, its all well and good learning new games, but if I'm really as good as I think and say I am and as confident in my approach as I should be then staying up till 5am, waking up late, half arsed regging the PLO8 at 6pm is just not good enough. My whole priority should be these 5 tournaments. I won't play any cash games this week at all. No SNG's at all, my goals for this week are strictly these 5 tournaments, I will give them absolutely everything, no excuses.

I started eating not as good this week too, I bought a subway ffs. No candy, just healthy fruit, All American Dave and 2 cheat meals allowed in the next 7 days. I'll go to the gym 5 out of the next 7 days too.

This whole thing is coming to an end sooner rather than later and I see people crumbling/tilting around me, I really think I've played awesome this summer and I'm very proud, but my general approach over the last 7 days hasn't been good enough. I don't need to be playing high stakes PLO when I'm far from an expert, I should be playing and studying No Limit every day.

If i am not in a tournament on Friday I will take that day off from poker completely, no coaching horses, no videos, no playing, no cash games etc.

I'm really glad that I've kind of had this before I sleep, it gives me a strong direction for the next week and clear goals.

Feeling bad that I'll miss the $1k tomorrow, its such a great fucking tournament. 7 very bad players on every table, but I'd rather get my mind right than go down there with bad sleep etc. It really is shameful that I finished today at 5pm and I'm not mentally ready to play a tournament where my roi is over 100%. It's a sign of laziness and burn out breaking through and its really important that I'm strict with my goals moving forward of exactly what I need to achieve, not what sounds fun to play in Sin City.

Sorry if this sounds dramatic or something, just a little bit disappointed in myself this week after a really promising and positive start to the trip.

[Simon Galloway]

It isn't over-dramatic.  You've recognised it and are going to nip it in the bud.  In the process, you will have an appreciation of why a lot of staking threads are bad value.  Imagine the mess that a lot of players with less discipline than you have will find themselves in towards the end of a Vegas trip.