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« Reply #7080 on: July 07, 2015, 02:10:07 PM »

Have to agree with these last few posts, really enjoyed reading the diary through the ups and the downs of a vegas summer. Looking from the outside into your world it looks like Camel is right and a break in the middle would have suited you, just to reset your mind, body etc. Good luck getting back to the normal grind, hopefully a huge bink is just around the corner.
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« Reply #7081 on: July 07, 2015, 04:53:59 PM »

Been a great read all summer, thanks for taking the time do such in depth updates.

All told, can't be bad to come out ahead after such a long stint in Vegas, even if not in the way you'd hoped.

Best of luck for the rest of 2015!

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« Reply #7082 on: July 07, 2015, 05:22:06 PM »

Thank for the trip report Patrick. I've really enjoyed reading them from the other side of the world and it brought back some great memories from the days when I used to make the trip myself . Thanks again
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« Reply #7083 on: July 07, 2015, 06:50:42 PM »

Been a great read all summer, thanks for taking the time do such in depth updates.

All told, can't be bad to come out ahead after such a long stint in Vegas, even if not in the way you'd hoped.

Best of luck for the rest of 2015!

Hate just copying but was thinking this - really interesting all the way through
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« Reply #7084 on: July 07, 2015, 07:07:48 PM »

Been a great read all summer Pads and your honesty in your posts really makes your blog stick out from others imo.

Think a break mid-series is a good idea for you, will drive you nuts not having any free/leisure time for 6/7 weeks and lead to burnout
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« Reply #7085 on: July 08, 2015, 05:53:12 PM »

So Vegas is coming to an end, I've definitely learned some about myself and some about vegas in general.

Starting personally, I had that big breakdown in the middle of the series that made me realise I struggle to mentally cope with busting in big tournaments, moving forward I will really try to focus on this and since realising this everything has been pretty ok. I busted in 22nd in a $1500 in day 4 KK<QQ and took it really well. In the $10k PLO I finished 13th when 1st was $1m and took it really well too. I think moving forward, I've identified a problem and now its no longer a problem.

I came into the WSOP with huge expectations, I was going to be POY, I was going to cash more times than anybody else and I was going to be the best player in all the tournaments. The first two things I quickly found out I couldn't manage. It is impossible to manage variance in tournament poker and it gave me a bit of a reality shock and realised that coming into the WSOP in the future or any live trip, having any expectation asides from striving to play my A game at all times is really dumb. Thats something that is so obvious, but took me a few weeks to really realise.

Vegas in general..

I've realised there's 2 different types of people who come to vegas and win money.

1- The players who come, rofl around and bink a tournament/go deep in a tournament

2- The players who focus on one thing and really specialise towards it and crush.

There's so many guys who are just playing 25/50 in bellagio, of 10/25 in the rio, or $50/point chinese, or all the mixed game tournaments or even SNG's. This year I played HSNL, HSPLO, MSNL, MSPLO, SNG's, Chinese.. I should really just have an action plan of exactly what I'm going to do. If its going to be a trip based around tournaments I think preparing and stopping burn out is important. If its a trip based around cash games, I should decide where and what stakes I'm going to focus on and really strive to be the big crusher in that game throughout the summer. There's so many people rofling around doing what I was doing (jumping into fun games when busting a tournament) that theres so much money to be made. I am 100% sure there is a lot of money to be made in Vegas you just have to have a good plan and stick to it, I'm also 100% sure its very easy to deviate from said plan and lose a lot of money doing it.

I'm fortunate I've learned all of this whilst having a marginally profitable summer, I'm sure it has taken some guys 2-3 summers of completely bricking before they potentially stop blaming variance and realise they are not approaching it correctly.

I went to bellagio tonight and there was a 1k/2k PLO game with straddles and one young reg was on his phone playing 10+ games of chinese and barely watching any of the action, by the time summer finishes theres hundreds and hundreds of players stuck a bunch.

I think most people think I'm pretty nerdy, pretty geeky. I know people will think I'm way too poker orientated and for some reason I let this delude me and make me think this was actually true. One night I was in the Rio, Corona in one hand, Vodka Cranberry in the other hand, coming off a chinese game and about to head out to a club. It was my 5th/6th night out in vegas and they had all been really heavy. I went past the SNG area and saw Wushu and Martin Finger grinding away. It made me feel so amateur. They were still going really strong, grinding away when the schedules were weak on certain days and its no surprise that these guys are the ones I should be trying to emulate. I'm obviously a very hard worker but I have been very degen this summer, I've probably wagered over $200,000 betting (don't worry Mum thats not as bad as it sounds Cheesy, I'm actually up in the trip from gambling!) I've been drunk probably 6/7 times and from being the guy who was in the gym every day for the first 3 weeks of the trip I slowly deteriorated and got a lot lazy.

I know I have played exceptionally well this trip when at the tables itself, but things around it or even taking days off when I perhaps shouldn't may have been a big leak.

I know I sound hard on myself, but I'm not sure how many summers I have left coming to the WSOP or how poker will be in the next years. I want to be the best tournament player in the world, I want to be the best player in every field I register too, but I don't just mean technically, I want to be the most studious, and I want to be the most professional too.


I'm not sure what my plans will be for next year, but I know I'll get it right and who knows maybe I run good and get a bracelet!

really really really excellent post, nailed it.

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I am 100% sure there is a lot of money to be made in Vegas you just have to have a good plan and stick to it, I'm also 100% sure its very easy to deviate from said plan and lose a lot of money doing it.

Gonna get this stickered onto my suitcase next time i go LV, I might have half a fkn chance!
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« Reply #7086 on: July 08, 2015, 09:23:22 PM »

I remember the good ole days in Vegas when it didn't cost 10k to have a good night in a nightclub. Hakkasan > Omnia IMHO by the way.

Even though we did run up a similar bill at the shitty round bar near the check in at the Rio ( is that still there? ) celebrating Lawrence Gosneys bracelet win in 2005
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« Reply #7087 on: July 08, 2015, 09:24:32 PM »

I remember the good ole days in Vegas when it didn't cost 10k to have a good night in a nightclub. Hakkasan > Omnia IMHO by the way.

Even though we did run up a similar bill at the shitty round bar near the check in at the Rio ( is that still there? ) celebrating Lawrence Gosneys bracelet win in 2005

Shutters/Hooker Bar will always be there Grin
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« Reply #7088 on: July 08, 2015, 10:10:25 PM »

I remember the good ole days in Vegas when it didn't cost 10k to have a good night in a nightclub. Hakkasan > Omnia IMHO by the way.

Even though we did run up a similar bill at the shitty round bar near the check in at the Rio ( is that still there? ) celebrating Lawrence Gosneys bracelet win in 2005

Shutters/Hooker Bar will always be there Grin
It was not the hookers bar as I knew it , it was on the left as you entered the Rio from the main entrance . The hookers bar as I knew it as was the main one straight ahead ( with video slots)  when you walked into the rio before you went to the hall way towards the WSOP
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« Reply #7089 on: July 08, 2015, 10:18:12 PM »

I remember the good ole days in Vegas when it didn't cost 10k to have a good night in a nightclub. Hakkasan > Omnia IMHO by the way.

Even though we did run up a similar bill at the shitty round bar near the check in at the Rio ( is that still there? ) celebrating Lawrence Gosneys bracelet win in 2005

Shutters/Hooker Bar will always be there Grin
It was not the hookers bar as I knew it , it was on the left as you entered the Rio from the main entrance . The hookers bar as I knew it as was the main one straight ahead ( with video slots)  when you walked into the rio before you went to the hall way towards the WSOP

Correct.

This is the "round bar" which dominates the Rio entrance.

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The Hookers Bar, I always assumed, was the one with the Keno (?) screens, on the back wall, just before the Rio Corridor starts.

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« Reply #7090 on: July 08, 2015, 10:20:17 PM »

Yes, that's the Shutters Bar, next to the high limit lounge, and just as you head towards Buzios/Starbies/WSOP.

Can't say I've ever noticed that bar, even when we were racing scooters around the front of the Rio last year...
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« Reply #7091 on: July 08, 2015, 10:30:30 PM »

Yes, that's the Shutters Bar, next to the high limit lounge, and just as you head towards Buzios/Starbies/WSOP.

Can't say I've ever noticed that bar, even when we were racing scooters around the front of the Rio last year...

That's it, Shutters Bar.

Always seems to be populated by undesirable sorts. I hurry by, & look away.


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« Reply #7092 on: July 08, 2015, 10:53:36 PM »

Back when Ladbrokes was standalone, you could always find a few British players in the alcove on the far left hand side of the picture.

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« Reply #7093 on: July 08, 2015, 10:55:15 PM »

How much is a rib eye there?
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« Reply #7094 on: July 08, 2015, 10:57:39 PM »

How much is a rib eye there?

Probably about $50 @ Voodoo, but you're only likely to get a red eye at the bar...
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