Well I left for vegas on the 16 and just got back in yesterday. Had a blast with a bunch of friends. First 2 days i went to the evolution fighting game tourney and played some games/hung out with people. Then we basically just hung out around the city checking out everything and eating at some sick places.
Last 2 days I played a decent amount of live poker at Excalibur. The poker room is pretty bad there but the dealers are cool, and there's a decent amount of tourists stopping by. I was kinda leery as I didn't bring that much to play. Only about 4 buyins for nl200. I quickly realized that nl200 live is probably the easiest thing ever. It's literally nl5 or nl10 but with more money. Really easy and extremely enjoyable. Even though I'm used to 9-12 tabling I found live really fun just chatting with the people playing. It's basically free money if you put in the time. Think I played like 18 or so hours which paid for my entire trip. Pretty sweet imo.
Lesson learned though is to play a LOT more live. At least 1 decent session per day, and to bring a bigger live roll just so I won't have any fear of busting it. I'll also probably play some at MGM and Mandalay Bay next time. Imperial Palace also seems pretty sick as its apparently insanely soft, they have $100 bonus if your aces get cracked, and $50 bonus for kings getting cracked, as well as $2 per hour for just playing if you have a players card (which is apparently the best rate in vegas)
All in all I had a great time with friends and can't wait to go back. I'm definitely going to try to get out to Vegas again before this year is over.. hopefully within a few months.
Oh yea I forgot to make a shitty blog before I left but like a week ago I played a 5100ish hand session which EASILY breaks my record for longest session. I probably won't ever do that again either as I was just exhausted after, heh.
So cashed out a little and am going to vegas for a week. Going to leave on thursday and arrive on thursday night. Partly to attend Evolution (big ass fighting game tournament) but mainly to just have a vacation with friends. Probably will be playing some poker as well.
So apparently I have either a bacterial infection or a strain of my Epididymis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epididymis) which has been causing my left nut to REALLY hurt. Basically take the pain of getting punched in the nuts and multiply it by 2 and thats what I feel like.
PokerStars Game #30077575353: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/07/04 3:26:10 ET
Table Merga II 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: duckdogblue ($177.05 in chips)
Seat 2: BalloonFight ($51.30 in chips)
Seat 4: ValenFrog ($50 in chips)
Seat 6: milenium1 ($95.15 in chips)
ValenFrog: posts small blind $0.25
milenium1: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BalloonFight
duckdogblue: folds
BalloonFight: raises $1 to $1.50
ValenFrog: folds
duckdogblue leaves the table
milenium1: calls $1
milenium1: checks
jpwh17 joins the table at seat #1
BalloonFight: bets $6.50
U pabo joins the table at seat #5
milenium1: raises $11.50 to $18
U pabo leaves the table
bmlm joins the table at seat #3
ZralokCZ joins the table at seat #5
BalloonFight: raises $14 to $32
milenium1: raises $56 to $88
BalloonFight: calls $15.30 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($40.70) returned to milenium1
River (Pot : $102.85)
Showdown milenium1: shows (three of a kind, Threes)
BalloonFight: mucks hand
milenium1 collected $100.85 from pot
Summary Total pot $102.85 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: duckdogblue folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: BalloonFight (button) mucked
Seat 4: ValenFrog (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: milenium1 (big blind) showed and won ($100.85) with three of a kind, Threes
Submitted by : BalloonFight
PokerStars Game #30077615904: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/07/04 3:29:01 ET
Table Merga II 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: jpwh17 ($50 in chips)
Seat 2: BalloonFight ($50 in chips)
Seat 4: ValenFrog ($50 in chips)
Seat 6: milenium1 ($145.65 in chips)
jpwh17: posts small blind $0.25
BalloonFight: posts big blind $0.50
bmlm: sits out
ZralokCZ: sits out
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BalloonFight
ValenFrog: folds
milenium1: calls $0.50
jpwh17: folds
BalloonFight: raises $2 to $2.50
milenium1: calls $2
BalloonFight: bets $4
milenium1: raises $4 to $8
BalloonFight: raises $12 to $20
milenium1: raises $55.50 to $75.50
BalloonFight: calls $27.50 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($28) returned to milenium1
Showdown BalloonFight: shows (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
milenium1: shows (a flush, Queen high)
milenium1 collected $98.25 from pot
Summary Total pot $100.25 | Rake $2
Board
Seat 1: jpwh17 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: BalloonFight (big blind) showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 4: ValenFrog folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: milenium1 (button) showed and won ($98.25) with a flush, Queen high
Yup, same story as fullring. Can never win a buyin, just bleed them out my ass.
Finally switching from fr to 6m. Played maybe 10k hands at 6m my entire "career" or whatev. Going to be starting at nl25 + some nl50. If you are at like nl25/50/100 and want to chat/discuss hands, aim me at xxBalloonFight1xx. (take out the x's)
So I was playing 12 tables and having a pretty nice session and then I got into 2 pretty big pots equaling more than a buyin when my internet discs. Annoyingly it wouldn't work for the rest of the night so I had to end the session prematurely. Really frustrating to blow a buyin there when I had the nuts on one table and almost certainly was going to win the other hand as well. Luckily I still ended up for the night but meh.
Honestly beginning to think poker is rigged for me
BalloonFight, Jun 14 2009
Last 3 weeks ive had 2 winning sessions out of 14. I'm down 650 at nl50 and nl25 full ring.
Submitted by : BalloonFight
PokerStars Game #29346677092: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/06/14 3:27:35 ET
Table Golia IV 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Jcananea ($22.15 in chips)
Seat 2: conan54 ($22 in chips)
Seat 3: NorseDoc ($14.40 in chips)
Seat 4: Oedi_28 ($37.45 in chips)
Seat 5: BalloonFight ($26.60 in chips)
Seat 6: SunOS_5.10 ($27.20 in chips)
Seat 7: happiness447 ($31.40 in chips)
Seat 8: Au24kt ($28.65 in chips)
Seat 9: 0mustbe0 ($10 in chips)
BalloonFight: posts small blind $0.10
SunOS_5.10: posts big blind $0.25
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to BalloonFight
happiness447: folds
Au24kt: folds
0mustbe0: calls $0.25
Jcananea: calls $0.25
conan54: raises $0.25 to $0.50
NorseDoc: folds
Oedi_28: calls $0.50
happiness447 said, "you know where to find the tables?"
BalloonFight: raises $3 to $3.50
SunOS_5.10: folds
0mustbe0: folds
Jcananea: folds
happiness447 said, "i cant reserve the tables so i need you to joing"
conan54: calls $3
Oedi_28: calls $3
happiness447 said, "i dont want some other guy sitting"
BalloonFight: bets $7
conan54: raises $11.50 to $18.50 and is all-in
Oedi_28: folds
BalloonFight: calls $11.50
Showdown BalloonFight: shows (a pair of Queens)
conan54: shows (a straight, Ace to Five)
conan54 collected $45.90 from pot
Summary Total pot $48.25 | Rake $2.35
Board
Seat 1: Jcananea folded before Flop
Seat 2: conan54 showed and won ($45.90) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 3: NorseDoc folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Oedi_28 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: BalloonFight (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: SunOS_5.10 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: happiness447 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: Au24kt folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: 0mustbe0 folded before Flop
Shit like this happens ALL day. I dont even know what to do anymore.
(three of a kind, Threes)
(a straight, Ace to Five)
