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Uptown . Apr 03 2009 12:08. Posts 3557

I was going to post the entire 5 days at once, but I'm in chronic laziness / no-time mode so I'm going to post it one day at a time for a while.

Currently have 3 days done iirc.

Hopefully it's at least somewhat enjoyable to read haha.

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b]The picture-deficient delayed Vegas blog![/b]
Warning! WALL OF TEXT INCOMING

So basically on a whim, I decided to join Night in Vegas for 5 days - both to just hang out and to play a lil' live poker. I departed from SFO on the morning of the 11th, and returned on the 15th (wed-sun).

Short synopsis - Craziness.

Day 1 - Wednesday, March 11th

Day 1 started off rather ominously, as United graciously delayed the flight, then boarded us, then delayed again, then cancelled. The flight was supposed to depart at 8:40am, but most of the passengers were moved to the 12:40 flight (2 flights later). Fortunately I still had premier status on United (since I tend to have to fly a lot), I managed to find myself on the 10:40 flight, yay.

So I arrive @ LAS (the code for the vegas airport) a little past noon, and take a cab to Night's place. I knew the name of his timeshare but the cabby wasn't sure where the hell it was, so I called Night about 4 times to get him to give me directions haha. Anyways I eventually get to his place to be greeted by Night's mom and grandma, who were truly very awesome and fun people.

Night was hung over and sleep deprived for the escapades of the previous evening, and it took him a while to get himself up and ready for us to move on out. I asked him how much $ I should bring, to which he replied, "Bring your whole roll".

I obliged.

In any case we headed out, grabbing a light lunch along the way. We were walking up towards the middle of the strip, when it occurred to me to send a text msg to Myth (with whom I had talked to briefly via PM's on LP.net the week before). Turned out he had been cooler busto'ed out of that day's tourney, and would be @ the Wynn. Well, we were headed to the Wynn anyways, so we told him we'd text him when we were nearby.

By the way walking up and down the strip takes a surprisingly long time! Not to mention the fact that you're constantly hassled by Hispanic dudes handing you strip club / night club / phone sex cards.

Anyways, we get the the Wynn and meet Myth @ the back of the poker room. At this point I only remembered that his name started with a "C", and Night knew that everyone called him Corwin. I for some reason was (incorrectly) convinced that "Corwin" had to be a last name. IDK, I guess I suck at names =/. So we meet up, introduce ourselves, and exchange some pleasantries. One thing leads to another and we all agree to play @ the 1/3 game @ Wynn.

Now, at this point I'm a little weary. (A) I've never played live, ever (B) for certain reasons, I'm underrolled in my live BR (C) the highest I've played is nl100, so I'm a little bit out of my comfort zone (D) FFS I'm playing with a legitimate mid/high stakes player X_X.

Anyways we sit down at a new table. After a few orbits, it is exceedingly clear to me that there are literally no fish at the table. From the dealer's left, it went (1) some 20'something guy with a Rhino cap who was fucking around but knew the game, (2) a HOT - back me up on this Night - Euro blonde who again knew what she was doing, (3) A bald dude who reminded my of Moby who seemed to be an acquiaintance of the girl, (4) I forget, (5) Myth, (6) Night, (7) Me, (8) nit, (9) nit. I'm thinking to myself, "damn, why am I sitting here as my frist live game, underrolled and scared money? lol". Early on in the session Night's chatting to me in a lowered voice that this is not by any means a standard game lol. A rude awakening for sure.

I'll spare you the dulleries of the long session, but in the end we were there for about 10 hours, from 3pm to 1am. Shit, it seriously felt like it was 2 hours or something. Some highlights. Myth was pounding down double vodka redbulls all night, telling us epic Elky et al. stories, was playing some ridiculous loose aggro game, flopped a boat with 27o lol. Night was often fucking with Myth, reraising him in position. I was playing super uber nit style, due to my multiple levels of uncomfortable-ness that I described earlier. Peachy dropped by to say hey sometime in the middle, and Frinkx joined us later and added to the laggotry. It was pretty hilarious seeing the expressions on the random guys @ the tables through the night when Frinkx laid out bricks of 100's on the table, or when Myth threw out some Flags from his bag. At one point Frinkx was betting / raising by having a stack of $3 chips about a foot and a half tall and determining his bet by hitting the top and seeing how many chips fell down. Spending a good deal of time with Night, Myth, and Frinkx, I could tell that even w/o poker or anything else, they were solid quality guys - good humored and a lil' bit crazy

. I ended up +240 or so, after donating $450 or so to Myth on a terrible play where I had Aces and he had 2p. Sooooo baaaaad X_X.

Hilarities that I caused from my live-poker noobiness: I think I stringbet at least twice, and also at one point declared by bet size as "half pot" ROFL. I think I acted out of turn several times, would forget to tip the dealer (which I would correct like 2 hands later), etcetc. We had a good laugh over my retardation, incl myself, so in the end all was good. It was an entertaining and fulfilling ten hours, and was certinaly a completely new experience for me and my sheltered mind (lol). I started out incredibly nervous and not talking much and at times noticibly shaking, but by the end I was at least pretty comfortable with where I was at and what I was doing. B/c my BR couldn't handle variance I ended up nut peddling plyaing something retarded like 12/8, but well hopefully next time I can play my standard game X_X.

LOL HALF POT!

At 1am, famished and tired and our judgement obviously suffering, Night and I left the room and headed back home. We ended up going to sleep around 3am or so. I was exhausted and weary, wondering if I could handle this again the next day...

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Half Pot!

CrownRoyal United States. Apr 03 2009 12:17. Posts 11386

At one point Frinkx was betting / raising by having a stack of $3 chips about a foot and a half tall and determining his bet by hitting the top and seeing how many chips fell down.

LOL

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CrownRoyal United States. Apr 03 2009 12:18. Posts 11386

i can quit laughing wtf hahahaha

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Uptown . Apr 03 2009 12:28. Posts 3557

Conclusion: I am a Frinkx fan lol

Half Pot!