The four of us played in the Binion's deep-ish stack tourney last evening. 6000 chips, similar rounds to WSOP (missing a couple), 30 minutes, 75 people. Not great, but a decent amount of play without an all-day time commitment.
Jason crumbled, not sure what happened to Zack, and KP got fairly deep despite being two dozen sheets to the wind. I, however, brought my A game and mixed in a lot of new stuff to take it down. To be more specific, we chopped 5-way for second place money. Good for me, as by then it was a push-fest. Only one questionable move that ran into a slow-play, but I got lucky and tripled up my short stack to give me the boost to keep it rolling to the end, chip leader most of the way. I got everybody to kick in a healthy tip for dealers, leaving us each with $1100 to take home from a $125 buyin and six hours of work.
My attitude about live games has changed completely. I am utterly comfortable at the tables, intimidated by nobody (but respectful of some). By and large I try to work the energy to get it loose and friendly, but for the tournament I definitely went across the border into asshole territory from time to time. Whatever, it worked. I blame KP.
I think my biggest strength right now is in adaptation. I remain aware of how people are playing against me and I listen to everything they say. If you pay attention, people will tell you how to beat them. I've developed many new moves and have removed others.
The cash games are still insane. I love being able to play for a couple of hours, take a break to assess my play and the game itself, then move on and find another game around the corner (or in the same room). In California you need to specifically go to the casino, which makes you play longer, and also doesn't attract many tourists. This place is crazy go nuts with soft money. That said, every session is an education. Thankfully, they're mostly paying me to learn.
I'm still awake from finishing the tourney at 3am and partying it up, probably sleep in today, try some cash games, see what else is afoot this evening. I've been hearing so much about the MGM, I may need to make an evening of it there. We'll see. The best part about having a week in town is I can do whatever the hell I want when I want, and play poker from time to time to fund it.
2 comments:
Good to hear you are doing well. I think the 1-2 cash games are so +EV that I am not even planning to play any tourneys on my next trip to Vegas. If I run even decent, the whole trip will be a freeroll.
Woo Hoo! Congrats on your tourney 5-way split WIN! That's so fun. I have a dream of making enough in Vegas to cover my expenses for that trip. One day.... I ejoyed the MGM poker room becaue it's right on the corner of the property and you get a view of the lion habitat.
Thanks for keeping us posted. These blogs you write are so hilarious. I really enjoy the way you turn a phrase. Cheers!
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