Chaserjim 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 So , I got in last night about 2am after my return flight had been delayed 4 hours. Weak.I stayed at the Monte Carlo from the 14th-17th , and this was my best vegas trip yet. That damn poker room , is the easiest 1-2 game in town. I swear , drunk old guys folding when they have the option to check , stacks of cash, all I had to do was wait for big hands. Anyways, a short recap of the fun I had : 15th - We played in a mtt at caesars palace . I dont really like that room much. Its huge, and bland. Nothing really cool but the boxing pictures on the wall. I lost about 50 in the 1-2 game there before the MTT started. Busted out in the 3rd level , fiance final tabled it while I had to go sit in the sports book and watch baseball. From there we taxi'd to Venetian to go see this amazing room. I didnt like the room at all. I didnt play there, but I didnt feel like it was what everone made it out to be. So, I ate at some expensive restaurant there and decided to go back to the monte for a nap and some 1-2. Sleep til 9pm, get down to the game around 10, and played abc poker til about 5am. At first, I lost 150 after putting a guy allin after the flop with QQ and him showing 10 10 and rivering the spade flush. I smoked a cig, shook it off, and reloaded. Recouped my losses after about an hour or so, and chipped away to about 700 in chips when the game finally broke. Wierd place, the game doesnt last passd 4-5am , and then the room is empty til about 11am. 16th - Decided to head over to the Bellagio to see if I we could satellite into one of the wpt prelims. My fiance hadnt been there yet, so I wanted to show her the poker room and let her have a look at the high limit games / players. They were running satellites for 440+60 I think , for the 3k event the following day but I decided against it. I played in a 240+20 satellite into the 1080 + 20 tourny that bellagio runs at 7pm. Its like 50k Guaranteed , pretty sweet. Top 2 places paid a seat , I finished in the top 2 yay go me. 7pm : Got into the tourny , chipped away ran pretty decent, picked up AA , over played them with 3 hearts on the board , and went busto when I commited half my chips on a check raise on the turn , guy moves all in , i call , he has flushie. I am so pro. haha I even got a chance to seek out and say hi to PartyPsux ... That dude is cool and very humble and was happy to see someone from FCP. Very cool kid . I know theres another thread going on about Shieky , but I did see him at the high limit area in bellagio , not bobbys room .. and he was fighting with someone back there couldnt see who it was. He was slamming his hand down on a food cart the restaurant had brought him, pretty funny. Jen Tilly isnt pretty IRL . Clownie looks like a skeletal Alien up close. Phil Laak has tiny hands. I played for about 2 hours in the 2-5 at the Bellagio. **** that game . Its a whole different animal than what Im used to. For some reason, I feel focused and comfortable about my reads / plays at the 1-2 at the monte carlo , but at the 2-5 , I was getting pushed around like a little ***** and never could recover from it. To see a flop in that game, cost around 25-60 dollars ... at the 1-2 at the monte , flop cost was around 7 to 25. I got moved off AQ AK 10 10 in the 2-5 , and my stack was around 150 , from 300. I picked up 88 , and I guess the guy on my right had seen like one or two of my hands that I had been moved off of, and when I stuck in a 30 dollar raise , he raised me to 100 , maybe figuring he could push me off whatever hand I had. I was pretty annoyed with my play and decided that 88's were good enough to put the remainder of my stack in with, so I did, and he was annoyed and said "I was tryin to get you to lay it down" , and he didnt wanna call , but he did and showed 77 .. I flopped a boat , and my stack was around 400ish now, so I said **** it .. took my chips and went back to the monte carlo. As soon as I got back to the Monte Carlo , I felt at home and comfortable in the game and ran my stack to around 6ish before the game broke for the night. Went to sleep after getting room service. LoL , speaking of that , they have this food court there at the monte ...... I ordered a footlong BLT sub in a combo from subway .... 16 dollars. For one meal , cracked me up. Im staying downtown next time. 17th: Travel day , I had about 5 hours to spend before flew home. It was 11am , and the poker room STILL didnt have a 1-2 game going. I went and played let it ride , lost 100 . Played Roulete , lost 100. Played blackjack , lost 100. Finally , a game going on ... sat for about 2 hours before I had to go. It was so damn fishy, but frustrating because I couldnt get cards to ply with these guys. Finally , I picked up K 9 HEARTS. Now ,this is where it gets weird , lol . Stay with me .. There was this really annoying , asian chick that was one of the better players at the table. She had been picking up cards and beating on the newbs at the table, so needless to say I was a bit jealous. I was in the 1 seat, she was in the 10 seat. I was BB , she was SB. Everyone folded to her , and she bet out 10 bucks from SB , I called. I had been playing pretty tight , where she has been pretty lag , so I was hoping my tight image alone would represent a big hand. Flop is A 10 10 She Checks , I bet 25 , she takes a moment and calls. Turn is : J , she checks I bet 40 , she takes a moment and calls. River is : Q she checks to me. so basically theres 4 to a royal , everyone at the table is very curious in the hand. Ive made a straight , but Its absolutley a terrible hand here. I basically think that , she would have bet on the river , if she had the K of diamonds. A small amount if anything, At this point I think she may have two pair or maybe a straight , low flush .. but I think I can push her off with a bet on the river. I put out a 77 dollar bet , and she immediatly says thank you for not putting me all in , like shes going to call ... she thinks for a sec , postures up over the table like shes about to turn over her hand , and she mucks it. As she mucks it , I turn up my K 9 hearts, and for a sec everyone saw the red king and thought I had the royal flush ... but I didnt, I just had a straight. She immediatly grabs her two cards from the muck , turns em up ..Two black queens . She laid down a QQQ1010 boat lol . I took the pot , and took a taxi to the airport. All in all , this was one of the better trips I took out there . Thanks for reading Link to post Share on other sites
therescav 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Nice report. Good to see you had a good time Link to post Share on other sites
Jrobb25 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 +1 on clonie.....Phil Lakk has small hands. Link to post Share on other sites
JesseW316 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 good job, fun read Link to post Share on other sites
psujohn 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I was at the Monte for the 9am donkament on the 16th. The room was very cozy feeling - reminded me of TI's room. I was hoping the people from the tourney would start up a 1/2 game but they either left of played 2/4. I can only imagine how soft the 1/2 would be if these people were in it. Link to post Share on other sites
Chaserjim 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 John - I played with you in the 9am donkament there. You came in and shortly busted my set of 4's with your flush. My fiance sat in seat 4 at the ft. Link to post Share on other sites
psujohn 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Small world. I heard you talking with I think the two seat about DN and was gonna ask if either of you were FCP but I think I was in a hand at the time and then forgot about it later. Guess I owe you a drink too. :)So far I've played in 3 MTTs in Vegas and I've had FCPers at 2 of them that I know of. Link to post Share on other sites
Chaserjim 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Small world. I heard you talking with I think the two seat about DN and was gonna ask if either of you were FCP but I think I was in a hand at the time and then forgot about it later. Guess I owe you a drink too. :)So far I've played in 3 MTTs in Vegas and I've had FCPers at 2 of them that I know of.Yea that conversation was brought up by seat 3 , who was a dude from Toronto who plays in the red hot poker tour or something. I only got involved in the convo because I thought they might have been FCP too .. lol small world. Link to post Share on other sites
Edcoach 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Last April I was in Vegas and stayed at NY NY, but played poker also at the Monte Carlo. I had the same experience on the 1-2...easiest game ever, well next to my local casino here in Oklahoma. I love the room at MC, very cozy, comfortable, inviting and homey. Next time Im in Vegas Im staying there. Good story, enjoyed the read!Ed Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Oxlong 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Good report......LOVE to hear about the soft game at MC. We are staying there next month for 4 days and I have heard mixed reviews on the poker room. Can't wait! Link to post Share on other sites
El Guapo 8 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I was there in February, stayed at the Monte Carlo (are they done with the construction) I liked the hotel because it was not as much glitz and glamour as the others and it felt more like Lake Tahoe. The poker room was great, felt like an old world poker room and very fishy, wish I would have played more at it while I was there.I also agree with Caesers, when I got busted out of the noon tourney I sat at a 1-2 game that was being played like a 3-6 game $30 pre-flop bets, it was a bunch of guys from NY, actually pretty good players, but very very aggressive. I got run over a bit as I was tired from the night before, cut my losses and quit!I will definately play in the Monte Carlo when I go back, even their 2-5 game seemed weak. Link to post Share on other sites
chrozzo 19 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 sounds awesome man. im heading to vegas tomorrow morning for a few days, i think i might check out the mc...never been there yet.im suprised you didnt like the Venetian, that was my fav place, been there every trip since i started going! Link to post Share on other sites
fatman 1 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 good job, fun read Link to post Share on other sites
finztotheleft 0 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Sounds like fun ! Link to post Share on other sites
ibuddy 0 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 hey did u by chance see Jason out there? he deals at ceasers palace last i heard Link to post Share on other sites
Chaserjim 0 Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 hey did u by chance see Jason out there? he deals at ceasers palace last i heardNo I looked for him .. Link to post Share on other sites
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