I was actually working in Las Vegas, so I wasn’t staying out too late on the evenings where I was working the next day. I played poker those evenings at Binion’s, playing the $1/$2 No-Limit Hold ‘em game. I was done working on Thursday, and I had planned my trip so that I was returning early in the morning on Saturday. That allowed me to get some longer sessions of poker in on Thursday and Friday.
On Thursday evening I went to play at the Wynn. I’m sure you’ve heard me rave about the Wynn’s poker room. I played in a five hour session there, and after losing a couple hundred dollars I decided that maybe I should take a break and hit a club for the evening, so off to the Bellagio and the Bank I went! I don’t think I’ve ever dropped so much coin for a night of drinking as I did that night! It was a good time though. I was able to chat up a couple of local ladies while I was waiting in line to get in and spent most of the evening with them and their friends.
Friday I decided I would attempt to get into the Bellagio tournament. On Fridays and Saturdays their tournament has an entry of $1060. I really didn’t want to spend that much, but they do have satellites that cost $225 and the top two players get their entry to the $1k tournament, so I played in one of those satellites. After a couple of players were knocked out the remaining players and I noticed something on one of the televisions stationed around the poker room. The Monte Carlo hotel was on fire! It was obvious that the sign was on fire, and it appeared as though several rooms near the top floors were also on fire. I hope that no one was hurt, and if I was reading the screen correctly it appeared as though everyone was evacuated successfully. After the initial excitement of seeing the hotel next to us being on fire it was back to poker. I eventually busted out of the satellite, placing 4th. On my last hand I got it all in on a King-high flop while I was holding K-T. My opponent called with K-9, and the 9 and the turn ended my run at a satellite seat.
I was going to take a walk on the strip, but the news seemed to indicate that the fire at the Monte Carlo was causing a scene on the street, so I ended up playing craps for a while at the Bellagio instead. Luckily, I was ahead from playing poker during the week because I wasn’t getting so lucky at the craps table. After about two hours of craps it was back to the poker room for what I knew was going to be my last session before heading home.
The session started on a losing note when about a half hour in to the session my pocket Queens ran in to pocket Kings. The board bricked out for me, and I had doubled up that player. I added some chips to my stack by rebuying, and on the very next hand I decided to limp with A-5. The flop was pretty much what I was looking for: A-5-5. My opponent had an Ace, and I tried to give the appearance that I may be on tilt from the prior hand. It worked, and I was able to stack that opponent off. It was unfortunate for him because he had lost to A-5 just a couple hands prior to this when someone made a straight with that hand. The session moved along without any serious pots, but about a half hour before I HAD to leave for the airport I had the following hand. I was dealt pocket Aces in the small blind. There had been a raise to $25 and a call by another player, so when the action got to me I popped it to $85. The initial raiser went away, but the other player called. I wasn’t really worried since I had Aces, and the flop was: 9-7-2. This flop appeared pretty safe. Since there was already almost $200 in the pot and I had to act first I bet $125. My opponent moved all in for an additional $70. I had a bad feeling as I grabbed the $70 worth of chips, but with a $600 pot out there I couldn’t fold AA with that board for $70. My gut feeling was confirmed right away as my opponent showed me pocket 7s, giving him a set of 7s. I didn’t catch the necessary Ace, and since I had to leave in half an hour I decided not to rebuy.
My last two trips to Vegas have ended with big hands getting cracked, and I hope that I can end that trend on my next trip. On my last trip to Vegas my last hand there was KK and I lost a large pot. My next trip to Vegas should be the WSOP trip, so let’s hope that I can avoid the big hands getting cracked there!
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