When I headed to Vegas last summer, I still didn't have a blog going. Being the computer unsavvy dweeb I am, I figured the easiest way to "get one going" was a daily diary at aces-cracked.net. It was fun. Made the days in Vegas more "real", and helped anchor me a bit. Of course, things petered off and never got finished, but...
That's the sham, you'll learn. So anyway, I'm reprinting those "letters home" in the new blog here. Thus keeping everything in one place.
This was the start, a sort of "Prequel". No editting allowed, they're just as they appeared. Enjoy:
"Mon May 28, 2007 2:22 pm
OK. So I still haven't been able to get an "official" blog going. Lovely Lori suggested we keep the unlucky homebound masses (and each other) updated on the Great Las Vegas Invasion -- Aces Cracked Mini-Con I -- with posts here in the forum's "secure" section. Sounds good.
So I played a warmup $2.20 NLHE tourney at Full Tilt about an hour ago. Hone the game. The game's still just what it was: Sharp and unlucky! Lost a third of my 1500 starting chips by end of first level to over-aggressors; get AKs just before blinds rise from 15-30. Table bully goes 3xBB, I raise 3X his bet, he calls. Flop contains Axx rainbow. I bet, he raises, I go all in, he calls. I show AK, him A9o; nicely done, I should double up. Yes, the turn is a 9s. Suddenly I trail 2 pair. Still can come back with spade or king. River: fuggeddaboudit. Bye Bruce! The poker goddesses are laughing themsleves silly I'm sure. I certainly hope this isn't an omen for the week. I did play the hand "correctly"! (Big deal!)
OK, here's the first-week Vegas itinerary. Nothing written in stone, of course. But it's a starting plan:
-- Tuesday: check in; maybe play an hour in The Orleans' room to make a presence; head over to Rio and check out WSOP situation and events; may play there or next door at Gold Coast; get Palms card across street (one of the very few Vegas casino player cards I do not already have); after dinner hit Caesars/Bellagio/Mirage corner, find best action; play 11p Caesars tourney, my 1st tourney of trip; check out Pure, which is supposed to be extra hot with Locals Night on Tuesdays (and its Pussycat Dolls Casino, of course).
-- Wednesday: Some Orleans ring action; to Mandalay Bay to see what's happening second day of WPT championship event; downtown to get info on Binion's Classic and probably pre-register for Friday's $150 NLHE (Event 2); stop by Venetian on way back south for further info on Deepstacks Extravaganza; possibly play a little Venetian or T.I. or Wynn's; head back to Mandalay for evening fun and to meet Paul. Told him to look for the "dorky professor" in the red StL fisherman's hat and librarian glasses-on-a-cord.
-- Thursday: play Orleans noon (NLHE) and 7 pm (Om hi/lo) tourneys; back to Rio for satellite and cash game action before and after. -- Friday: Watch WSOP official opening at noon. Then off to play Binion's Classic Event 2, 2 pm. Plan to be a contender there all day and night.
-- Saturday: WSOP Event 3, $1500 NLHE, noon (unless conflict with Binion's). WPT event at Mandalay also has its final (TV) table this day, and poker manager might get me tickets for them if she gets extras and I'm around/interested.
-- Sunday: Poker. Or maybe a day relaxing/reenergizing at friends' place in East Vegas. They host pool parties every Sunday. Better than Hard Rock's. Like me, they're naturists. Then again, Hard Rock pool hops on Sundays. And then there're the "European" pools at Mirage, Caesars, Mandalay or Stratosphere to consider (those may factor into Thursday's rest/energize pre-tourney plans). But hopefully I'll still be climbing the money ladder in one of the aforementioned multi-day big tournaments.
To be continued, and revised I'm certain. Don't forget the bail money, igee-babee!!!
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