So lets start the week where it started, in the Bellagio Poker room, playing some 2 -5 NL. Well, when you say that you are running bad, that was exactly what it was. I played a 4 hour session, and the best hand i saw was A 10. I did not pick up a pair, so kinda card dead. Mind you, i was flopping some huge hands. On 2 occasions, i flopped an open ended straight flush draw. I played one aggresive as it was a heads up, i lost a bunch of chips when the player went all in on the turn and i coudln't call. He was very solid. The hand was Qc 10c vs his K J. The other occasion, i wasn't going to try to play it really aggresive because it was a 6 way pot and at that point, i wasn't too confident in my draws. Turns out some1 flopped top set for the nuts, so it was a good time to wait to hit. Then a bunch of hand where i would have gotten paid off. I kept flopped open ended straight draws with rags like 5 2 and 4 7 , 6 8 on rainbow boards in like 7 way pots where the pot would be around 250 - 300$ after we all called a 30$ bet on the flop. After all those missed draws, i was playing amazing, picking up on weakness and betting with nothing, when i say nothing ,, i mean nothing, like 56 on a A 10 8 board. Just making a move and grinding it out.
My Session finished with a great hand. We had the straddle going at the table, and everyone limped in, and a pretty solid player makes it 50 to go and i have 4s 5s. 2 people called the 40 more, so now theres about 220 in the pot and its costing me 40 to call. The only thing i didn't like about this was that i only had 300 left after i made the call. 1 other person called behind but i still had position since the BB called. Flop came As 2s 8c, BB checks, preflop raiser bets 100, folded around to me, I know i'm shoving, i take a couple seconds and shove it in. He snap calls and shows AA. i catch runing 2 pairs and lose my first 700 or the trip.
Next day is pretty much the same story all over again. This time, we go play at Ceasers. The 2 -5 game has no cap and there was some big stacks there. I still only bought in for 400$. I just feel comfortable with 400$, its not too much and its not too short. I've been card. I get blinded away.
I raise in the cut off after a couple limpers with 6c 9c, i make it 30 total. I get 2 calls. Pot is about 105. Flop comes Qc Jc 8s. Checked to me, i bet 45$, player on the button calls. Turn is 5d. So now i pick up a pretty big draw, 7 10 or club and im probably good. I bet out 95$ on the turn. He thinks for about and calls. River is a blank. I bet out 125$. I tried to make it look like i really wanted a call, i had 200 behind. He calls and i just mucked. I played that hand awesome.
I pick up about 100 chips later when i pick up A 4 off(i never play that) and limp in, flop is 3 5 7 giving me a double gut. I bet 20 on flop, 1 call. Turn is 6 .. player bets 40$. I'm pretty sure he has a pair, and i think he will probably bet the river. River is a 7 he checks, i bet 90, Hes all pist because his 2 pair got counterfitted .... I play good and run even better.
I pick up AK suited on the button, raise to 25. Player in SB shoves for 160$. Gets around to me, i call because i don't think he has AA or KK. We show, he has QQ. The door card is an A, but then Q also on the flop. Oh yeah ... another Q comes on the river making the guy Quads and a high hand jackpot, he made 150$ more with that. After that, i donated my last 80$. I should have just left. Was just not feeling it.
Next day i played some 1 -3 at Ceasers before the tournament started. Was playing pretty good. This is a big hand, i'm in BB with 88, UTG makes it 15 to go. 3 people call behind and i call. Flop is Qc 10d 8c. I'm only 160$ deep so this makes this hand hard to play. UTG bets 25, 2 guys call, and i decide if i shove its going to be too much to get action, if they have flush draw or straight already, i'm pretty much going broke here. I make it 50 more to go, the only caller is the UTG. Turn is 6s. Safe card, i shove for 85$ more. He tanks and finally calls. River 9c. He shows A J for straight ... ARRGH
I rebuy. Lose so chips, I pick up AK, i make it 15 to go from the button. I get like 3 callers. Flop comes 6c 6d 7s. Its checked to me, and i bet 35$ and get 1 caller. Turn is Ah. He checks, and i check behind to induce a bluff to make him think i have JJ or something. He bets 40$ and i shove for 60$ more. He tanks and finally folds.
I pick up AK again, i raise to 15 again. I forget how many callers. Flop comes 4 4 2. Its checked around. Turn is A. I bet 15$. A really tight player min raises to 30. At this point, i'm 100% sure i have the best hand, i think he probably has a weaker A. No way he has the 4. He has about 80$ left. I decide to make it 55$ to go. He calls. I just don't want him to his his kicker. River is a J.... scary, but i still put him im for his last 55 and he folds ... i don't know what happen here, he must have put me on a 4 or had nothing. I can't see him folded an Ace there.
Tournament started. I call a 3x raise on the button with K Q. Flop comes K 4 8. He follow up bets 500, and i have 1500 left. I'm pretty sure i have the best hand right now, he needs to have AK but i think he has A Q. All i gotta do is dodge an Ace on the turn. Turn, Ace. He bets 800. I fold and i see a Q when he tosses his hand in. So either he had KQ or AQ. I think i got unlucky there. ( this was like 5 hands into the tournament) Then a guy raises to 300 and i have QQ and i make it 850 to go, he puts me all in and i call, he has AK, K on flop. GG me, not even 10 hands into the tournament.
I played some more cash at the 1 -3 after that. I tried a bluff and i really didnt think he had an ace.
Player raises to 15 pre, like 5 people call including myself with 33 on the button. The flop comes out A 10 4. The preflop raiser bets 20$ into a pot of 75$ and i call on the button because i don't think he would bet like that if he did have an Ace. Turn comes 5. Theres no flush draw on the board. He now bets 25$, i decide that he doesn't have an ace and since everyone else folded, theres for sure not an ace waiting behind, so i make it 55$ more. He really thinks it through and calls and only has 40$ behind. Now i know i can't bluff this guy. River is a blank, he checks and i check behind, he shows A Q.
I put in my last 100$ in a pot where it was raised pre and i check raised all in when i flop a pair and flush draw and missed.
So now i'm down 2100 for the week.
I decided to give one more shot at 5-5 at the Bellagio and said to myself, i'm not bringing money to reload, just going to play this 400 dollars and trying to get something going. At this point, i'm feeling great and ready to put in a good long session.
I get to the table, about 4 hands in, started in the BB, now in the cut off, i limp in with Ac 9c and the BB makes it 20$ more after 2 other people had limped. We go to the flop 3 handed. Theres about 85$ in the pot. Flop comes 9 10 3. Preflop raiser bets 35$, next guy calls and i call, i think the 2nd guy is on a draw and i think the first guy is just doing a follow up bet with AK probably. Turn is another 3. They both check to me and i bet 80$. I think its a weak bet but i think they will both fold, and maybe the guy on the draw might call. Turns out the BB makes it 200 to go. I have 240 left behind and its costing me 120 to call. Now, like the donk that i am, i talk myself into shoving because i know the guy is a good player, and he might think i am on draw, and that he see's that my bet is weak, so thats why he raises me. LOL .... I also didn't like the fact that i would have to play the rest of the session with 240$, so i decided i rather have 0$ then 240$. LOL so i shoved in, the guy actually thought about it for a minute and called with KK. GG me.
I took a full day off from poker and came back the next morning playing a tournament a planet hollywood. The buy in was 60$ and there was 65 players in it. I finally ran good, and took it down for 1000$ and for the first time during the trip, i had a winning day.
I didn'T play for the rest of the day, as we went out to the bars that night. The next day, i busted from that same tournament early trying to bluff a donk ... he had 10's on a K Q 4 5 9 board ... and i had A 9 ... and i ended up going to play a session at the Bellagio.
This was probably the most satisfying session i have played in a really long time. I really didn't pick up any big hands for the first 4 -5 hours, i was just grinding and picking spots to make moves on players that seemed very weak.
Heres one of those hands. I limp in with 6h 4d in the cut off after a few limpers, button calls and SB makes in 20$ more. Everyone folds to me and i call, button calls. Flop comes 6c 7c 8c. SB bets 25$, i call and the button calls. As i'm calling, i see the Sb take a look back at his cards. Turn is 10d. Sb bets 25$, as if he wants to get his draw for cheap. At this point, i'm pretty sure i can get him to fold if i can take control of the hand. This guy has actually been making lay downs, so i know this is a player i can bluff. So i decide to raise 40$ more, i know he's not folding his A or K of clubs, but if the river bricks, i can steal this pot, and maybe i'm going to make the button fold the best hand with a pair of 8's or 7's. Button folded and the Sb called the 40$. River is the 10h. He checks and i bet 100$. I'm not sure what kind of hands he folds there. I'm not sure if i made him fold a hand like JJ with the J of clubs. I might of had the best hand at that point, but maybe the button had us both beat with a pair.
I also played an interesting hand against a pro that joined the table, his name was Tommy Vu(i think tahts how you spell it). The same guy taht raised the other pot from the SB raises 20$ from middle position, Tommy calls and i call in the BB with Qc 10c. Flop comes 6c 7d 9s. I check, preflop raiser bets 30, tommy calls and i call. So now the pot is about 150$. The turn is a Qs. I check, he checks and Tommy bets 140$. Now at this point, i think he has probably something like a straight and flush draw. So i decide to call with my Q and if the straight or spade flush doesn't fill up, i'm betting the river. River comes 6d. I bet out 200$ and he goes in the tank. He says, your flush is good. I guess he meant, my mised flush is good. I guess i might of had the best hand again.
After a couple limpers, i pick up AJ on the button, and i raise to 25$ and i get 3 callers. The pot is now around 115$. Flop comes Qs 10d 5h. Its checked to me, and i bet 45$ and get 2 callers. Turn is 8c. First player to act bets 50$, its folded to me. The pot was about 250$ and he bet 50, so i'm getting 6 to 1, so i call with the double gutter. River is 9c. He checks, the pot is 350$. I just really want to get called so i bet 100$ and he snap calls and says, J is good.
I finished the session up 600$ and i had 2 meals while playing.
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The next day, i went to play at ceasers since the guys were going to check out the football games and golf and Tennis on the big screens. I sat down at the table.
After about 1 hour of playing, i played a very interesting hand. UTG raises to 15, next guy calls, i look down at 9d 7d and call, button calls, rest folds. Pot is 65$. Flop comes out Jd 5c 3h. We all check to the player on the button who bets 20$, my instinct is that this player is very weak, the initial raiser calls and i'm putting him on a hand like maybe 88 or something like AK thats trying to hit the turn for cheap. At this point, i'm going to raise to 80$ if it gets to me, but the player to my right makes it 80$. I noticed that this player has been making these kinds of raises when people are weak, or look weak and he's shown down hand like top pair. So on this board i can see him having like J 10 or like Q J. So i decide that he's either making a play or has somekind of J. I decide to represent a set and flat call the 80$ while the other players snap fold their hands. Turn is Ad. He comes out and bets 100$ which to me shows that he is weak and decide to shove all in for 180$ more. He goes in the tank and keeps saying, you either have AJ or a set. He folds KK face up. .... oops on the read. So i decide to show my 9 high so that i can get paid off for the rest of the session.
Next pot i played was a limped pot, i called with Jc 10d on the button. Flop comes out 10c 9c 4d. Blinds check, one of limpers bets 20$ in a pot of like 25$ and i call. Everyone else folds. Turn is 2h. He comes out and bets 35$ and i call. River is a J. Now he decides to check. Now i think he either missed a flush draw, or he has something like A 10 and wants to check call a bet. So i decide to bet out 75$ and he snap calls. I flip my hand over and he starts putting putting chips in the pot. I was really happy with how i played the hand. He was having a hard time putting the chips in and finally got it done and shows 99 for a set of 9's .... i got slow rolled AGAIN. Of course everyone at the table was like ... WTF are you doing putting chips in when you won ???
I played one more big hand. The player on the button was a little bit on tilt, losing a couple big pots. So we decide to have a straddle rotation at the table. A couple people limp in and i call with Kh Qc from Cut off +1. Cut off call, button makes it 50$ to go. BB call, UTG Calls, I obv call 40$ more, and Cut off calls. The pot is around 270$. Flop comes out Kd 10h 7h. Its checked to me, and i bet 125$ and i have 300$ behind. Cut off folds, Button thinks and calls and says, "do you have a set ?" Everyone else folds. The turn is 2d. I check, and he INSTA all in. He has me covered. Now, i don't think he shoves with like set. The player was pretty good, so i would expect him to raise AK, or any set or 2 pairs on the flop since thats a pretty draw heavy board the flop bet was pretty weak and any of those draws would have called for that price. Now he can't have K Q of hearts because i have K of hearts. So i'm guessing he has either somekind of draw or like maybe K J. While i'm thinking, he keeps saying, "a set and your good". That made me think that he really didn't want me to call and that he wasn't very confident with his hand. The pot is 520$ and i decide to call. His face went white when i showed my hand and he says he had QQ. Therefore had 1 out. I hold
I was meeting the guys for dinner at the Paris hotel for the buffet which is awesome by the way.
I went down to the Bellagio to play. I sit down and on fire right away. I pick up a couple small pots that build my stack up to 500$.
A player in middle position raises to 20$, 3 people call and i wake up with AA on the button. This is the first time i pick up AA in all the cash games i played all week. I make it 100$ to go. Only the initial raiser calls. Flop comes out K 5 3 rainbow. He checks, and i bet 150 into pot of about 270$, and he shoves for 200$ more. I call, he shows AK and i hold.
I pick up As Qd in the BB and call a 20$ raise from the button(an old man) and like everyone calls. 5 or 6 players in the pot. Flop comes Qs 8h 4s. I bet out 65$, UTG makes it 200$ after his limp. At this point, i don't think he's that strong and i'm probably going to call. Everyone folds to the old man on the button and he cold calls with 65$ behind. I think he has AA now, so i fold. Turn comes 10d and they go all in for the last 65. They show KK on the button and UTG shows 10s 8s. River A. I would have won the pot.
I pick up As 8s in the SB and its raised to 20$ and the pot is 4 handed. 80$ in the pot. Flop comes 8h 10d 4d. I check, we all check to the really aggresive player and he bets 40$ and i'm the only caller. At this point, i think i have the best hand. I honnestly don't know why i didn't re raise, i was thinking that i wanted him to keep fireing i guess. The turn is Ac. I check and he bets 65$. I decided to re raise to 175$ and he calls. River is Qh and i bet 150$ and he goes all in for 265$ more. At this point, he could have any 2 cards. I decide to call, he shows Jh 9c for a straight. I wish i could have gotten that hand back, would have played it alot different. Would have wanted to be all in on the turn. The way i played it, i should have folded to the river all in.
The next pot i play, i'm about even for the session now, after a couple limpers, i raise to 25$ on the button with Ac Kc and i get 3 callers. 115$ in the pot. The flop is Jc 9d 2h and its checked to me, and i bet 65$. The UTG limper thinks for abit and shoves for 200$ more and its folded to me. Now i start thinking, if he had a set there, he would flat. He wouldn't limp UTG with J 2 or 9 2. I start to think what hands he could be playing like that, and i narrow it down to Q 10, 10 8 and J 9. I decide to gamble here. He shows Q 10. Spikes the 10 on the turn and he holds. I lose the pot after a great call.
That was my week in Vegas, i finish the week down 500$. Overall, i very good trip and happy the way i finished the week and the way that i played.
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