ok poker fans we're back in las vegas where i'm getting pounded game after game after game.
since i was up so late chasing losses at the flamingo i decide to skip the quest for rewards and spend some quality time at
blu pool.
back inside the casino there's a rare
bally's 3/6 game going and i decide to play while i have a chance.
with QQ i raise a straddle and we see a flop of j95.
the straddler (of course) has j9.
a3 in the big blind flops an ace but is outkicked by aq.
we're a little over an hour in and the game's getting short. i get up before my big blind comes. i haven't won a single hand.
i try to continue down at
the mirage but there's one of those mid-length slow moving lists so i make my way down the strip, eventually winding up at
the wynn.
we're playing 1-3 no limit and overall this is a pretty tough table for that level. two europeans join the game shortly after i do and rip through nearly $700 in about 45 minutes but i don't get any of it. in fact, i don't even win a hand until 1:15 into the game when i c-bet bluff at a board of all low cards with AQ.
this game isn't going good. i stay alive making another c-bet bluff with AK but over the hours my $200 stack gets ground down to $83.
i raise JJ to $20 and get a call before the big blind three bets to $60.
my instincts are telling me to fold (again) but the villain's been in a lot of hands and ultimately i opt to shove my final $63.
i beat the first caller (who calls again with 75!!) but sure enough, the big blind has kk and (since what's left of my money is back at bally's in the safe) i'm out.
$284 of poker losses on the day and i didn't show down a single winning hand. i'm beginning to think poker's not for me anymore as i dejectedly walk back to bally's on this beautiful saturday night in vegas.
it's still early so i crack open the safe and decide to continue the quest over at
planet hollywood.
i start with the slots this time where i suffer a miserable $56 loss as an old lady's blowing smoke all over me. the 25th tier credit couldn't come soon enough.
i get down at blackjack but start to rally back.
a bunch of mexicans begin to jump in and out of the game which is good as the tier credits meter's rolling as the dealer and floor are inspecting their passports.
when they start to play though..... things quickly go bad. they're jumping in and out of the game and making pathetic plays that work against me every single time. i now know there needs to be a wall at the border.... or at least a basic strategy test. as the final chips are lost i smash a plastic cup all over the table and depart planet hollywood before i'm kicked out. f#$% them. and f#$% las vegas.
quest -356 (+17)
poker
--bally's -84
--wynn -200
----trip -601 (4-9)
