ok poker fans we are back in exciting las vegas for our final night.
i don't need "abs" for the
blu pool anymore so i carb up with a spaghetti dinner at sbarro in the bally's food court. i decide my final night is going to be spent on spread limit at the
excalibur. i absolutely LOVED this game as it really punishes the donkeys who have no discipline and like to play a lot of junk.
as i walk across the pedestrian bridge connecting new york new york with excalibur i stop to see one final sunset over the beautiful mountains. i will really miss this amazing view and the many others that the vegas experience provides.
in the spread limit game i start out hot from the (single $2) blind, winning with both J4 and then J3. the next time the blind comes around though i run into trouble with 98. i get a free card when a flop of KJT checks around. i turn my seven but a woman at the other end of the table has slow played AQ and i fall back to about even.
in my next blind i flop top pair with K9 and lose but when the blind comes around again i flop a winning flush with 86s.
outside of these blind hands i'm folding almost everything but when a new player comes in and raises his first hand, i look down at QQ and three bet.
heads up i bet a flop of AT9 and i also bet a jack on the turn. i check behind a seven on the river and the donkey tables J7 off for a rivered two pair!!
in recent months it seems like i'm doing a great job of betting when i'm ahead and pulling back when behind but unfortunately it's not showing in the results. on this trip i'm even getting some big advantages heads up and not holding up. it's frustrating, but it is what it is and this loss to J7 drops me below even for the game.
later i get another chance with QQ and i raise to $8 and am heads up against a new player on my left who has cold called with A3s.
of course he flops a flush and yes, i have the queen of his suit.
queens are ruining my spread limit kingdom here at excalibur and it's getting late but king proximity, the wayne allyn root of las vegas spread limit, isn't surrendering his throne without a fight.
with T9s i turn trips and hold off the drawing donkeys on the river. the pot moves me back ahead and i cash out undefeated on the trip at excalibur!!
although it's been a winning trip on poker and sports i'm still down overall thanks to blackjack. back at bally's i give the game one final chance to pay me back.
i lose my first hand at this $15 table but win the next three.
the next hand is a big one for the other two players at the table who both get to split and re-split/double at least once against the dealer's four.
i have an easy stand with a thirteen but in some ways the hand is even bigger for me. if he busts, i move back ahead for the trip!!
the dealer flips over an eight and then from my third base seat i see the glorious site of paint coming out of the shoe!!
it's a 22 and i color up and head to the cashier!
poker
excalibur +22 (2/6s)
trip +119 (7-2)
kk 0-0 (4-2)
