Vegas: Day Four

Sunday
We fell out of bed around 10:30am and headed down to the poker room. I played a $35 SNG with Carol and made it down to 3 players (2 spots pay). The blinds were already 400/800. I had exactly 800 in the SB. The button folded and I went all in with K2c and the BB called with Q6c and hit the Qd on the river to bust me out on the bubble.

Before anymore poker, I went over to the sportsbook and put down $20 on a 3-team NFL parlay. I chose the Giants, Seahawks, and Steelers.

I then jumped into a $25 SNG with my wife and made it down to the final four (along with my wife). With blinds at 200/400, I found AA in the SB and raised to 1,000. The BB immediately went all-in and I insta-called. He had KQs, flopped two spades and rivered the 10s to knock me out of the tournament as we both had the same exact amount of chips. My wife ended up heads up but was outchipped 4-1 and couldn't mount a comeback. About the only good thing that happened, is that all 3 of my teams covered so I won $135.

After swearing to never play another SNG at the Plaza, and going to the sportsbook to collect my winnings, we drove back down to the Luxor for cash games. I decided to play 2/4 limit instead of the normal 1/2 NL game. My friend the Crazy Asian talked me into getting on the list to play in the 4/8 game. I have never played much limit, and never played 4/8 so I was a little nervous. I played for about 20 minutes in the 2/4 game before my name was called for the 4/8 game. The table was 9-handed, and I wasn't finding much to play at all. I may have come into 2 pots out of the blinds the entire time I was there. I lost about $40 just going through the blinds and playing those two pots. The table broke about 45 minutes after I sat in, so me and the Crazy Asian headed back to a 2/4 game.

I ran very poorly in this game. One hand of interest: I raise in the cutoff with AKo and am called by 3 players including the BB. Flop is A A 4, two diamonds. BB bets, I raise, button calls and the BB re-raises, and I cap. The turn in the 7s and the BB bets again, I raise, button calls and the BB calls. The river is the 3d, and the BB bets once again, I just call as does the button and the BB turns over J5d. This is pretty much how my entire session at the 2/4 table goes. After losing a rack there, I surrender and head to a 1/2 NL table.

I play break-even poker at the 1/2 table and around 10:45pm we quit and head back down to the Plaza to register for the Midnight tournament ($98).

I draw the same table as my wife. My friends Henry and Jim are seated at the same tables as Tanya. I hovered with my original starting stack, until the blinds reached 50/100. On the button with AA I raised to 350. The SB re-raised to 800 and I move all-in. He calls with KK and flops a K and I have to rebuy. After one orbit and with about 1200 in chips, I get QQ on the button and raise to 400 and get called by the BB and a MP player. The flop is 7 7 4 with two clubs. Both players check and I move all-in. The BB insta-calls and I know I am done, while the MP player folds. The BB turns over 97 and IGHN. I didn't even make it to the first break !!

I go upstairs to the room and play and win a $10 SNG on Pokerstars ! Feeling less like a DonkFish, I go back downstairs and sweat the others still in the tournament. My buddy Jim makes the final table with Tanya, but loses out with QJ vs. 66 in a big pot when J comes on the flop and a 6 on the turn. This guy ended up winning the tournament, while Tanya chopped 2nd and 3rd.

We stayed up to about 4am as this was to be our last night in Vegas. We played some Blackjack, Craps and I extended my winning streak in Roulette (2-2) and won $20.

Poker results for the day -308 net
Poker results for the trip -172 net