So they broke my table with an hour to go last nite, and I ended up on a table full of sharks with huge stacks. I had 230k and each round cost 50k, so I was pretty much in a shove or fold mode. I let A8 and A9 go into the much in early positions, both would have won. Ended up in a blind battle with no raises, my K5 flopped a pair of K's and of course I'm all in. Dude limped with KJ suited in the big blind and snapped, and I got exactly 100th place, for a 2800 cash.

All in all really fun to be live again, the game is so much different that online. In fact, many of the online players I encountered were really bad, they could not adjust too well to the much slower live play dynamic. I did 3 WSOp tourneys, and went fairly deep in 2 of them for $4,100 cashes, so at least paid for my trip with the family, and now can enjoy what time is left with bowling, arcades, movie, and the pool!!!

In another life I feel I could have been one of those poker pros that make a living, but the grind is not condusive to an athletes lifestyle. Besides getting offered swimming scholarships coming out of high school, I actually had a math one too. So this game came really easy to me, and my lifeguarding skills of reading people rounded out the quiver of things you need to be a winning player. I do hope to soon be able to spend a month here instead of just a week, and grind like a real poker pro and see what I could come up with.

The 50k players championship was running right next to us most the time, so pretty fun to go ride the rail and watch the folks that paid $50,000 just to enter!!! I would love to do that, and you only have to compete against 112 players. But sort of like saying you get to be one on one in a basketball game, only your opponents are LeBron and Curry...

Thanks everyone for being my railbirds, wish I could have gotten closer to that final table, but I will take this as a win...

Thanks for posting, sounds like you had fun. Maybe you could invent something like speed golf, except for swim poker, Phil Hellmuth in speedo? Yikes

Nice trip report. Are you playing online out of California? What site or sites?

I want to play online but I’m afraid of bots and scams.//

Back when it was legal here in CA, I made an extra few 1000's every few months just playing those little dollar tourneys with 15 to 20k+ people in them. I dont think you had to worry there about any nonsense, but the high level heads up games could be scary. If it comes back here, I will probably play small satellites with decent buy ins, just so you dont have to be online for 8 hours to see if you are doing ok. From all the commercials I have been seeing from the Indian casinos here, seems like it is on the ballot and they are full force trying to stop it.


Really funny to see these commercials about gambling addictions, and all the other ailments that come from it, all bought and paid for by the biggest gambling group in the state.. "Dont waste your money online, when you can waste it in our Casinos!!"


I have to now go play some cash games, have to get all the bad taste of tournament poker out of my mouth. Folding suited 10J, or KQ or A10 off every single time out of position, well it just isn't as much fun as letting it fly, and able to just buy back in if you get cold decked or sucked out on....

That sounds really interesting and great, and I wish I understood the gambling lingo. Congratulations! Have fun during the rest of your vacation. I’m psyched it was so fun already!

You need to take those winnings and put it on black. One spin for it all. You had panned to lose it anyway so might as well try to win big. Ha!

Turns out I might be heading there in a couple of weeks. Wife got invited to a meeting. If I join, I’d have to go a day or two early to play event 85 “The Closer” and I’d be there for event 88 “Super Turbo NL”. If I do, I’ll post back here, but don’t plan on me running as deep as you did!

Congrats. Really enjoyed reading your updates.

I also use my math aptitude for evil by playing poker, mostly $1-$2NL or $2-$5NL where you can pretty much guarantee a positive session if you pick on the right players. I've never done the WSOP but it's definitely on the bucket list.

And your lifeguarding skill of being able to park your ass in a chair for several hours ;) //

Ha ha, hadn't thought about that, but you are right. Many hours of quiet boredom, punctuated by small moments of intense concentration. I figured I did about 40 hours of that chair sitting in less than 4 days, and my back is killing me. Even doing stretching and exercises on breaks, I still am not ready for some much butt time...

my nephew is playing right now, just made it to the finals.

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He made it to the final four tables, left with a little over 200K.

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He made it to the final four tables, left with a little over 200K. //

HE is living the poker players dream, going really deep into the main event. But that comes with some good and bad feelings too. You got so close to that final table you could almost taste it, so you will agonize over some of the last couple hour decisions, but you also got to rarified air and put up a really good cash for playing well for over a week straight..I hope that I can one day pony up the 10k and give it a shot, but in the meantime I will play the lower buy ins and continue to improve why tournament game and strategies...

A woman with big stacks at poker table is a trap.

I was the same. And I think I wouldn't try it if my friend didn't persuade me. Though it has to be noted, there is a difference between online poker and live poker. Online poker plays considerably faster than live poker (online you'll see 60 hands per hour (or more) at a given table and even more in short-handed games), and some who prefer playing online find the live game too tedious to tolerate. As I'm not planning to visit a real casino in the nearest future, I play poker online on 클레오카지노 now and then. It is fun and helps me not to lose skills.

sounds really cool. I'm new to poker but I like the game and all casino games. I'm into slot games right now, I play booming games online the most. It's easy way to win some extra cash while playing. Plus it's entertaining. My fav games are Winner Cup and Chicago Night. Hope one day the lady luck will be on my side and I'll win a jackpot.

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