So we got back from vegas on the 4th, after another shocker of a flight. Hui and Andy had bought noise-cancelling headphones so it was slightly more bearable for them. It was a long 16 hours. Thanks to Andy and Hui for inviting me to go to vegas, loved every minute of it. Hopefully we can all go again next year and play a few WSOP events.
Since getting back ive just been working. I have played around 20k hands online and going alright, although had a few ordinary sessions. Still struggling at 400nl, I feel like every time I get on there im about to lose a big hand....pretty negative mindset so probably not the best to have when Im playing. Im very comfortable playing at 200nl now though which is good. Im happy to play there for the future until Im more at ease with 400nl.
So we have another trip planned for November. This time it will be me, sara, andy, emmy, dave and possibly Hui and Nobby. We are going to New York and surrounding areas from the 21st november until the 13th december. So definetly looking forward to that. It will be more of a touristy holiday this time, so less sitting around in the hotel playing online before heading to the casino.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
David Copperfield
Yesterday we headed down to the MGM pool which is pretty spectacular, its in the shape of a river and you can float round on these inflatable rings. It was great, the temperature here is perfect for the pool even if its overcast. We stuffed around there for an hour or so and then I managed to get through a disgustingly big cheeseburger from one of the shops around the pool area.
After that we played at Excalibur's poker room. I wanted to play at MGM but the waiting list for us was just a bit too long. Luckily for us finding another poker room is as easy as walking 50m down the road and that's what we did. It wasn't as flashy as MGM but the game was good. I had one extraordinary hand where I had AA and 2 other guys had KK. One of them managed to make a good (?) fold on the flop but I still won a pretty big pot.
Around 10pm we entered the MGM theater (well one of the theaters here anyway) and saw a David Copperfield show. He is playing here twice a night for a few weeks I think. Anyway there were probably 500 other people in there and he performed for roughly and hour and a half. We saw him pass through a sheet of metal, make one of the audience members tie dance around to music, make a napkin float and then turn into a rose, made a ring disappear, he told a story about his grandfather having these license plates, and then he got audience members to say numbers out at random. He then got the plates out of the bag and they were the same as the numbers that the audience had read out. That was really good.
The most impressive tricks was his appearance at the start of the show, where his assistants held up an empty (?) box, and then they closed it and he came out of the box on a motorcycle. Another one he made a car appear out of nowhere which was great.
After that we played at Excalibur's poker room. I wanted to play at MGM but the waiting list for us was just a bit too long. Luckily for us finding another poker room is as easy as walking 50m down the road and that's what we did. It wasn't as flashy as MGM but the game was good. I had one extraordinary hand where I had AA and 2 other guys had KK. One of them managed to make a good (?) fold on the flop but I still won a pretty big pot.
Around 10pm we entered the MGM theater (well one of the theaters here anyway) and saw a David Copperfield show. He is playing here twice a night for a few weeks I think. Anyway there were probably 500 other people in there and he performed for roughly and hour and a half. We saw him pass through a sheet of metal, make one of the audience members tie dance around to music, make a napkin float and then turn into a rose, made a ring disappear, he told a story about his grandfather having these license plates, and then he got audience members to say numbers out at random. He then got the plates out of the bag and they were the same as the numbers that the audience had read out. That was really good.
The most impressive tricks was his appearance at the start of the show, where his assistants held up an empty (?) box, and then they closed it and he came out of the box on a motorcycle. Another one he made a car appear out of nowhere which was great.
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