Iremmats i Las Vegas

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Nu har vi äntligen landat i Vegas!

 

Har inte kunnat starta bloggen förrän nu eftersom adaptern till datorn inte riktigt funkat än. Men nu helt plötlsligt började den funka, klonk.

 

Lite kort om mig själv. Heter Mats Iremark, 23 år från Göteborg. Spelar mest på nätet men även hunnit med en hel del live-turneringar senaste året med EPT-vinsten i Deauville som höjdpunkt.

 

Även ett pokerproffs äter köttbullar ibland.

 

Jag kom till Las Vegas i onsdag. Blev upphämtad på flygplatsen av Sveriges Bästa Pokerspelare, Jonas.

 

Till skillnad från de flesta andra bor jag inte på hotell här. Istället delar jag en stor villa ihop med ett tiotal andra amerikaner och australiensare jag träffade i Wien i mars. Ett riktigt trevligt gäng.

 

Adam, spelar fullring NL2000 på Party.

Hann inte uppfatta killens namn men han är en av de bättre spelarna i Vegas enligt många.

Shannon Shorr till vänster. Trea i Aussie Millions och spelar på Party NL2000 SH under namnet "BluffForRent". Tjuvkikade lite i hans resultatfil. Dagen då kortet togs backade han $2000 på "Monopoly". Hmmmm

 

 

I spelväg har jag hittils hunnit med $2500 NLT och $2000 NLT SH. Alla event har samma struktur men olika antal startmarker, lika många som buyin är. Är nöjd med spelet hittils. I båda turneringarna jobbade jag mig upp till 5-6 ggr startstack under de första två timmarna. Slutade cirka 300/1500 i första eventet medan jag bubblade i det andra.

 

Har hittils spelat ett väldigt löst spel de första nivåerna och folk talar redan om "The Crazy Swede". Hoppas man kan få lite bra kort och dra nytta av den imagen senare.

 

Hur ser en typisk dag i Vegas ut?

Huset vaknar runt niotiden. Runt tio drar vi in till Rio för att inta frukost/lunchbuffe. Kostar cirka $20 och det singlas slant om vem som betalar dagens kalas. Buffen på Rio är massiv och innehåller i princip allt. Amerikanerna vräker i sig friterat kött och pannkakor med sirap medan jag håller mig till pastasallad och lite nyttigare grejer.

Vid tolv börjar alltid dagens Main Event. Man kör 6 perioder, sen middagsbreak och 4 till, en timme per period. De flesta events håller på tre dagar. Middagen intas också på Rio. Finns ett tjugotal restauranger att välja på. Igår testade jag och Raymer att äta på indiska restaurangen Gaylord.

 

 

Förutom huvudtävlingen varje dag går det oftast 1-2 turneringar till. Det körs även SNG, $125-$1060 och hur mycket cashgame som helst.

 

Ted Forrest mitt bland fiskarna.

 

Efter att tävlingen brytits för dagen är det onlinegrind i huset som gäller.

 

Jag har inte testat Vegas nattliv något än. Inte riktigt haft orken. Men det kommer.

 

Imorgon ska jag köra $2000 NLT shooutout. 1000 pers max. En går vidare från varje bord.

 

Tiltlistan hittils:

Temperaturen. Det är för varmt ute. Inne är det för kallt. Folk sitter i tjocka tröjor i pokerrummet.

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Skoj dag idag.

 

Började med shootouten vid tolvtiden. Det blev bara 600 pers i den så det spelades 100 bord 6-handed. Jag hamnade på samma bord som Iversen. Efter mycket berg-o-dalbana lyckas jag få in ett stort antal big blinds med QQ vs 75 på 772-floppen, lite dåligt spel av mig och jag är ute. Men Iversen donerade ju EPT-vinsten till mig så vi är even

 

En av amerikanerna i huset bustade också första rundan i shootouten så vi stack tillbaka till huset för lite onlinegrind. John som killen heter spelar $215 sngs. Cirka 3000 i månaden. Han är DUKTIG. Fick mig ett par lektioner och spelade sen 9st $530 sngs. Hur ska man inte kunna plussa 8k på det liksom?

 

Lite senare på kvällen drog jag och Sveriges Bästa Pokerspelare plus några till till ett av de andra casinon i Vegas för lite live 5/10 NL. Riktigt sjuka potter mellan mig och Jonas blev det. Lyckades till slutet få ihop en 4k pott med bottenset. Tyvärr hade en av de andra i potten mellanset så det blev back 1.3k på livespelet. Ändå bra plus idag.

 

Liten lista på de saker som amerikanerna retar mig för.

-Min väska, en vanlig axelremsväska. "a mans purse"

-Min tur... oväntat..

 

Imorgon blir det inga events. Får se vad som händer. På onsdag är det dags för $1500 NLT. Once in a lifetime då kanske?

 

Lite bilder från dagen...

John. Sjukt bra sng-spelare.

David. En av de jag träffade i Wien som erbjöd mig plats i huset.

Mikes frukost. Massa skaldjur. Cola och Sprite. Nån fisksoppa och ett gäng friterade grejer. Låter smarrigt.

Mike till vänster. I mitten en average american... typ.

I mitten Rio där WSOP hålls. Till vänster två höga byggnader, Palms. Där kommer jag bo under main event.

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From now on I will write in english. The guys in the house wants to understand my blog

 

Alex in front. Adam in the middle and John to the left.

I tried out the pool today!

 

Lots of stuff has been happening today. Woke up like 10.00. Some online grind and pizza for breakfast. Typical american morning I have been told. Around 12 the others woke up. Shannon went on to play some 25/50.

 

During the whole stay Shannon has been losing money and been kinda easy to deal with. This session he had a huge hand. KQs on a AJx flop with two spades. There is betting and reraising. Turn is a Tc and all the money goes into a 17k pot. Fi has AA and Shannon makes his biggest pot ever. After this he starts singing and smiling all the time. The house now officially hates him.

 

Singing and smiling. We cant stand him.

 

At like 15.00 Adam, John and Jason went out to get some real american lunch. Burgers. I told Adam that all swedes thinks that americans love burgers. I got a quick and good answer from him: "I love burgers almost as much as I love our flag".

 

Adam and his burgers.

Random fisk.

 

Then we went to do some shopping. On the way we scouted some average americans.

One fourth of all americans drive these. They are for fat people.

 

At the mall Shannon bought a watch.

 

Shannons new watch. Matches the fast food perfectly. Dont you think?

 

Afterwards we went to a great chinese restaurant. Before the dinner we played 1 hour of 2-7 3 draw. Imagine four NL2000 players sitting playing 2/4 FL 2-7-3. It was ALOT of fun, ALOT of action. Poor those tight weak americans sitting at that table.

 

American fish playing 2-7.

 

Me at the dinner.

Adam at the dinner.

My first fortune coockie ever. Good, I guess.

 

After the dinner all of us, 8 people, went on to play a private table at the Aladdin Casino. The game was at first 2/4 crazy pineapple but turned into a PLO sit n go. Ship it!

 

The private table.

 

Waiting for the ride home. Shannon is about to get pwned heads up PLO.

 

Tomorrow its time for the 1.5k event. Once in a lifetime!

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Im off to play the 2.5k pot limit event at the Rio soon.

 

Meanwhile I have been hearing some really cool stuff at the house

 

 

Adam is talking a walk to his computer.

"Time to pwn some fish"

 

Nate is playing 75/150 FL.

"God I love check raising fish"

"I dont play on skill, I play on psychic ability"

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Fcuk poker is the topic of today.

 

First hand in the 2.5k pot limit event I look down at queens. UTG who is a russian pro makes it 100. One fishy american calls. I make it 350. THe russian makes a big sigh and thinks for 2 minutes before he repots. TILT. I fold. He shows an ace.

 

I had Allen Cunningham, Noah Boekeen, that russian pro and an asian girl sponsored by Bodog at my table. Pretty tough.

 

Then I get on a cardrush. AQ 5 times. Every time Kxx-flop. I also get AKs and see a flop against Cunningham. Flop is 984 rainbow. He checkraises me all in more or less.

 

Im out after 90 minutes.

 

Requested: A full body picture of a big australian fish.

 

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Here is a short interview with John:

 

M: How long have u been playing?

J: Two years.

M: Total winnings?

J: 300k

M: Im sooooo impressed.... Actually I am.

 

M: Hows a typical day for you?

J: Wake up at like 15.00. Turn on microwave food. Take a shower. Get a glass of coke, a glass of cranberrie and some water. Then I eat and go into 12 sngs. Im playing on my laptop. I keep on playing for 3 hours. Take a break, watch TV for 1-2 hours, random shit, europeans dont know it, its called p-o-r-n. THen I go play for another 4-5 hours and then I go to bed. I rarely go outside. I check the mail before I go bed.

 

M: Are you a typical american?

J: No, americans are fat and drive around in cars. They also eat burgers each day. Im not fat and I eat thai chicken each day.

 

M: Do you use PT?

John: No, its for nerds.

 

M: I read some of your notes. I found the word "euroraise", whats that?

J: Its where you raise 1/3-2/5 of your stack and then fold to an all-in raise. All europans do it, no just 97%.

 

M: Best tip to the random $11 sng fish?

J: Dont play loose in the early game.

 

M: I notice you have big ears. Sorry, you got headphones. What are you listening to? Random gangsta rap?

J: No, Im listening to lots of hardrock music.

 

M: How much do you spend on pants each month?

J: Like $60.

 

If you guys wanna ask John some questions, feel free to post them in the commentary section.

 

 

And for all the girls out there. Another picture of the hot australian musclepack named Jason Mellross.

 

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"Mats! Mats! U gotta watch this, its Cops. Best TV-show in America"

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Just got back from the Rio. Busted from the 5k shorthanded event.

 

The first table I got was really tough. Im in seat 1. Seat 2 has in older guy with a bracelet. Then we got "The Grinder"s little brother. Next seat is Scotty Ngyuen. Then some younger guy, played really TAG. Last player was my friend Tomas Wahlroos. Really really tought table.

Tomas bust pretty early, he was really tilted after losing 100k at chinese poker the day before. I manage to work my way up to 10k pretty fast. The guy to my left really wanted to bluff on several streets and I called him down with solid hands.

I didnt really get any good hands. Had QQ once and took down the pot preflop. Then I get moved to another table. Then Ken comes up to me and warns me about this one guy at the table which he says is really really good. I try to stay out of his way.

Anyway, a LAG guy raises from the button. I find AJd in BB and calls. Flop is 992 with two diamonds. I bet, he calls. Turn Jc, I check-call. River As. I check-call again. He shows K9o. I dont like my play here but hard to get fold at any street really.

After this im down to 4k. I find kings, utg raises, lag calls. I decide to call and push any non-ace flop. I really need to double up. Im not happy with just taking the pot preflop. We are four to the flop. 653 with 2 spades. The LAG guy bets at it. I push for another 1200 on top of his bet. He calls with Q9h. I get to 9k.

After this Im getting really cold cards and blind down to 8k. Find aces on CO when a new guy sits down into the BB. I raise, he pushes, I call. He shows A4o and pulls a flush on me.

Im down to 4k. Blinds eat me a little down to 3k when blinds go up to 150/300. I push with 22 from button, 99 from CO with no calls.

The hand I bust out on is when the A4o-guy makes a raise to 900. The woman in SB calls. I push for 3.7k from BB with KQo. The guy pushes and lady folds, he shows TT which holds.

Played my best game today but still didnt work. Guess Ill have to wait for some better luck. Tomorrow is 2k NLT.

 

SNG-John is currently 2nd in chips in the 5k event. Big Mike who also lives in the house is the chipleader with over 120k. No idea how one can get a stack of 300BB....

 

Som pics:

Adam is the strange guy in the house. He stares you down...

 

Gangsta-rap David at the seafood restaurant.

 

Little Mike with his girlfriend.

 

This guy is moving around the poker room in his raskall

 

This is my "a mans purse". I think its a bag though.

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In 1.5 hours im gonna play my next event which is a 2k NLT. Better luck this time I hope.

 

Yesterday was fun. After going out of the SH event I went back to the house. There I found out that two of the guys in the house were the chipleaders. So the rest of us went back to Rio pretty fast.

 

At the Rio we watched Rahmn grab the Bracelet, go sweden! Our house-boy Big Mike is also second in chips in the shorthanded event. John got busted though. We also played a 1k sng.

 

Back in the house we played some $200 pool-games. I was killing the field. Up $480. Yiahaa.

 

Ill report back later.

 

Some pics:

 

Oh. I looooove my burger.

 

I look scary, right?

 

Alex and JP doing the pushbot.

 

Rahmn showing how good americans are HU.

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Played the 2k event today. I got a really loose table so I decided to be really tight in the beginning. For 90 minutes I didnt play one single hand.

 

The second hand I play is JTd from the SB. I flop a straight and manage to get 800 chips from one of the loose fish. A little later I see a flop with 99 against him and another guy. Flop is J99 and I get a few more thousand from him, he had KK.

 

After that I manage to get all in versus a guy with 2k chips. I have 26o on the BB. He limps from utg and flop is Q62. I checkraise him on the flop and we get all in. He has QJh and make runner runner flush. Im back to 5k after that pot. I would have had 10k so that hurt me alot.

 

I keep using my for the day tight image. I fire two pot bets with a missed AK and get a good pot before I leave the table. Im not getting any cards but manage to win some small pots and stay around 6-7k when blinds get up to 150/300. Now things are starting to happen. At my new table UTg raises, I reraise with AK and another guy pushes for exactly my reraise. He has KK. I hit an ace and got 13k again. At this point im on average.

 

Sadly, I bluff away half of my chips shortly after this. I raise from the button with ATc. BB who is a good player calls. Flop is a 339. Dunno why but Im afraid of being cr all in on this flop so I check behind. Turn is a K. He makes a minibet and I raise this. He calls so I give up the pot. River is another 3. Check check and he shows KQ. I was thinking of pushing the flop for 3 times the pot but didnt.

 

At some point at this table I also double up with Aa against AK. First time out of four times I win with AA in Vegas.

 

Close to the bubble im at 8000. I push with A4s form SB, BB folds. I push with JTd from MP, everyone folds. I find AA again but no action. Just after the bubble I find 77 and push for 9k pot is 4k after blinds posted. I get called by 99 but spike a sweet 7 on the turn. A little later I raise with QJ and have to fold to a push. A little tilted I push for 13 BB in CO+1 with A4s. As always I get a caller who has 88. Today im lucky and hit another ace on the flop

 

Status right now: 30 500 chips, 144 people left in the tournament, 2050 entrants. 198 ITM. Average is like 28 500.

 

The tournament continues 2PM local time which is in 11 hours.

 

Meanwhile the guys have a small party in the house. Some gangsta rap and stuff.

 

This is Nate. He is.... special. In his own funny way

 

Donny always caps preflop with mallards. (pocket threes)

 

Party picture.

Americans and gangsta rap.. sigh.

 

Big Mike who was chippie in the 5k shorthanded event. He ended up getting like $50k.

 

Adam and Nate pwning fish.

 

Random comment:

Donny: Nate,lets go to the hot tub.

Nate: No, im pwning fish.

 

Was talking some to Hallinggoll today. He wasnt happy with his finish despite getting 40k. He said it only covered 2 nights partying. Cool guy I must say

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I just heard.

 

John: We should go out and buy guns.

Nate: I would love to buy a gun.

Mats: Why do you want to buy guns?

John: Because we dont want to get robbed.

 

Anyway. The tournament went shit yesterday. I found no cards. The blinds were high. I made a stealattempt after 5 orbits. With 68s. A shortstack pushed with kings and I was short. Maybe I shouldnt made that steal attempt?

 

Today I was gonna play the daily 1k tournament at Bellagio. It was full so I had to go to Rio and play a $500 tournament instead. I busted after 6 hands with nut flush draw versus aces. Starting stack was 1500 with blinds 25/25 so you gotta gamble a bit early on.

 

Next tournament is in two days. A $1500 NLT.

 

Yesterday we were out eating chinese at Bellagio. At a place called Noodles. They had "One thousand year old eggs". Nate told med he had eaten Dinosaur eggs.

 

I also got pwned hard by big Nate. During the dinner he asked me to pass the buttfor. I didnt understand what he meant. Finally I had to ask him; "Whats the butt for?". Silly americans.

 

There has been alot of debating about how europeans dress. Americans think that most europeans dress like f-a-g-s. When we were out shopping I told John all the clothes in the stores we were were pretty boring. I think John caught the point of what I said so he had this shirt yesterday. He even asked me when we went to the Rio. "Is this shirt fag enough?"

 

Johan Storakers in the tank.

 

Big Mike had to ask the waitress how to use the chopsticks. I think he missunderstood what she said though.

 

Today we played Keno. Big Mike made a nice pattern.

 

Klonk!

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Today I went to Bellagio to play the 1k event. The structure is much than the smaller events at the Rio. Sadly, they had moved the event from the Poker Room to the Fontana Lounge. That means no shuffling machines so the 40 minute periods means the structure is a little worse than before.

 

I went out of the tournament after 6 hands. Im a bad poker player.

 

I also tried the Buffet at Bellagio, really sweet. Lots of fat americans, sorry, average americans.

 

Yesterday night we played some Risk. I pwned the fish in the house. Making a remarkable return from just a few armies.

 

JP, "itsthemaster_" at Party. Playing risk and drinking. He got pwned.

 

Such a silly smile Jason makes. He got pwned too.

 

Donny is a cool guy.

 

Yesterday Nates brother paid us a visit. They went out to a bar. Nate got company in the bed it seems.

 

I accidently tilted to the right when I took a shot of Alex at the Buffet at Bellagio. Or this Shejk in a raskall is a photo magnet?

 

Tomorrow im gonna play the 1k event at Bellagio again. Ill skip the 1.5k WSOP event.

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Time for a short interview with Donny "DeezNutz3". The funniest guy in the house. And a true tomte.

 

M: What do you think of a swede coming to Vegas and pwning fish?

D: I want you to win the Main Event Mats. Because you promised me a pink Ferrari if you won.

 

M: What do you normally play online?

D: 100/200 Limit. Thats where I typically pwn fish. Im also playing some 3/6 NL to learn NL.

 

M: We have had an interview with John in this blog. He only ate microwave food. What do you eat?

D: I like chicken. I like asian cousine. I eat out mostly.

 

M: Any big tournament wins?

D: I won a tournament in Austria two summers ago. I cashed 30k.

 

M: What do you think burgers, guns and the american flag?

D: Burgers taste good. Guns scare me. And the flag is pretty.

 

M: Do you want a swedish wife?

D: Yeah.

 

M: What do you think of swedish players?

D: They are always bluffing. Never check in position. And they are crazy aggressive. They love suited connectors and double gappers.

M: Im the only swede you ever met?

 

M: Anything you want to tell the average swedish low limit grinder?

D: Im rich bitch. Holla. Ship it!

 

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Adam is trying to teach me about America.

 

A: Most people in america have a lawyer.

M: Why?

A: Because we are more important than all of the poor people. Especially poor swedes.

A: If you write anything bad about us, we will sue you.

A: We will take you to Judge Judy. We will verbally pwn you.

 

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Some expressions I have learned lately:

 

Valuetown - When you bet into a calling station.

Bustoville - Losing...

Mallards - Deuces. Not threes. If you say Quack-Quack you flop a set.

 

Ship it! - This is the key expression in online american poker. A full description is available at http://www.shipitholla.com/about/ship_it/

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WHY DO I HAVE TO LOSE KK vs 88 IN A 70K POT ITM!!!!

 

Played the 1k at Bellagio today. 348 entrants. I came 18th and got $2700. Startingchips was 5k. Basically I played a really solid game all through the tournament. No moves at all. Never had a big stack. Not because I play too tight. I really didnt get any opportunities to play my hands.

 

When ITM I have 50k. Guy utg pushes for 30k. I go into the tank for 3 minutes on the button with KK. Hollywood is da shit. The blinds folded though. He catches a 8 on turn to make his set. Im down to 16k and with 3/6k blinds I go out with AT vs AK a few hands later. Would have had a big stack otherwise.

 

Im gonna play the same tournament tomomorow.

 

Before the tournament. Me and JP played some video-poker to spend our time. To make it interesting we had a $100 last longer bet. We started with $20 and bet $0.25 each time. Of course I won this one. Massive klonk-skills at video-poker.

 

 

Massive photographic skills too....

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Another interview. This time with Nate.

 

 

M: Full name?

N: Nathan Andrew Hays

 

M: Your called Nebraska-Nate. Why?

N: Me being irish, perhaps?

 

M: What do you play?

N: FL 0.5/1 and $1 HU SNG. But I do 8 tables. I have 10% ROI. Tuff_Fish is my mentor.

 

M: You call yourself Ninja_Nate. Do you have a sword?

N: Yes I do. Its huuuge.

 

M: Do you plan to move up in level? Maybe to 1/2?

N: I have tried. I cant beat those games.

 

M: How old are you?

N: 21.

 

M: Hows are normal day for you?

N: I wake up around 6AM. Go for a jog. Do some yoga. Then start the grind. By lunch Im hopefully up 3-4 Big Bets. I usually do that until 10 in the evening. Then I read my comic books and play with my action figures. At 11 I drink some hot milk and go to bed.

 

M: What do you think about swedes and how they dress?

N: Swedes dress like fags. But american chicks dig it. Yesterday I wore your "fag shoes" and the chicks couldnt get enough.

 

M: If I win the main event. Im gonna buy you a really cool mans purse. Do you agree to use it every day?

N: Of course.

 

M: Why are you here in Vegas? Are you gonna play the main event?

N: Yes I will. I won my seat at Pokerstars. I started with 5 FPP. This is a dream come true.

 

Some final words from Nate: "Some day I wanna be a fat agressive american. Driving around in a Raskall and enjoy burgers."

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Played the 1k at bellagio today again. Busted really quick. First I lose 2k with AK. One guy raises 150. I make it 350, Flatcall from the button who is a calling station and the other guy calls too.

 

Flop is rags, fi1 checks. I bet, calling station calls. I fire another shot on the turn when another rag falls. He calls. I check fold the river.

 

Next hand I get J8d. Utg makes it 250. When it comes to me 3 people have already called. I call. We are 8 people to the flop. Flop is AJ3 with two diamonds. When it comes to me I push for more than 2k. The guy to my left thinks for a while and then calls. The guy to my right also calls when it comes back to him. They show A9c and 33. No help on turn or river.

 

Before the tournament we ate the buffet at Bellagio and played som videopoker again.

 

KLONK

KLONK

 

Shannon is losing his american manhood. Eating carrot cake and wearing a mans purse.

 

David in the pool.

Americans love guns.

 

Not sure what will happen tonight. Im really tired right now.

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Getting late here in Vegas. The house is grinding more or less. We just hade some chinese food.

 

From the left, Donny, David and JP.

David is tight aggressive. But still american.

A view from the back of the house.

Fish in the water. Tony is da man.

Give me a "I want a swedish wife smile" Donny.

Adam likes burgers. Adam likes the american flag. Adam is loose passive.

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Just checked in at the Palms. The other guys are playing the 1k at Bellagio today. Shannon made top5 yesterday and made a deal giving him about 54k. Such a freaking lucksack. He told med about sucking out on KK with AKs. Flush baby flush. He also managed to win KQ vs AK all in preflop. Flop ATx, turn J. I still love him. I had 5%.

 

I tried the videopoker at the Palms. I lost my whole BR, $100. In an hour Im going to pickup my girlfriend at the airport. Dont know what we will do tonight. Guess she wants to sleep early because of the long flight.

 

I also made a quick visit to the Rio today. I completed my registration for the Main Event. I saw Doyle Brunson in a raskall.

 

JP, Nate, AussieJ (Jason) and me played some high stakes monopoly yesterday. In this event Nate was staked by Shannon.

 

My room at the Palms

 

And this is the Crazy Swede

 

Views from the room

I also got a really funny fortune coockie yesterday.

"Your respect for others will be your ticket to success"

 

Does this mean no resteals in the Main Event?

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Super tilt on the 1k at Bellagio this evening.

 

During the first level I get 3 suited connectors I see a flop with. Total miss with all hands.

I win one pot in the second level. I flop a flushdraw with Q4s from the SB and make the flush on the river. Didnt get paied though.

Then I find AQo in the BB. One limper, one guy raises to 2BB, 200. The SB makes it 1100. I fold. The guy who miniraised shows A9s and mucks. SB shows 88. Tilt.

Then I sit waiting for a hand. I finally find KK in sb when blinds are 100/200. My stack is 4300 at this point. Everyone folds to me. I make it 600. BB folds. Tilt.

I get kings again four hands later. One limper. I make it 800. One guy calls, BB calls, limper folds. Flop is a beautiful Q23 rainbow. BB checks. I make it 1200. The other guy folds and BB checkraises me all in. I already have over half my stack in the pot so easy call. He shows pocket deuces and Im out.

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Im a video poker newbie. AussieJ is a video poker pro. Respect!

 

 

Met up with Jezaja today. We might play the 1k at bellagio to get in shape for the Main Event tomorrow.

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Didnt play any live tournament today. We tried the Bellagio at 2PM but it was really really full. Instead we went on the strip. Checking out Mirage, Wynn and Caesars looking for other tournaments. Didnt find any to play today. Instead me and Jezaja played 2 hours of 2/5 NL at the Palms. Lost $250 there. A lot of bad luck involved.

 

After that we had dinner at the little Buddha which is a really nice restaurant here at the Palms.

 

Really looking forward to playing in 10 hours. The biggest threat against me making money in the Main Event is probably myself. I mustn't overplay AK and really try to focus on getting position in the hands I play.

 

I will bring the computer to Rio tomorrow. Hopefully there is some internet connection I can use to give my chipcount and some hands from the game.

 

If anyone wants to follow me live. I start at table 169 tomorrow.

 

When we went to Rio today we met Jonas "Che". Swedens nicest and best poker player.

 

Vegas is nice. But there is alot of garbage too.

 

Fountain show at Bellagio.

 

Me and Oskar "Jezaja" outside Mirage.

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Ok, first period is over. I got 9300 chips and Jezaja has 8300.

 

I have been involved in three pretty big hands.

The first one I have A2d. Early pos raises up to 150. I call. Four other people call. Flop is 8h 2s 2h. Everyone checks to me. I check too. The guy after me who is a real calling station donkey makes it 200. Everyone folds to me. I make it 600. He makes it 1800 and I push. He calls quickly with K2. Pot is 20k. Turn T, river 8. @$@{€£{{€]{][}\!!!

 

Another hand is when I have A3o in the BB. MP and SB limps. Flop is AK3. It checks to the limper who bets 200. Sb calls and I make it 700. Sb calls. Turn 6. He checks. I bet 1100 and he calls. River 6. Check check. He shows ATo for a split. $@@€[$\@€]@\!!!

 

Against the same guy as I split the 20k pot I raise it up with AQc. He calls from the BB. Im on the button. Flop is Q26. He make asit 200. I raise to 600, he calls. Turn Tc. I also got a flush draw. He checks, I make it 1000. He calls quickly. River is a 6s. He check folds to a bet of 1600 this time.

 

Men the master is sitting on my table. 5 of the others on my table is decent. 2 are really really bad and two others semi-suck.

 

Ok, Oskar has the keyboard.

My 10th hand is KK in MP, UTG (fish) makes it 175, I reraise to 600. He calls and the flop is T97 with a flushdraw.

Raises 700, he calls. Turn flushes 2. check-check.

He checks the river and I make it 1000 because im sure he wouldnt had check flush or straight. Quite marginal bet and he calls with 99. 8000 left.

 

Got to lay down JJ preflop with one caller behind and a reraise. The fishes manages to get allin on an ace-high flop with AK and AQ so my laydown was bad but the reraise was too big from SB.

 

Now the real action begins! HOLA!

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Sigh

 

The second period has been some more action. Three key pots for me:

 

I play 75s. Board is 77Q, turn 3. River Q. Betting on flop and turn. On the river I check-call. He has QJ. Loses 3k there.

 

I raise with 65s from early pos. Men the Master calls on the BB. Flop is 754 rainbow. He checkraises me and I call. Turn is an A. Check check. River is a 3. He bets out 2k and I quickly call. He shows 86o for the nuts.

 

After 3 limpers I limp with T6h on the button. Flop is 654 with two hearts. I dont like this flop though. BB bets on this, me and one more guy calls. Turn Q. BB bets again. We both call again. River T. Everyone checks. They had 54o and K7h. Lucky there.

 

Still waiting for some rush to get above 10k. Been at 11k when I lost the straight to Men. Cmoooooon!

 

Oskar has been totally card dead and managed to steal once. Limped a couple of times (in pos) with one gaps off when the whole table limped in but not as much a pair on the flops.