I played one hand tonight:

#Game No : 1124472062

***** Hand History for Game 1124472062 *****

$25 NL Hold’em – Sunday, October 31, 19:50:05 EDT 2004

Table Table 15675 (6 max) (Real Money)

Seat 6 is the button

Total number of players : 5

Seat 1: owenbucks ( $20.7 )

Seat 6: crazycarl26 ( $10 )

Seat 8: tlh61 ( $81.5 )

Seat 10: Daveeyboy ( $47.15 )

Seat 5: phreaux ( $25 )

owenbucks posts small blind [$0.25].

phreaux posts big blind [$0.5].

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to phreaux [ Ah Th ] – WOOHOO-FIRST HAND OF THE NIGHT!

tlh61 folds.

Daveeyboy calls [$0.5].

owenbucks calls [$0.25].

phreaux raises [$1.5]. – DAMN STRAIGHT I RAISE AT A SHORT HANDED TABLE

Daveeyboy calls [$1.5].

owenbucks calls [$1.5].

** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, 5h, 8h ]

Nick47_IL has joined the table.

owenbucks bets [$5].

phreaux calls [$5]. A BIT MORE THAN I LIKE, BUT I HAVE THE NUT FLUSH DRAW WITH OVERCARDS.

Daveeyboy is all-In.

owenbucks is all-In.

phreaux is all-In. AHHH FUCK. I HAD TO…I AM GETTING BETTER THAN 2:1 AND MY ODDS ARE APP 2:1

** Dealing Turn ** [ 4d ]

** Dealing River ** [ Jc ]

owenbucks shows [ 5s, 8c ] two pairs, eights and fives.

phreaux shows [ Ah, Th ] high card ace.

Daveeyboy shows [ 6h, 7h ] a straight, four to eight. GREAT…THERE WERE 6 CARDS THAT HAD BEAT ME, AND HE GOT ONE OF THEM.

Daveeyboy wins $22.15 from side pot #2 with a straight, four to eight.

Daveeyboy wins $8.6 from side pot #1 with a straight, four to eight.

Daveeyboy wins $60.1 from the main pot with a straight, four to eight.

THAT WAS FUN. NOTHING LIKE SETTLING IN FOR A NIGHT OF POKER AND LOSING IT ALL ON ONE DEAL OF CARDS!!!!!! I REALLY DON’T CARE, I AM JUST GLAD I WASN’T AT MY $100 TABLE.

This is what I have learned so far about poker in Vegas that I may be interested in (not inclusive of games where I have no interest such as $2-$4 Holdem or any stud…):

I found a complete list at CardPlayer and some good info at rgp.

No-limit $1 & $2 blinds $100 buy in

Aladdin, Bally’s, Excalibur, Binion’s, Cannery and the Golden Nugget.

No-limit $2 & $5 blinds $200 buy in

Bellagio

No-limit $2 & $4 blinds $200 buy in

Mandalay Bay

Medium Limit Games

Bellagio, Mandalay (6-12, 10-20)



Daily Tournaments:

Binion’s – 7 Days a Week: No-Limit Texas Hold’em $60 Buy-in: Players will start with $1,000 in Tournament chips $10 Bonus-buy: $500 Extra Tournament chips $40 Optional Re-buy (1) Registration starts at 12 p.m. Tournament starts at 2 p.m. 20 minute rounds 5% of prize money will be withheld for a drawing one hour after the tournament ends. All participants that entered the tournament & playing in a live game are eligible.

Golden Nugget - daily

Orleans – at noon.

Luxor – $25 Every day at noon and 8:30 pm; except Monday and Thursday 8:30 pm $100 Freeze Out; also Saturday and Sunday at 10 am.

Mandalay Bay – Monday through Friday 10am $30 Buy-in Texas Hold’em Freeze-out. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Evenings 6pm $60 Buy-In No Limit Texas Hold’em Freeze-Out. Sign-ups start (Day of Tournament): 7am for 10 am Tournaments and 3pm for 6pm Tournaments. Players’ in live games receive first sign-up. All Tournaments are limited to 30 players.

Sam’s Town – Friday, Saturday and Sunday Nights: No-Limit Hold’em Tournaments 7:00 PM

Sunset Station - daily

Sands – evening tournament

Sahara – Daily no limit poker tournaments $40 buy-in. One optional $20 re-buy except for Saturday, which is $60 buy-in with one optional $40 re-buy.

Weekly Tournaments (none of these are Monday or Tues, which is when I will be in LV):

Bellagio

500 + $40 buy-in No Limit Hold ‘em tournament every Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. Entries have jumpedfrom about 30 to almost 100. Event winners used to collect about $6,000, now they get about $20,000.

$1,000 + $60 buy-in No Limit Hold ‘em tournament every Friday at 5:00 p.m.

Binions’s

Friday & Saturday Evening: No-Limit Texas Hold’em

$125 Buy-in: Players will start with $1,500 in Tournament chips

$25 Bonus-buy: $500 Extra Tournament chips

$50 Optional Re-buy (1)

Registration starts at 6 p.m. Tournament starts at 8 p.m.

25 minute rounds

Sunday Evening: No-Limit Texas Hold’em

$325 Buy-in: Players will start with $2,500 in Tournament chips

Registration starts at 6 p.m. Tournament starts at 8 p.m.

30 minute rounds

Open questions:

Where is a good High $ buy-in (probably weekly) NL Holdm tournament on Monday or Tuesday? Preferably no-rebuy.

JTo

I was dealt JTo in 4 consequetive hands last night. I won all four hands. I built $50 into $190 and should have gone to bed. Instead I gave it all back.

Chairs

Let me know if you have some fold-out chairs I can borrow on Nov 14. We are a bit short of chairs right now.

Don’t forget that Fro and I are hosting a tournament in two weeks, on Sunday Nov 14th. The link to all of the information is here.

From Returning Champions. Seems appropriate for the newly wed John and soon-to-be-wed Junell: