I'm Back, and I Won (Something)

[shipitfish]

As you know, I didn't go too far in the tourney, but I at least won in the Vegas cash games. The downside is that I didn't win enough to pay the expenses (unless I count the $500 Full Tilt gave me for expenses, which I probably should). I ended up about $200, but expenses were around $700.

In other news, I won my prop bet with W.D. It appears there were at least 8,500 people registered for the tourney.

I look forward to going back to mundane poker. I really enjoyed Vegas. There is clearly lots of money to be made in the lower NL HE games ($1/$2 through $2/$5). however, the truth is I had the most fun in the break-even EV mixed games I played.

I look forward to going back, but it is going to have to be in the winter. I can't take the Vegas heat. Even though everything is air-conditioned, there is still waiting in cab lines and other times you can't avoid it. And, those who tell you there is no humidity in Vegas so it doesn't feel as hot are lying to you. Monday was very dry heat and not so bad, but the rest of the week felt nearly as humid as good old New York City. It'll be November before I even consider going back to Vegas.

Oh, and the Wynn poker room rate is well worth it! Thanks to all who told me about it. For $135 or so a night, you can stay in the nicest hotel rooms on the strip, with only the requirement of six hours in some of the best games. (I highly recommend the $1/$3 game there for lower bankroll folks like myself who can handle deep stack games.)

I have many posts to right about some interesting poker situations; they'll be coming in the weeks to come. All of them sit as rough notes now.

Comments

[johnsu01.livejournal.com]

The only time I went to Vegas it was also in the summer, and, yeah. I won't do that again either.

[shipitfish.livejournal.com]

Yeah, all of Vegas seems to be a monument to the pointlessness of human (er, maybe USAmerican) ingenuity to just outright ignore what the climate is telling you: lots of humans don't belong living here, let alone the largest water and electricity consumption in the country.

I should admit, though, that I will go back to Vegas in the summer again, but only if I win a main event seat. It certainly isn't worth it for the fast-blind smaller tournies like the one I played. I can play that sort of thing online any day of the week, without the heat. :)

Gambling ban hurts the environment

[(Anonymous)]

It's interesting how most jursidictions banning gambling pushed the activity out to the desert, where the only way of sustaining growth is to allow it. So really, all the anti-gambling laws hurt the environment.

Re: Gambling ban hurts the environment

[shipitfish.livejournal.com]

That's a very interesting way of looking at it; I hadn't even thought of that. I think the connection is correct, although it's on a large time scale — it took many years of bad gambling legislation to bring us to this bad environmental impact. I wonder; could we get Al Gore onto a pro-poker stand based on this theory?