Poker Articles on 11/2004

Monday, Nov 22 2004

The last game. - Played some 4/8 Limit holdem and cut up the table with a guy from Afghanistan who had lived in Vegas for 12 years. A great guy who played for their national football team when he was a lad. In around 4 hours I was $200 up. There is a $2/5 $200 buy in gam...
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Tuesday, Nov 16 2004

Bellagio - After yesterdays poor performance, I was not looking forward but the best thing to do with demons is face them so I did and the result. Well not in the money but 27th out of a field of 140. Busted out with a short stack but ahead till the river. A much be...
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Sunday, Nov 14 2004

Overconfidence a downfall - Binions Saturday 2.00pm tourney. Arrived in plenty of time for the game played some 2-4. and then sat down for the tournament feeling like binions was my home. Won a couple of pots and then after the break tied to take a couple of limp bets out with aq f...
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Saturday, Nov 13 2004

17th out of 80 and some great poker played - Unfortunately not by me... A really good tournament with some good players, a nice structure with breaks every hour. Key hands maybe 4th hand I get kk and get all in with two players before the flop. AJ and AA . Flop comes qqx turn x and river k and I t...
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Friday, Nov 12 2004

Best laid plans of mice and men - Well didnt go to the tournament. Had a rest and got up around 11.00 pm. Went to the Excalibur and played some $1-3 limit. Limit poker is not a game I play much. But it was good to get some table time in talk to players etc. The play was loose but not craz...
First game - Had a walk around. Cant belive the amount of gambling going on at lunch time literaly thousands of people playing the slots and craps and its a beautiful day outside. Checked out 3 poker rooms nearby Excalibur, Manadlay bay and Luxor. Just to know where t...
Thursday Morning Las Vegas - Finally here. It has to be the worlds most surreal place. I am just ten miutes from the airport on the 17th floor of a mock New York skyline with the worlds largest hotel on one side of my room and an English castle on the other. I wrote a few words on t...
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