Planning for Vegas
In my typical anal fashion I've been reading about all the poker tournaments in Vegas and planning my itinerary with meticulous detail. 2 weeks to go and I'm largely decided what my plans are.
Things are complicated because the casino with the best structured mid-level tournies (the ~200 at the Venetian) aren't running. The Venetian instead is running a deep-stack series of tournaments with buyins while I am there of 540 and 1060. The tournaments will probably last more than 1 day - with the final table running on the second day. I'd love to play in one of these - it will probably be as close to a World-Series type event that I will get. Deep stacked, big(ish) buy-in in Vegas and a tournament with some seriously good poker players in. Not the best - but pretty good. I'd learn loads if I played in one of these.
The timing of the events isn't ideal. On the Thursday is a $540 - but I'll have only arrived on the Weds and will be jet-lagged so I would really struggle later in the day, a $1060 on the Friday - too big a buy-in for me - and a $540 on the Saturday, but I'd be flying home before the tournament is finished on the Sunday.
I'd probably be best off playing in the Saturday tournament as there is a very very high chance I wouldn't be needed on the second day. I'd only make it there 2-3% of the time if I was an average player, but it would be like buying a ticket for the lottery but not being eligible for the jackpot.
As it is I'll play a couple of satellites to the Thursday event, and see how things go.
I also plan to play regular tournaments in the Mirage, Caesars (last time I went the buyin was too high for me here), Sahara (at least once, but probably more if the cash runs low as the buy-ins are cheap), Binions (so I can say I have), the TI and possibly Orleans.
Possibilities for cash games are the IP where I'm staying, Bally's, Excalibur, the MGM and all the ones I mentioned above.
Not that I've thought about the trip much or anything. In actual fact I've been thinking about it since I got back from the last one. I won't enjoy the trip as much as the last one, as it was fantastic spending time with my family while I was there and it will be a very solitary trip, but I'm still looking forward to this ludicrously.
Things are complicated because the casino with the best structured mid-level tournies (the ~200 at the Venetian) aren't running. The Venetian instead is running a deep-stack series of tournaments with buyins while I am there of 540 and 1060. The tournaments will probably last more than 1 day - with the final table running on the second day. I'd love to play in one of these - it will probably be as close to a World-Series type event that I will get. Deep stacked, big(ish) buy-in in Vegas and a tournament with some seriously good poker players in. Not the best - but pretty good. I'd learn loads if I played in one of these.
The timing of the events isn't ideal. On the Thursday is a $540 - but I'll have only arrived on the Weds and will be jet-lagged so I would really struggle later in the day, a $1060 on the Friday - too big a buy-in for me - and a $540 on the Saturday, but I'd be flying home before the tournament is finished on the Sunday.
I'd probably be best off playing in the Saturday tournament as there is a very very high chance I wouldn't be needed on the second day. I'd only make it there 2-3% of the time if I was an average player, but it would be like buying a ticket for the lottery but not being eligible for the jackpot.
As it is I'll play a couple of satellites to the Thursday event, and see how things go.
I also plan to play regular tournaments in the Mirage, Caesars (last time I went the buyin was too high for me here), Sahara (at least once, but probably more if the cash runs low as the buy-ins are cheap), Binions (so I can say I have), the TI and possibly Orleans.
Possibilities for cash games are the IP where I'm staying, Bally's, Excalibur, the MGM and all the ones I mentioned above.
Not that I've thought about the trip much or anything. In actual fact I've been thinking about it since I got back from the last one. I won't enjoy the trip as much as the last one, as it was fantastic spending time with my family while I was there and it will be a very solitary trip, but I'm still looking forward to this ludicrously.
posted by PP at 9:51 PM
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