Vegas wrap up

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NewbSaibot United States. Jun 01 2012 07:34. Posts 4946

So I didnt write about Day 4 since that was sight-seeing day. Wh00sel mapped out a sick route through the suburbs of vegas to give an idea of what actually living outside of the strip in a normal area might be like. Once again I have to give major thanks for this, because it was quite refreshing after hanging out on the strip for too long. So is Vegas lifestyle for me? I think it might be. Holy fucking shit did it get hot out there, and it hasnt even reached its peak yet. But I came across plenty of nice neighborhoods with normal looking shopping districts and so forth so that as a human being you can escape the energy of Vegas and feel like a normal person living in a normal city. It was nice.

Day 5 concluded with me playing a mix of PLO and NLHE from 1/3 to 2/5. There were terrible waiting lists for everything so I kinda hopped around out of boredom since I had already checked out of my room and was basically stranded at the casino until my midnight flight home. I watched Galfond's PLO starter thats floating around on this forum somewhere and basically just hoped not to make any huge mistakes. Everyone was sitting with at least $1000, and most had $2k-$3k at a 2/5 game. It was clear they were the Aria "PLO regs" and they all seemed to know each other. Regardless I didnt see anything that really intimidated me much as there was lots of unnecessary flipping going on. At least it seemed unnecessary to me. Someone limps utg, it gets re-potted twice, and then the original limper 5bet pots like 468T single suited. I mean I dont know much about PLO but this cant be good. Players basically stacking off for 100+ BB's with KK73r on any flop etc. So I just kinda sat back and felt I could pretty easily just wait for a good flop, the few times I could actually see one, and get paid off. My high point was about $1200 before the table broke up and we started playing 5 handed. Between the stations and maniacs I felt what little edge I had nut-peddling was being diminished in repeated attempts to see a flop so I left.

It's funny how easy and natural NLHE feels after playing PLO for awhile. It's like suddenly my eyes are opened to a whole bunch of spots to play hands, and spots to GTFO. I guess PLO just forces you to think most deeply about hands and NLHE seems so shallow in comparison to it. This all turned out for the best as I finished that session +600 too, all in one day.

Anyway it felt really good to just hang out at the Aria/City Center all day, and once again had me yearning to just live there forever. The cash games are excellent, tons of players, good limits for small/midstakes grinders, decent comp system (got my room reduced to the "poker rate" and some free meals), and is just a blast to hang out in. I still dont understand how such a place was even conceived, let alone built. There is just so much attention to detail in every area of this place. How in the world it is profitable to build such a sprawling complex is beyond me.

Since I basically freerolled my entire trip on poker profit, I'm planning my next trip out immediately.

P.S. Mipwnya: Aria does not rake pots at PLO. Instead they just charge $6 every 30 minutes to play. And if the action drops to 6 players they drop the fee to $3.

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bye now