Vegas day 1and 2

After getting in around 8pm and checking in at the belliago I went to get something to eat. The line at the buffet was around the corner but I know a little trick to not have to wait. All you do is walk in thru the exit, bypassing the line and head to the bar. Few people know that at the bellaigo , the bar can seat and take money independently from the restaurant. As long as they have a Seat , you don't wait.
After eating I headed over to the poker room. With the 25k wpt event going on, it was busy. I tried to get in a couple of good games (50-100 plo and a 200-400 mixed game but they were full. I was 2nd on the list for a 25-50 game that had this guy I have played with before. He is about 30 and a good looking kid. Not sure what he does but he has a lot of money. I won about 20k off him the only time we played. He lost it while debating with orel hershier who was a better high school baseball player , him or orel. Yes you read that right. Last night he lost about 80k but I couldn't get in the game. After about 2 hours of 10-20 nlh I went to bed up 600.00. Woohoo!!
This morning I started in the spa with a steem. Then to play a little before I head to the venetian for a 500.00 deep stack tournament. Actually I didn't play many hands during the 2 hours I played but I left the table a 8k winner. The big hand was

I had 10 c -8 c.
There was a preflop raise of 200.00 and 4 callers.

The flop came 8-10-4

Seat 1 bets seat 3 moves all in for 3k. I call and seat 1 calls!

Even with 2 pair I know I am not a big favorite because at least 1 guy has an over pair and no telling what the other has.

Sure enough, seat one has a-a and seat 3 turns over j-9 for an opened end staright.

The river is a 7 and the 3 seat cheers. But after the river is an 8 , I won the pot.

I am now down at the venetian working on my tournament play. I haven't been doing that well in tournaments and with the world series coming up I need to get better !

3 plays tonight in the nba playoffs and we are really hot. Get signed up today and have a good week.
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Should I stay or should I go....

I am sitting on a plane on my way to Vegas. Now, that seems pretty harmless but for me, this time of year, at this point in my life it is a real struggle. Here's what I mean. I am going to Vegas for a meeting that I really don't have to do now, it is just important I do it before I go to Florida for the summer, in June. There is also a couple of poker tournaments going on this week and I can play in those also. I have very little going on the next few days in Oklahoma so in theory it seems like an easy decision. Well, it would be for someone that isn't codependant. I use to have no troube flying off for a couple of days when the kids were younger but now that they are a bit older, I have become a lunatic! I have a really tough time going on trips that are not "essential". Now when I start the process of deciding rather to go or not, I am pretty sane. I start with the pros and cons. On this trip that list looked something like this..

Pros- I get to go to Vegas.
- I get to eat really nice dinners and get my meeting out of the way.
- I get to play (and possibly win money ) during the week.

Cons to going- my kids and wife will miss me.
- I will miss jacks baseball practice
... And .... Well that's about all. I will be back by Thursday and I can obviously handicap nba from Vegas just like at home.

Seems like an easy decision so I book the trip.

Then.. The 2 hours before the flight is getting ready to leave it begins . My list and my confidence in leaving starts to shift. I start making the new list and it looks something like this..

Cons to leaving- what if one of the kids falls and breaks something.
- what if the house burns down.
- what if I get to Vegas and get food poisioning?
- what if something gets bombed and I can't get home?

Pros to going- I weigh 300 pounds and the last thing I need is a good meal!!

You get the idea. Of course most of this battle is unrealistic and in my head so when I get this strange look on my face as my flight time approaches, my wife starts asking questions.

" ah jack, are you aware your flight leaves in an hour?"
" honey, are you still going to Vegas?"
" jack, the house isn't going to burn down! You might want to get in the car"

All valid points. Over the last 2 years when I have a trip like this scheduled , I actually get on the plane 40 percent of the time. As I said in the beginning , I am on the plane and heading west so this was an upset. I hope everything goes ok. God please don't give me food poisioning.

We are absoultly killing the books in hoops. We have won 5 out of every 6 weeks, we are on a 24-7 run and were 2-0 yesterday!! Things are great and the hoops clients are very happy. You can get the rest of the nba season for only 399.00 ! Have a good week, I will check in later.
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