My 4th Of July

Hello everyone.  Well, so much for the best laid plans...  After being surprisingly disciplined over the past few weeks, refraining from poker for 14 days so that I could move, unpack, etc.., I had decided to play three sessions over the holiday weekend.  If you'll recall, the Flamingo Tournament two weeks ago was the last time I had played.  I was in a 4-way chop for first, getting back $680.00 for my $60.00 buy-in.  With my new resolve to play tournaments, I naturally found myself in cash games Saturday at the Flamingo.  It seems that I'm following in the footsteps of several of my poker-blogging friends, planning to do one thing, and then doing another...  ;)  Speaking of poker blogs, I'm going to get my blog that's dedicated to poker rolling now, so I'll be writing a more detailed summary of this weekend's play at Three Chips Poker.  Any of you who have spent time around me in the last ten years should get the 'three chips' moniker.  :)  Anyway, I made $100.00 on Saturday.  I made $34.00 in no-limit, then $5.00 in limit, followed by another $61.00 in no-limit.  I'm FINALLY starting to use game selection as more of a factor in my play.  If you'll notice, I also don't mind jumping between limit and no-limit games.  

Now let's talk about "Sunday..."  I stayed home longer than I had planned during the day, and didn't begin playing poker until almost 9:00 p.m. Sunday night.  Again, details on this session will be available at that link above in the near future.  I'll be writing that post right after I publish this one.  However, a few highlights for you now...  The 2-4 limit looked promising, so I sat as a new game was seated.  I was up $35.00 in less than two hours, and concluded that playing poker was just like printing money...  The highlight of this session was looking over the the 2-4 table closest to the Strip shortly after darkness fell.  I saw a dealer and ten chip stacks.  It seems that the WHOLE TABLE went outside to watch the fireworks.  I'm not joking...  :)  And yes, the Strip had fireworks on the 3rd, my days are right...  Anyway, maybe an hour later, and I'm now DOWN $23.00 for my 2-4 session, and I decide that limit sucks.  That's when I switched to a no-lmit game (around midnight), and after playing a short while, I got up and went home at 6:00 p.m., EIGHTEEN HOURS LATER...  I finished up $78.00 for that session, a net of +55 for the "day."  As I said, click on the link above, and you'll find the poker details there, including how a guy rivered a one-out straight flush to win a pot, and how I played a flopped royal-flush draw.  I have never had a royal flush in live play...

Now let's cover some general Vegas things...  While playing poker this weekend, a guy sitting by me bought a pack of cigarettes from the casino girl who walks around selling them and other assorted items (gum, candy, flowers, etc...).  The box of Marlboro Reds cost him FOURTEEN dollars...  I was at the bank today when a guy from out of town comes up to the teller right next to my line, and he makes a request to withdraw $6,000.00 in cash.  That's when you know you're in Las Vegas...  So, today was a stay at home day for me.  After that 21-hour session, I went to sleep at about 9:00 p.m. last night, woke up a few times, paid my rent today, and then slept for about another six hours this afternoon.  I see some more poker in my future this week and coming weekend...  :)  Anyway, this is blog day, and I have another one to write, so I'll touch base again with you soon.  Hope that you had fun on the 4th, and that you have a great weekend...