kwolf
01-17-2006, 10:50 PM
Man, internet poker has come a long way. I went to bellagio last weekend expecting some very tough games ... I found exactly the opposite. Everybody (and I mean everybody) thinks they are Phil Ivy at that place. The tables are filled to the rim with LAG players (and I am not even talking about the games I found at bally's, easy money those) -- perfect for a TAG style. Here are some highlights ...
Pulled in a $600 pot on KK on the button ... full table of limpers, I make it 5xBB to go ... 2 callers all the way to river ... one turns over Ax (hit nothing), one a flush draw that he got on the turn.
Bought into a $230 satellite for the $1000+60 daily tournament. Half the people in the satellite had no clue they were in a tournmanet (they played it just like a money game, bascially got eaten up by the blinds) other half played very poorly -- won my seat easily.
I went pretty deep in the $1000 tourney ... started with 44, I got down to two tables left and got toasted in a set-over-set situation that I played poorly. Played with old man schulman, minneapolis jim meehan (drunk off his ass), some old guy named charlie who claimed to have written a bunch of books and constantly was giving me advice (he got busted out playing AK like shit), some punk I've seen on TV several times that nobody likes and a host of other "just missed the TV table" pros who think they are better than they are.
Overall, it was a blast ... bellagio is a great place, I can't wait to visit again. I felt like I could have played better in the big tourney, but hell it was a good learning experience for me.
Pulled in a $600 pot on KK on the button ... full table of limpers, I make it 5xBB to go ... 2 callers all the way to river ... one turns over Ax (hit nothing), one a flush draw that he got on the turn.
Bought into a $230 satellite for the $1000+60 daily tournament. Half the people in the satellite had no clue they were in a tournmanet (they played it just like a money game, bascially got eaten up by the blinds) other half played very poorly -- won my seat easily.
I went pretty deep in the $1000 tourney ... started with 44, I got down to two tables left and got toasted in a set-over-set situation that I played poorly. Played with old man schulman, minneapolis jim meehan (drunk off his ass), some old guy named charlie who claimed to have written a bunch of books and constantly was giving me advice (he got busted out playing AK like shit), some punk I've seen on TV several times that nobody likes and a host of other "just missed the TV table" pros who think they are better than they are.
Overall, it was a blast ... bellagio is a great place, I can't wait to visit again. I felt like I could have played better in the big tourney, but hell it was a good learning experience for me.