We’ve been in Vegas for a week and a half now. Jared and I haven’t been around the site too much because on top of being busy in Vegas the internet at our house has been down. I’ve put in a good number of hours at the tables. I’ve played about 20 single table satellites, and am down about 4k on those. I’ve been running really cold when it gets down to 3-4 handed. The blinds get really big at that point so you eventually have to win a 60-40 at the end to lock it up, but I haven’t been able to do that yet. The cash games have been a little better. I’m up about 3k playing 5/10 so far. I played in the 2500 6 handed bracelet event, but ran into some rough hands early on to knock me out.
The trip has been pretty interesting so far. The live poker world is a totally different animal than the online scene. Here are some of my observations from the trip so far.
Live poker sucks: I guess I’m just spoiled with internet poker, but playing full ring poker live is like watching paint dry. Occasionally people will donk it up so much it’s hard to hold back the laughter, but if the table is a bunch of boring pricks it’s hard to handle. I really enjoy the games when they get short handed, but I’m glad I don’t have to make a living playing live where you get 40 hands an hour and have to play 9 handed most of the time.
Live players are insane: I’m not sure if live poker attracts the crazy people or if it creates them, but live players have to be the most demented group of people on earth. I thought online players could be major dicks, but the ratio is much higher live. People who are otherwise civil members of society turn into huge assholes at the poker table. I guess poker is just a game that brings out the true spirit of most people. I can’t really blame them either. If all I ever played was live poker and I had to wait 3 days for AA only to have them cracked by 74o, it might start to grind on me. It might also drive me crazy if it took me a year to play the same number of hands I play online in a week. It seriously must take these people 10 years to actually figure out if they are winning players or not. Live poker is a fun break, but online poker is definitely where I want to spend most of my time.
Vegas is a great city: I’m not even talking about the casinos/night life. Our house is outside the city and I find it’s hilarious that every store in town must have slots/video poker. I walk over to the grocery store to pick up some grub, pay for it, and then I just have to throw down a bet to try to get my groceries for free. I’m 2-2 so far! Seriously, I don’t know how people have any money here. You go to the deli and can lose your kid’s tuition before you get your cold cuts and cheese. There is no reason online poker should be illegal when I can get a hair cut while playing $1 slots in Vegas.
The house is pretty pimp, and I’m sitting poolside as I write this. The Vegas weather is actually really nice. I could imagine myself owning a house here. I’d rent it out half the year, and travel the other half. I can play poker from anywhere so that type of lifestyle really appeals to me.
We have some good seats for the UFC fight tonight and will probably go check out the night life after that. I played too much live poker this week so I need to recharge before I go back to the tables. I’ll probably split my time between live and online next week. The next event I want to play in is the 5k 6 handed so there is plenty of time to make the buy in.
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