Eventful day!
It's 4:30 am and I just got back to the room. What an eventful day it has been in good ol' Las Vegas.
Since it's late and I'm too tired to get into all the gorey details, here's a quick run through of the highlights and a short summary:
-Played some 5/10 at Bellagio, standard stuff, made a few moves but couldnt make any hands. ended up a couple hundo.
-Met up with Tom and Diane again today. They wanted to play poker with me again to relive the old home games we used to play in Bloomington. Since they're normal people and not degenerates like myself, they understandably didn't want to sit in a cash game, so cheap tournament was the next best thing. Tom found a $50 20-person MTT at Imperial Palace that did the trick. They generously decided to give me an early wedding gift and pay for my entry. I protested but since they insisted to pay, I vowed take down first and win them some money. And that's just what I did. I got about $500 for first, and gave them each a benjy. I did feel bad for Diane as I knocked her out on the money bubble as my A6s trumped her 56o all in preflop.
-After that I needed to go back to work, so they offered to walk with me back to Bellagio. Once there, Diane wanted to see some named pros, so we scouted around. She got her picture taken with TJ Cloutier. I also saw Ed Miller walk in by himself. Since we were lacking named pros, I figured he would have to suffice, so I told Diane to go talk to him, and ask if he's the "Noted Poker Authority". Of course she had no idea who he was, but she did just as I instructed and he seemed overjoyed to be recognized by his 2+2 nickname. Not long later I met up with my best man's Dad and his girlfriend for a hello and then off to the tables I went again.
-As I was waiting on the list, I saw none other than Brandi Hawbaker, resident 2+2 drama princess. Of course I didn't talk to her but I did get a good chuckle reminiscing about all drama and overnight Internet poker sensation she became by her one (now deleted?) thread.
-After I got to my 5/10 game (which was incredible btw) I witnessed one of the most donktastic-borderline-brilliant hands ever, where essentially a guy calls a flop raise with TPNK oop only to turn his hand into a pure bluff on the turn, and it working. I'll have to type more details out on this one later... wow that guy was a fish and the obvious Internet player was irrate when the guy showed his hand.
-Last and certainly not least, I met Coltrane of 2+2 fame, Sunny Meta. It was kind of funny, before I knew who he was, I see Sunny sit down on my right and pull out a huge wad of hundreds, then he buys in for only $500 at the 5/10 game. Naturally I found this quite odd. Not long after, a couple of obvious internet poker nerds come over to him and start talking about how it's so amazing they are only down a 1200 or so after "serious stripper tilt" and the usage of other poker terms being bastardized by describing real life..haha... It was quite funny, but of course I mind my own business. Anyway a bit later there's a lull in the action, so I decide to ask if those were his Internet poker friends, and he replied they were, inquiring how I could tell. I told him that it was an "easy read" so to speak and I knew a lot of internet players and I'm one of them. He then told me he actually knew them from a poker forum, not actually playing. You can see where this is going. Once I find out who he is, of course I knew right away that he's working on the newest 2+2 nl book. Turns out one of his friends (or "geek squad" as he jokingly referred to them) was none other than Matt Flynn who is co-authoring the book. How cool is that?
So I was highly impressed with Sunny as a person and a player. I had a really enjoyable conversation with him, and I hope I'll be able talk with him more, especially about poker strategy. Unfortunately we were in a must-move game, and not long after I got moved to the main game and didn't get to talk to him much more.
-Around 4:15am I decide it's time to get back to the room, and I quickly cash out and make my way to the front of the Bellagio, trying to avoid eye contact with some of Vegas's finest (and, uh, not-so-finest) ladies of the night. Probably by then they were on at least sloppy 23rds. ick.
Well this was supposed to be a quick entry but I guess I rambled. Coming up on 5am now so time to get some rest and go back to the poker grind.
later,
Aaron
Since it's late and I'm too tired to get into all the gorey details, here's a quick run through of the highlights and a short summary:
-Played some 5/10 at Bellagio, standard stuff, made a few moves but couldnt make any hands. ended up a couple hundo.
-Met up with Tom and Diane again today. They wanted to play poker with me again to relive the old home games we used to play in Bloomington. Since they're normal people and not degenerates like myself, they understandably didn't want to sit in a cash game, so cheap tournament was the next best thing. Tom found a $50 20-person MTT at Imperial Palace that did the trick. They generously decided to give me an early wedding gift and pay for my entry. I protested but since they insisted to pay, I vowed take down first and win them some money. And that's just what I did. I got about $500 for first, and gave them each a benjy. I did feel bad for Diane as I knocked her out on the money bubble as my A6s trumped her 56o all in preflop.
-After that I needed to go back to work, so they offered to walk with me back to Bellagio. Once there, Diane wanted to see some named pros, so we scouted around. She got her picture taken with TJ Cloutier. I also saw Ed Miller walk in by himself. Since we were lacking named pros, I figured he would have to suffice, so I told Diane to go talk to him, and ask if he's the "Noted Poker Authority". Of course she had no idea who he was, but she did just as I instructed and he seemed overjoyed to be recognized by his 2+2 nickname. Not long later I met up with my best man's Dad and his girlfriend for a hello and then off to the tables I went again.
-As I was waiting on the list, I saw none other than Brandi Hawbaker, resident 2+2 drama princess. Of course I didn't talk to her but I did get a good chuckle reminiscing about all drama and overnight Internet poker sensation she became by her one (now deleted?) thread.
-After I got to my 5/10 game (which was incredible btw) I witnessed one of the most donktastic-borderline-brilliant hands ever, where essentially a guy calls a flop raise with TPNK oop only to turn his hand into a pure bluff on the turn, and it working. I'll have to type more details out on this one later... wow that guy was a fish and the obvious Internet player was irrate when the guy showed his hand.
-Last and certainly not least, I met Coltrane of 2+2 fame, Sunny Meta. It was kind of funny, before I knew who he was, I see Sunny sit down on my right and pull out a huge wad of hundreds, then he buys in for only $500 at the 5/10 game. Naturally I found this quite odd. Not long after, a couple of obvious internet poker nerds come over to him and start talking about how it's so amazing they are only down a 1200 or so after "serious stripper tilt" and the usage of other poker terms being bastardized by describing real life..haha... It was quite funny, but of course I mind my own business. Anyway a bit later there's a lull in the action, so I decide to ask if those were his Internet poker friends, and he replied they were, inquiring how I could tell. I told him that it was an "easy read" so to speak and I knew a lot of internet players and I'm one of them. He then told me he actually knew them from a poker forum, not actually playing. You can see where this is going. Once I find out who he is, of course I knew right away that he's working on the newest 2+2 nl book. Turns out one of his friends (or "geek squad" as he jokingly referred to them) was none other than Matt Flynn who is co-authoring the book. How cool is that?
So I was highly impressed with Sunny as a person and a player. I had a really enjoyable conversation with him, and I hope I'll be able talk with him more, especially about poker strategy. Unfortunately we were in a must-move game, and not long after I got moved to the main game and didn't get to talk to him much more.
-Around 4:15am I decide it's time to get back to the room, and I quickly cash out and make my way to the front of the Bellagio, trying to avoid eye contact with some of Vegas's finest (and, uh, not-so-finest) ladies of the night. Probably by then they were on at least sloppy 23rds. ick.
Well this was supposed to be a quick entry but I guess I rambled. Coming up on 5am now so time to get some rest and go back to the poker grind.
later,
Aaron
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