It's Vegas Baby

by Gamekill, 03.02.2008

My next few entries will likely be dispatches from Las Vegas Nevada. I'm planning to stay here until late March and build up my bankroll to tackle some bigger games than the ones I've been playing in for the past year...

It's been over a year since I last made it down to Las Vegas and let me tell you there was a hell of a buzz in our car yesterday as we rode in over the southern mountains from Boulder City into the epic lights of the city at night. Finally catching a glimpse of the Vegas skyline was almost as exhilirating as seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time, something I did earlier that day. My girl and I rode in her 1993 unregistered Subaru Impreza from Toronto all the way to Las Vegas. We took our time seeing the sights as we passed through the cities of Buffalo, Columbus, Indianapolis, St.Louis, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Albequerque and Flagstaff. I think the most fun we had was in the smaller towns though, Tucumcari for example, was like a time warp into the Old West. I got my family who live back home in Ottawa, a few pieces of Navajo Indian jewellery at a trading post. The second half of the trip really got me in the mood to gamble.

Now that I'm back in the entertainment capital of the world my attention is focused (or will be focused tomorrow after the Super Bowl) on my goal of playing some serious poker and turning the 6-7k I have in my front pocket into stacks and stacks of chips and bricks and bricks of cash money. I have another 7k sitting in a bank account to back me up if I run bad. I'm still not sure if I will play NL or limit, I've been playing 20/40 limit holdem lately exclusively, so I might just stick to that game and try to move into the higher games, but I also like Omaha. I'm happy to be the kindof player who can play and wants to learn various forms of poker. This way I can scope out the room and find the very best game almost all the time. But I think limit holdem is my best game at this point for sure.

I hope the $30/60 games are good at the Bellagio. If I run good in that game I can make some serious cash and It'll be my ticket to the bigger action. But word on the street is there is good action at the Venetian, Ceasar's, Wynn and Mirage as well as the Bellagio. With the middle limit action spread out like this it becomes really important to get prepared to walk up and down the strip each day in search of the best games. I think it's one of the keys to winning in Vegas at the middle limits, seeking out that juicy tourist filled mulefest. Sometimes the game you're in just ain't any good and you have to have the discipline to take a walk whether you are up or down for that session.

In my next entry I'll give you the scoop on how the action is in Vegas right now and tell you how I'm running. Also, I'll likely figure out when and if I'm heading out to the Commerce Casino in LA to take in some of that world renowned LA Classic side action.

Stay solid,

Salvatore

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