Complete Vegas Trip Report with Pictures |
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Posted Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:34 pm GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
You can read the segments in my blog, but here is the whole story, including some pictures I took.
Day One
Okay, so I was supposed to get to Vegas on Monday after spending two days in LA with some friends. Unfortunately, my friends totally shafted me, and after sleeping in a disgusting, noisy party-apartment (after a 6-hour drive, which made me just slightly irritable) for one night, I was out a place to sleep, so I said f*ck it and headed straight for Vegas, arriving in the afternoon. Fortunately, I was able to book my room at Imperial for another night, but that was an extra $80 I never intended to spend. Oh well, that's life.
A View of the Strip.
Imperial Palace is a crappy, run down hotel and casino. The rooms are decent, but about all they're good for is sleeping. The elevators were excruciatingly slow, but the room service menu actually had some tasty items for a reasonable price. The only thing that really makes Imperial worth the effort is the location and the price. It is located very close to Caesar's, Bellagio, Mirage, and Venetian (no more than a 10-15 minute walk from each), but it costs $40 fewer per night (at least) than any of those hotels. That's pretty nice.
Anyway, the first thing I did was take a shower and a nap... that got me feeling human again. Then, I ordered some food and decided to go explore a little bit. My initial intention was to head out and check out the Poker rooms not only at Imperial, but at neighboring Harrah's and Venetian as well. Well, that didn't work out so well, as I ended up in the Imperial game for awhile.
Imperial Poker Room Review
By far the crappiest room I visited. There were very few tables, the only games running were $2/$4 limit and $1/$2 NL ($200 max buy-in). The tables themselves were low quality, there were no automatic shufflers, and the room is in a very poor location, completely open to the noise and smoke of the main floor. Blech. I give this room 1 Star out of 5.
I played in the $1/$2 NL game, and did not perform especially well. I bought in for $100, and since the table norm was either 7-way limped pots or a raise to $15-$20, I figured I would play very tight, try to limp in LP with marginal hands, and otherwise rely on reraising people who raised to $15 with hands like KJ or 66.
One hand, I have   on the button, EP had raised to $10, there were 2 callers in front of me, I smooth called, and the SB called. The flop came    . The SB checked, the very loose and wild EP raiser bet $20, and everyone folded to me. The SB probably didn't have anything, and given EP's tendencies, there was no reason to put him on anything other than 2 overs, potentially without even a heart. Hence, with like $70 in the pot already, I shoved for $88 more. The SB literally insta-called, and EP folded, so I was pretty sure I was crushed already. Nope, he couldn't wait to get his chips in with   ... as it turned out, he wasn't in that bad of shape against me, but the fact that he called as though he had the nuts is ghastly, as he might be lucky to have 9 full outs there. He of course rivered a  , and there is minus one buy-in for me.
I rebought for another $100, and I quickly got back to even when I flopped a set of 9's, checked the same aggressive player in EP, who bet my stack, and I made a Hellmuth-like patented lightning fast call... he had the monster second pair with a King kicker, lol.
Soon enough, I picked up   , and I raised to $10 UTG. LP called, and the button called. When the flop came    , I bet out $20, and LP called me. I thought, "sweet, he has a King, and I'm going to get paid all the way by this calling station." The button folded. However, when the turn came the  , my hopes turned to ashes. The action went check-check, but I knew he had a King. River was a blank, I checked again, and he checked behind with K9!!! How can he possibly check that hand? Didn't matter, I wasn't going to pay him off anyway. After that, my stack slowly dwindled back down to about $100.
My final hand was a botched squeeze play. I limped in EP with  , the aggressive player raised to $15, and there were 2 callers in between. The raiser doesn't figure to have a big hand and thinks I only raise with big pairs. The other 2 guys can't have that good of hands, or they would have reraised. With like $50 of dead money out there, I made a play at the pot and shoved for $90 more, clearly representing Aces or Kings. The first two players folded relatively quickly, and the LP player (the same one who check trip K's on the end) thought and thought and thought before finally calling with   . I don't get it; what does he think I have? No way he read me for A6s, so is he just praying I have AK? No point in trying to reason out some players. I didn't get saved by the board, and I ended up down $200 for the night. I didn't have to make that play, or even necessarily limp in EP with that hand, but I think the play has a reasonably high rate of success (I had actually made a similar squeeze with TT earlier and won without a showdown), but there probably wasn't a really good reason I had to make it against such donktastic players.
Leads me to a funny point. That guy made a good call with TT, but I doubt he made it for the right reasons. There is a thin line between genius and stupidity in Poker, and sometimes the only difference between a play being perceived as good or bad is who makes the play. If Phil Ivey made that call, it would be brilliant, and everyone would think so. But that player didn't think about any factors like ranges or pot odds, or even consider the fact I'd limped preflop; he just wasn't going to lay down two 10's, and clearly thought they were worth $90 more. He is literally ahead of me less than 5% of the time I make that exact play (because usually I'm only doing that with AA or KK, occasionally QQ or AK... this time it just looked like a good situation to squeeze). Unfortunately, Poker doesn't reward reasoning, only equity, so I guess he made a "good" call.
I was digusted with myself and went back to my room.
Signs you lead a degenerate lifestyle.
Day Two
After getting up and feeding myself, my first destination was the Poker Room at Harrah's. Not horrible, but not great (review to follow). I sat down in a $1/$2 NL game, made about $31 back from the night before, and called it quits after about an hour, because I had more to see.
Harrah's Poker Room Review
Defintely a few steps up from Imperial. They have a decent-sized room, and one of the big pluses is that it's fully enclosed, and thus isolated from all the noise and smoke of the main floor. The tables are decent, and all have automatic shufflers and built-in cup-holders. Makes things run much more smoothly in my opinion. The downsides are as follows: the game selection is poor; mostly low stakes NL and Limit Hold'em. The room just doesn't have the prestige, appeal, or flavor of other rooms, and isn't that special. Still, for its amenities, I give the room 3 out of 5 Stars.
After Harrah's, I caught a shuttle to the Rio to check out the sites and sounds of the World Series of Poker. I was not disappointed.
Although it was a long walk to the Amazon Room from the main Rio entrance, it was a chance for the excitement to build. Once inside, I was captured by what seemed to be a universe dedicated entirely to Poker. The electricity in the air was palpable, and you couldn't look more than 5 or 10 feet without seeing at least one or two players you'd recognize from TV. The place was packed with pros, amateurs, railbirds, fans, waitresses, officials, and all-around degenerates. I was surprised to find that much of the main floor was reserved for a giant number of live satellites and cash games. I was completely unprepared for the cash games, because some were huge. I saw several tables where pros mingled with rich flounders playing Chinese Poker for $100 a point, and in one area, I saw $100/$200 Limit Hold'em, $25/$25 Pot-Limit Omaha with a Mississippi straddle (that's a $50 bet on the button for those unfamiliar with the term), $75/$150 Omaha 8-or-Better (Mark Gregorich, perhaps the best cash Omaha-8 player alive, was at that table), $25/$50 No Limit Hold'em with $50,000+ on the table, and even $50/$100 Stud 8-or-Better (ah, if only I had the money). Of course, lower limit games abounded as well. There were literally dozens of $2/$5 and $5/$10 No Limit Hold'em games running, some with large stacks of chips on the table. I ended up playing some $4/$8 Limit here, and made out pretty well. In one instance, I flopped sets two hands in a row for a hefty profit. Up $128 in that game.
Rio Poker Room (Amazon Room) Review
I understand now why some pros travel the circuit simply to play the side games; they get huge. At the middle limit and above, there is pretty good game selection, the rake is low, and the atmosphere is electric, because you can be sitting, as I did, across the aisle from Erik Seidel or some other big name. That's pretty cool, and earns the Rio a 4 star rating during the World Series in my humble opinion.
However, I had heard some negatives. On Cardplayer TV, Todd Witteles mentioned that while Harrah's continued to run cash games and satellites on the main floor, many WSOP players were forced to play in a poorly-ventilated, non-air-conditioned tent. Both Todd and I feel this is inexcusable. Harrah's first priority MUST be the players of the WSOP, and much of the happenings down at the Rio this year seem to indicate that Harrah's still has little to no idea on how a Poker tournament should be run.
WSOP Sights, Sounds, and Stories
The Razz event was down to its last 5 tables or so, and to say they were star-studded is an understatement. Tables included Jennifer Harman (who is even smaller in real life... she can't be more than 5 feet and about 100 pounds), Gavin Griffin, Chau Giang, David Oppenheim, Amnon Filipi, Mark Vos (who later made the final table), Men "The Master" Nguyen, Eskimo Clark, Mickey Appleman, Chuck Thompson, Tom McEvoy, David Sklansky, and Annie Duke. Further down, the $3000 No Limit Hold'em event was down to only 3 tables, and Thomas Wahlroos, Perry Friedman, Evelyn Ng (who, if possible, is even hotter in person), and none other than Mr. Phil Hellmuth, who had attracted a huge contingent of spectators.
Three stories warrant mention.
The first involves the health of Eskimo Clark, who apparently had collapsed the day before. He began lookign very pale at the table, and complained of chest pain. EMT's were brought in, and spectators seemed alarmed. Jennifer Harman and several other pros, however, seemed remarkably unconcerned. As the EMT's brought Eskimo's 300-pound body down to the floor (it took four of them to do it), Jennifer turned to the gallery, rolled her eyes, and said "this is the third time this has happened." It remains unclear whether Eskimo had suffered a heart attack, a stroke, or just a bad beat, but 30 minutes later, he was still alive, and everyone was playing as though nothing happened (remarkably, Eskimo managed to make the final table and finish in 4th place the following day). Anyone who says Poker isn't a physically demanding pursuit has clearly never met Eskimo Clark.
The second story revolves around Annie Duke and her bustout from the Razz event. She immediately picks up her things, hops over the rail (or rope, as the case may be), and heads straight for the short-handed event. I followed her along the rail to see where she was going. As I arrived, she began ranting to her good friend Erik Seidel, saying "why did I do that? Why did I play that f*cking event? I HATE that game!" Everyone hates Razz, Annie.
The third story occurs during the last two tables of the $3000 No Limit Hold'em event, and our favorite, Phil Hellmuth. Phil was short-stacked for much of this event, but was still in good spirits, and always the showman. At one point, he addressed his fans (and probably his detractors as well), saying "it's all about patience. That's how I win these things--I don't blow up." Ironically, two hands later, Phil lost about a third of his remaining stack, shot out of his chair, tossed his hands in the air and let loose a string of expletives to no one in particular. The moment Phil was up out of his chair, cameras from both ESPN and fans on the rail were out within seconds.
My friend Preet happened to be in town, and we met down at the Rio. After taking in the action and catching a bite, we decided to head down to the MGM Grand at his suggestion, as he said he liked the room there.
MGM Grand Poker Room Review
The pros of this room are its decent size, its lower than average rake structure, automatic shufflers at the table, and its excellent service. However, a few things bug me about the room. One is that the room wraps around a huge pillar and wall that makes the room difficult to navigate. Another is the poor game selection--like so many rooms, it's almost entirely low stakes Limit and No Limit Hold'em. The most annoying thing, however, is that all the tables have a strip of marble around the edges that forms a "ledge" against the felt that can topple chip stacks or expose cards. Overall, I'd say it's worth 3 stars.
I played in the $1/$2 NL game, buying in for $100, and I was pretty much card dead. I got blinded down to $62 after posting the big blind, and I looked down at the best hand I'd had all night: . Two limps, a raise to $10 from a loose player, and a reraise to $30 from another loose, highly aggressive (and likely drunk) player. So I did the only thing I could: I shipped it in. Everyone folded back to the reraiser who called with   . The   flop gave me 18 outs, but I bricked out, and that was the end of my buy-in and my evening, as I was getting tired. Down $100 in that game.
Day Three
This was to be a busy day, as I wanted to hit up Caesar's and Bellagio before Phil's final table got underway (I was under the impression it began at 4, not 2).
Caesar's Palace Poker Room Review
I like the room at Caesar's. For one thing, it's completely closed off--it's down a long hallway from the sports book, so there is almost no noise interference and no smoke from the rest of the casino. It's a good sized, good-looking room, and they seemed pretty friendly there. Most, but not all, tables have automatic shufflers, but again, not much game selection besides low stakes Hold'em. The $1/$2 NL has a good structure though, where you buy-in for as much as $500, so you can play much deeper stacked than at other rooms (the downside being, the competition is a bit harder). Also, though I did not play a tournament, and I glanced at the structures, and Caesar's probably has the best daily tournaments in town, with as good a structure as you can find for less than a $300 entry. Tables were very nice, with built-in cup holders, and the chairs were all cushioned and had swivels for ease of movement. Definitely a 4-star room.
The Poker Room at Caesar's Palace.
I played a little $3/$6 limit there, and this hand pissed me off royally. I lost the pot because not one, but two people played their hands terribly and cost me the pot. We were seven-handed, and the first two players folded. A loose-passive old man limped in before me, and I raised it up with . The button cold called, the blinds folded, and the old man called. Flop was excellent:    . Old man checked, I bet, the button called, and the old man called. Turn  . Checked to me, I bet, both call. River was a , which I thought was a good card, especially after the old man checked. I bet, the button called, and the old man now raised... crap, does he have like   ? I had to call because of the pot (plus, so many low stakes players bet out when they have the flush because they are terrified of the check-behind), and so did the button. Old man had the frickin  ... guess he had TWO backdoor draws on the flop, what a monster. Then I saw the button's hand, and I was pissed.  ! Wtf, how does she never raise? Seriously, if she 3-bets preflop or raises the flop, the old man is ditching, and I'm winning that pot (albeit getting quite lucky). Instead, she says "I thought you had pocket Aces." Wtf? One time in my life I wish someone was MORE aggressive, because her passivity cost me that pot. Down $31 in that game.
Bellagio Poker Room Review
What can anyone say? It's pretty much Mecca for Poker players. It has the name, the recognition, the size. It has Bobby's Room. Great tables, good choice of games and limits at the middle stakes and higher (I'm for sure coming back here when my roll is built up). Plus, it's just awesome to know you're playing in the room (or next to it, anyway) where Doyle, Chip, Phil, and Barry play for ultra high stakes on a near daily basis. The only downside I can see to the room is that for low stakes players, like those who primarily read this blog, the room can seem intimidating and slightly unfriendly. Bellgio takes care of its high rollers, but in my experience they don't do much for the little guys. But it's still enough for a near-perfect rating, four and a half stars.
One view of Bellgio Poker Room with the high stakes area in the back.
A second view of Bellagio with Bobby's Room in the back.
The Big Game wasn't going while I was there, thanks to the World Series, but Greg Raymer and a few other guys were playing a $400/$800 mixed game on the dais (there is a raised area for the high limits that don't include the big game), which was cool to see, but they won't let anyone just sit there and watch for more than a few seconds. I played some $4/$8 limit, lost a little bit (down $48), then headed over to the Rio.
Stories from the World Series
Literally three minutes after I walked in, a huge pot brewed at the final table of the $3000 No Limit Hold'em event, where Phil Hellmuth was going for #12. Brett Richey, Phil Hellmuth, and Beth Shak all got it all-in preflop. The hands? Brett with , Beth with  , and Phil with !!! The gallery was going crazy, and I couldn't really see what was happening, and the word came down that it was Phil with the black Kings, not the black Aces. During the play of the hand, someone tapped me on the shoulder, I turned, and it was none other than Andrew Black! In his awesome Irish accent he asked me what was going on, and I told him what I knew, but said I wasn't sure if Phil had the Aces or Kings. The Aces ended up splitting the pot, and several spectators tried to call over tournament officials to ask what the action was. None of them answers until Black whistles and asks one of them personally. Of course, they tell him. Tourney officials, kinda douche bags. Afterward, Black said thanks, wished everyone luck, and headed out.
A very poor photo of the televised final table
The whole incident got me thinking. Watching the pros, the tourney officials, and the reporters, something really hit me. In the Poker world, if you're not an insider, you truly are an outsider, in every way imaginable. There is little appreciable difference between wide-eyed fans and degenerate gamblers: railbirds are railbirds, and don't really mean shit. Some of the players were nice to the fans, while others completely ignored them. Made me realize how much of a nobody I am in the Poker world, not that that's a bad thing necessarily. But the fact is, I'm a micro stakes player with no connections, and that means I'm a nobody. Maybe someday I'll be a somebody, maybe not. Even the somebodies got their share of problems. Poker in many ways is the last great frontier society: your word and your reputation are everything, and the only things that stand between you and the outsiders.
Anyway, other major happenings of the day were two women at two final tables, both with chip leads. At the NL event, there was Beth Shak, and in the Razz event, there was Katja Thater. Phil Hellmuth eventually busted to Beth Shak in 6th place, and drew huge applause from the crowd (whether the applause was for the accomplishment or the bust-out is a matter of contention). Phil is a great player though, and I don't know how he does it, but I'd put money on him to get to #12 before Doyle or Johnny catches up to him with #11. I actually spent a good chunk of time watching the Razz event, watching Katja Thater knock out one opponent after another (including the alive and well Eskimo Clark in 4th place). Briefly, I was standing next to Greg Mueller watching the action, and Thater eventually triumphed, drawing an 8-5 low on the river to beat her opponent's 8-6. Seeing the bracelet awarded was definitely cool.
Katja Thater and her monster chip lead heads-up.
Beth Shak was not as lucky, as she lost the chip lead to Shankar Pillai in heads-up play, and soon pushed all in on a T-8-x board. Shankar thought a long time before calling with A8, and was overjoyed when Beth turned over K8. A turn and river later, Shankar was the champion.
I played in the $4/$8 game at the Rio again, and made another decent run, mostly from scooping in a gigantic pot against a surly gentleman. This was funny, because right before the hand, he was quoted verbatim as saying "Pot odds don't mean shit in limit Hold'em. People just say that when they have bad hands and draw out on me." Hilarious. Anyway, in this hand, I had  in LP, and limped after 3 limpers. The flop came  , and there was a bet and call to me. I made a position raise, both for potential value and to possibly buy a free card if I needed it. The initial bettor, the non-pot-odds-believing surly gentleman, 3-bet it, and the player on his left made it 4 bets. I called, thinking that was a cap, but then the surly gentleman made it 5 bets, the actual cap. So there went 15 bets into the pot, and boom, the  hit the turn. The surly dude bet again, the next player called, and I of course raised. Surly calls, and the other player now folds for a reason I can't imagine. The the  hits the river and he bets into me, and I'm thinking I'm done, as he probably filled up. But I obviously called, as he might have the here. As I called, I said, "did you fill up?" and he said "No." I was puzzled. "No?" I asked as he turned over his and I flipped up my nut flush. It was at this point he called me a "slow-rolling f*ck." Apparently asking him a question before turning my hand over is now slowrolling... I turned my hand up as soon as he said no, and most certainly did not slowroll him. He left several hands later, and someone said, "well, he was unpleasant." I have no clue why he would bet KQ on the end there. That seriously has no expectation. The only hands that will fold are worse hands; trips or a flush ain't laying down for one bet... unless you don't believe in pot odds. Up $107 in that game.
On my way out of the Rio, I stopped by the Poker kitchen for some grub, and who should be there but Mr. David Sklansky himself! I had my Theory of Poker with me, and I asked him to sign it. He was a really nice guy and even addressed it to me personally. Very cool experience; I let him know that his books have more than paid for themselves.
My signed Theory of Poker that says "To David, play well AND lucky. -David Sklansky"
Anyway, I caught the shuttle back to Caesar's, which is right across the street from Imperial Palace. That would have been easy enough, except that it dropped me on the exact opposite end of Caesar's that I needed to be. So I began walking the mile or so through the casino back to where I first came in (that's not that much of an exaggeration, seriously). Of course, where I came in was a one-way walkway, and I couldn't use it. So I kept going through the Forum Shops, hoping to find an exit to no avail. At the very end of the casino I saw a long hallway where a few people were exiting. I took it, only to find myself facing the Rio! I was clear over near the Mirage. I tried walking around the building, and suddenly found myself in Caesar's dungeon. I passed loading docks, the cooling station (which was overflowing with liquid... I'd hate to think how much juice that thing takes), and a vent that seemed to be blowing a hot fart straight in my face for about 20 meters. Eventually, after walking up a 6-inch wide walkway in the face of oncoming traffic, I was at the front entrance, where I needed to be. From there, I crossed the street to IP. I had a notion that I might go see the Bally's Poker Room, but after that little adventure, I was beat, and headed back to my room to catch two hours of the USPC and then Poker After Dark.
Day Four
Not as much to say today, as I never made it down to the Rio. I did however get a chance to play at both Mirage and Venetian.
Mirage Poker Room Review
The Mirage has an "old time" Poker Room feel, befitting its place as the former center of the Poker universe in pre-Bellagio days. It's actually a decent room with a good number of tables and a LOT of limit action. It's also about the only room I've found that spreads low limit 7-Card Stud and Omaha 8-or-Better, very helpful to know for my next trip. The downsides to the room are an absence of places to put drinks off the tables and its proximity to the noise and smoke of the sports book and the main floor, although some tables are more isolated than others. If you're looking for Sit-n-go action, the Mirage also has you covered there, as they run a whole host of low buy-in tournaments, scheduled or on demand. Those more interested in No Limit cash games would probably be better served at another room. Still definitely a 3-and-a-half Star room.
I sat down to play some $1-$5 Stud, a fun game, but one that you should play exceedingly tight (since there is no ante, only a $1 bring-in for the low card). I would have done pretty well in the game, except for a hand where my rolled up Aces got crushed as follows:
Me: (A-A) A-4-6
Villain: (T-T) 5-5-T
We put in a huge number of $5 bets on 5th street, and I never filled up, so I had to ship him a huge pot. Sucks when rolled up trips loses, especially Aces. I still managed to come up ahead in the game, but to tell you the truth, there probably isn't much for the taking there. I would have been better served in the $5/$10 kill Omaha-8 game, but for some reason I didn't play it. After that, I headed over to Venetian.
Venetian Poker Room Review
At the entrance of the Poker Room, there is a huge banner that reads, "The Future of Poker," and I believe it. Everything about Venetian is simply awesome, and the facility has something for everyone. They have limit, No Limit (the $1/$2 game has a max buy-in of $300, which I like, even though I only played for $100), and even some additional games at the middle and high limits (officials said that weekends sometimes see a $200/$400 mixed game, the biggest outside Bellagio). The other awesome thing about Venetian this time of year is the Deepstack Extravaganza tournaments, which are awesome for anyone looking for an excellent structure for a fraction of the price of a WSOP event (I saw the structures, and the $330 events potentially have more play than the $1500 or $2000 events at the Series), a great deal for those of us with limited bankrolls. With lots of tables (which are second to none in quality, by the way), a relaxing environment, and a friendly staff, Venetian is as close to the top of the line as it gets. For low and middle limit players, I like this room better than Bellagio, and I'd be willing to rate it at 5 Stars, much like the rest of Venetian.
Anyway, I bought in for $100 into a $1/$2 NL game, and my third hand, I'm on the button and get . 4 people limped in, and I raised to $11, and got 3 callers. The flop came  , the hand was checked to me, and I bet $20. The UTG player immediately raised to $80, and a third player folded. The last player to act before me kept thinking and thinking and looking at the other guy, but never at me. Finally, he folded. I briefly wondered if I was going to get coolered again, but I'm not folding KK there, so I stuck it in, and he called the slight bit more. The turn came the  , and his reaction didn't seem like he had quads. River was the , I showed my Kings, and he mucked. Easy double up there.  I didn't play a real long time in the game, as I was getting tired and hungry, but I'll definitely be back to Venetian.
Total tally for the trip
Limit Hold'em: +$156
7-Card Stud: +$9
No Limit Hold'em: -$141
Overall: +$24, woohoo, I finished ahead!
Ratings for the Poker Rooms
Imperial Palace: *
Harrah's: ***
Rio (Amazon Room): ****
MGM Grand: *** 1/2
Caesar's Palace: ****
Bellagio: **** 1/2
Mirage: *** 1/2
Venetian: *****
So after all that, what are my thoughts on the matter? Poker is a very large and complex world, and I've only scratched the surface of it. I'm still an inexperienced small-timer, and though I've gotten better, I still have a long way to go. Over the next year, I hope to build up my roll, and by next year, I want to be able to play the DeepStack Extravaganza, the WSOP satellites, and the juicy middle-limit cash games. Only time will tell if I can hack it, but I still love Poker, and once I have a steady job, hopefully the financial security will allow me to play with more confidence. Hope you all enjoyed the story.
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Posted Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:18 am GMT by raisebot
What day were you at Caesars?
I worked all week, and probably either:
a) was board operator and got your name on the list and/or seated you at the table
b) was chip-runner and brought you your chips
c) dealt to you
Anyway, glad you enjoyed the room at Caesars- and BTW, we run 1/3 NL, not 1/2 NL
-Andrew
Posted Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:29 am GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
I was there Wednesday the 20th. I'm a short guy with a baby face and was probably wearing a PokerStars cap and carrying a backpack.
Posted Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:10 am GMT by AHBrownell
Great post. Sounds like you had a great time. i'm going to be heading to vegas for my bachelor party this weekend. Ill be sure to make it over to the venetian, caesars, bellagio, and the rio for my poker adventures. Cheers.
Posted Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:33 am GMT by Geno
Great report.
Posted Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:20 pm GMT by Gunslinger
Excellent report, DC. A friend of mine was in Vegas last weekend, and played the Venetian $540 both days, cashed in the second. He also said the structure was excellent.
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