2K, Night at Pallazo, 3K

The 2K at the Wynn Classic was not all that exciting. My starting table started off really well as there was a good mix of good aggression and poor plays from my table. I never got much above the stating stack though. Then I got moved to a very tough and very fun table. Basebaldy, Sorel, Dan OBrien, and Bushman were all playing a game called “Lodden Thinks”. This is where you ask an impartial person to answer a question that no one actually knows the answer. Like “How many cameras are in the Wynn Casino?” Then we auction a number to what number he is thinking. Someone will eventually buy the number and the group will choose sides (over/under). You book the action and find out the third partys locked in guess. Its more fun to play than it is to explain. I ended up winning half my buy in back as I was on the correct side of every line set. The tournament ended with me opening with AQo UTG, and had Evan McNiff 3- bet me all in for around 18BB. I thought his range would be pretty large here, so I called and he showed AK. His hand held, and I was out.
We all went out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant in the Palazzo, where my wife lost the flip for the bill. But when she loses I lose, so I picked up the tab. While I was playing some blackjack, I bumped into my friend Jeff Shu, and we decided to do some late night drinking after he got back from dinner. When he got back he hooked me up with casino hosts to the Palazzo/Venetian and one from Caesars. We drank very well and very free all night in the VIP section at the Venetian. A few hours of degenerate gambling and some good late night food later I went to bed happy with a little extra money in my pocket.
I got up just in time for the 3K at the Wynn, where they attracted 90 players. During the first hour of play I ran a couple small bluffs that both happened to include the 3s in my hand. The table made a big deal about it, so looking for fun I decided to try and win every time I had the 3s in my hand. I got creative on a couple of them, but they all worked. And I showed the 3s everytime. This allowed me to get decent action on my made hands. I got moved to a very tough table where I had to stop my shenanigans. I managed to slowly chip up, but always staying below average. The night ended with 10 people around 530am. We decided to just pay the 10th place out of pocket so we could go home. I have about 76K with the blinds at 2K/4K, so I have some work to do. 1st place is over 90K, so hopefully my next blog will be a happy one.

Justin “robert07” Young