Shabi in Vegas

[PShabi]

Hey guys,

Found a hotel computer that charges .69/minute of internet time. Figured I drop in and say hi.

It was a long day of travel yesterday. I went to bed about 2AM the night before and left my place at 4:30 AM for a 6:30 AM flight.

Got here about noon LV time yesterday. We checked in and got situated. I headed on down to the Wynn about 7PM. Only 1 table of 8/16, so I sat in a 4/8 game for a little bit. About 15 minutes later, the 8/16 game opened up and I moved there.

I must say, I was pretty disappointed in the game. Completely rockish, with like 1-2 dead money players. I'm not saying these were great players, but they weren't the donks I was hoping for. I actually caught some good cards, but it usually went like this.

KK pocket. Raised to me in the SB, I 3-bet, old lady calls with JJ. Flop comes QJ5 and I get hammered. I lost 3 big pots to smaller pocket pairs hitting a set. Luckily I sucked out on QQ when he flopped Q88 and I had KK to hit my King on the river.

I was getting hammered all night, but was fortunate enough to see the table drop to 6-7 handed for about 90 minutes. I ended up scratching some of it back, but still ended up down 250 in about 5-6 hours. I only played til 1AM because I had been going on no sleep. I may be looking elsewhere for my next game, because it was just too tight. I saw the blinds chop at least once every two orbits at a 10-handed table.

That said, the Wynn is spectacular. I really expected to see a bigger room though. It is quite small. But it is top-notch; classy all around. Very courteous staff, great dealers, and the cocktail girls got around often enough.

I'm going out for my interview in about 2 hours, so wish me luck. I've got a date with the wife, but I may sneak out to the Bellagio afterward to try the 8/16 game there. I do have to get up at 9am, because that's as early as you can register for the Wynn 12:00 $500 tourney. I got my stake, so I'll be playing in that. It should be an all day thing and I'll take notes. Will definitely be sporting my TP hat.

I'll be back with more updates in this thread. Hopefully, a little more interesting. Time for lunch. See ya.