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I will be in Vegas from the last week in June until the middle of July. I will be posting a trip report , for those who are interested. I will be bringing the usual $2,700.00 & staying in my usual room for $149 per week. I generally grind the $1-$2 poker tables & sprinkle a little in the sports book everyday. This tactic hasn't been all that bad for me in the past but it also hasn't proven itself very lucrative.
So, this time I am adding a few new twists to the trip. I will be playing in at least two premium tournaments & will be laying large unit sports bets.
I intend to play in the Phamous Poker Series at Planet Hollywood. If I am up $500 by July 5th I will enter the feature presentation for $560 (for a quarter million guaranteed). If I am not up $500 I will register in the $100 series event ($25,000.00 guaranteed). I will be saving $600, regardless of my progress, to play in the Aria Classic. If I happen to have any money left I want to run in the Wynn Summer Classic.
A little background: I work two jobs. I work for a small subsidiary of West Corp. & I clean medical & dental offices for a friend who owns a professional cleaning company, "Bin There Dust That".
I have been gambling for 36 years, I've been playing Holdem consistently for 18 years & I have been wagering with offshore books since 1989.
I am not a winning gambler.
I like to mark my fiscal gambling year on March 30th, or as close the NCAA Championship as possible. I've seen years where I have profited $1,000 or $2,000 but generally I find myself down $3,000 or $4,000 after March Madness is over. I have lost as much as $25,000.00 in a year & I once wagered more than $6,000 in one weekend. It's relatively easy for me to keep track of my overall wins and losses. I can explain this further in the " Why I'm doing this" section below. I am an unproven poker player & this will be my 1st time playing against players of this caliber. I feel that after nearly 20 years my game is about where I want it to be. I am playing a lot less online poker and focusing on Honing my skills at live games. I try to focus more on line movements and beating the closing line when I bet sports. I don't have a favorite team. My favorite team is whoever won me the most money last week.
Why am I doing this? Some people who know me well might try to tell you that I continue to do this because I have a terrible work ethic. Some of these people might be right. But, what I do when I'm on these trips I consider work. Hard work in fact. My wife works two jobs as well, her jobs however demand a much higher skill set then I could ever hope to have. Consequently my wife makes a substantial amount more than me. I am only able to make these trips because I found a beautiful woman who loves me and trusts me. My daughter also works at a fast food chain. We have 5 incomes & still barely find a way to make ends meet every month. Every dime of income I receive from my 2 jobs goes to my wife to pay for mortgage, insurance, heat, hydro, utilities, property taxes, car payment, car insurance, car plates, car sticker, car fuel, cellular bills, cable bills, phone bills, student loan bilss & we still haven't eaten yet.
I continue to travel to Vegas, looking for the big score so that my family won't have to work anymore.
What can you expect to see in this trip report? You can expect to see short videos & pics of the trip. I will try to post shots of my chip stacks (chip porn) & some hand histories. I'll have sports book ticket shots & race book tickets.
Don't expect to see lavish culinary dishes, expect to see fry boxes & burger wrappers.
Ill try to get footage from the Aria Classic & Phamous Poker series.
I won't have the time or the money to post pictures of golf courses or rollercoasters & I won't be showing you The Hoover Dam. Don't expect shout outs or site specific references . I will posting trip updates across 4 different forms & I don't want any sites claiming I am trying to dedirect traffic from one site to another.
I do Vegas as cheap as I can & try to give myself the best shot at maximizing profits. I barely sleep & I'm up at the crack of dawn most days ready to drink & play the best poker I know how to play. I dont waste money on expensive meals, clothes or alcohol. I dont take cabs or busses, I walk eveywhere I go. I even walk to & from McCarran. Being from Canada, I love the Vegas heat.
I try to dedicate 90% of my bankroll to gambling. I know my limits when I'm drinking & I don't use drugs when I'm in the States. I don't break any laws when I'm in Vegas. Too many guns, too many metro & Clark County looks like the las t place I want to spend the night!
Hope you enjoy
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+++++ Best wishes
Overall, not a great trip. But not too bad.
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