The only people i can think of who wouldnt like vegas are those wierd ones on holiday showdown who take their families on a survival trips in wales, or maybe want to go sight seeing in afganistan. For the rest of us its simply the dogs innit. Whatever your tipple, vegas has it nailed down. Hotels the size of small countries, the best shows, the sun, shopping, golf, amazing bars and clubs. Its tacky granted, but its tacky with billions thrown at it. Its also gamblers dream come true, which was the primary reason for this trip. The wsop main event.
I hate live tourney poker, i just cant get a result in it, which pisses me right off as the players are downright terrible taken as a whole, although there are obviously exceptions. And its not even close. online cash players are the grade A players, online mtt pros know their shit, but when you switch to live, the droolers come out enmasse, like extras from dawn of the dead. but i cant beat them. i cant even get chips off em
The wsop main event followed an identical pattern to the last 2 years of live tourneys. No cards, ducking and diving pulling off the odd bluff here and there to maintain my stack, and going out on the last hour of day one with a premium holding, This time it was aces in a 3 bet pot getting cracked by 89cc 70 bbs deep.
It didnt spoil the holiday though as we where in vegas this time, not the G casino in walsall.
It irks me that i grind away good living online, and donate some of it back to the live poker plonkers who wouldnt know a 3 bet was if it slapped em in the face.At the same time, i realise they are a chance to score a life changing sum, which is probably why im getting so miffed with them.
I had a love affair with online mtts, as these got me into poker from the very beginning, but in the last couple years, as i got more and more into cash poker, my passion dwindled for these too. 6 months ago i was playing 2k of sunday majors every week. Last month i only played a fraction of that. I would imagine that i may quit them altogether soon





14 July 2009 01:32
Tyson!!!
14 July 2009 04:26
This is why you should keep playing them, it makes you appreciate your work (Cash games) more. Plus you will hit the big score occasionally due to your better play.
Class post love the pics!! SOOOOO FOOOOKING JEALOUS!!! You coming Notts for proper poker at the end of the month ;o)
14 July 2009 11:44
Hey, thats a great way to describe vegas.
I am fairly new to online play, but i used to play live tournies often, and now i look back and look at the effort and patience required, really it was awful.
where i am from in scotland there are no proper cash games in a casino (just late on as the tournie breaks up, with a killer rake), and walking home at 3 in the morning after flipping for your chips 3 from the money just got boring. i did ok from it, but you have to go there every week to get over the variance from thje guys who play the usual crap. they hated me cos i raised "too much too often"!!!! in the end it was really a crap way to spend 5-6 hours trying to win £300-700.
i liked your 1million graph.
keep posting...
29 July 2009 02:36
Great interview on ukpokernews Adam!
I've just read it.