Friday Eve

View from Parking Garage Roof of Caesars

In need of a poker fix, we head north

to the middle strip to CAESARS PALACE

around 6pm.

We were seated at $1/2 tables immediately.

The place was pretty hoppin. Plenty of

Limit games going. A $2/5 NL and a $2/5

Pot Limit Omaha Hi game were also running

throughout the night. Tournament was just

about to start when we got there.

Play at the tables was average, definitely

an opportunity to make some money for

skilled players.

Drink service was horrible.

Minimum ½ hour wait, sometimes an

entire hour ! (Servers are unionized,

not that friendly).

Overall, I played well but just couldn’t get

anything going card wise. Played 7 ½ hrs

and finished down about $120.

My table got broken down and I was moved

to g-didi’s table who was running really cold,

not just cold but gross.

A few examples:

She got it all in with AA vs. QQ and villain

spiked a queen. Got it all in with KK vs. 88

and villain spiked an 8. Had AA vs. 99.

Villain hits 9 on turn & 9 on river for Quads.

Folded on the river, pretty sure her opponent

had atleast one nine. Spirit nearly broken,

she quit the game and headed to the casino floor.

The gambling gods must have taken a little pity

on her, because she won $78 on slots

while waiting for me.

Got to see some poker celebs in the

poker room. The WSOP Academy ($2000 seminar)

was running a tournament for their students.

Pros there included Annie Duke, Andy Bloch,

Phil Gordon and more.

Joe Navarro, former FBI interrogator

and WSOPA instructor who’s written a couple

of the best books on poker tells and body

language hung out at my table for a bit,

talking to the dealer in between hands.

Washrooms outside the poker room

were nasty later in the evening. Mostly due

to drunk patrons of the PURE nightclub

across from the poker room.