Vegas Sunday

I really like the MGM poker room.
"Mike" the poker room manager always

got us seated quickly, no waiting, very friendly

dealers who work quickly, have good control

of the game and are very competent overall.

Good action at the tables I played at.

Decent play overall with enough weak players

to make it worthwhile.

Unfortunately I wasn’t running well enough
to take all their money. I was playing well,
my reads were really good, the cards were
just not working for me.

I was on the wrong side of 'set over set' 3 times
during this session. Was able to fold 2 of them
because of good reads (thank you Joe Navarro
– see Caesars Palace entry) and on the 3rd one,
I only had to pay $60 on the river to see the guy
had made a set of 9’s on the turn to beat my
flopped set of three 7’s.

I also flopped the King high flush
vs. an Ace high flush vs. a flopped straight.
Flopped straight raises, Ace high flush

moves all in, I folded. Flopped straight calls

and goes broke.

This is pretty much how I’ve been running

at holdem since the beginning of March,

but thankfully my reads and instincts have

saved me from destruction for the most part.

A little tip if heading to MGM, park across

the street at the TROPICANA (or NYNY),

either self park or valet, then walk across

the bridge which will bring you directly

into the poker room. If you park at the MGM
self park lot, you’re in for a very very long walk.