Ok, I\’m officially in poker withdrawal. I haven\’t been playing at all lately and have spent the last 6 months listening to the exploits of Tom as he conquered the WSOP and final tables at the WPT. To make matters worse, my good friend Karridy has been able to experience these events, traveling to both the WSOP and a WPT final table. And to top it all off, the rest of the Beyond the Table gang was just in Vegas last week-end for the 1st Annual Poker Bowl. Not just attending, but providing live broadcasting and PR duties for the event! In short, my non poker playing ass is really happy for them jealous as shit.
Yeah, Yeah – no one wants to hear my pity party – so I decided to get off my ass and book a trip to Vegas for what will be a much needed break from the kids for both myself and the always lovely Mrs. SitNGo! We land Thursday afternoon and stay thru Sunday and I should get plenty of quality poker in as we only have tickets to one show (\”O\”) and I overheard Mrs. SitNGo telling a friend on the phone that I would be playing poker the whole time and she was looking forward to spending all of my hard earned money having some alone time. Following the advice of Dan and Tom, and some independent research at All Vegas Poker, I booked us at the Venetian. I can\’t wait for the trip, but I admit I have some nervous excitement to finally get back at a poker table. The room review at All Vegas makes the Venetian room sound great, but the competition sounds stiff. Some quotes from others who have gone there:
\”These guys were very good. Where I come from (Oklahoma Indian Casino Poker rooms) you could limp in for 2 bucks and see a flop most of the time. At Venetian, you could not see a flop for less then 10 bucks.\” – Is it a bad sign that the majority of my live cash game experience is at Oklahoma Indian Casino\’s?
\”Probably the toughest room I\’ve ever played in.\” – Great.
\”First of all no one at my table brought it in for less that 20 and it ranged to thirty literally, pre -flop!!and then you look weak if you don\’t up it after the flop so its not really 1-2 by any means more like 1-25$.\” – Some concern here as I definitely don\’t want to play pre-flop action that will be stretching my already meager $1/2 NL bankroll.
I shared my concerns with the Beyond the Table crew and Dan texts me:
\”Puhlease. The 1/2 competition there is plenty weak. I played against a weak player who i clearly had on a flush draw … And when he hit it, he reached for his wallet thinking he could buy more chips. It was an obvious tell.
You will find the game easier than burleson.\” – Fair enough Dan and point taken – there is definitely no reason psyching myself out before I even play a hand!
Along with that cash game action, I plan on playing in 1 tournament and providing daily updates here – nothing better to keep your play sharp than announcing your win/loss rate – right? Here\’s hoping that I have enough cash to last for the required 6 hours of play per day to qualify for the poker rate!
