Out of Day3 in the first 30 minutes - much as I expected with my short stack. Well at least I can say I went all in against Phil Hellmuth who was sat on my right. He raised the bet to 4,800 I went all in with my massive 21K and the guy on the button (who had fewer chips than me) also went all-in. Hellmuth folded - showing us an A - my 99 versus button's KK - K on the flop and I was down to 6K chips. Late, as UTG I went all-in with T7s and got called and then reraise - initial caller folded and reraiser had AJ - two live cards but there was no result in my favor. Ah well - I gave it a shot - I was only 600 away from the start of the money.
Its been an experience and I've enjoyed it though I'd be very reluctant to do it using my own money. I think you've got to go into day 1 and play loose-aggressive with the intent of getting up through the ranks or going out early, the "real" players here recognise tight aggressive players and rarely double you up.
My biggest complaint about Vegas is the weather at this time of year - far too hot to be a tourist -still in the 90's come midnight. I now have a few days of proper holiday time so its Fremont Street, the Bellagio fountains etc. The Everest hospitality lounge closes today, so I'll have to start paying for stuff .... the several days of spending relatively little money on food and drink has now come to an end but left me ahead of my spending curve so much that I may have enough for a "free" laptop. I'm going to be very interested to see how much the experience here may have rejuvenated my online poker lust .... lets see if I make a little more money online when I return.
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Sorry to hear you're out - but have lots of fun during the rest of the week. CP
You should congratulate yourself on how far you got - take back what you've learned this year and be more ready next year !!
Although I agree stumping up the Money for such an event is a definite no-go, even the lower priced events you have to expect not to get any return - so unless your playing these stakes week in week out the only way for us regular 'joes' is winning via a freeroll.
I like how the thrifty theme continues even though your in Las Vegas :)
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