WE LEFT SCOTLAND AT NINE IN THE MORNING UK TIME AND CONNECTED IN NEWARK TO GET TO VEGAS, WE WERE GOING FOR A WEEK. WE GOT IN AT THE MGM AROUND SIX, LOVELY HOTEL, WOULD RECOMMEND IT. GOT AND UPGRADED ROOM TO A BUNGALOW KING SUITE USING THE 20 DOLLAR TRICK MY MATE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT. GIRLFRIEND WAS VERY PLEASED. WE WENT TO OUR ROOM AND SHE FELL ASLEEP AS SOON AS SHE HIT THE BED.

THAT SUITED ME FINE SO I WENT TO FIND THE POKER ROOM. THE POKER ROOM IS SITUATED NEAR THE CENTREFUGE BAR AND OBVIOUSLY BEING IN JANUARY WASNT PARTICULARLY BUSY. BUT THEY HAD 4, 1-2 NLH GAMES GOING AND A COUPLE OF SEATS FREE. I SAT DOWN WITH $300 AND UNFORTUNATLY WAS STUCK INBETWEEN TWO MONSTER STACKS WITH AROUND $1200 INFRONT OF THEM. I HAD READ THAT THE PLAY AT THE MGM WAS QUITE SOFT SO WAS EXCITED. SINCE THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME SITTING AT A VEGAS TABLE I FELT QUITE NERVOUS BUT I DIDNT NEED TO BE AS THE FIRST HAND WAS A CRACKER!

PIKED UP AhKh BIG STACK TO MY RIGHT RAISED TO 15 (WE WILL CALL HIM DENVER SINCE HE WAS HEAD TO TOE IN BRONCOS GEAR), I RE RAISED TO 40 AND BIG STACK TO MY LEFT CALLS AND SO DOES DENVER. REST OF TABLE FOLDED AND FLOP COMES AcKcJh, I CHECK BIG STACK TO THE LEFT CHECKS AND DENVER FIRES 35 INTO THE 120 POT, I CALL AND OTHER GUY FOLDS, NEXT CARD IS A 3d, I CHECK DENVER BETS 100 INTO 190 POT, I HAVE 225 BEHIND SO SHOVE OVER THE TOP, WAS WORRIED HE HAD THE FLUSH DRAW AND WOULD BE GUTTED IF THE CLUB HIT ON THE RIVER, HE SNAP CALL WITH AdJd, RIVER WAS A BLANK AND I HAD DOUBLED MY STACK WITHIN 5 MINS OF SITTING DOWN, COULD GET USED TO THIS KINDA PLAY. GAVE THE DEALER A TIP WITH MY CARDS WHICH I DONT SEE ALOT IN SCOTLAND. I PLAYED FOR AROUND 2 HOURS AND WAS UP AND DOWN BUT HAD ONLY ONE MORE MAJOR HAND TO REPORT.

PICKED UP KcKh IN THE BIG BLIND, 2 CALLERS AND I RAISE TO 10 , BOTH CALL, FLOP COMES 6hJhKs, I CHECK AND SO DO THE OTHER PLAYERS, TURN BRINGS AN 8s I BET 5 AND BOTH CALL, RIVER IS AN ACE, I LIKED THAT CARD AS THE GUY IN THE POT FLINCHED A BEAST WHEN IT HIT, I BET 20 AND HE RE RAISES TO 60 OTHER PLAYER FOLDS AND I HOLLYWOOD IT A BIT AND RE RAISE HIM TO 200 TO PUT HIM ALL IN, HE SNAP CALLED AND TURNED OVER POCKET 8s AND SMILED AS IF HE HAD ME AND I TURNED OVERS MY KINGS, HE HAD A FEW CHOICE WORDS AND THEN STOOD UP AND STOMPED AWAY. I CASHED OUT MORE THAN $1000 AND LITERALLY RAN UPSTAIRS TO TELL THE MISSUS. SHE WAS PLEASED AND WE COULD NOW GO TO THE GRAND CANYON.

TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT WE HAD SOME GREAT MEALS. BELLAGIO PRIME STEAKHOUSE, FILLET MINION, O MY GOD, PERFECTLY COOKED. ALSO YOU HAVE TO GO TO NOBHILL TAVERN IN THE MGM AND GET THE KOBE BURGER, BEST BURGER IN VEGAS, SOOOOOOOO GOOD.

WE ALSO WENT TO THE GRAND CANYON WITH HELI USA, WE HAD A GREAT FLIGHT AND STOPPED IN A RANCH, HAD A GREAT LUNCH AND WENT ON A HORSEBACK RIDE. OUR PILOT WAS EMENSE, HIS NAME WAS MICHAEL, IF YOU CAN GET HIM YOUR FLIGHT WILL BE EXCEPTIONAL.

I PLAYED ONE MORE SESSION AT THE MGM ON THE LAST NIGHT (FELT GUILTY AT LEAVING THE GIRLFRIEND FOR A WHOLE HOLIDAY), IT WASNT A GREAT SESSION, ONCE AGAIN I WILL GIVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS, WELL THE LOWLIGHTS IN THIS CASE, MY ACES GOT ALL IN AGAINST QUEENS AND HE TURNED A QUEEN FOR THE WIN, ANOTHER HAND WAS MY NINES FLOPPING A SET ONLY TO GET THE MONEY IN AGAINST A HIGHER SET OF JACKS, HEY THATS POKER RIGHT.

I FINISHED THE TRIP +600 AND SPENT IT ON THE GRAND CANYON. MY FIRST TRIP WAS FANTASTIC AND MY SMALL TASTE OF CASH GAME VEGAS, LOVED IT. WILL BE BACK WITH THE LADS SO I CAN GET A WEEKS WORTH OF POKER AND NOT 2 SESSIONS.

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