We arrived on Saturday afternoon after a 2 hour delay...Coming all the way from the east coast we are tired and ready for action. We are staying at Las Vegas Hilton (because it was real cheap). We wanted to get our feet wet before dinner so we headed to the poker room (we already knew what to expect). As expected there are 2 games going with 1/2 NL...So I get a seated immediately and buy in for the max $300..When I sit down I am already cheap leader, the floorman said most people buy in for $100 or maybe $200. Including me there were 9 people at the table...As expected after a few hands I realized 4 were locals, 1 from CA who plays here all the time, and 4 tourists... After about 3 hours of play I decided it was time for dinner..I cashed out up $20...Here is quick recap of what happened. The locals all played really tight and maybe call a $12 preflop raise and if you raised after the flop they would usually fold...If they stayed in then you knew you must have the nuts...There was only 2 fish that played in the three hours I was there...No real big hands to talk about b/c there were not to many in my time..

After dinner we play some blackjack and craps and at about 10pm we head to Venetian for some more 1/2 NL...

We arrived and the room is jam packed (which is good after leaving the Hilton) I waited about 5 minutes and she calls my name..I sit down and play begins...I sit beside a guy who is absolutely HAMMERED....He is raising almost everyhand $12 preflop then after the flop $25...If you come over the top he folds....I took a monster hand from him when he raised preflop and I had A-Kh...I just called then the flop came Kc,2h,7h...He bet $25(like usual)..I called and another guy called..turn 10h..He bets $25, I call other guy calls...River trash..He bets $25, I raise $50 other guy folds drunk call thinks and thinks and talks and talks and thinks and talks and drinks and talks and drinks then finally calls...he has K-4.....top pair weak kicker...So I drag the $265 pot....Very next hand I get pocket A-A...Drunk guy raises $25 (very unusual raise for him so I though maybe tilt)he gets 2 callers so I raise another $25..Everybody folds except the drunk guy who instacalls...Flop 4-8-A rainbow...he bets $25 and I just smooth call...Turn K to complete the rainbow..He bets $50....I wait and wait and talk to him and talk to him...I just call...River 6...He says all-in which he has $60 left...I instacall and he shows A-8 for two pair and show trips....So I drag another large pot thanks to drunk guy and I so afraid he is leaving....But he digs and pulls out another $200 and rebuys....After this I never really catch anything great and I go up and down for awhile...After about another hour drunk guy finally loses his $200 and leaves...It is getting late and I can barely hold my head up so I decide to cash in and try to get some rest..Cash out $450 for 250 profit....All in all the room was excellent, dealers great but the cocktail service was very very slow (not sure how the guy was so drunk) everybody continued to complain about the cocktails and the dealers tried to help....
Sunday morning I head over to the Sahara $62 11:00am tourny...85 people and I bust out 15, paid top 7...Very nice tourny with $5k chips (after rebuy) with 20 min blinds starting at 25-25...After break 2 thou the blinds are $500 - $1000 then goes to $1k- $2k...SO it becomes all in feast at this point....But I played for three hours and I think the winner was annouced about 4pm which was 5 hours of play...So very nice structure...Didn't play cash here decided to grab lunch and try some more blackjack..Sahara has $5 blackjack tables even at peak times...
Sunday night I head to MGM to check out there room...Like everybody on here says it is a great party room with very nice scenary....No big hands to mention couldnt really catch cards and cashed out down $130....Very loose table and chance to make lots of money but just couldnt get things going...You must stay focused b/c there are lots of disctractions everywhere....
Monday I head back to Sahara 11:00 am tourny and with 63 entries cash out 12...Got short stacked and went all-in with A-3d, got 2 called K-Qs and pocket 4's....THe 4's hold up and I am out...
Monday night I head to IP looking for some drunk players to give there money away....THey have a 7pm game almost like a SNG..$55 buy-in with one $25 rebuy for $2500 in chips...Blinds go up 15 mins but there was only 10 people so almost like an online SNG.GOt down to 4 people and I go all-in with queens and get a caller with pocket aces..aces hold up and now i am short stacked, hang aroung and double up twice then we get down to 3 people and the blinds are so high we decided to chop 3 ways..We giving chip leader $300 and we split the other $300 for $150 a piece...I grab a quick bite to eat then head back and sit down at 1/2nl game...Everybody at the table was drinking and getting loud except two guys who asked a table change...Dealers where very fun and cutting up with the table too...Hard to think b/c so loud and nobody was paying much attention to the game,....I won a big hand with pocket aces and ended up getting all my chips in and took about $70 form a local (but not your typical local) he was drunk and not very good....However it did get interested after this...He grabbed another $50 bucks out of his pocket and got back in...Very next hand he goes all in preflop and nobody calls....Next hand he goes all in preflop again and gets 1 caller (looks very much like tilt) but he shows pocket jacks...other guy shows pocket 8's...flop hit an 8 and the drunk local loses his last $50...He sits at the table for about 5 more minutes until finally the floorman comes over and asks if he is going to rebuy and he says no then the floorman makes him get up....The drunk local comes over to me and asks me to come outside the poker room..We walk out and he tries to get me to give him $100 and he will let me hold his gold chain..He says his girlfriend is on the way with his $$ and he will pay me back when she gets there..I tell him no way and he begs and begs and calls her on his cell phone but is goes to her voicemail...He continues to beg and I tell him that I cannot do it and finally walk away...He comes back to the table and pulls up a chair behind another guy (who was his friend) I get up to go to the restroom...I pull the floorman to the side and tell him what happened...We I got back from the bathroom he was gone...Very wierd thou...All in all I played until about 3am and cashed out up $200...Very loose drunk game and if you can stay focused you can make a ton of money...The 2 cocktail waitress's, Cayla and AJ (short for Alexis) were smoking hot and very very fast..The bar is right beside the poker room so they are bringing you more drinks when yours is only half-empty....Very fast which explains why the whole table is drunk....

Finally made it back to the room and crashed and headed out the next morning...All in all very nice trip and made a little $$ playing poker...