My trip started at Frankfurt (Germany) on 9 am(Thursday). We had a stop in detroit. Then we entered Vegas on 5.30 pm(Thursday). We went straigt to the stratosphere hotel where we spent 10 nights. I got rid of my baggage and visited the poker room. I bought in at 1-2 $ Cash game for 300$.
I had to check the style of playing in Vegas so i lost about 2/3 of my stack( f.e. I payed on a suited 9 high spade flop 20 dollars with my Q(s) and got there on the turn. Only to see the nuts in my opponents hand.
Then i got dealt AA(130$left). One limper. I raised 25. Only BB calls. Flop came 7 high-rainbow. I bet 40$-Call. Turn J - Moved All in and got a call of 1010. River K and the pot was mine.
4-5 hands later i got A(s)K(c)(about 320$ behind). Made a three bet from 8 dollars to 27$. 4 Callers. Flop: AK3 with 2 spades. Originalraiser bet 45$ and I moved All in. Folded to him and he called with QQ. Turn and River were Spades so i made the Nut flush and got the pot. After a couple of hours i left the table with a profit of about 300$. Nice staff, chairs(really comfortable) and poker room with a nice progressiv High Hand Jackpot for a Royal FLush of 3000$ in these days. So i took a shot on it a few more times. (But I didnt get it).
Next day(Friday)
visited Caesars Palace for breakfast buffet which was really good. We walked back to the Stratosphere and visited a few hotels on the Strip. Just for looking. I played the whole day at Stratosphere poker room. But actually i dont remember any hands. But i made a profit of ~200$.
Sunday:
I went to Caesars Palace poker room. Bought in on the 1-3$ cash game for 200$ and got seated at a table with 4 drunk Skandinavian with about 1-4k in front of them. (Max. Buy in 500$). and another deep stacked American with about 2k who seemed to be a really good player. While playing a few hands i got down to around 95$.
Raise from good player to 11$ with 3 Callers. I found QJ off in BB and pushed All in. Everybody folded.
7-9 later. Same situation. I had JJ and moved All in. Good Player called with AQ. Board: 10 2 10 2 7. Pot around 275 was dealt to me.
The Skandinavian raised nearly every pot. I picked up QQ in 2nd positon and just called. Evrybody else called and we saw a A 10 6 Flop. 1st player bet 15$ and i folded.
Next Hand: QQ again. Again I limped. One Skandinavian raised to 25. Good Player called. I reraised to 75$. Both called! Flop 863rainbow. Good Player Checked in the dark. I moved All in for exactly 181$(dont know why i am remembering this one) . Skandinavian called with A8 and other one folded. Turn: 7 River: 2. And i got this really nice pot with a small sweat.
About One hour(Stack ~400$) later i picked up 85(diamonds) and called the raise to 14$ another one called as well so the BB. Flop 4(s) 6(d) 7(d) BINGO!. BB bet 20$(about even stacks) I raised to 60$. Evrybody else folded. He called. Turn 3 (s). Check- I bet 120$ -he called. River: J(c)- check- i moved after a little think about it all in and he folded 6(s) 7(s). And i got this nice pot. Straight Flush bonus would habe been 350$. I left the room after 8-9 hours of play with about 500$ profit.
Saturday (AVP Event at MGM)
I played at MGM the whole day 1-2$ (200$) cash game. But i only remeber two hands.
Stack about 250. Iam in SB and got 55 and called the preflop raise to 10$. BB called as well. (Both had me covered). Flop 523 rainbow. i check-check-bet 28$. I only called as did the BB. Turn J - I check- check- Bet 48$. Me and BB called. River K. I check-check- Bet 85. After a little time i called and BB folded. He showed a Bluff (Q10). I got it.
A bit later I made a preflop raise to 7$ with Q9(c)(stack~400). One caller with around 200 behind. Flop J 10 8 with 2 clubs. I bet pot and he called. Turn Blank. I bet pot again and he folded after 3-4 minutes and showed K9 off. Should i have bet the turn smaller?
Made about 250$ profit in this really nice poker room with Lion Habitat only 25 meters away. But i was to tired to play the AVP Event. Damn it. I heard it was awesome. Damn it.
Monday:
I Played the 11am tourney at Stratosphere (65$ incl. Add on(Stack 8500). 9 places paid. (1st about 1500$ or maybe a bit less). A got bust in 17 th place against huge chipl leader who raised every hand. I (35000) shoved after he raised 7500 (Blind 1.5-3k) with my AK suited and he called with pocket 4s. And i didnt hit.
Then moved to NY but I didint find the poker room there. So i moved to Luxor. They had no Cash Game yet. So i played the tourney with 60$(4500chips). 24 runners. Paid Top 3. Early in tourney.
Preflop raise to 4 BB i called with Q8suited and BB called as well.
Flop AQ4 checked around. Turn 8. -Check-Bet 4 BB- I called - other one folded. River 7. He put me nearly all in and i folded. He showed AA. I knew it. Why check the flop?. Haha.
I got busted in 8th or 9th with blind huge and i had 8-9k left. My AK caught up on K74 flop againt pocket 6s. But a turned 6 sealed my destiny. I shook hands and moved to the 1-2$ cash game. I played about 3 hours. Met a few guys from Germany and had a nice time there and made a profit of 3$ which i gave to the beatiful cocktail lady. I remember one hand in which one i was not involved. My german buddy raised to 8 $ (300$ behind) BB raised to 26(nearly even stacks). He called.
Flop 883. BB bet 38- my buddy called.
Turn Q - Check - Bet 40 - Raise to 120 - All in - call. My Buddy showed K8 suited and BB QQ. ooooops.
River last Q and he got another 100$ for High Hand and of course the pot.
Then i went to bed early this day.
Tuesday:
Played the whole day at Stratosphere in 2 sessions. First at 3 am to 6 am. (200$). Moved all in on Q62 rainbow (one club, 2 diamonds). with 96 clubs after a huge preflop war against a really loose player and he called with KJ diamands a got there on the river with the 3.
I dont remeber any hand of the 2nd session but i mad a profit of 200$ and finished the day with +-0.
Wednesday:
I decided to play one event of the MGM Series with 340$ buy in at 12pm.
Starting Stack 12k. Blinds 25-50 raising every 40min.
First Hand of the Tourney I got rid of KK (in BB) against a huge preflop war (6bet) and he showed AA(Button). How sick is that. Costed me around 2.5k. But made me happy.
Blinds at 100-200 i found A9 off in BB and shoved(about 4k) against a open raise of 575 and one caller. Agressor called with A10. Caller folded.
Board: AA9JQ Sick one. I know. Managed to get around 14k.
Blinds at 300-600 Ante 50 (I think). Folded to Button. He made it 1675 to go. SB called. Me in BB (AQoff). Moved all in. Button called with KQ(clubs).
Board: JJ25K. autsch and I was out. He paid me Dinner in the next break. He was a really nice older guy but I dont like his call.
Thursday and Friday: I dont remeber any hands of these two days(Statrosphere- Wanted to get the Royal Jackpot- FAIL). I dont know why. I made a profit of about 200$ per day . But i really cant remeber any details.
Saturday: Me and my buddies drunk a lot of alcohol while playing BJ(5-10$) the Whole Day and night. We had a lot of fun. I managed to make a cut to the shuffle the dealer busted the first 7 times in a row. Some guy next to me wanted me to accompany him to his room to show me his penis but I refused gratefully. He showed me his ID and his name was Jonny de la Vegas. I think it was a fake. He told me he is a succesful BJ player. Blahblahblah.
I made a profit of about 100$ and got a nice hangover next day. Sunday morning on 9 am we departed in Vegas. I made a profit of about 700$ after paying everything.(Hotels, flights, Food, Drinks). Maybe I will be back next autumn/winter.
Please excuse my style of writing cause I am only a German who has never been in USA or England before. Any comments are welcome.