PLO frenzy in Vegas, and my new favorite perk ( for the video game cod2) - Scavenger!!!

by Phil

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This last week was sick..

Get to Vegas a day late.... which is lucky for me.

The Hot Water heater in the garage blew and was dropping 850 gallons a day into the garage... Had I left to Vegas on time this would have been a 6 day mess.  The house would have been vacant for all 6 days... or the equicalent of having 5100 gallons of water spread thru the entire house.  There was very minor water damage in the garage from the little we did get, (caught it 12 hrs into spray frenzy) I can only imagine what it would be like had we not caught it.  Phew.... Running good.

Anyway, I finally get here and and it has been PLO all week long.

I run it twice a few times, break even on all of em.  But I couldn't manage to stay level.  First I slipped 5k then 15k more, then I reload for 20k more... Total now is that I am in 40k (in a 25 50 100 plo game at the Bellagio) - When, in one big hand, I decide to run it one time for a huge pot and win it.  Wow.  I went on to close the game up 13k which was amazing considering that at one point I was stuck 20 and had another 20 in a pot as only a slight favorite.

Then a few days later I am (once again) stuck (only 13k this time) when I flot top set on a Kc 8c 4d flop holding top set and no draws.  We ran it 4 times and the nut flush draw with the 5 6 7 inside wrap nvr booked a win.  Wow.  The pot had my whole 27k stack plus lots more and the fella I beat.  I was all of a sudden sitting in front of 66k and I was just amazed.  4 out of 4.  At 53.6% per intance this is an 8.3% longshot.  And I did it.  I won all 4.

Then, Sunday night I went in late night to get tickets for the next days 15k event.  While there, I stopped by the poker room .... and wow.  I got the last seat in a really fun game.  It was half 100 200 plo and half 200 400 no limit holdem game.  20k buy in - And wow, I even was lucky enough to book a solid win.

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In other news Fatality gave me the low down on scavenger (this is a perk or upgrade that you can get on the first person shooter game called "call of duty 2".)  So that was cool, first game back and I won it.  Essentially it is all about resupplying claymores from fallen victims.  Very cool, and very nerdy.  You might think... "what is all this about call of duty??... whats that got to do with a poker blog...."

But I can honestly say that my recent run ins with this game is making me a better poker player.  The strategic 'what is he thinking, and how can i get him sort of thinking' stuff for poker is helped by the video game.  The game has you thinking all the time, and mostly about what patterns people are taking and getting the best out of developing situations.  Anyway.. It is 8 am.. and the event starts in 4 hrs.  Bed time for me, later.

Phil