[PorkchopDJG]

Hey,
I made it to Vegas last Sat - Tues and played quite a bit of poker.
This was a trip with a friend who had a business conference so I stayed with him at The LV Hilton.

Saturday night we got in and Vegas was hopping. Checked in and headed over to meet a friend staying at Bally's. Watched the end of the Football games and NASCAR race then ate some dinner and I was off for my first session at Bellagio. I jumped into a 4/8 LHE game and won a bit and then got called for the only 8/16 going. Only one 8/16 on a Saturday night, Wow! It was a good game but I was seriously card dead and I went down then back up and finish it off with a full house holding AK on a AK8JK board and leave up $30 for the night.

Sunday
We wake up and hit the LV Hilton sports book and Theater and have a great time watching and betting all the games and even got to see the Vikes beat the Bears. This place may be a little older but it is a very nice sports book and a great place for an NFL Sunday. That night my friend turns in early and I'm off to Mirage to play. No 6/12 game and only one 10/20 game so I buy in for $600 to that. I ran really bad getting rivered by a straight after I 3 bet on the button with KK and sucked out on the river when I had JJ and the guy hit his second 7 on the river. The players were all old white guys and after 2 hours I couldn't really identify any really bad players and I just didn't like the vibe there so I walked to Wynn. No 8/16 game there either so I jump into a very loose/passive 4/8 game but again am card dead and don't ever really catch a great hand and leave after about 3 hours down like $150 so it was a rough night all around.

Monday
I woke up and headed out to Sahara for their 11AM NL Tourney. Only 60 runners and I doubled up on the fourth hand when I stacked a guy with my set of 5's vs his AJ on a AJ5 flop. I cruise to final table and we negotiate a 5 way chop and I take $360. It's not a great casino but the tourney was well run by the management and dealers there. I decide to walk down to Riviera and see what's happening in their poker room. I get into an entertaining 1/2 NL game with a lot of characters but can't ever really get anything going and quit after about 2 hours down like $50. My friend who isn't a poker player comes over and wants to try out 2/4 limit so I decide to sit with him and just get crazy drunk and have fun so I buy in for $500 and sit down right next to him and start ordering vodka/redbulls. I observe that the table is super loose/passive and nobody raises before the flop at all. I wait for about 2 rounds and just start betting/raising every hand and winning my share but loosing a lot as well. I had a great old time and tried to help my friend with advice and tips but he eventually lost his $50 and left but I played on and got very drunk and obnoxious which was fun to do because when I seriously play I never drink and barely say a word. Another funny thing is when I checked my money clip the next morning I had $560 so I actually won after I got drunk and stupid.

Overall I lost a bit but had a good time playing at all levels in many places. As has been noted by many on 2+2, Mid Limit seems very hit and miss right now in Las Vegas as I was unable to find much between 4/8 and 15/30 on my trip.