Facebook feeding frenzy - T.I has one of the most under rated promotions in town. If you check in on Facebook and cash in the tournament they will give you a free buffet voucher. It doesn’t sound like much but in case you didn’t know buffets in this town can be expensive. It’s like getting an extra $30 value.
10:00 Pm Guaranteed - T.I also runs a 10pm $1000 guaranteed tournament that is starting to get popular their were 36 players when I played on Thursday the buy in was $55 and first place was $560.
We have a winner - Right now if I would have to rank the worst run tournaments in town, the Stratosphere would be the winner. Here are some examples of why.
1. They started at 7:20 for a 7pm tournament.
2. In level 2 it took nearly 8min for anyone on the staff to notice that the blinds had gone up.
3. Way to chatty if I was a tourist playing there for the first time I would never come back even if I was staying at the hotel. The dealers spend way to much time engaging in conversation with regulars. It feels like it's you against the city when your playing.
They do have one positive they serve free pizza to all the players. For this reason alone I'm willing to give the place another shot and try to see if I catch them on a better day.
Where the magic happens - I am %90 sure the Orleans Friday Night tournament is rigged, I just can’t prove it. I play this thing on a regular and I have never seen more ……. (insert your own word). It’s not just what happens in my hands but also what I see going on around me. The beats are weird. (How can a guy call off his stack with A-2 in level 2 of the tournament and get there?) Also there seems to be a ton of setup hands and just strange plays. Maybe it’s the re-entry structure, maybe it’s Friday night, maybe it’s just rigged I don’t know, but to borrow the NBA’s slogan this is where amazing happens.
Google me -
Heard a great argument at the Orleans the other night two guys are going back and forth. The guy that goes bust is taking his walk of shame but makes sure to let his opponent know he is a fish. After a few minuets of this the opponent finally shouts back “Oh yea Google me” It got me to thinking what a brilliant comeback, for me personally I have a very common name so I figure if you do Google me something good is bound to come up. The funny part is the guy comes back about 15 minuets later to tell him that he had indeed googled him and he was not impressed with his 31k lifetime earnings.
Easy Money - The Golden Nugget 5k guaranteed tournament is by far the softest in town. The early start brings out one of two kind of players.
1. Old
2. Hung over or carrying over from the night before.
Whatever the reason any competent player should have a good shot to go deep.When I say it is soft I mean level 1 thinkers all around. This is the same tournament where in the past my opponents continued to let me steal blind on blind with less then 5bb's. On this day I finished in 7th place out of 34 players however it wasn’t good enough to get in the money as they only played 5 spots. The hand that crippled me actually took place when we were down to 11 players. I raised 2x from the button with AK off. The bb defended with J-8 of spades. The flop came K-7-3 with two spades. He checked, I fired the flop, he called, the turn was 9h he checked, I shipped, he called, the river brought the flush. Oh well better luck next week.
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