According to Josh

“First prize at the World Series of Poker is a million bucks. Does it have my name on it? I don’t know. But, I’m gonna find out.” - Mike McDermott “Rounders”

Well.. I’m not playing the main event.. so the best I can hope for is to win a $1500 event which would pay out somewhere between $400,000 - $600,000 for the top prize. Subtract 30% in taxes that the American government takes from Canadian winners and well… I’ll stick with the Rounders quote.. it just sounds better.

I’m heading to Vegas June 11th until June 20th, back home for a week of work and then back to Vegas again for more poker and to watch UFC 116 - Lesnar vs Carwin. Should be an exciting couple of weeks.

My tournament schedule is roughly:

Sat. June 12 - $1000 WSOP
Sun. June 13 - $230 Binions Poker Classic
Mon. June 14 - $340 Caesars Mega Stack
Wed. June 16 - $1500 WSOP
Thu. June 17 - $340 Caesars Mega Stack
Fri. June 18 - $560 Caesars Mega Stack

For an excel file containing all the las vegas tournaments going on this summer Click Here. It contains all the world series events, venetian deep stacks, caesars mega stacks, binions, etc as well as all daily tournaments.

Only a few more days of getting ready before I fly out!

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I haven’t posted for a while so I figured I’d write a quick update on how the WSOP went. I only managed to play 2 World Series of Poker events: the $1000 No limit and the $1500 no limit 6 handed. I busted day 1 of the $1000 event about 100 places outside of the money which was frustrating. I played quite well and then had 2 big hands cracked by JC Tran right at the end of the day.

For the $1500 6 max event I managed my to get my first World Series of Poker cash. I managed to finish 52nd out of just under 1500 entrants. I got through day 1 with a good stack but eventually busted bet / 3 betting all in with a flush draw + open ended straight draw into my opponents 2 pair and not getting there.

Aside from those 2 events I played in only a few other smaller tournaments and spent the rest of the time playing the sit and go satellites at the Rio and 1/2 and 2/5 no limit games which were quite profitable.

It was a lot of fun spending almost 6 weeks in Las Vegas and I look forward to doing it again next year. Hopefully I will be able to cut back a little bit when it comes to spending and I’ll be able to come way ahead instead of a little. I managed to see a couple shows, the finale of the Ultimate Fighter and spent way too many nights out buying bottles at Pure, LAX and XS.

Since coming back home I’ve managed to hit the worst downswing in my 6 years of online poker. I’ve now reached over 1000+ Sit & Goes of Break even & Downswing on Pokerstars.

In my latest attempt to change up my luck I’ve been branching out and playing on a few different sites instead of strictly pokerstars. One of the main hassles I’ve come across in spreading out my play is having to download all the sites software on all my computers which can be a real pain. Lately I’ve been playing on no download poker sites which lets me play poker in my web browser which is far easier and quicker.

So far the change has gone well and my luck may be changing!

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* This is my first trip in 5 years where I didn’t play a single hand of poker. It was strange, but fun.

- 2 Double Vodka & Redbulls on the flight to get me in the Vegas Spirit and begin my buzz.

- Got checked in at the Hard Rock without any hassle. The room was really nice and over looked the pool.

- Nothing too crazy our first night, lots of drinking, degen-gambling in clearly -EV situations.

- Breakfast/Lunch at Pink Taco.

- Spent an hour or so lounging around the pool admiring the scenery and recovering from our first night. The pool at the hard rock is amazing, the only downside of our trip was that we arrived 1 week too early and “Rehab Sundays” began the following week. Attached is a picture to show you what we missed out on by 1 week.

Hard Rock Rehab Sundays Pool Party Vegas

- Did a bit of degen-gambling and I managed to make a small step towards recovering from the previous night’s losses playing Let it Ride & Black Jack.

- Met up with some friends and had a delicious dinner at PF Changs and then out to Nine Fine Irishmen in New York, New York for some drinks.

- After dinner & drinks we joined the girls for a night out. We decided to head over to the palms and began our night in the Playboy club and eventually moved over to Moon night club. Much socializing and dancing occured and a great deal of alcoholic beverages were consumed. After leaving the club sometime between 4am & 6am I managed to make a quick stop over at craps table before passing out and did my best to donate to the casino.

- Saturday afternoon was filled with a great run of short term positive variance while playing blackjack.

- Saturday night was spent getting bottle service at Body English. Bottle service is by far the best way to do clubs in Vegas.

- Skip waiting in line for hours (or forever if you’re a group of guys)
- No paying cover. ( At most clubs $30-$50 per person )
- Your own private table in the VIP Area.
- Personal waitress mixing your drinks for you.
- Your own bouncer keeping an eye on your table, personal items, or out in the club inviting beautiful women to your table.

The club was packed. It was by far the most fun I have ever had at a night club in my life. Managed to keep the party going all the way through the night until my 9am flight home.

Will possibly expand on this trip report in the next while and upload some pics but it all depends how motivated I am.

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