Vegas - Luxor/Excalibur/MGM

Didn’t feel like playing tournies on day 3 so after seeing off Shazbo post 2 bottles of premimum saki, decided to go and play cash at the top of the strip.

The cash game at Luxor was MENTAL. 70% of table were wasted including me. $400 pre-flop shoves were commonplace in the dark (I did not partake). I had a $750 stack when disaster struck. Skinhead makes it $40 in the dark (playing $900) and I’ve been targeting him for a while. Pleasant but generally passive american guy calls. I have JJ but am too deep to shove so call. Two other callers (told you it was a good table!)

Flop: 6, 4, 2.

check, check, check, skinhead shoves (as he has done 9 times in last 30 mins)

I snap him off but this time he has 64off and my $750 stack heads his way. After this hand, table decends inot a fight.

Skinhead to floppy haired american: “You see how the Brit lost more than you did and didn’t resort to slagging me off?”

Floppy “Stop being an asshole”

At this point they started attempting to kick it off so I thought it was time to leave (I was on tilt anyway).

After the floppy american + friends invited me to go on a drugs binge (declined) I decided to go and play cash in Excalibur.

It’s not the nicest card room, but the games are fairly lively. I bought in for $300 (max) and built that up to $500 when good hand arrives.

Some dude has been “running” the table. When I arrive he is explaining to another punter that he will raise any button and straddle because the table is so weak. Ok mate. Prize “A” bellend imo.

I find 77 in big blind and table captain is in straddle and I flat call.

Flop is A75.

Promising

I bet $15, he makes it $40, I shove for $500 and he calls all in with A5. Unlucky I guess, but after boasting away, he doesn’t reload and leaves. That recovers my day to down $200 - could have been a lot worse.