My First 10 Days in Las Vegas
This is a an old post from another website that I don't use anymore, so I've decided to post it here. It describes my first week or so in Las Vegas, from late May into early June '05.
....My name is Max and I am a professional poker player. I grew up mostly in the Boston area and went to Umass Amherst on and off for 3 years. After one year at Umass I had to get away and so I went to California to "find myself." After two months there I was a little bored myself, so I decided to head into Mexico.....well now, thats a whole other story which I will not get into here. I spent two months there and then headed back to Boston and back to Umass, where I continued my "education" for another two semesters. This past winter, the night before I was leaving for my 5th semester at Umass, I found out that they had kicked me out for a semester because of my grades in the fall. Holy fuck! What now? Well, I got a job as a cook in Needham and started to play online poker almost religiously. From about late March into early May, I made a lot of final tables in a bunch of tournaments and took 1st place in 3 of them. As the wins kept piling up, I knew my job at the restaurant was on its last leg. Then my grandmother died and when I got back from the funeral I gave my two week notice at work. My last day of work was about May 7th, and looking at my bank account, which was hovering between 6k-12k, and my 21st birthday on the 22nd of May, I decided it was time to move to Vegas and try and take over the poker world, or at least delve inside that world and to see what came of it all.On May 23rd I got on a plane headed to Las Vegas. On the flight I sat wide awake for 6 hours just staring out the window, thinking of what my life would bring in Vegas. Passing over the Rocky Mountains and the flat terrain of the middle of the country I thought to myself, "What the fuck am I doing???"I got into Vegas, went to my room at Binion's downtown, showered and relaxed for a while. I then decided to check out the poker room and ended up making about $350 at the 1-2NL tables. Good start, no?The next day I ventured out into the sweltering heat of Vegas in the summer and headed for The Mirage. My father is friends with one of the people that runs the poker room and so I went and introduced myself, then I went and sat 1-2NL and bought in for $200. 12 hours later my stack had grown to about $1,500. The table switched over to a 2-5NL game and the action got a lot faster and more intense.40 hours later, still sitting at the same table, my stack, which had grown so big that I could barely see over it, I had turned $200 into $5,700. Talk about a good start in Vegas.Over those 40 hours I met some amazing people and I still see and chill with a lot of them now in and around las vegas. The night after my 40 hour session, and just after I had slept for 14 hours straight, I headed over to the Bellagio. When I got there, I found out that the 2-5NL game was a $200max. so I ventured over to the other desk that is in charge of bigger games and was told there was a seat at the 10-20NL table. Now, for those of you who do not know, 10-20NL is one of the highest of no limit cash games. The only cardrooms in Vegas that really have 10-20NL are Bellagio, Wynn, and I think the Palms sometimes has one. It is a very intense and extremely tough limit to play at.So, I bought in for 1k and in 4 hours of play I left with $7,000 in my pocket. Holy fuck! 6k to the good at the Mirage and another 6k at the Bellagio! Insane, amazing, unbelievable; I could barely fathom all this money that was now mine. AMAZING!!!!!So, in under 100 hours I had gone from 1-2NL to 10-20NL. My bankroll had grown from 6k to all of a sudden 18k?!?!?!?!?! I was lovin' it! I mean, this is what I came here to do. I said it before flying out to Vegas: I was coming here to do one of two things.....explode or go bust. I was exploding!
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So, I leave the Bellagio up 6 grand...fucking unbelievable. I mean, its just money, and thats just it; its not entirely about the money, although the money is amazing....its the fact that I sat down at one of the highest No Limit Holdem games in Las Vegas and raped it. Mind you, that was about my 4th time ever playing poker in an actual casino.Anyways, I'm up a shitload of money and lovin' it. I get a new room at the 4Queens, which is also downtown. Pass out for what felt like an entire day. I go back out the next day, chill out with a buddy of mine, Justin, and go play some more at the Bellagio. I play a long session (maybe 10 hours) and end up dead even; in for 5k but break dead even. Then, the 10-20nl game breaks and the only NL game available is the 25-50NL. Fucking hectic stakes. Even the Bellagio rarely has a no limit game this high. I jump in for $5,000 and whatdoyaknow im bust within 2 hours. FunFun!.....I'm steaming, and I have a quick chat with my pops and then I hear about a 10-20NL game at the Wynn, so I roll. I sit down with some crazy heads with REAL money. On the first hand of the table, three guys push allin for about 2k a piece. The winner flops a flush with 6 4 and cracks a guy with kk and 55. I'm laughing my balls off. I'm only in for a grand and these savage are tossing around dimes like they're pennies. Well, I cant remember everything that happened that night, but what I do know is that after about 8 hours of playing I am up $10,000. Yup, thats right, i have turned a profit of 10 thousand dollars in an 8 hour period, completely wiping out the 5k I had lost earlier and sending me home with a fat wallet.Now im busting! C-notes as far as the eye can see. Shit is real!I sleep like a baby and the next day I roll back to the Wynn feeling like a million bucks, literally. I put in a 30 hour session this time and at one point in the session im actually up about 15k! I later went on to drop about 6k back to the table, but I still left the Wynn up about 9k. Can I really complain? During this session I actually played in a $17,500 pot, and won it....
....My name is Max and I am a professional poker player. I grew up mostly in the Boston area and went to Umass Amherst on and off for 3 years. After one year at Umass I had to get away and so I went to California to "find myself." After two months there I was a little bored myself, so I decided to head into Mexico.....well now, thats a whole other story which I will not get into here. I spent two months there and then headed back to Boston and back to Umass, where I continued my "education" for another two semesters. This past winter, the night before I was leaving for my 5th semester at Umass, I found out that they had kicked me out for a semester because of my grades in the fall. Holy fuck! What now? Well, I got a job as a cook in Needham and started to play online poker almost religiously. From about late March into early May, I made a lot of final tables in a bunch of tournaments and took 1st place in 3 of them. As the wins kept piling up, I knew my job at the restaurant was on its last leg. Then my grandmother died and when I got back from the funeral I gave my two week notice at work. My last day of work was about May 7th, and looking at my bank account, which was hovering between 6k-12k, and my 21st birthday on the 22nd of May, I decided it was time to move to Vegas and try and take over the poker world, or at least delve inside that world and to see what came of it all.On May 23rd I got on a plane headed to Las Vegas. On the flight I sat wide awake for 6 hours just staring out the window, thinking of what my life would bring in Vegas. Passing over the Rocky Mountains and the flat terrain of the middle of the country I thought to myself, "What the fuck am I doing???"I got into Vegas, went to my room at Binion's downtown, showered and relaxed for a while. I then decided to check out the poker room and ended up making about $350 at the 1-2NL tables. Good start, no?The next day I ventured out into the sweltering heat of Vegas in the summer and headed for The Mirage. My father is friends with one of the people that runs the poker room and so I went and introduced myself, then I went and sat 1-2NL and bought in for $200. 12 hours later my stack had grown to about $1,500. The table switched over to a 2-5NL game and the action got a lot faster and more intense.40 hours later, still sitting at the same table, my stack, which had grown so big that I could barely see over it, I had turned $200 into $5,700. Talk about a good start in Vegas.Over those 40 hours I met some amazing people and I still see and chill with a lot of them now in and around las vegas. The night after my 40 hour session, and just after I had slept for 14 hours straight, I headed over to the Bellagio. When I got there, I found out that the 2-5NL game was a $200max. so I ventured over to the other desk that is in charge of bigger games and was told there was a seat at the 10-20NL table. Now, for those of you who do not know, 10-20NL is one of the highest of no limit cash games. The only cardrooms in Vegas that really have 10-20NL are Bellagio, Wynn, and I think the Palms sometimes has one. It is a very intense and extremely tough limit to play at.So, I bought in for 1k and in 4 hours of play I left with $7,000 in my pocket. Holy fuck! 6k to the good at the Mirage and another 6k at the Bellagio! Insane, amazing, unbelievable; I could barely fathom all this money that was now mine. AMAZING!!!!!So, in under 100 hours I had gone from 1-2NL to 10-20NL. My bankroll had grown from 6k to all of a sudden 18k?!?!?!?!?! I was lovin' it! I mean, this is what I came here to do. I said it before flying out to Vegas: I was coming here to do one of two things.....explode or go bust. I was exploding!
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So, I leave the Bellagio up 6 grand...fucking unbelievable. I mean, its just money, and thats just it; its not entirely about the money, although the money is amazing....its the fact that I sat down at one of the highest No Limit Holdem games in Las Vegas and raped it. Mind you, that was about my 4th time ever playing poker in an actual casino.Anyways, I'm up a shitload of money and lovin' it. I get a new room at the 4Queens, which is also downtown. Pass out for what felt like an entire day. I go back out the next day, chill out with a buddy of mine, Justin, and go play some more at the Bellagio. I play a long session (maybe 10 hours) and end up dead even; in for 5k but break dead even. Then, the 10-20nl game breaks and the only NL game available is the 25-50NL. Fucking hectic stakes. Even the Bellagio rarely has a no limit game this high. I jump in for $5,000 and whatdoyaknow im bust within 2 hours. FunFun!.....I'm steaming, and I have a quick chat with my pops and then I hear about a 10-20NL game at the Wynn, so I roll. I sit down with some crazy heads with REAL money. On the first hand of the table, three guys push allin for about 2k a piece. The winner flops a flush with 6 4 and cracks a guy with kk and 55. I'm laughing my balls off. I'm only in for a grand and these savage are tossing around dimes like they're pennies. Well, I cant remember everything that happened that night, but what I do know is that after about 8 hours of playing I am up $10,000. Yup, thats right, i have turned a profit of 10 thousand dollars in an 8 hour period, completely wiping out the 5k I had lost earlier and sending me home with a fat wallet.Now im busting! C-notes as far as the eye can see. Shit is real!I sleep like a baby and the next day I roll back to the Wynn feeling like a million bucks, literally. I put in a 30 hour session this time and at one point in the session im actually up about 15k! I later went on to drop about 6k back to the table, but I still left the Wynn up about 9k. Can I really complain? During this session I actually played in a $17,500 pot, and won it....
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