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GG Running Bad At The Golden Nugget
July 08, 2009Well I busted the tourney and headed straight to the Rio while listening to 30 Seconds To Mars looped (really emo, self-hating, wanna slit your wrist stuff) with the volume booming so loudly my BOSE headphones were close to bursting!
Once back at the Rio I moped round telling anyone I could my bad beat story, and after coping the frankly I don’t give a damn expression from GG he asked me if I wanted to head Downtown to be wing-man for Dave King. I choose to join the fight to get DK hooked up, and Donnie also joined us.
We arrived at the Golden Nugget and walked through the carpark, pass the pool and then to the middle of the casino floor to hit a crossroad of what to do. Donnie wanted to play BlackJack, GG wanted to play Craps and I (obviously) wanted to play Baccarat. Since Donnie didn’t want to play craps, and either didn’t know how to play baccarat we all sat down at our own blackjack table.
I have no idea why I even sat down at the table because it is definitely –EV for me as I have no clue on any strategy. Donnie and GG just told me what to do and I followed; eventually returning to even after an early down swing. I quit, Donnie continued to grind and GG got stacked.
Over to Craps we went.
Me and GG started our roll pretty well with us both banking some profit before meeting up with some friends as DK had messaged that he would have to ditch us because the girl wanted to ‘stay in’.
We met up with Melissa (our camera girl) and her boyfriend Eddy at the roulette tables and I grinded a small profit before we threw $2 each on the number ten as Donnie quickly slammed down $75 on black.
”Number 10 for the PokerNews crew!”
Bang! The ball bobbled into the ten and we all banked a nice win while we headed back to the Baccarat room so that I could grind the $10 shoe as GG went back to BlackJack. He won what he was losing all back . . . and then lost it all again while I pushed my profits up to the $200 mark. Donnie and GG decided it was time for some old fashioned poker and they sat down at an uncapped $1-2 No Limit Holdem table.
Donnie and GG in actionI railed them for a while before returning to Craps to take my profit up to $350 for the night as we rolled past 4am. Back to poker I returned to see GG playing like a complete nutter as Donnie grinded a steady profit. After GG pushed all in dark for around the 100 bb mark and won some and lost some he cashed out to head to craps. I sat with Donnie for a little bit more before heading to join GG.
We stood near the craps table for nearly three minutes waiting before GG walked over to us.
”I’m done”
“Ok, craps it is then”
“No . . . I mean I’m done!”With GG dropping the last of what he had in just eight hands of Blackjack we made our way home just as the sun was starting to rise. I booked a $350 win, Donnie was even to up and GG . . . well GG advised me not to repeat how much he had dropped . . . so let’s just say it was between $5 and $5000 . . . I’ll let you be the judge!
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Read more: Baccarat, BlackJack, Craps, David King, Donnie Peters, Eddy Sabat, Garry Gates, Golden Nugget, Melissa Castello, No Limit Holdem, Roulette
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Main Event Final Table; Go The CHUCK TRUCK!!
September 07, 2008Finally we reach the final table of the APPT Main Event and for once I have some interest in it. Charles 'Chucky' Chua is someone I've always known and heard stories about; but never knew who he was . . . until now.
During the APT main event a week previous I was introduced to him and instantly became good friends with him. We share a group of friends, so it is understandable that we should click too. After busting early during the APT main event he kicked on throught the APPT main event and is now positioned in fourth chip position on the final table.
Since me and Dave weren't needed we headed to the games arcade for a half hour or so and quickly blew 20mops playing drumming games, racing cars and shooting bad guys! Afterwards I ventured back to the baccarat tables where I took my original 2k buy-in and turned it into 7,000 mops. With an extra 5k in my pocket and a tourney starting I decided to give it a crack.
It was a 2,500 mops buy-in with an optional rebuy or add-on with a 5,000 starting bank. I sat down at table 14 seat 10 with Heath having a purchased 10% for a 15% share - I was feeling generous and also wanted some protection (even though it was only $500!!).
The first hand I played I limped with
and found a raiser in late position to 200. I was going to call until I saw a glimpse of the 
as the big blind folded. Under-the-gun I sweated 
and bumped it to 175. The action was folded round to a donkey in late position who raised it to 400. There was a caller in the big blind, so I called and we saw a flop of 
. BB checked, I checked and then the donkey moved all-in for 5,000. BB folded and I snapped. However I was in shock when he tabled 
for a flopped set. Of course the turn and river bricked out and I was forced to rebuy as I looked up at Lily in disbelief just shaking my head.We came back from the first break with blinds at 100-200 and with my stack at a very unhealthy 2,925. I won my first pot after flopping two-pair out of the small blind and leading 725 into the 800 and taking it down. I then got myself in a trickey spot. I opened to 800 with blinds at 150-300 and Lily moved all-in and was met with two callers. Having
I was forced to fold even though I only had 2,225 behind. The flop fell King -high and would have shipped the pot as I was up against J-J, A-Q and 9-9.I was dealt
under-the-gun and tried my luck again bumping it to 800. With one caller on my direct left I checked the YAHTZEE flop of 
and when he put me all-in for my last 1,425 I double-fist-pump-snap called and was up against 
. The turn and river bricked for him and I was back to 4,600.A few hands later a player in early position opened to 1,000 and I flatted with
in late position. The flop fell 
and he led for 2,000 and I moved all-in for a further 1,450 - he called and tabled 
. The turn fell the 
and river the 
and I doubled to 9,350.As we came back from the break with blinds at 200-400 an LAG opened to 1,200 and looking down at
I raised to 4,400 leaving myself only 1,400 behind. He went into the tank for sometime before putting me all-in with 
. I called and of course the board ran out 
and I was eliminated in 64th place out of the 96 runners.Tilting hard I headed back to baccarat and made a further 2k to make me feel a little better as I went to sweat Chucky. Me, Celina, Van and David Lee sweated Chuck as play hit heads-up, but the Chuck Truck couldn't overcome Edward Sabat as he collected 300k for his second-place finish.
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APPT Main Event
September 07, 2008So its been a while since I last posted but its mainly due to covering the APPT Main Event over the past few days.
All in all it was a really well run tournament as the days were short as play only lasted seven levels with 10 minute breaks every second level.
However a recap of what has been going on over the past few days:
- learnt to play Baccarat; and now officially addicted
- partied at various places including D2 and Benelli's
- am yet to have a 'spa'
- did I mention I'm addicted to Baccarat . . .So every day seems to be standard so far. Wake up at 12 something, showever and catch a 20mop cab to work (about $3) and grab a food voucher for breakfast. Work for seven hours. Head to the buffet with another voucher. Play some baccarat, have a few quiet ones or go exploring. In bed by 3am.
As you can tell there is barely anytime for jumping online; and not having a computer over here doesn't help either.
However, here are some photos from my trip so far:
