Posted by Johnnymac 5:56 PM
Just got back from Vegas. I finished 6th in the tournament on Friday morning at the Golden Nugget and pulled in a whopping $225 in gross prize money in return for my $73 investment. There were 62 entrants. I will write a longer post about the tournament later this week - my experience at the final table was quite interesting as I started it rather short-stacked, got lucky on the very first hand, and then patiently finagled my way into an in the money finish. Champ Canonico and I agreed before the tournament to split our gross proceeds after rebuys so after paying him I netted about $45.

Because I was in town with some friends, I played a lot more blackjack than usual and surprisingly was a fairly big winner, at least for the kind of low roller that I am. This is funny because I never win at blackjack or other casino games and usually don't even play.

I was a slight loser at poker, with a break-even session the first night playing 8-16 at Bellagio, a medium size win on Saturday afternoon in an 8-16 session (12 BB in 6 hrs), a rather large and painful loss playing 10-20 at Mirage on Saturday night (25 BB / 2hrs), and a big win at 2-4 at Flamingo last night playing with my brother in his first ever casino poker experience (70 BB / 3 hrs). The 2-4 game was quite unique and will get its own post later this week.

My most amusing gambling experience of the weekend was from a slot machine, actually. While we were waiting to get into the 2-4 game last night, I put $1 into a nickel slot machine and won a $50 jackpot (1000 coins) on the second spin. I didn't spin again after that because I was too busy counting my nickels.

Other things about the trip: the brunch buffet at Bellagio was great as always; the new sports book at Bally's is quite swank; our hotel room at Bally's was a lot nicer than I was expecting; the swimming pool and accompanying scene at Flamingo were fabulous; and the waiting lists at both the Mirage and Bellagio poker rooms weren't bad at all.

More later this week, once I get some sleep.

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