Posted by Editor | Filed under Bellagio, Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, John Hennigan, Phil Ivey, Richard Brodie, Roland de Wolfe, WPT Championship
The Tiger and the Iceman
Leaving the Bellagio on Monday, April 9, I stopped for breakfast in the hotel. I always feel awkward eating alone and usually bring something to read. But my car was packed to the gills and I walked in empty handed. Luckily, I found a copy of M Magazine, “the lifestyle magazine of MGM Mirage.” There was a Q & A with Tiger Woods about his TigerJam charity event, scheduled this year for May 26 at Mandalay Bay.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Bellagio, Bellagio Five Star, Dan Harrington, Mayfair Club, Professor/Banker/Suicide King
Back in April I made two trips to Las Vegas and spent a total of seven nights at the Bellagio. I participated in the beginning of the Bellagio Five Star, and was a spectator for the beginning of the end of the tournament, the $25,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Championship. I played some very good poker and some very bad poker, and I met some interesting people.
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Bellagio, Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide - Tournament Edition, Gavin Smith, massage, WPT
I will write up my adventures with Ted Forrest and at Jennifer Harman’s charity poker tournament ASAP. I’m in my room at the Bellagio – thanks to the help of Doug Dalton and his assistant Karen in getting me a great rate (the poker rate) on a busy, busy weekend – after watching the beginning of the WPT Championship. I’m also waiting to play an Iron Man heads-up match against rockyruu. He gets $5,000 if he wins, and a chance for more against Perry Friedman and Andy Bloch.
$5,000? I think if Jo Anne divorced me, she’d have trouble getting that much. The pressure in on me here, really.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Bellagio, Las Vegas, Roxanna Kaveh, Ted Forrest
[I will shortly give you the last installment of Prisoner of the Bellagio but I want to keep you updated on new business.]
I am back at the Bellagio, shopping for cars with Ted Forrest, playing in Jennifer Harman’s charity poker tournament, and following the first day of the WPT Championship. Also, please note, that I am one of the pros playing in the Iron Man Heads-Up on Saturday afternoon. I’m leading off against Iron Man winner rockyruu. Perry Friedman will play him after me, and Andy Bloch will finish up. I will watch the first hour of the WPT Championship, run upstairs, and do battle. I hope you’ll watch to see how it turns out, and I’ll write about the experience if you miss it.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Bellagio, Me in live tourneys
[This was written from notes of my experience in the $1,000 Bellagio tournament on Friday, April 6.]
The night before the start of the Bellagio Five Star, I decided to see if my luck and good play continued by entering the Friday night $1,000 tournament at the Bellagio. Standing in line only a few minutes before the 7:15 PM start, I believed I was jinxed by a discussion that took place in front of me.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Amarillo Slim, Bellagio, Doug Dalton, Poker Room
[Written Friday afternoon, April 6, picking up where #104 left off, literally bumping into Amarillo Slim at the entrance of Doug Dalton’s office at the back of the poker room at the Bellagio.]
I’ve never met Amarillo Slim, though I’ve seen him a couple times around the World Series (and once playing $20-$40 at Casino Arizona). He’s got to be around 80, if not older, but he was looking pretty good. He was wearing a cowboy hat with “the” band – a rattlesnake that supposedly bit him years ago. He also had on cowboy boots of some exotic animal, and a snazzy blazer with a logo that said “Slim’s Joint.”
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Badugi, Bellagio, Doug Dalton, Eskimo Clark, Me in live tourneys, Mike Matusow, Mirage, Wynn
[Written Friday morning and afternoon, April 6]
Coming into the Wynn Poker room, I ran into Mike Matusow. He was getting picking up his money for making the final table of the main event of the Wynn Classic last month.
“We’re going to lunch. You want to come along.”
I told him I was going to play the Wynn’s noon tournament.
“Then play the tournament. When you’re done, give me a call. I’ll probably be over at the Bellagio, playing cash.”
Who is WE?
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Bellagio, Doug Dalton, Jack McClelland, Prisoner of the Bellagio
[When I am adventuring, this is usually some kind of lag between when (a) things happen, (b) I write them down, and (c) I type them up for the Blog. Sometimes I'll be giving you my contemporaneous notes of what's happening, and sometimes a summary of what happenED, written later. Without getting too crazy with dates and times, I'll try to make it clear when things happened and when I wrote them down in my notebook. Those dates may differ slightly from the posting date.]
This was written at 10:30 AM Friday, April 6. It’s not being posted until April 7, just before noon.
As a means of clarifying any potential conflict of interest, I must disclose that Doug Dalton, the director of poker operations for MGM Mirage, gave me a deal on the room. The poker rate, which has some pretty modest strings attached, is $146 per night, $219 on Friday and Saturday. (If this makes the rajahs at Full Tilt happy, it will likely not make much difference. They are picking up the tab for this adventure, and my expense reports are so bloated that I almost HOPE they don’t notice an unexpected discount for the accommodations. That would mean they are paying attention to my expenses, which is the worst thing that can happen to someone in my position.)
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Aladdin/Planet Hollywood, Bellagio, Las Vegas, Mike Matusow, Vegas Daily Poker Tournaments, World Poker Tour
I decided I’ve had it too cushy lately. Other than a trip to the Heads-Up Championship a month ago, I’ve been doing my writing from the comfort of my home, or Robert Williamson III’s home, or my home-away-from-home in Maui. It’s time for me to get back on the Circuit. The hard road. Riding the white line. Roughing it.
So here I am at the Bellagio.
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