I awoke in the city of gambling and took a stroll on The Strip. Immersed in tackiness, the casinos were as bombastic as plentiful. Main point of the day: finding a casino with a decent tournament for the evening. And so, while my co-travellers hit the pool for some drinking game, I headed to the MGM Grand for some serious poker.
50 of us seated, $80 buy-in, no-limit hold’em. Top six pays. After two much needed doble-ups (QQ against AA, hitting the trips on the flop and AA against JJ, holding all the way) I found myself at the final table. Two of the finalists were really shortstacked and disappeared quickly. Then one more went down, and another, and I started singing ‘In the money’. I had bled a while, antes and blinds were high, and eventually I had to go all-in, finishing fifth. That’s a $205 win, thank you very much, and after buy-in and tip I ended upp $100 plus. So, not only have I gambled in Vegas, I have actually won in Vegas.
