Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Scotch & Cigars

If you've ever read my blog before, you'll probably remember that I like a good scotch to drink and occasionally a nice, light cigar (preferably robusto). Last year when I went with some friends to Las Vegas, I really looked forward to a cigar bar called Casa Fuente. It's right near the bottom of the escalator near the Forums Shops inside of Caesars. The have some nice scotches to match your cigar as well as some specialty drinks that they are known for. The day I went with 4 other friends was memorable not only for the cigars, scotch, and comraderie, but for the fact that Dick Butkus was signing autographs across from the cigar bar in a sports memorabilia shop. My friends and I got the chance to meet him and take some pictures.

  This year, I will be traveling to my spiritual home in the desert once again, but not with a group. Originally I wanted to go with my wife, as she is a big fan of Las Vegas, but with 3 kids all under the age of 6, it's rather difficult to get child care even for a 4 day jaunt. Instead, I will be making the pilgrimmage alone. Yes, my wife trusts me, which she has every reason to. I love you honey!
I am already feeling the excitement of Vegas and am looking up other Scotch bars that I can relax in. I cam across this list, which is reassuring and will go well with my intention of eating some nice steaks. I had never heard of the Freakin Frog before and am looking forward to making it out to the UNLV campus if time permits to taste some of the owners myriad of scotches.

 The last time I was in Vegas with my pseudo bachelor party-like amigos, we did a lot of group activities, such as eating, drinking, gambling, and gambling. No, I didn't go to a strip club! I love you honey! During that trip, I missed out on 3 important things that I wanted to accomplish while in Las Vegas. Playing poker, drinking scotch, and sipping a big gulp sized Pina Colada poolside right after breakfast. This trip will be a redo, if you will, in order to check those things off and enjoy some relaxation time, sans children. I love my 3 kids more than anything else, but one does need some "me time".

  Well, I'm sure you get the drift of this post, so I will bid you adieu, as I need to get back to researching things to do on my Las Vegas trip. Auf Wiedersehen!

Monday, September 3, 2012

August Results

So August was officially my first month of seriously focusing on NLHE for online poker. I posted quite a bit in the micro full ring NLHE forums on 2+2 and reread through Ed Miller's No limit Holdem-Theory & Practice. I started off the month rather well, and then hit some terrible coolers in my last 500 hands. At one point, I lost trip 9s to a flush on the river which in itself, is no real cooler other than the fact that the villain in the hand check raised the flop with a Queen high flush draw and shoved the non-flush turn for more than 1/2 his stack. The very next hand, I flopped a set of 8s and got a player to shove all-in on the turn once again, but he had 2 pair and a nut flush draw. He missed his flush, but hit an Ace on the river to make a better full house. That combined with pocket Kings running in to sets made the end of August quite disappointing. The following graph doesn't include about 1,000 hands at the beginning of the month due to some hand history problems, but I was up almost 3 buy-ins at that point.




  My plan for September is to not look at any results purposefully and just focus on making good decisions. I find myself thinking about my session results which skews my decisions making when up against a player with a large stack of chips in a big pot. I played my first September session last night and still am making mistakes. I hope to be much better by the time I fly to Vegas near the end of October. Thanks for reading and have fun.