Too much work

I had a tough time in the last weeks. Way too much work. I skipped the $100 Hold'em tournament in Bregenz as well as my usual trip to Kufstein. More worse - I got ill that weekend. Only a few days before my trip to the US.

But I feel better now. My vacation time started today and I will fly to Vegas on Wednesday.
It will be a short stay in Vegas (only two days) and then we will continue for "real" vacation to San Francisco area and Los Angeles. I'm with my girlfriend but we agreed on the following plan:

• Heavy Poker play in Vegas. She will be at the pool or go shopping - I prefer her doing the first one ;-))
• One night of Poker in San Francisco - most likely Bay101
• One or two night of Poker in L.A. Either at the Bike or (despite my bad memories) at the Commerce.

Not too much Poker for a 3-week trip but better than nothing.

Due to some comps from my BJ times we stay in a real great place not far away from the Wynn. I will play the Wynn for cash game and most probably the Aladdin and the IP for tournament. I would have preferred the Orleans over the IP but we won't have a rental car for those two days.
In addition to my Poker times we will go to David Copperfield. For two years now I missed him everytime I was in Vegas (he was on-tour) so I'm happy that we got tickets almost in the front row. This will be a great evening :-))

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Too many events

After a dry time without any interesting events there had been too many events this week.
Originally I had planned to play the Black Jack tournaments in Stuttgart and Baden-Baden but due to much workload I skipped Stuttgart and decided to attend the Black Jack tournament in Kitzbuehl instead of Baden-Baden on the same day.
But two days before I received an email from Horst Koch from the GPPA that he helds a Poker tournament just around the corner in Munich (with a Las Vegas flight as a first prize). So I changed my plans again and went to this tournament. It was much fun as the crowd on these tournaments is always easy going.
Unfortunatly I had a horrible evening and on the first three preliminaries I didn't catch any good cards. On the last try I had a monster run dominating the table. One key hand went like this: I was slowplaying a flopped straight (Queen High) with success as I got one all-in on the turn. I was releaved to see that my opponent only had two pairs...just to see an 8 on the river to make him a full house. :-( Fortunatly on a second look this 8 improved my straight to a straight flush :-)) So much about slowplaying and bad beats.
I went to the final but lasted just one hand. I raised wit A9s. Flop of diamonds with an Ace. Everybody checked to me (I was the button) and I was only called (some folds) with a decent bet, so I was sure that no one held a flush. It was checked on the turn again and I bet some more and everybody went out except one caller. The river brought a 9 to make me two pair. The other guy checked again, I went all in, he called all-in and showed me his rivered straight. Out on 8th place...

At least I had fun, met some nice people and hope to see some of them again at the 4/8 cash game in Kufstein.

On a side note: There had been a €200,- Pot-Limit Texas Hold'em (with Rebuys) in Baden-Baden last week and from all I heard this was a great event. They will have it again on Oct. 28th and I will be there and play my first pot-limit tournament.

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