It's hard to believe it's only four days until I leave for Las Vegas! For those of you who have been waiting impatiently for another update (I'm looking at you Hunter), there hasn't really been much to report. I've mostly been getting things ready to leave on Tuesday and winding down my semester. But now, it's almost go time.
The Trip to Las Vegas
Several of you have asked about non-tournament trip details, so I thought I'd share some of that in anticipation of leaving. I'll be driving to Las Vegas with my wife and kids, so the plan is to make a fun trip for the kids out of the long drive. Here's the general breakdown:
- Tuesday, May 26: Drive to Arlington, Texas
- Wednesday, May 27: Six Flags over Texas
- Thursday, May 28: Drive to Oklahoma City
- We'll spend part of this day at Six Flags in Arlington or at Frontier City in Oklahoma City
- Friday, May 29: Frontier City and drive to Vega, Texas
- Saturday, May 30: Drive to the Grand Canyon
- Sunday, May 31: Grand Canyon and drive to Las Vegas
- I know an evening and a morning probably aren't enough to get the whole Grand Canyon experience, but my youngest isn't really old enough to do a lot of the things the Grand Canyon offers. We'll go back again.
So, we're breaking the drive up over six days, and the kids get three days in an amusement park and a trip to the Grand Canyon out of it. I'm hoping we arrive in Vegas early enough on May 31 for me to slip over a casino for a little bit to take advantage of the 10x tier credit offer Caesars has going on.
I'll post pictures from our trip as we go along.
Week 2
- Sunday, June 7: TBD
- Option 1: WSOP Event 25 - $500 NLH Freezeout.
- I love a good freezeout tournament, and this is by far the least expensive no-rebuy tournament I found at the WSOP.
- Option 2: Golden Nugget: $500 HORSE.
- I love HORSE tournaments, and I have a good track record in them. This would also be a nice warm up for later in the week.
- Monday, June 8: WSOP Event 28 - $600 NLH/PLO Mix
- I cashed this event last year, so I'm going to run it back again this year.
- Tuesday, June 9: TBD
- I may take this day off.
- There is a $250 daily HORSE tournament at the Horseshoe. If I do not play the $500 HORSE at Golden Nugget on Sunday, I may play this as a warm up event.
- I could also play the $1100 PLO at Aria or the $600 NLH Bounty at Venetian.
- Wednesday, June 10: Event 37 - $1500 HORSE
- This is one of the highlight events for me. I ran deep into Day 2 in this event last year, placing 41st.
- Thursday, June 11: TBD
- Option 1: Event 25: $1500 PLO.
- If I decide to fire a WSOP bullet on this day, this is my event. I've had good success in PLO tournaments, and jumping into this Day 1B would be a good option for me.
- Option 2: Orleans $600 Razz.
- Razz is one of my favorite games, but it's difficult to find opportunities to play it. Orleans has also decided to deep the stacks in all of their events, which should make this event a lot of play for the money. This would also be a nice warm up event for later in the week.
- Friday, June 12: Event 40 - $1500 Razz
- I wanted to play this event last year, but I had to leave town the day the event started. The only way I don't play this one is if I'm still in another event.
- Saturday, June 13: TBD
- Option 1: WSOP Event 34 - $500 Colossus
- A cheaper rebuy NLH event that usually brings out big crowds. Sounds like a lot of fun. I think the WSOP has changed how the Day 2s work for this event, the Monster Stack, and the Million Maker. I should probably figure those out.
- Option 2: WSOP Online: $400 PLOssus
- I definitely want to take advantage of the opportunity being in Nevada affords to play in the WSOP online tournaments. This looks like a good candidate, though there are some other good ones too.
Let me know which events you think I should play on Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday.
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Ok, signing off for now. I'll post at least one more time before we leave on Tuesday.
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