Summer/Vegas Trip Report

Hi all,

Sorry for the lack of updates. This summer has been great so far. I had 3 weeks Vacation, My baby in my wife's belly is healthy and growing, and Poker has been going great! I am getting excited about the baby, I know when he comes my life will change forever. I just hope to make him proud. I have a handful of pictures so I'm just going to post all those and comment on most of them.




This picture is from my Aunt and Uncles condo in Islamorada. It is really beautiful down there and the people are really cool and laid back. My Uncle warned me that the locals personality's are a bit different. It didn't take long to see what he was talking about. They basically tell you like it is. I found it amusing and have always respected people who say whats on there mind. The town/area is a drinking town with a fishing problem! A great place for retirement.



Their new boat! This thing is a dream. I should have gotten some better pics of it



Uncle Dana



Aunt Betty & Sadie



We went out to a reef to do some snorkeling which was really cool. After that we headed to a huge sand bar where everybody stands/floats in the water and drinks to stay cool. I love the clear water down there.








My wife and I took one day and drove down to Key West and explored everything. That was really cool because I haven't been there since I was a kid and had forgotten all the details of it.

Southernmost point: been there , done that, got an ice cream.


A sunset before dinner in Key West. I wanna say thanks again to my Aunt/Uncle. They were great host and the trip was one of the best trips I have ever been on.

Vegas Trip Report

About 2 days after getting home from the Keys, I was off to Vegas. My affiliate and Doyles Room ran a promotion which I ended up luck boxing for a free trip. My wife had to work after the Keys and was 6 months pregnant so obviously didn't go to Vegas with me so I took my dad. I was glad he went with me because he is always a good time to hang out with and he is my dad, lol. We flew out Friday morning and Checked into the Aria complements of poker-strategy.org and Doyles Room. This hotel was very nice. When I opened the guest room all the curtains and lights automatically opened/operated.The TV had all my room information on them and you could control anything in the rooms with the alarm clock or remote. We had a few hours to get some drinks and check the hotel out before the Limo for Dinner with Doyle was set to come. I told my dad that I wasn't sure where the dinner was going to be at but I thought he should just try to catch a ride in the limo and hang out in the casino where the restaurant I was eating at until I was finished. When The Limo pulled up, we were greeted by a man named Will who is the president of Doylesroom and was very cool. I told him my dad would just ride along but he insisted that he come to dinner with us, ship!.

We arrived at N9ne steakhouse at the Palms and I started seeing the people who I would be eating dinner with. Hoyt Corkins, Pam Brunson, Zachary Clark(CrazyZach), Amit Makhija(Amak316), and Dani Stern(Ansky) were all there. Doyle and Todd were not there yet, I think they were still at the Rio busy. It was pretty unreal, everybody at the table was very talkative and friendly. I wasn't really sure who all would be at the dinner but there was probably about 14 people total at the table[I sat in the middle :)]. I think there were 3 people like myself who had won the dinner. The food and service was amazing, the Brunsons knew the cooks so they just started bringing out a surplus of appetizers.

Shortly after Doyle arrived and I got to say hi and shake his hand which was cool. The diner wasn't rushed or anything at all, we probably sat there, talked, and drank/ate for close to 3 hours. We all had many drinks and some great cuts of meat. Todd showed up kinda after we started eating. He was playing a WSOP event and had actually just busted, the cooks rushed him out some fresh appetizers and a huge steak. All in all, the Dinner with Doyle was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I was honored to be there.

Zach, Todd, and Pam




Me and Big Papa




Jimbo and Big Poppa





I played in a $1000 WSOP event on Sunday and busted after about 7 hours. I was on 2 different tables during the 7 hours and they both were pretty tough tables for a 1k event. Notable hand, Very aggro player opens late position and I reshipped about 24 big blinds with AQs from SB. The only fish at my table was in BB and called putting himself allin. I figured he had me crushed or something and was shocked when turned over 66. I guess he had been card dead and wanted to gamble, definitely and awful spot for him though. I bricked and was left with 400 chips at 75/150. I think I won my next 4/5 allins and ended up lasting a couple more hours somehow.

The next day(Monday) I played a Venetian $350 tourney with 860 runners in it. I played for around 11 hours before getting in QQ vs AA to money bubble. So that kinda sucked but I knew I played very well. I decided that was it for me and live mtt tourneys on my Vegas trip. I would just rather grind the WSOP satellites or play the juicy cash games instead.

I was also able to meet a few online friends in Vegas which was huge. It was nice putting some faces to some names. They were all really cool and I hope to see them all again someday.

I am pretty sure this is my longest blog post ever so if you read all of it, congrats!

Until next time....