vegas trip for poker!

I was debating if i should go to vegas or not during my new yrs break since i went on thanksgiving and this yr i want to try to save much money as possible.. but the hotels were really cheap after new yrs day and i decided to go! stayed at Imperial Palace this time, 30$ a night :] hotel was dirtier than Newyork Newyork but they hav a poker room and cant complain with the price and location.. right in middle of the strip. I was doing well at first (with poker) but did a bad call with pocket Q and lost my 200$ stack i built up with 100$ buyin. i was pretty upset but knew that was my bad so im like wutever, and bought in with 100$ again. second hand i get was AK. i raise 20$ and i had my body language like i was on tilt so people would call, resting my head on one arm and throwing in my chips like im pissed lol. one loose player calls and the board was A rag rag. no flush draw. i throw in another 20$ he calls, or mayb 25$? cant remember. turn card was like a 6 of spades. i go all in with 60$ or mayb little bit less. he instant calls and the river was another spade. the guy gets a flush. i was so shocked, i had him all the way til the river. god dammit. i went back to my room and cried on my bed, jk, but seriously fuck that bs call. so i go down 200$ first night, wut a way to start my trip.

next day we walk over to Osheas, which was right next to our hotel. one player was playing realli bad (mayb he was drunk? dono) but everyone else was realli tight. reminded me of playing at Barona or Sycuan. so i didnt wanna stay for too long, after constantly folding i finally get a monster hand pocket A. i raise 10$ and one guy reraises me like 40$. i look at my stack and i think i had like 90$ behind? i go all in, he calls. KK vs. AA and that made my stack double up. so i left lol. and walked over to venetian. much nicer hotel and the place was packed with poker players. but same type of players, great. few players i didnt wanna go against but there was a hand i had to go heads up with. i had top pair A kicker. hav position too and the guy continuation bets. i call all the way and ends up him hitting a straight on the river. gut shot straight draw from flop. very nice buddy. after awhile they leave and few bad players come in. i build my stack like 60$ up and i left for dinner. at this point im winning 150$ from both session, 50$ more to go to break even.

We ate at the Aria for buffet. first time going in the hotel (pics on top is both from Aria). very clean and artistic, love the atmosphere. buffet was pretty good but the alcohol they serve r so strong at the casino. i was getting drunk from cranberry vodka lol. they had a poker room but according to my friend it sucks. so we go back to Venetian to play more.

I got back in a different table, new faces so i had to pay attention which player i can go against to make money. one girl was reraising with AJ on a AQ rag board so i marked her as one. one guy with a decent amount of stack was asking the dealer he had A7 on a 3 4 4 board and if it was a good hand. he said he thinks its good, and no its not good at all, for those of you that dont know poker. so i mark him as retard. he kept putting in 5$ bet saying "very affortable" like every hand he was in lol. so after playing few hands i get QQ. the girl i wanted to go up against raises 10$ on top. i call. board was 5 6 10 i think. i raise 15$ or 20$ i think. she calls. turn card is 9. I raise 40$. she puts me all in. im like wtf? that play is like her having pocket 9s. now that i think about it, she couldve hav 10 9. newayz that time i couldnt think like rite now and i thought she sucked so i call. ends up her having pocket K. i instantly lose 200$ with that one hand. i buy in for 100$ and seat changed to go on her left. after thinking hard about the hand, she had me on a range pin point. no pocket A -> didnt reraise her. mayb A 10 -> raising flop. blasting my money in with that board ->JJ or QQ = her pocket K is good. worst case scenario is a chop with me having same hand as her. and paying attention to her betting pattern i realize shes realli good. i told her that was a realli sick bet.. she knew i was gonna call with JJ or QQ too... we tlked little and shes pretty nice. i had alot of respect for her play style and she was the best at the table. i got up, went for a smoke and when i came back she was in a situation of call All in or fold. i didnt see too much money in the pot mayb like 20$+. looked like she raised 40$ and the guy re raising. she thinks hard and calls with pocket 8 hitting a set on the flop. guy had a straight, gut shot from flop. i asked the other players how it went and it was check around on flop, guy raises 10$ on turn with A coming out (A is not the card he needs) she re raises 40$ he calls. than he goes all in on river. i wouldve done that call too! its a bad beat...wuts up with people going in with gut shots?? she left right after that, i was sad i wasnt able to tlk to her more. guy that raises 5$ every time leaves too... newayz after playing few more hands i got my stack up to 350$ and left. i broke even. 4$ profit to b exact from the entire trip :] i learned alot and i will continue to play poker!