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Alright so where were we? Ah yes, the third day there, or something like that. Well, it was another lazy day, probably involving some home games and some playing online and some not eating enough food. I went with a few of the guys to the “fashion show mall” because I needed to acquire some more appropriate attire if we were to be going to any fancy places. I bought a few shirts and a pair of jeans, which were way too expensive, but they were also pretty nice, so I figure I can just wear them from now on whenever I need fancy-type clothes. As we were driving back to the house, I got pulled over for speeding. It was completely lame, because the road was utterly empty save the dark warehouses on either side. It was a four-lane road with a divider lane in the middle, and yet the speed limit was apparently 25mph. So, 57 was apparently a bit too fast. But I couldn’t complain too much, since I was up 5 or 6k on the day from playing online earlier. But it was still a hassle, and since I was not from around there, it’d be a whole to-do if I wanted to contest it in court or anything.
Well by the time I got back to the house it was almost nighttime, and it was time to make some evening-type plans. Now Lior (one of the dudes in the house) had a lady friend from LA who was in town with a bunch of friends, so they came over to the house for a while. We all had some beers and some laughs, though it was naturally a pretty hilarious situation; There we were, 12 or 15 young poker ballers (most of whom were fairly marginal in the social aptitude category due to being nerds) and 7 or 8 dressed-up California girls looking to party. It worked out pretty well though, we didn’t stay around the house too long before heading out to some sort of night-club via a few stretch limousines. We had a table reserved, which probably cost way too much, but at least we had a place to sit and plenty of booze to drink. Unfortunately I don’t have any exciting stories to tell about the club itself, aside from the fact that it was completely ridiculous in decoration and regulation and such. Clubs are not my scene typically, though it can’t hurt to go now and again when you’re in vegas or something.
Anyhow, eventually our party left the club and a few of us headed down to the poker room in the Venetian (thats where the club was). Vanessa had left earlier, and was down playing some cards, so we wanted to check in and see how she was doing. She was playing 5/10nl, and probably bitched about some bad beats when we got there, but seemed to be enjoying herself. We noticed that there was a game going in the salon, so leaned in to check it out. Turns out it was the 100/200nl game that had been running on and off for a while. I asked what the buyin was, and when they saw that I was curious and drunk they seemed interested in getting me in the game, but 20k was of course way more than I had on me at the time. Plus I was drunk, and it would have been a terrible idea (though the game did look pretty soft!). Vanessa wanted to get into the game, and that seemed like a pretty good idea, but we couldn’t put together the necessary amount between all of us, so we just let it go. I did join the 5/10 table though, as I had a hankering for some pokers.
Within the first orbit or so, I got into two big hands. First, I flopped a Jack-high flush (with the king on board) and led out $160 into the pot (which may have been $200 or something, I dunno). This old fishy guy sitting next to Vanessa then tried to raise me to $300. Sigh. Once he was informed that he had to make it $320, I then called then check-called his $300 and $400 bets on the turn and river on blanks, and his nut flush was good. A few hands later, I raised from late position with 97dd, and Vanessa called in the blinds. There may have been another player in the pot, but if so they didn’t matter much. The flop was T96 with two diamonds, so I had a huge draw. She checked, I bet, and she checkraised. I didn’t want to necessarily get stacks in this deep (4k or so?), plus I had position, so I just called. Turn was an offsuit K, she led out again, and I moved it all-in. She pretty quickly called with K8dd, and I didn’t improve on the river. Lame, though thats pretty much what happens when two maniacs have huge combo draws.
After that hand, I headed back to the house with the few guys who were still hanging around, and we left Vanessa to take care of the fish. I don’t think anything more particularly exciting happened that night, though we did probably stay up until after the sun came up.
Sensei's Poker Dojo
your mixing 2 different nights cuz i remember that one strip club being overly strict about a ton of stuff, especially the bathroom situation, but the night those girls came over we got 2 limos and booked a table at TAO. I remember someone got kicked out but not sure who, it was pretty hilarious tho.
