Trip Report
by Jim Tolliver
Hi Everyone,
As my first RGP trip, ATLARGE was even better than I hoped. Thanks
much to Jazbo for juggling all that stuff, wecoming me, and making
it all run so smoothly.
Friday night I play a little 5/10 Holdem to warm up and move into a
10/20 game which is half holdem half Omaha. Now seeing as how I'm
a Man and never ask directions, and have won lots of Vegas
tournaments I stupidly butcher the first Omaha hand by playing a
238J. Sure I make my wheel, but the game is Omaha Hi and the
dealer pushes the pot to a guy with a flush. After that, I loved
the game and played until 2AM up slightly.
Saturday worked out better, and I'm up $250 in the morning
flip-flop game prior to busting out of the morning Holdem
tournament. No interesting tournament story for me, In the
no-limit tournament I busted all in with KK and ran into an AA, but
hell thats holdem. We start playing the ATLARGE pot limit game
around 4:30 and I played until 3AM. Excellent game, with pots
often several hundred I sat there and folded all night as the cards
were not with me, but somehow wound up ahead another $200 playing
only nuts. Other sharks cleaned up, as several players never
caught on to the subtle adjustments needed to play this game,
namely nuts and potential nuts.
Sunday morning, I start playing the pot limit game around 8AM, and
lose $200 in one hand to a local pro lady who rivered a straight.
I had JJ overcards to a 10-8-2 rainbow. Lost another hundred
playing craps, but still went home with more money than I came with
so it was essentially a free weekend.
Resorts was an excellent choice, food was good in the California
Pizza Kitchen and a small seafood stand. Had Starbucks coffee
every day to keep me awake as its attached to the building on the
boardwalk. Only complaint would be the tiny little Mens Room
attached to the poker room, sort of a typical gas station type.
Lucked out on roomates with Doug A who doesnt snore and has a lot
of similar interests in poker and Computer geek stuff, and was nice
enough to share when every room was booked.
Regret I missed out on socializing more, as we only had the weekend
I played almost non-stop, ate alone when hungry then rushed back to
my chips. Hope to do more at Barge.
Also will be going to Vegas April16 for a vacation poker week.
Hope to stop by Binions and see a little of the WSOP action.
Jim
