Underground Poker

That’s right…..FIGHT WEEK IN VEGAS!!

You can literally smell the action in the air in Vegas! Fight week in Vegas is like no other! The poker rooms are PACKED with fish in town who have saved for the last few months to blow it all in a drunken weekend and you need to be here to take advantage of it! Manny Pacquaio vs Rickey Hatton is Saturday night at MGM, and I will be there to witness it. Over 15,000 drunken English terrible poker players will be in town handing away money at the poker tables, so make sure you are here to get some of it!

Anyways, sorry for the lack of updates over the last week, my mom was in town to see the new house I bought ( yes, brag post! ) so I have been busy with her. I stayed at her condo while waiting to close on my house, it was a nice change of pace and I love seeing my mom. We saw LOVE at Mirage, and I have to admit, it was excellent. I wasn’t too sure if I wanted to see it since I’m not a huge fan of the Beatles, but my god I was blown away. Kudos to my mom for picking out a great show! I also played my first table game in about 4-5 months, blackjack at the Sahara. My mom was in the mood to do a little gambling, so we sat at a $5 blackjack table and crushed it! We played about 20 minutes, and I bought in for $75 and left with $260! My mom also only came with $25 since she lost a bit at roulette and she left with about $80.  She isn’t a huge gambler, so it’s fun to watch her sweat a $5 double down hand, lol.

Anyways, I will be back to blogging once a week, so be looking out for the next update! I am going to list a detailed restraunt review of the best steakhouses in Vegas!

Clay

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Scientists say that 72% of Earth is water….I say 72% of Las Vegas poker rooms are filled with the fish who swim in those waters!

Recession? What recession?! Vegas is PACKED with fish losing money everyday, and you need to be here cleaning up! Over the past few months, Vegas has gotten a little slow, but let me tell you…there is nothing in the world that can keep gamblers away from gambling!

I want to give everyone out here reading a few tips on how to beat the fish, the locals, and what to look for when playing low limit no limit, such as 1-2 or 2-5nl.

1) When someone is local, it DOES NOT mean they are good! Don’t be afraid of locals! Locals are ROCK TIGHT, NITTY, and will check fold pretty much any hand they raise with and miss. Also, you need to take advantage of their nittiness!…when they limp utg or utg+1 which they do a lot, raise in position and Cbet them…they will always fold when they miss! TRUST ME!

2)Pay close attention when someone makes a huge raise…I have dealt for 4 years now, and I notice a lot of players who usually make a standard raise of $10-$12 all the sudden make it $25 or $30 to go…it only means one of two hands…10’s or jacks! I see it EVERY DAY, someone makes a massive raise and everyone folds and they turn over jacks and say something retarded like “Only way to play em!”…or “I don’t wanna see a flop with this hand”….when you notice this..I usually call 100% of the time in position with any two cards, and if an overcard comes, they check fold to my bet every time! Another thing I do often is if the flop comes with an overcard and they check to me like they always do, I bet and when they are thinking I usually say “jacks are tough to play”…and 90% of the time they just toss em face up as they muck!

3)Pay attention to people watching tv! Every card room has televisions on the wall, and when you are playing, hopefully you are paying attention to the poker game and notice all the people at the table watching tv….this is a HUGE TELL! If you raise and get flatted by someone who is usually watching sports on tv, watch them when the flop comes out! If they look super interested in the board, they usually hit big, and if they go right back to glancing at the TV, they are uninterested in the hand and it’s a nice spot for you to bet and pick that pot up!

By applying these 3 tips…you can quickly become a shark in the Las Vegas fish tank!!
Clay

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First off, I wanna thank the guys of jacktenoffsuit.com for letting me write here, and having my own section. Thanks a ton guys!

Ok, now a bit about myself, and what this will be all about….

My name is Clay, and I am a poker dealer here in Las Vegas, NV. I moved out here 5 years ago on Halloween (time sure does fly) from Texas after leaving college. I didn’t know a single person out here, I just knew this was the town for me. I had recently got into poker my last two years of college, and has small success in SNG’s and small stakes donkaments. Luckily I had great parents who were very supportive of me, and knew I wasn’t going to listen to anything they said anyways.  =)

I had about $12k to my name at that time from poker winnings, and paid upfront for a years rent, and spent my first two weeks in Vegas playing the $50 max buyin 1-2nl game at Luxor (lol) and scoping out magazines and Craigslist for jobs. I was reading a cardplayer magazine and saw a new poker room was opening in March and hiring. I looked online and found some poker schools, and enrolled myself to be a poker dealer.

I got hired to open that room and have been dealing there ever since, 4 years now. It’s a great job, great money, and a very laid back atmosphere. Over the past 4 years, I have witnessed some of the most bizarre moments you can ever imagine, so every week, I will be blogging here about some of the things I witness from the felt. I have seen fights, grown men cry, a couple break off their engagement, a man attacked by a lion (I swear), and countless other shenanigans.

Anyways, to sum this up, this should be a great column with real stories, hands, and advice for nOObz that come to Las Vegas.

Till next time….

Peace!

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