Event #12: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em - Live Updates

06/05/2012 (2 years ago)

$10K Heads-Up: Somerville Dominates Froehlich Early

Bracelet winners Somerville and Froehlich face off in Round 2.

We picked up our coverage of the Jason Somerville vs. Eric Froehlich match near the end of the first level (20-minute blind levels), and Somerville had already gotten out to a solid lead.
Froehlich explained that Somerville also won an absurd number of the small-pot showdowns.
Each player began with an initial stack of 20,000, and two rebuy chips worth an additional 20,000 each that they could cash in any time except during a hand.

Jason Somerville - 45,300 (+2 rebuy chips)
Eric Froehlich - 14,700 (+1 rebuy chips)
Three hands later, after the blinds increased to 300-600, Somerville min-raised from the button to 1,200, and Froehlich called.
Both players check to the turn on a board of J♣ 9♦ 5♠ 7♦. Somerville bet 1,200, and Froehlich check-raised all in for 12,500. Somerville thought for a bit, and asked the dealer if he was allowed to show his cards.
The dealer said she'd have to call a floor, and Froehlich thought it wouldn't be allowed. Somerville said somebody showed him cards during the last heads-up event. (We got confirmation during the last event that showing cards was allowed, but stayed quiet as we are just observers.)
Somerville didn't ask for a floor, and folded, forfeiting the pot to Froehlich. Froehlich said he should've called if he had any outs at all, and then they discussed the value of top pair in that spot.
Felting Froehlich To His Last Bullet
Five hands later, Somerville min-raised the button to 1,200, and Froehlich called.
The flop came 9♦ 6♣ 3♠, Somerville bet 1,500, and Froehlich check-raised all in again, this time for 16,600. Somerville insta-called.
Froehlich showed 10♠ 9♥ for top pair, but Somerville dominated him with J♥ 9♠ for the same pair with a higher kicker.
The turn was the 8♥, giving Froehlich a gutshot straight draw, but the river was the 2♠, and Somerville won the pot. Froehlich was felted, and forced to cash in his last rebuy chip.

Jason Somerville - 60,000 (+2 rebuy chips)
Eric Froehlich - 20,000
Will Froehlich be able to mount a comeback against Somerville? Stay tuned.

Average Stack

$60,000

Players Left

128

Tables Left

64

06/05/2012 (2 years ago)

$10k Heads-Up: Somerville and Froehlich Win Feature Coverage

Jason Somerville takes center stage in our Round 2 coverage.

The votes have been tallied and the winners of our feature coverage in Round 2 of this $10k Heads-Up Championship are Jason Somerville and Eric Froehlich.
So far Jason Somerville has had the edge, forcing Froehlich to cash in one of his three re-buy chips. Our reporters are on the floor, cameras in hand, as we speak so we'll have more for you soon.
Players begin Round 2 with 20,000 in chips and blinds of 200/400. Levels are 20 minutes.
We'll also be keeping you up to date on the results of all the Round 2 matches so keep it locked right here.

Average Stack

$60,000

Players Left

128

Tables Left

64

06/05/2012 (2 years ago)

$10k Heads-Up: Twitter Voting Opens on Who To Cover in Round 2

Viktor Blom is through to Round 2.

Round 2 is about 15 minutes trick cards away and we’ve got the matchups for you to vote on.
If you’re just joining us we’re letting our readers tell us who they want to see covered.
Cast your vote by tweeting @PokerListings and the match that gets the most votes will receive feature coverage.
Get your votes in by 2pm for them to count.
Interesting Match-ups:
Here are the matches that stand out:

• Jason Somerville vs. Eric Froehlich
• Antonio Esfandiari vs. Isaac Haxton
• Vanessa Selbst vs. Scott Clements
• Olivier Busquet vs. Jonathan Jaffe
• Daniel Negreanu vs. Faraz Jaka
• Erik Seidel vs. Sam Stein
• Ben Lamb vs. Michael Mizrachi

For Fans of Ivey and Isildur:

• Phil Ivey vs. Manuel Bevand
• Viktor Blom vs. Tommy Chen

The Entire List
There are a few matches we're not 100% on. In those cases we've included the Round 1 matches.

• Tommy Chen vs. Viktor Blom
• Veerachai Vongxaiburana / Ben Tollerene vs. Ryan Leng
• Jason Somerville vs. Eric Froehlich
• Steve O'Dwyer vs. Yevgeniy Timoshenko
• Vojtech Ruzicka vs. Scott Baumstein
• Victor Ilyukhin vs. Chris Moorman
• Antonio Esfandiari vs. Isaac Haxton
• Jacob Godshall vs. Jason Mercier
• Josh Brikis vs. Richard Lyndaker
• Brian Green vs. Frank Kassela
• Matthew Perrins vs. Chris Moore
• Elior Sion / Helio Liberman vs. David Sands
• Martin Jacobson vs. Paul Volpe
• Victor Ramdin vs. Dimitar Danchev
• John Andress vs. Chae An
• Manuel Bevand vs. Phil Ivey
• Christiano Guerra vs. Shaun Deeb
• Igor Yaroshevskyy vs. James Dambrosio
• Ludovic Lacay vs. Leo Wolpert
• Amritraj Singh vs. Adam Ross
• Ari Goott vs. Melanie Weisner
• Tommy Vedes vs. James Akenhead
• Emil Patel vs. Matt Stout
• Brian Hastings vs. James Rumptz
• Vanessa Selbst vs. Scott Clements
• Jeffrey Kester vs. Robert Romanello
• Tom Marchese vs. Todd Barlow
• Kevin Saul vs. Ryan Fee
• Premsatya Kalevar vs. Darren Elias
• Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier vs. Steven Kelly
• Cary Katz vs. Leslie Duthie
• Jeff Gross vs. Sergey Tikhonov
• David Benefield vs. Steven Landfish
• Barry Woods vs. Christopher Jetten
• Olivier Busquet vs. Jonathan Jaffe
• Daniel Negreanu vs. Faraz Jaka
• Amit Makhija vs. Ryan O'Donnell
• George Wolff vs. Sean Winter
• James Collopy vs. Elton Beebe
• Andrew Robl vs. Christopher Wafula
• Justin Bonomo vs. John Riordan
• Andy Frankenberger vs. Evert Kokkonen
• Alexander Keating vs. Ronald Minnis
• Max Steinberg vs. Terrence Reinhart
• Erik Seidel vs. Sam Stein
• Steven Greenberg vs. Jason Mo
• Brandon Steven vs. George Lind
• Serkan Kurnaz vs. Harrison Kaczka
• Yin Sun vs. Moses Silverman
• Dan Smith vs. Moses Silverman
• Mark Radoja vs. Daniel Colman
• Ben Lamb vs. Michael Mizrachi
• Russell Rosenblum vs. Vladimir Shchemelev
• Andrew Lichtenberger vs. Markus Gonsalves
• Mohsin Charania vs. Douglas Polk
• Ashton Griffin vs. Ayaz Mahmood
• David Benyamine vs. Alexander Kuzmin
• John Juanda vs. Chou Chou
• Benjamin Sulsky vs. Michael Drummond
• Jake Cody vs. Yiming Li
• Tony Gregg vs. Stephen Chidwick
• Keith Block vs. Bryan Pellegrino
• Anthony Guetti vs. Andrew Manswer
• Randy Lew vs. Alexander Venovski

Average Stack

$60,000

Players Left

128

Tables Left

64

06/05/2012 (2 years ago)

$10K Heads-Up: Antonio def. Vanessa; Isildur1 def. Bloch

Final Hand: Vanessa and Antonio got it all in on the turn.

The match between Antonio Esfandiari and Vanessa Rousso ended shortly after our last update. With blinds at 400-800, all the rebuy chips had been cashed in, and Esfandiari had a 37k-to-23k lead.
Rousso min-raised from the button to 1,600, and Esfandiari called to see a flop of J♠ 7♠ 7♣.
Rousso bet 2,000, Esfandiari check-raised to 5,200, and Rousso tanked for a while before she called.
The turn was the 8♣, and Esfandiari bet out 6,600. Rousso moved all in for about 16,000, and Esfandiari snap-called with 10♠ 7♦ (trip sevens). Rousso turned over J♣ 6♦ (two pair, jacks and sevens), and she'd need a jack on the river to stay alive.
The last card was the 5♥, and Esfandiari won the pot -- and the match -- with trip sevens. After a congratulatory handshake, Rousso disappeared while Esfandiari advances to Round 2, where he will face Isaac Haxton.
Viktor "Isildur1" Blom vs. Andy Bloch
Since the Esfandiari-Rousso match ended early, we switched over to the match that got the second-most votes in our Twitter poll.
Andy Bloch, who recently won his long-overdue first WSOP bracelet, was matched up in the first round against legendary-at-a-young-age Viktor Blom, better known as the ultra-high-stakes online player Isildur1.
Blom had already cashed in one of his rebuy chips, while Bloch still had both of his -- so there was 30,000 on the table, and they were relatively close in chips.
The first hand we saw was a big one.
Bloch limped for 800, and Blom checked his option. The flop came 9♣ 7♦ 2♠, Bloch bet 800, and Blom check-raised to 2,400. Bloch moved all in, and Blom called.
Bloch showed J♥ 9♦ (pair of nines), but Blom was in the lead with 7♥ 2♣ (two pair, sevens and deuces).
The turn was the A♦, the river was the 7♠, and Blom won the pot with a full house, sevens full of deuces. The stacks were counted, and Blom had more chips, so Bloch was felted and forced to reload.

This is 21-year-old Viktor Blom's first WSOP event, though he finished 16th in the 2010 WSOP-E Main Event.

 

Bloch cashed in a single rebuy chip, and this is where they stood:

Viktor Blom - 30,000 (+1 rebuy chip)
Andy Bloch - 10,000 (+1 rebuy chip)
Over the next 12 hands, Blom increased his lead a bit and the blinds went up to 500-1,000.
Blom limped for 1,000, Bloch moved all in for 6,300, and Blom called with A♥ 8♥. Bloch showed 8♠ 7♠, and he was dominated.
The board came 10♦ 8♦ 4♦ 3♥ Q♦, and Blom won the pot with his ace kicker to felt Bloch again. So Bloch cashed in his last rebuy chip.

Viktor Blom - 40,000 (+1 rebuy chip)
Andy Bloch - 10,000
The very next hand, Bloch open shoved for 10,000, and Blom called with K♥ 7♥. Bloch turned over 10♣ 7♣, and laughed as he said, "Dominated again!"
The flop came Q♥ J♥ 3♠, and Bloch pointed out that Blom's hand improved even further, saying, "And a flush draw." The turn was the A♦, and Bloch said, "And a straight draw."
The river card was the 5♦, and Viktor Blom won the pot -- and the match -- with king high. Bloch got up to leave and said, "It's hard to win when you can't win an all in." Blom advances to Round 2, where he will face Tommy Chen.
Voting For Round 2 Will Open Soon
Once again, we will open up Twitter voting for who you'd like us to provide extensive coverage of during Round 2, which begins at 4:00 pm PT. We'll post those matchups soon, so stay tuned.

Average Stack

$60,000

Players Left

128

Tables Left

64

06/05/2012 (2 years ago)

$10K Heads Up: Rousso Fights Back

Vanessa Rousso doubles up with queen-high

At the end of our last update, Antonio Esfandiari had Vanessa Rousso against the ropes. But she was keen on fighting back.
With 200/400 binds, Esfandiari raised to 1,000 from the small blind. Rousso called, bringing a 8♦ A♦ K♣ flop.
Esfandiari led out for 1,200 and Rousso raised to 2,400. A 9♦ came on the turn when Esfandiari called.
Rousso then checked again and Esfandiari threw a pile of yellow and blue chips, worth 8,500, into the pot.
This made Rousso think.
For a while.
She peeked at her cards multiple times and contemplated the bet, calling would put her all in. Rousso eventually called and showed Q♦ J♣ for a straight and a flush draw.
Her hand couldn't beat much, but it could definitely beat Esfandiari's 10♦ 7♥.
The river was a 5♠ and Rousso got the double up.
"You make me work for it, every time," Rousso said with a smile. "That was hard. It was really, really hard."

Antonio Esfandiari

 

One For Esfandiari
In the next level, with 300/600 blinds, Esfandiari raised to 1,400.
Rousso called and the flop came 4♣ K♣ Q♥. Rousso checked and Esfandiari led out for a small bet. Rousso responded by raising with stack of orange, 5,000 chips. Before Rousso's chips were done falling into the pot, Esfandiari called and showed K♥ J♥.
Rousso turned over a pair of kings of her own with K♦ 7♦. The turn was an 8♥ and a third heart, the 5♥, came on the river.
Esfandiari won the hand and Rousso was left with around 15,000.
A Few For Rousso
Esfandiari had now cashed marked cards in his rebuy tokens and all the chips were in play.
Rousso called from the small blind and Esfandiari checked.
There was a 7♦ 6♠ 2♠ flop and Rousso bet 1,000 when checked to. Esfandiari called and an A♣ came on the turn.
There was a round of checks and a 10♠ on the river. Esfandiari led out for 1,800 and Rousso called, showing 9♠ 7♣.
Her pair of 7s were enough to beat Esfandiari's J♠ 6♦.
A few hands later, Esfandiari raised to 1,500 from the button and Rousso called.
Rousso checked the 5♦ 3♣ 9♣ flop and Esfandiari bet 1,800. Rousso raised to 3,600 and a 5♥ came on the turn when Esfandiari called.
Rousso led out on the turn for 3,900 and Esfandiari folded.
When we left them, Rousso had worked her way up to 23,000 while Esfandiari had about 37,000.
To The Future
As we were posting this, we got word that Vanessa Rousso lost to Antonio Esfandiari. Due to this, we decided to watch Viktor Blom vs. Andy Bloch.
But Blom decided to win that match too.
Details of these two matches are coming up in our next post.
Stay tuned.

06/05/2012 (2 years ago)

$10K Heads-Up: Antonio Has Vanessa Down to One Bullet

Antonio takes the early lead.

After tallying your Twitter votes, the first-round match that @PokerListings followers chose was between Antonio Esfandiari and Vanessa Rousso.
Each player began with an initial stack of 10,000, and had two rebuy chips they could cash in at any time (except during a hand) for an additional 10,000 each. The blinds began at 100-300.
We began our coverage at 1:00 pm, about six minutes into their match. By that point, Rousso built up an early lead, but then Esfandiari doubled after a flop of 10♣ 9♠ 4♦.
Rousso had K♦ 4♣ (pair of fours), but Esfandiari was ahead with Q♥ 9♥ (pair of nines). The turn was the 6♥, the river was the 5♣, and Esfandiari doubled into the early lead.
Soon after that, Rousso min-raised to 600, and Esfandiari raised to 1,800. Rousso thought for a bit before she called, because it was a significant amount of her stack.
The flop came K♥ 8♥ 5♠, and Esfandiari bet 3,300. Rousso tanked for well over a minute, as she only had 4,700. Rousso eventually folded, and Esfandiari opened up a 3-to-1 chip lead.
The next hand, Esfandiari raised to 800, Rousso moved all in for 4,700, and Esfandiari quickly called with 5♣ 5♥. Rousso showed J♦ 7♦, and it was a race situation.
The board came A♦ Q♥ 2♦ K♠ 6♣ -- Rousso flopped a diamond flush draw, turned a gutshot straight draw, but missed all her outs and finished with jack high. Esfandiari claimed the rest of her initial stack.
Down to the felt, Rousso cashed in both of her rebuy chips to even things up.

Antonio has the advantage.

 

Antonio Esfandiari - 20,000 (+2 rebuy chips)
Vanessa Rousso - 20,000
Vanessa Cashes in Both Chips
After cashing in her two rebuy chips, Rousso went on a minor run, winning eight of the next nine hands to build a small lead before the blinds increased to 200-400.

Vanessa Rousso - 25,800
Antonio Esfandiari - 14,200 (+2 rebuy chips)
The two players had been silent to this point, but began talking when Rousso asked, "So, how's everything going?" They chatted for a while, and Esfandiari was amazingly positive, saying, "For the first time in my life, I'm truly at peace with myself."
They chatted during two small pots before playing a big one.
Rousso limped from the button for 400, Esfandiari raised to 1,400, and Rousso called. The flop came 10♠ 9♣ 4♥, Rousso bet 2,000, and Esfandiari called.
The turn was the 2♦, Rousso bet 5,500, and Esfandiari check-raised all in for 11,400. Rousso tanked for a while, studying Esfandiari before she called with 4♦ 3♦ (pair of fours).
But Esfandiari turned over 8♣ 8♥. The river was the Q♥, and Esfandiari doubled up with his pocket eights.

Antonio Esfandiari - 29,600 (+2 rebuys)
Vanessa Rousso - 10,400
Our coverage will continue for as long as they do, so stay tuned for more updates on Antonio Esfandiari vs. Vanessa Rousso.

06/05/2012 (2 years ago)

$10K Heads Up: Rousso Wins First Round Elections

The will of the people leads us to Vanessa Rousso

Right now, the walkway in the Brasilia room is a poker fan's dream.
Most of the best poker players in the world are crammed into a 50-ft walkway awaiting the table draw for the 2012 $10K Heads-Up Championship.
To make it to the center of the Brasilia room, you have to push your way through the likes of Elky, Viktor Blom and Jason Mercier. Some areas are so tight you have to squeeze past Vanessa Rousso and Vanessa Selbst.
If you get lost in the crowd, you might end up eavesdropping in on a conversation between Justin Bonomo, Shawn Buchanan, Eric Froehlich and Brock Parker.
There are online poker room patches and strategy talks sprinkled among the crowd. There's even an enthusiastic, baseball cap-wearing poker fan bouncing between pros, asking for autographs.
He has a binder filled with pictures of poker pros that now surround him; there's a huge smile on his face too, it looks like he's having a good day.
Fans are an essential part of poker. They bring prominence to the sport and keep us media folks employed.
So today, we'll also be catering to poker fans.
There are several big names in the field today, and we asked you which ones you wanted us to follow.
After a highly-democratic Twitter election, you chose:
Vanessa Rousso vs. Antonio Esfandiari
We'll be covering them for this match, and don't forget to vote for your favorite players during the next round.

Average Stack

0

Players Left

152

06/05/2012 (2 years ago)

$10k Heads-Up: Bracket Set, Voting on Twitter Now Open

Dealers await players.

The bracket for this year’s Heads-Up Championship has been set and we’re opening the voting right now to let you decide who we’ll cover in Round 1.
152 players bought into this event but because of the heads-up format, a bracket for 256 had to be created.
Because of that, 104 players received byes in Round 1.
That means roughly 66 percent of the field will automatically advance to Round 2. It also means that Round 2 will have more matches than Round 1.
Check out the matches below and vote @PokerListings on Twitter for the next 15 minutes to tell us who to cover.

• Viktor Blom vs. Andy Bloch
• Josh Brikis vs. Juan Ramirez
• Joseph Cheong vs. Jacob Godshall
• Eric Froehlich vs. Ronald Crabtree
• Antonio Esfandiari vs. Vanessa Rousso
• Jason Koon Vs. Brian Green
• Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs. James Guinther
• Isaac Haxton vs. Daniel Morgan
• Sam Trickett vs. Victor Ilyukhin
• Frank Kassela vs. Aaron Jones
• Dan Kelly vs. Ryan Leng
• Steve O'Dwyer vs. Kunimaro Kojo
• Chris Moore vs. Matt Marafioti
• Jason Mercier vs. Steven Silverman
• Chris Moorman vs. Andrew Rosskamm
• David Sands vs. Jaspreet Panchhi
• Todd Terry vs. Vojtech Ruzicka
• Jason Somerville vs. Justin Smith

Average Stack

0

Players Left

152

06/05/2012 (2 years ago)

$10k Heads-Up: Tell Us Who to Cover Via Twitter

Today you can choose who we cover using Twitter.

The $10,000 Heads-Up Championship begins today and PokerListings.com is introducing a brand new style of coverage to get you closer to the action.
The WSOP staff will set the bracket at noon today and we'll post the matches right here.
Then all you have to do is Follow us on Twitter and tweet which match you want us to cover from beginning to end.
Our sources tell us that Viktor "Isildur1" Blom is now in Las Vegas and will likely be playing today's $10k event so if you want to see all Blom all the time, make sure to vote.
This is the first $10k event of 2012 which means the pros are going to be out in force.
Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and many more will be battling it out for the first championship bracelet of the summer so give us a hand and let us know who you want to see in the coverage.
Hit us back at noon and get involved in the vote.

Texas Hold'em: Deceptive Plays

Adding deception to your poker game is very important because it makes you less predictable.
If your checks always mean you're weak or your bets/raises always mean you're strong, the more observant players will have an edge on you.
Some examples of deceptive plays you can add to your arsenal:
The Free Card
When you're in late position or last to act, you can raise with a drawing hand on the flop.
This will likely make your opponents check to you on the turn, thus giving you the opportunity to check (if your hand does not improve) or bet (if you hit your draw). This will save you money if you don't improve, and make you money if you hit.
However, this move will backfire when you're re-raised on the flop. In these situations, it will cost you money but it remains a good play marked cards since you obtained information and have a draw to a better hand.

The Check-Raise

When you hold a good hand and it's your turn to act, check in the hopes that an opponent will bet so that you can raise when your turn comes again.
For example, you're in early position and have A♥ Q♠. The flop is A♠ Q♥ 6♠. You check and three players in middle position also check. A player in late position bets and you then raise.

The reason for check-raising is to make it too expensive for the drawing hands - such as a gutshot straight draw or overcards - to call.
The check-raise from an early position also gives you the initiative in the hand. If they still call, at least you've obtained information regarding the strength of their hands and forced them to pay as much as possible for trying to outdraw you.

The Semi-Bluff

Semi-bluffing is when you bet or raise with a hand that's not likely to be the best (at the moment) but you have many outs to outdraw your opponents if you get called or raised - although you're actually hoping to win the pot right there.

For example, you're in late position holding J♥ T♥ and the flop shows K♠ 6♥ 2♥, thus giving you a flush draw with nine outs.
There are three other easy cards tricks players in the pot and they all check to you. You bet without having the best hand but since they all checked, they indicated weakness and might fold pocket pairs, a pair of sixes or twos.
Even if you do get called, you have nine outs to the flush and maybe an additional six outs to win if you hit a J or a T, which makes 15 outs in total. If called and it's checked to you on the turn, you have the option of taking a free card in case your hand did not improve.

The Slow-Play

When you have a strong hand, it's sometimes correct to slow-play. This means just checking or calling on one betting round with the intention of betting/raising on later rounds of betting.

In Hold'em this is a very common play on the flop because you want to lure players in and raise on the turn or river where the bets are doubled.
This tactic can easily backfire, though, when you let your opponents take free cards that can beat your hand. Many players slow-play too often and lose pots they would have won had they not slow-played.
When this happens it is mathematical disaster, since you lose a pot you would have won had you bet/raised, and you have to pay off an opponent who has you beat.
In general you shouldn't slow-play when one of the following criteria are met:

1. A free card can beat you.
2. A free card is not likely to give your opponent a second-best hand.
3. There are many opponents in the hand.
4. It is a large pot

Playing Combo Draws on the Flop in Texas Hold'em

It's very rare in Texas Hold'em that drawing hands have more equity in a pot than a made hand.
Combo draws, however, are so powerful that some are actually a favorite versus a made hand.
A combo draw is defined as a draw that has more than 12 outs.
These draws are so robust they should be played marked cards fast and hard on almost all flops.
Some examples of combo draws:

• a pair and an open-ended straight draw (13 outs against an overpair)
• a pair and a flush draw (14 outs)
• gut-shot straight flush draw (12 outs)
• a straight draw and a flush draw (15 outs)
• the ever-elusive open-ended straight flush draw (15 outs)

In all of these examples about a quarter of the deck or more can give you the winning hand against an overpair.
In fact, the very worst combo draw you can have - a gut-shot straight flush draw (12 outs) - is even money versus an overpair!

Even the worst combo draw is even money vs. an overpair.

 

What that means for you is that you're only a slight dog to even monster hands. Against average hands you're a huge favorite.
You should push these hands hard; they're big money earners for all good players.

Why Should You Play Them Hard?

Obviously, you're always looking to get your money in in poker with good odds.
After a pre-flop raise, a bet and likely a raise on the flop, you're getting way more than the required break-even odds on your robust draw.
If you're going to win the pot 50% of the time, your break-even odds only have to be 1-1 to get it in on the flop.
In reality your odds are going to be much better, so don't be afraid to fast-play these combo draws.
If you don't get it in on the flop and a scare card marked cards lenses comes on either the turn or the river, your opponent may not be willing to put in any more money which makes it hard for you to get paid on your hand.
If you get it in on the flop, though, your opponent may be more willing to call.

Fold Equity

Any time you're making a bet or a raise, you always benefit from fold equity.
Simply put, fold equity refers to the equity you gain from the chance that your opponent will lay his hand down and forfeit the pot to you.
Obviously, calling has zero fold equity.
Fast-playing combo draws will not only give you excellent equity in the pot from your draw - you'll also gain fold equity.

Make use of fold equity.

 

Say you flop an open-ended stragiht-flush draw. You bet the flop and your opponent raises.
Now you're getting more than the required odds to call (you're actually a favorite here versus any one-pair hand), but you shove instead.
At this point, you can win the pot by hitting one of your numerous outs or you can win by having your opponent fold.
How much do you like getting one pair all-in on the flop? Not a very appealing prospect, right?
So you can exploit tight players by fast-playing your draws. They are in a lose-lose situation.
If they call, they're a slight favorite at very best. If they fold, they forfeit all of their equity in the pot.
This is a situation where you make both folding and calling incorrect for your opponent!
Don't believe me?
An Example:
$1/$2 No-Limit, six-max, online. Effective stacks are $200.
You're dealt T♠ 9♠ on the button.
It's folded around to you and you bump it to $8. The small blind folds and the big blind three-bets to $22.
You make the call.
The flop comes 7♠ 2♥ 8♠.
Your opponent bets $35. You raise around the pot to $110.
If your adversary was three-betting with any overcards and then following up with a continuation bet on the flop, he'll clearly have to fold.
If he was three-betting with a hand like 99-JJ he'd have to make a very difficult call. If he shoves with QQ-AA, he's actually a 45-55 dog!
You've just put your opponent in a very difficult spot where calling, shoving and folding are all marginal plays.
Your range when you play a combo draw like this consists of mostly monsters.
What your hand looks like is slow-played big pocket pairs AA-QQ, sets with 77, 22 or 88 and combo draws w/ 5-6s, T-9s and J-9s.
To make a profitable call against this range, your opponent would need a monster too.

Combo draws are monsters on their own.

 

Chances are he doesn't have one so he'll either fold or get it in - in which case you can call and get fantastic odds on what amounts to a coin flip.

Add Fast-Playing Combo Draws to Your Arsenal

From our example it becomes obvious that fast-playing combo draws should be a move in every poker player's arsenal.
They are monsters on their own and you can always rely on fold equity on top of that.
You need to be able to fast-play both made hands and good draws.
If you only get monsters in on the flop, you're going to become very predictable and seldom get action.
If you can make strong plays with both monsters and draws, the likelihood that you'll get paid off increases.
So stop being so passive and start playing those combo draws like the big-pot hands they are.

Other Odd Poker Rules and Exceptions

In the game of poker, there are hundreds of odd situations that can occur and numerous arcane rules that may or may not apply to them.
When money is on the line, however, there needs to be a set, fair way to deal with all of these anomalies.
Plenty of players across poker forums, comment boards and in the real world are always looking for answers as to these odd situations, so the goal of this article is to create a definitive list of rules to resolve these conundrums.Without further ado here is my list of odd situations and Texas Hold'em poker rules.
All-In Situations
Two players all-in for different amounts: In this scenario, you take the amount of the smaller stack from the big stack into the pot, returning the difference to the big-stack player.
Short stack all-in against two players: When a short stack is all-in against two larger stacks, the blinds, short stack, plus the amount of the short stack from each larger stack is placed in the main pot. All players are eligible to win this pot.
The two players on the side are now free to play and bet as usual into a side pot, which only they are eligible to win. (This means there can be two winners in the hand - a side pot and a main pot winner.)
Multiple players all-in: When multiple players are all-in, you must make multiple side pots. Make a main pot as described above. After you've done that, repeat the process with the next-smallest stack.
Continue to do this until all stacks are accounted for. Make sure to keep track of who is eligible for what pots.
Balancing Tables
If you're running a tournament with two tables, and table 1 loses two cheat poker players while table 2 is still full, you're going to have to move one player from table 2 to keep the tables balanced.
How to choose who moves is done by moving the player who is in (or closest to) the same position relative to the button. So if the open seat is in the cut-off on table 1, you want to move the player from the cut-off on table 2.
This keeps players from having to pay blinds twice, or not at all.
Breaking a Table
If you lose enough players to be able to merge one table with another (or multiple others), it's time to break the table. How to choose who sits where is done by drawing for the open seats.
If you're moving everyone onto one final table, typically all players, including those already seated at the table, draw for their seat. If you don't have seat cards, just use the deck counting lowest from highest, starting left of the dealer.
Can a Player Cash Out Half of Their Chips?
A player in a cash game has to play with all of their chips, or none. Cashing out part of your stack (also known as going south) is against the rules, and considered very poor etiquette.
If you would like to cash out only part of your chips, you must cash out your entire stack, and wait the set amount of time before taking your seat again.
This is known as recycling. The amount of time to wait changes depending on where you're playing, but I've never seen it lower than 30 minutes (the default online recycle timeframe).
Can a Player Purchase More Chips Off Another Player?
This is never a good idea. It's essentially the same concept as going south. The table loses the amount of chips the new player would be buying in for.
Always buy your chips from the dealer or the house. In a home game, one person should be in charge of all financial transactions.
Card Boxed in the Deck
If a boxed card (a card face up in the stub) is encountered at any time during a hand, the card is removed from the deck and shown to every player. The deal continues as if nothing went wrong.
If multiple cards are boxed, the dealer continues to remove the boxed cards until he reaches a facedown card to continue the deal.
If the stub runs short of nonboxed cards, the hand is declared dead, with all chips being returned to their original stacks as accurately as possible.
Cards Dealt Before All Players Have Acted
If the dealer burns and turns fourth street while a player has yet to make their flop decision, the play is temporarily halted. The dealer takes the turn card and puts it back into the stub, shuffling the entire stub sufficiently.
Once the deck is shuffled, and the player has made his final flop action, the top card is turned over as the new turn (there has already been a card burned for this street).
Card Exposed While Dealing
When dealing hole cards, if the first or second card you deal is exposed (the face value was seen by someone at the table), the hand is a misdeal, meaning the cards are reshuffled and the deal starts over (the dealer button stays in the same place).
If a card other than the first or second is exposed, the dealer continues to deal as if nothing had gone wrong. When the deal finishes, he give the top card on the deck to the player with the flashed card, and takes back the exposed card.
That card is then turned face up and shown to everyone at the table, and put on the top of the deck to be used as the first burn card.
If two cards are exposed while dealing, the hand is considered a misdeal.
Card Marked
When noticing a single badly marked card in play, first play out the hand normally. When the hand is complete you'll want to replace that marked card with a new one of the same value, or just grab a new deck.
If you don't have a new deck and are stuck with the one you have, your best bet is to remove the card from the game, making sure everyone is aware that the card is no longer in play.
It's better for everyone to know that no one has the card than for everyone to know when someone does have the card.
Dealer Deals an Extra Hand or a Hand to a Seat with No Player
In this scenario, as long as no one looks at the extra hand, it's folded as a dead hand, and play continues as usual.
How Long Can a Player Wait Before Choosing to Rebuy?
After a player loses all of their chips, they must choose whether or not to rebuy before the next hand is dealt.
In a home game there is room for lenience on this issue, just as long as the player isn't doing it on purpose to gain some sort of advantage.
Is a Single Over-Value Chip Considered a Raise or a Call?
By putting in one over-value chip without saying anything, it is always considered a call. For example, if the big blind is $25 and you're first to act, putting in a $100 chip without actually saying "raise" is considered a call.
The more lenient atmosphere of a home game means the dealer will typically ask the player what they actually wanted to do.
Player Misses a Blind (Cash Games)
A player can never come into the game between the blinds, or between the button and the blinds (unless they buy the button, see rule below). This applies when moving a player in tournaments as well.
If a player misses his or her blind in a cash game, they're not allowed to be dealt into a hand until the button has passed by them to the player on their left (it's treated as if there is no infrared contactlenses player sitting there). When the button has passed, they must post the amount equal to the blinds they missed.
For example, with blinds of $1/$2, a player who misses the big blind (therefore forcing them to also miss the small blind), they must post $3 to be dealt into the hand.
A small-blind post is always considered dead, meaning it goes into the pot and does not count toward any action in the hand, while the big-blind portion of the post is live, meaning it does count.
A player with a live post still receives option to check or raise when it's their turn to act in the hand.
Buying the button: Buying the button is allowed in some locations during a cash game. This means that when a player sits down between the small blind and the button, or on the seat where the button would be next, they have the option to pay both the small and big blind in place of the players with whom the responsibility lies.
This allows the player to play on the button, rather than having to wait for it to pass them the next hand.
Player Misses a Blind (Tournaments)
In a tournament, every stack gets dealt a hand regardless of a player being in the seat or not. When the last card is dealt to a player for the hand, the hands without players are mucked.
Players not present during their blinds have the blinds posted for them from their stacks, referred to as blinding out.
Player's Stack Size Less Than the Blind
When a player's stack is less than the amount of the small blind, they are automatically considered all-in in the next hand they play, regardless of position.
If the player's stack is larger than the small blind but smaller than the big blind, they will be considered all-in in any position other than the small blind, assuming they fold for their option.
When all-in, the player can only win the amount of their stack, plus that same amount from all of the callers and blinds. If the person has less than the big blind, they can only win the portion of the blind equal to that of their stack.
Removing Smaller Chips from Play
When the blinds increase in a tournament, eventually the smaller-value chips will become obsolete. Once the chips are no longer needed, they are chipped up to the next denomination.
First, make sure the chips are no longer needed (don't forget to check for antes in the future blind levels). If the blinds are $500/$1,000 doubling, you have no need for any chips smaller than $500 on the table.
Change as many low-value chips as you can into higher values and hold on to the remainder. For example, if you have ten $25 chips, you will receive two $100 chips and have two $25 chips left over.
Chip racing: The standard way to remove the odd low-value chips is a chip race (this is how it's done in all major tournaments such as the WSOP).
First the dealer adds up the total amount of odd chips on the table to determine the amount of larger-value chips up for grabs. For example, if there are 13 $25 chips on the table, they bring four $100 chips to take their place.
The dealer starts at the player to their left, dealing them as many cards as they have odd chips face up (if they have three $25 chips, they get three cards), until everyone with $25 chips has a card to represent each of them.
Each available chip is given to the players with the highest-valued show card, with each player being allowed to win only one chip. In a case of a tie in rank, suits are used to determine a winner.
Rounding up: To save time, some tournaments will round up all leftover chips to the higher value. Regardless of having one $25 chip or three $25 chips, you will receive one $100 chip in their place.
Suit Rankings
In poker, the official suit ranking goes with the official Bridge ranking system, which is alphabetical. From worst to best:
Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades
Turn-Dealing Mistakes
Turn is dealt without burning: When the dealer deals the turn card without burning, that card is simply treated as a flash card. The dealer makes sure all players see the card before turning it face down as the burn card, dealing the real turn as normal.
Two burn cards dealt when dealing the turn: In the case of a dealer burning two cards, and turning over a third as the turn, that third card is treated as a flashed card, and is returned to the top of the deck as the burn for the river. The second burn card is turned face up, since it is the valid turn card.
Two cards are burnt and two cards are shown when dealing the turn: The proper way to resolve this rare scenario is as follows. The second burn card (the official, should be turn) is placed face down on the top of the deck. The first up card (the would-be river burn card) is treated as a flash card and turned face down.
The second show card is the official river. It is now played as it lies on the turn instead. When action completes on the turn, the top card is turned over without burning for the river.
By doing it in this fashion, all cards put in play are the original cards that would have fallen if no mistake had occurred. There is no change to the results, and only one card gets exposed.

All You Need to Know About Fold Equity

"If you're planning to call a bet, you're better off betting it yourself." Behind this poker mantra is the reality that by betting, you give yourself two ways to win.
You can win the pot with the best hand at showdown, or you can win it immediately by having your opponent fold. Fold equity refers to your chances of causing your opponent to fold.
Technically speaking, if you think your opponent will fold 20% of the time in a $200 pot, you have $40 in fold equity.
However, in broader terms, fold equity can be used to signify that you're putting thought into the fact that you can make your opponent fold.
Making Moves With No Hand

If you take a look at a nosebleed hand from PL.com's MarketPulse biggest pots section, you can see how fold equity shapes entire games. These high-stakes players are so well-versed in marked cards reading their opponent's range that they can make moves with no hand at all.
They sometimes rely entirely on fold equity. And fold equity can win you pots that you have no business even being in in the first place.
A note of caution, though: I would never suggest for you to rely entirely on fold equity in a hand. To be successful at that you would need to have incredible hand-reading skills.

You are not Phil Hellmuth. And let's all be thankful for that.

Unlike lolphillhellmuthlol we are mere mortals and cannot read people's souls. So leave the stone-cold bluffs for the pros.
What you can and should do is start incorporating more semi-bluffs into your play. Let's take a look at an example where we flop a flush draw and use fold equity in our decision whether to smooth-call, fold or raise.
You are playing in a $1/$2 game at your local casino. Effective stacks are $200. You are dealt A♠ T♠ in the cutoff. A player limps from early position and it is folded to you. You make it $10 and only the early-position limper calls.
The flop comes 7♠ J♣ Q♦. Your opponent donk bets $15. From what you know about your opponent, he would likely do this with any pair of jacks or queens as well as with some weak draws.
What Should You Do?
Well, you do not have the best hand currently, and with one overcard and a gut-shot, you are not getting the correct odds to call. That eliminates calling from your options.
You're left with raising or folding. Folding, although safe, is not the best play. Plus, you want to be the one wielding fold equity to your advantage - don't let your opponent be the one to profit.
So let's take a look at raising.
There are a few reasons for choosing to raise. His range is wide and consists of many hands that cannot stand much action.

Full Tilt pro Phil Ivey: Always using fold equity to his advantage.

Also, your perceived range (how he sees your hand) is strong. You raised pre-flop and are now choosing to raise his flop bet. This represents a made hand, one that wants action.
Of course in reality you only have a weak draw. However, because the range you're representing is so strong and his is primarily weak, you'll often pick this pot up with a raise on the flop.
Even if your villain doesn't fold, all is not lost. You still have seven outs that can improve your hand on the turn. It is a semi-bluff, not a complete bluff.
Fold equity calculations do not work if your opponent doesn't ever fold. Fold equity is the chance that he will fold, so if he doesn't fold, factoring the chance that he will into your considerations is a pointless endeavor.
Getting Mathematical
If you wish to get mathematical, you can assign percentages to the likely outcomes. Using the hand above infrared contactlenses, I punched in our opponent's range into PokerStove to come up with some data.

PokerStars pro Bill Chen: Gets mathematical.

The information you have about your opponent's hand is that he limped from early position, then called a small raise, and when the flop came out he led into you for two-thirds the pot on a 7♠ J♣ Q♦ board.
You can assign him a range of something like TT-77, KQs, Q9s+, J9s+, T8s+, ATo, KQo, QTo+, JTo, T9o - which is a pretty wide range. Against it you're a 40% dog.
However, because the bulk of that range is weak, he will fold to a raise a high percentage of the time. What the exact percent is is impossible to determine, although it's safe to say that he will be folding enough times to make raising a more profitable play on your part than folding.
In Tournaments
In no form of poker do you rely on fold equity more than in tournament poker.
As the blinds increase and your M value decreases, you're going to need to start stealing blinds to keep afloat. If you do not steal blinds, you won't last long. The blinds will swallow you up and your tournament will be finished.
Most tournaments see rapid blind increases. There just isn't time to sit back and wait for aces. You have to make do, and you make do by "stealing" with worse-than-average hands.

Full Tilt pro Allen Cunningham: Big fan of stealing blinds.

Let's say you have seven BBs in the late stages of an online multi-table sit-and-go. The average stack is likely around 15 BBs, and the chip leader may only have 30 BBs. It's time to get moving and accumulate some chips.
In this stage of the tournament you have two options, shove or fold. (This article fills in the background as to why these are your two choices.) As we established earlier, good hands are not going to come along fast enough to save you, so you must start shoving worse-than-average hands.
Shoving a hand like T♥ 9♥ isn't a play made for value. Your goal is to have your opponents fold so you can take down the blinds and antes without a fight.
You rely mostly on fold equity. That's not to say that you should push any two cards and rely completely on your opponents folding, because that just isn't going to happen all the time.
Let's look at a common tournament situation:
You are playing a 45-person tournament online. There are 16 people left and top seven get paid. You have $4,000 and the blinds are $300/$600. It's folded to you on the button, and you have 7♣ 9♣. You shove all-in.

Full Tilt pro Patrik Antonius: Wins without showdown frequently, although much of that can be attributed to handsome panic.

Do you do it for value? No. This is a steal-raise, meaning that you hope your opponents will fold. If every time you went all-in you were called, this would not be a profitable move because you're going to be a dog each time.
The fold equity that your shove has makes the move profitable. Most of the time you're going to win this pot without showdown. Those times you are called you will likely be a 60-40 dog.
The fold equity overcomes this gap in hand value and turns an unprofitable shove into a profitable push. That's all there is to it.
Fold equity is a simple concept. Understanding it won't all of a sudden let you turn water into wine, but once you start factoring in the likelihood of your play getting your opponent to fold, you will be able to turn a marginal situation into a profitable one.

10 Things You Shouldn't Do In Las Vegas – Inspired By Paris Hilton

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas…or does it?  Paris Hilton found out the hard way that Sin City doesn't tolerate certain vices when she was recently arrested and charged with a class E felony for possession of cocaine. She claims the cocaine in her purse was put there by a friend who had borrowed the bag earlier, but the "I didn't know" defense typically doesn't hold up well in court. Certain laws (like against cocaine possession) seem like no-brainers, but this is Las Vegas we're talking about. So, since ignorance of the law is not a valid excuse, you might want to read up on Las Vegas statutes before your next visit. It's also a good idea to check your bags and pockets. Just in case. 

Have fun in Vegas, but keep in mind that…

1. Prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas. While Nevada is the only state in the USA where prostitution is legal, it's not legal everywhere, and this includes Clark County, home of Las Vegas. If you're driving through Nevada to get to sin city, you might be interested to know that Washoe, Douglas, Lincoln, and Carson City are the other counties that have outlawed ladies of the evening. Fliers and ads featuring escorts and nudes may suggest the availability of sexual services, but be warned: if you're robbed or assaulted by these companies while seeking illegal sex, the police are unlikely to help.

2. You have to be 21 to gamble. This doesn't mean you have to be 21 to step foot inside a casino, but it does mean those under 21 must keep out of gaming areas, stick to designated paths in order to marked cards pass through them, and are basically banned from gambling at any time under any circumstances. Casinos are very strict with their rules in order to keep their licenses, and they constantly check for IDs. If you are caught you could be escorted out of the gambling area, off the property, or even fined and arrested, depending on the offense.


3. The drinking age is still 21 years old. You may legally buy a drink in Vegas at the stroke of midnight PST on the date of your birthday, but there's no guarantee you'll be able to get into a bar or club before that moment. You cannot buy alcohol for anyone under the age of 21, as "corrupting a minor" is an arrestable offense. Most establishments that serve food and alcohol will allow someone underage to eat there, especially if accompanied by an adult, but they are not allowed to drink. There are under-21 clubs that don't serve alcohol.

4. Walking and driving with alcohol. Bars are allowed to stay open and serve alcohol 24/7, so many people do their drinking indoors. While it's technically in the law books that you cannot drink in public, this rule is rarely enforced (except in cases of disorderly conduct). Given that liquor stores are typically open 24 hours a day, it's not uncommon to see people walking down the street with open containers of alcoholic beverages. What's not accepted in Vegas is drinking and driving. DUI laws are strictly enforced, and can result in a minimum of one to three days in jail, thousands of dollars in fines, and a temporarily revoked license.

5. Smoking? Yes, no, and maybe. All floor-spaces inside large casinos, strip clubs, and no-food bars allow smoking, but you do have to be 18 to buy cigarettes. Any place that does serve food, however, like a restaurant or certain night-clubs and bars, does not permit smoking. If are caught smoking in a non-smoking area, you'll probably be asked to leave but could face a fine.

6. There's a curfew for minors. If you're under 18, you're not supposed to be out alone (i.e., without an adult or guardian over 21) in public from 10pm-5am Sunday through Thursday, marked cards lenses and midnight to 5am Friday night through Sunday morning. The exceptions are for minors coming home from an event, meeting or public entertainment (e.g., a concert), coming home from work, engaged in parent-improved interstate travel, or on an emergency errand. Along The Strip and for the blocks on either side, the curfew starts at 9pm Friday, Saturday, and all legal holidays.

7. Those tricky taxis. You should always be on the lookout for drivers trying to take you on a "long haul" without your permission (i.e., the longest route from A to B), and you should always say no to "high flagging" (where the cab doesn't run the meter but cuts a deal instead) since this voids the vehicle insurance for the ride. For the most part, you probably won't run into these shady practices, but the one thing you will notice is that it's illegal in Las Vagas for cabbies to drop off and pick up passengers along the Strip. The only way to get a taxi along the Strip is to go up to a hotel and have them call one for you (you'll have to tip the concierge). It's also illegal to enter a cab without sufficient fare, so either be sure you have the cash on hand, or make sure your cab company is one of the two that accept credit cards.

8. Love and Marriage and Divorce. Las Vegas is famous for its many quickie weddings, and used to be just as famous for quickie divorces. However, nowadays you must be a resident of Clark County for at least six weeks before you can file your divorce forms, which will take a minimum of six weeks before being finalized. Keep in mind that Nevada is a community property state, which means you and your spouse will split your assets and debts equally. This is why it's a good idea to get a prenuptial agreement before you get married. Considering the amount of drunken weddings that take place, it's a good thing fairly simple annulments are available to anyone who got married in Nevada or where either spouse lives there. Annulments aren't guaranteed and must typically be filed for soon after the wedding. Grounds include: "underage, intoxication, insanity, blood-relatedness, and significant material misrepresentation." Getting married, on the other hand, is much easier. It only requires that the two adults be over 18 and not related. You can even be 16 as long as a parent or guardian is present to consent. Divorced parties must provide proof of finalization of their divorce. Finally, the $55 license fee must be paid.

9. Counting cards is no good. The act of counting cards using only your brain is not in and of itself illegal. However, if casinos suspect you of counting cards, either mentally or through trickery such as teamwork or gadgetry, they are legally allowed to kick you out and revoke your winnings. As private establishments they can refuse service to anyone for any reason. Casinos also tend to share information on card counters with other casinos, so once you are caught in one, you are unlikely to be allowed entry in another. In Nevada, casinos can detain and question people suspected of cheating, but cannot force them to pose for photographs. Since casinos are the main Vegas industry, you may not get much help from police if caught cheating.

10. Illegal drugs. As the name implies, if a drug is illegal in the US, you can't do it in Vegas. If you do take drugs in Vegas, you may be in for some of the harshest penalties for drug use in the US. As Paris found out, cocaine is illegal everywhere to buy or sell, and possession is a felony. "Softer" drugs like marijuana are allowed for medicinal use, and possession for non-licensed individuals may result in a misdemeanor rather than a felony, but even for marijuana there's a mandatory minimum sentencing guideline.

Now, even if you follow all these rules in Vegas, there are still plenty of ways to have fun and get in trouble. To ensure that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, you might want to subject your friends to a confidentiality agreement.

Judo Las Vegas – One Way to Get Better on Life

When we talk about judo Las Vegas, we talk about self-defense. Judo can be started as early as 4 years old. There are a lot of parents who think that exposing their children to Judo is the best thing to teach them quality defense especially when they are not around. Ryoko Judo Club is one of the schools that have Judo trainings and classes. The instructors are trained to teach ancient and modern martial arts to the students.

Judo is not just a work of art. It is a discipline, and activity, and a training program that best suits all ages. This is founded in 1882 in Japan. It is now considered an Olympic sport marked cards, and there are a lot of people who would like to join the competition from all over the world.
 If you are a parent, you would surely want to train our child on martial arts. There are really times when we could not be around with them 24/7, so they need to know how to protect themselves from any harm. It is not an easy training. But surely it will teach many things. It may mean additional expense to parents, but one cannot expect less from it. Once your child enters judo classes, you will see the difference in him/her. It is like giving them a better life ahead of them. Judo classes are also suitable for adults. There are training centers who are accepting both children marked poker and adults as beginners. There are also some, like judo Las Vegas that only accepts children. One must inquire and know first the requirements to enroll to judo classes. The fees differ from one training center to the other. It would be best for everyone to conduct a thorough search to make sure that you are joining one of the best training centers in your place. There are information sites available on the Internet, and that would make everyone search easier. You do not have to look for the most expensive ones. Take not of the instructors who would join the training, so to make sure that you will be taught the best lessons in judo.

Judo will not just improve your speed, aerobic capacity, but it will help you improve your life. You can feel more self-confident on a lot of things, and you will be able to see things positively than what others would think about it.
Judo is not just a work of art. It is a discipline, and activity, and a training program that best suits all ages. This is founded in 1882 in Japan. It is now considered an Olympic sport, and there are a lot of people who would like to join the competition from all over the world.

Las Vegas Activities - Restaurants Shows Shopping Centers Gambling and Parties

One thing for certain in Vegas is that there is never a dull moment. The sun may go down at night, but that's just when things are getting heated up. If you love to gamble, watch amazing theatre production shows,shop in huge malls, eat delicious food, ride crazy roller coasters, or party like a rock star, then Vegas is the place for you.

With thousands of restaurants in Las Vegas, going hungry is this city is nearly impossible. Buffets include mouthwatering steaks and juicy prime rib; as well as fresh shrimp, scallops, and lobster trick cards. The best part about buffets is they have a little bit of everything; just in case the kids or adults don't like seafood, they can always get burgers, fries, Mac and cheese or fried chicken. After filling your belly with scrumptious food, you can always attend one of the many breath taking production shows that can only be found in Las Vegas. These performances contain the world's best acrobatics, singers, magicians, and depending on your sense of humor, comedians. Comedians like Carrot Top and Brad Garret, keep the crowd laughing from start to finish.


Classics, such as Sher, Celine Dion, Donnie and Marie, continue to keep the seats packed with their memorable concerts. Vegas magic shows are unlike other magic shows you have seen in your local neighborhoods. Penn & Teller and V-The Ultimate Variety Show are experienced magicians and their shows are proven fun for both families and international tourists.Premium Vegas shopping outlets include Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, Le Boulevard at Paris, Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian, The Shops at the newly opened Cosmopolitan, Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, and Via at the Bellagio. These shopping centers offer all of the best clothing designers and jewelry retailers including: Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Dior, Gucci, Tiffany & Co., Ann Taylor, Aber Crombie &Fitch, Louis Vuitton and more marked card tricks. If you get tired of shopping you can always try your luck at gambling. Whether your game is poker, roulette, craps, sports betting or if you like pulling the lever on the slots, Vegas' 70 plus casinos will guarantee you a good time. Caesar's Palace has one of the most acclaimed casinos as well as the Bellagio. They provide a moderately upscale gambling experience, compared to some of the older hotel casino like Terribles and Circus Circus. If you enjoy dancing the night away with your friends, Las Vegas's many night clubs, ultra lounges, gentlemen's clubs, and bars will keep you busy. Las Vegas parties are definitely wild and crazy. Although it is officially not legal to drink on public sidewalks and other areas on the Strip is rarely if ever enforced, unless you are acting like a complete fool and endangering yourself and others.


Although the Las Vegas Strip may look walk able with the naked eye, it really isn't unless you have moderately good cardio. The blazing heat of the summer months can at times make it difficult for elderly and non-athletes to stroll down the strip. Since it's so open distances between hotels can be deceptively long. With that said you can always call a cab (or rent a Ferrari) and cruise around town. Las Vegas continues stand out as a premier vacation resort for national and internal tourist due to its unique location, laws and social excitement. There is little in Vegas that will stop you from having a good time!