i got a little insider info
the wind now has watermelon juice that's right real watermelon juice bellagio and arya have
had this for years when stepping up their game providing the freshest watermelon juice money can
buy and the bad news is bellagio just downgraded their watermelon juice it used to be only fresh
for three days now they got enough preservatives in it to make it last for three months
you can tell us the difference find out for yourself
we have arrived at the win slash encore property and we're here for a special reason today is day
one of the bank rolex challenge that's right not a bankroll challenge many people have done bankroll
challenge no one has done a bank rolex challenge that's right we're gonna turn 10 000 usd into 13
000 profit so we can free roll our first ever rolex not just any rolex this is a very special
one i've been researching it for a few months and this is the one i want the datejust 41
with the blue face and the diamonds not to mention the fluted bezel stainless steel jubilee bracelet
the blue faces are all the rage now so it's going to be very tough to acquire
the actual price after sales tax is going to be twelve thousand eight hundred and forty two
dollars and forty four cents so we're just going to round up to thirteen thousand so i can enjoy
a nice steak dinner with a buddy to celebrate completing the bankroll challenge the rules are
i have until the world series of poker starts to complete this challenge so we're only looking at
a couple months plan is to grind primarily on the weekends friday night saturday night
especially when the most tourists are in town and the most people are getting drunk apparently
that's good for the game i am a tournament player i'm not a cash game player but i'm going to show
what it's like for a tournament player to try to win a bunch of money in cash games so i'm
going to share all the important hands with my thought process and a lot of times my thought
process is going to be off take it easy on me in the comments but you can state your opinion
without being aggressive or abusive and this begins session one of the bank rolex challenge
let's get it for today the strategy is to buy in for 500 it is a max buying a 1500
maybe stay around the 500 mark for the first hour just to get a good feel on the table
the dynamics before we risk a lot of chips in an uncertain situation so in for 500 out for
please with blinds at two dollars five dollars action folds to the cut off who opens to 15. i'm
on the button with pocket eights aka the ochos i guess there could be a case for three betting here
i'm gonna have to work on getting more comfortable with my three betting ranges in these deep stack
cash games but i'm sure flatting is just fine so we do that and the big blind comes along three
ways to a flop of 986 with the beautiful eight of diamonds nothing gets my blood pumping like
flopping a set unfortunately both players check to us and uh very wet board so let's get it while
the getting's good we put in a bet of 25 into a 45 pot big blind calls you can have a variety of pair
and straight draws and the original razor folds or heads up to a turn that is a nine probably better
for the big blinds range but he does check it to me of course with a full house we can't be scared
of the old big lick 69 we're not scared we're going for value i bet 60 big blind quickly puts
in the call okay hopefully he has a nine or uh makes a straight or flush on the river the turn
did bring the backdoor diamonds nine of diamonds to be exact the river is the ten of diamonds
straight flush possibilities as well as bigger full houses he checks to us we could check this
back we don't have the nut full house but we can't be scared of monsters in the closet and we put in
the big boy bet 175 he looks disgusted and he puts in the fold and we take down a nice pot with a
boat
with blinds at two dollars five dollars action folds to a local reg waiting for the 510 game
who opens to 15 on the button guy my right folds and we're in the big blind with ace king off suit
sixteen hundred dollars in front of us he's got us covered do we go broke well let's put in the three
bet and find out 60 bucks to go original razer quickly puts in the call he wants to take me to
valuetown let's play a little post flop super deep flop comes ace king nine two spades we have the
king of spades that's a pretty good flop down bet fifty dollars he puts in the call pretty standard
here the turn is a offsuit deuce that's what we call a brick even in the tournament world time
to size up 150 usd he calls again at this point i'm putting him on either flush draw or east x
the river is a safe one another deuce brick brick now it's time to go for that third street of value
could be some argument for over betting here trying to make it look like i'm trying to fold
out at the ace x chop where we can incredibly rep aces and kings but i don't think that's necessary
we still want to get that call from ace x so i bet 400 he looks at me and says i wish i knew
what your vlog is all about and how you play i say nothing he puts in the call and i show him the bad
news top two takes it down and we're sitting on over two g's that much closer to the rolex at
first it might look like a very trivial hand but i think this is an important spot to not miss out
on value we represent very little value hands and from our opponent's perspective it's super
easy to level yourself into calling with any kind of asics hand also with a king in spades it makes
it less likely that our opponent has a flush draw right so it makes it even more likely that
we're batting into a very strong a6 heavy range yeah once in a while he's going to have pocket 2
pocket 9 so be it so we definitely going to be bad calling on the river there's no way we can
afford it but i would just go all in over battle in and try to go for the maximum amount of value
against his ace queen's ace jacks i think they're going to be way too many strong asics that he has
a hard time folding and then some other hero calls with asex that he's not supposed to be doing so
this is a sport where i would try to be as greedy as possible especially in live games where people
and weaker opponents are very very curious and i would just go in on the river my journey to
acquire rolex started a few months ago when i was hanging out with a bunch of rich art dealers
and i noticed they all had rolexes on and i asked what's the deal with rolex isn't that a
horrible investment they quickly corrected me and said actually it maintains its value or it goes
up in price on average like so i get to wear it and enjoy it and worst case scenario i break even
sign me up the problem is uh rolex's cost around you know five thousand to fifty thousand dollars
depending on which model you get so knowing that this bankroll challenge would take multiple months
and i've heard getting the watch you want from rolex could take easily six months to a year there
is no formal process you can't just buy it it all seems to be the same thing at every rolex dealer
i visited all six authorized rolex dealers in the las vegas area to prepare for this challenge and
although they did have some inventory and i did try on a few rolexes that i thought were pretty
decent they weren't the one i really had my heart set on so i gave my name number i even put down a
deposit at one of the places just to put my name on the list for when they get x watch into their
store very scarce supply then they'll contact all of their customers probably their previous
customers first so i'm already at a disadvantage and uh you know give them the opportunity to
buy the watch go to a rolex store you'll see the shelves are bare so all we can do is hope and wait
and pay retail apparently paying retail is a bargain i asked my buddy what he thought of the
uh blue dial 21 datejust and he said how much you paying for it and i believe sticker was uh eleven
thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars and he said that's all you're paying you know not
more there's no markup i said i usually pay mark down not mark up and so hopefully i can get it at
face value and enjoy this fine time piece as it will signify the journey that i'm about to embark
the bank rolex challenge 10 000 into this fine piece of jewelry that i'll make many memories with
over the years we're right about to crush this 13k paint roller challenge i don't know if i like this
camera angle what i'll look yeah all right there we go we're here at the encore all right we're
here session one 13k cash game rolex bankroll challenge bankrolling think rolex challenge
with blinds at two dollars five dollars under the gun asian woman with a big diamond ring on her
finger puts the raise to 15. canadian guy with a jersey shore haircut on my right puts in the call
we have pocket sevens i guess there's some merit in a squeeze here with the sevens but we're happy
to see a flop and flop a set on them we call and three other people call the button and the blinds
little five-way flop with pocket sevens and it comes six five four two diamonds well
uh other than flopping a set this is probably one of the better flops we can hope for but
we are somewhat concerned with this multi-way action original razor does check gentleman from
canada jersey shore haircut bets fifty dollars i think a flat here is just fine a raise might
be overplaying our hand but we do wanna deny some equity this board is probably only going
to get uglier unless we make a straight but i'm scared money so i put in the call of fifty dollars
and both blinds overcall what are they repping flush draws other straight draws i mean we have
two sevens there's not too many sevens remaining all right we're going to proceed with caution
the turn is an offsuit ace the blinds check and jersey store on my right checks
is there merit in betting here i don't think so tim let's try to realize our equity with a uh
black eight on the river perhaps we check and the river is a black eight bingo bango bongo vents we
have the second nuts and we double block the old seven nine small blind checks big blind checks
and got my right check so i think it's a pretty clear-cut value bet here the question is how much
can't imagine too many worse hands are going to call but i think 125 dollars is the right price to
get that value from a stubborn two pair small blind does the unthinkable in check raises to
375 dollars what's he repping historically in live poker the river check raise is the super
nuts he's rapping exactly seven nine a lot of people will just just we'll just call here with
a seven the other two players fold and i'm left with the decision can we make the biggest lay
down possible the second nuts with the double blocker i don't think so tim we put in the call
and this gentleman from florida proudly shows six deuce of spates nice try and we scoop
a thousand dollar pot with pocket sevens the challenge is off to a great start
in for 1500 out for 2475 a profit of 975 dollars in approximately six hours of play we did have a
nice dinner at allegro with biggie blaine's check
out biggie blaine's on twitch feels good to book a profit let's get that
the rolling home of brad owen siegfried and roy wayne newton
i also saw my man joe ingram waiting for a little plo game when i got here
feels good to see some familiar faces with 90
of the occupants unmasked life goes on it was a long year but it's time to enjoy
with blind's at two dollars five dollars and elderly woman on my right open limps the cutoff
i'm on the button with king jack of clubs a premium i make it 20 to go very aggressive uh
button clicker in the small blind puts in the call and everybody folds we're heads up to a flop of
ten nine three two clubs we got the nut straight draw we got two overs and a flush draw i'm ready
to get it in he checks i bet 25 and he quickly calls the turn is a queen but not the queen we
really really want anything but the queen of clubs we might be facing a cooler situation here he
checks and i could play it safe and check behind but i think we're gonna go for some value you
could have a straight or two pair or a lower flush so we bet fifty and he quickly puts in the call
the river is a brick but not an exact brick and eight putting a one liner to a straight out there
any jack makes a straight unfortunately there's only three jacks remaining he thinks about it
for about 30 seconds and guess what he's leading into us 130 dollars uh he still might have the nut
flush and we could just put in the call but we're not going to get this rolex by playing scared i
shove all in 374 dollars total he goes deep into the tank will he call with a naked jack knowing
this player i think he will even though no one ever bluffs her he eventually puts in the call
and our second nut flush is good and we take down a nice pot up to about 900 good thing we
stopped at the bellagio to see a friend play a few hands of 2-5 no limit for the bank rolex challenge
lose a few three bet pots set mining flop mining and we cash out 830 profit of 330 chalk that one
up to the green total and just over one hour of play at bellagio we're making good progress we're
in the zone i still have a lot of things i have to work on regarding what hands i'm flatting what
hands i'm three betting how to proceed versus four bet what's going to be more profitable depending
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all right a quick overview on the differences between the win two five no limit and the bellagio
two five no limit the first difference is at the win mid buy in 200 max buy in 1500 that's gonna
be a wide range just like my button range at the bellagio it is a i believe it's mid buying 200
max buying 500 so 100 blinds versus 300 blinds possibly a lot deeper as the night goes on so
keep that in mind if you want to play 2-5 at the win slash encore property or the bellagio
the other thing that was brought up to me is the rake although the rake isn't outrageous like the
venetian the rake at the win is actually much better because of when when they actually rake
a dollar at a time up to the five dollar max i didn't get a video of the plaque that shows
the rake structure but i'm pretty sure they don't rake the five dollars until you get to a hundred
dollars so i'm guessing it's every twenty dollar increment as opposed to the bellagio ten dollars
fifty dollar pot five dollars rake ninety dollar pot at the wind four dollars rake that may not
seem like a lot to you guys but that's a big difference and it's gonna save you a lot of money
in the long run so going forward i plan on playing a lot more at the win of course i'm biased you
know i love playing at the win just another reason to pay less for more luxury and most importantly
a lot less smoking the bellagio bar is right next to the poker room where smoking is perfectly fine
and that smell drifts right into the poker room no smoking and any close proximity to the encore wind
poker room just saying if you don't like cigarette smoke play it to win on that note that wraps up
episode number one two casinos one night one thousand three hundred and five dollars profit
we are exactly ten percent of the way there let's keep the party going
like subscribe comment below let me know where you want me to play what you want to see any pro
tips on how i can profit more in cash games and get this rolex much sooner and i'm out