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So I'm possibly moving to Vegas...

AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
edited November 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
Higher paying job, plus gonna try and play poker part-time...

Any thoughts? Anyone lived there before?

I've been once this past summer, had a great time, and I am just sick and tired of life on the east coast...
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  • jojojojo Posts: 645
    all4PearlJam wrote:
    Higher paying job, plus gonna try and play poker part-time...

    Any thoughts? Anyone lived there before?

    I've been once this past summer, had a great time, and I am just sick and tired of life on the east coast...

    my uncle moved out i'd say about 5 years ago

    he loves

    i've never been
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    all4PearlJam wrote:
    Higher paying job, plus gonna try and play poker part-time...

    Any thoughts? Anyone lived there before?

    I've been once this past summer, had a great time, and I am just sick and tired of life on the east coast...


    I've only been there for Vacation

    The company I work for has another facility there, not sure I would want to live there

    Too hott for me !!
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    I've only been there for Vacation

    The company I work for has another facility there, not sure I would want to live there

    Too hott for me !!
    well I went in July for the WSOP, and yea it was hot, but bearable. Not humid like it is over here. I think I just need a change of scenery...
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    bump...anyone?
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    bump...
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    all4PearlJam wrote:
    bump...anyone?

    i haven't got anything interesting to add. but i'm really happy for you! i've never been there but it's on my list of places to visit!
  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    all4PearlJam wrote:
    bump...

    I have family that live just outside of Vegas as well as a close friend who lives in Vegas. I've been many times over the years and like it less everytime. Your plan of playing poker part time is a good idea if you're good. But remember, your trip over the summer vs. living there is a huge difference. My gf and I moved to Oregon after visiting for a couple of weeks. We couldn't leave fast enough after one year.
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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    hey mookie, male prositution is legal there! there is hope! :p:D
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  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    hey mookie, male prositution is legal there! there is hope! :p:D

    hhmmm.....then i might use his services one day :D
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    mookie9999 wrote:
    I have family that live just outside of Vegas as well as a close friend who lives in Vegas. I've been many times over the years and like it less everytime. Your plan of playing poker part time is a good idea if you're good. But remember, your trip over the summer vs. living there is a huge difference. My gf and I moved to Oregon after visiting for a couple of weeks. We couldn't leave fast enough after one year.
    Yea, I know it will take some time to adjust, as anything does when you move or make any kind of a change in your life. I have no family out there, I just know some people who play poker online who live in Vegas and Henderson, NV. And I have done really well online, and decent in AC, so I don't think that will be much of a problem. I just need some kind of a change in my life, and I think that this could really help me.
  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    hey mookie, male prositution is legal there! there is hope! :p:D

    Why do you think I like it less everytime?!? Everytime I'm out there due to my ever increasing age the rate I can charge goes down. Mookie Bigalow Vegas Gigalo.
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    A friend of mine lived there for about 5 years before getting sick of it. He did enjoy it for a while though. One of his biggest complaints is that people would come out to visit, but then expect him to not go to work and have fun with them. It's like they couldn't comprehend that he lived there and this wasn't vacation for him.
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    mookie9999 wrote:
    Why do you think I like it less everytime?!? Everytime I'm out there due to my ever increasing age the rate I can charge goes down. Mookie Bigalow Vegas Gigalo.
    haha, somehow I knew this would turn into a prostitution thread :D:D:D
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    blackredyellow wrote:
    A friend of mine lived there for about 5 years before getting sick of it. He did enjoy it for a while though. One of his biggest complaints is that people would come out to visit, but then expect him to not go to work and have fun with them. It's like they couldn't comprehend that he lived there and this wasn't vacation for him.
    yea i can see that...more of a vacation spot rather than a place of residence. I know what that is like - I have a place in Ocean City, MD., and in the offseason, it is a ghost town.
  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    all4PearlJam wrote:
    I just need some kind of a change in my life, and I think that this could really help me.

    Then best of luck to you! Once we left Oregon we moved to the East Coast (first time for me) for a big change of scenery. No regrets yet and we've been out here for 4 years now.
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    mookie9999 wrote:
    Why do you think I like it less everytime?!? Everytime I'm out there due to my ever increasing age the rate I can charge goes down. Mookie Bigalow Vegas Gigalo.
    starring Rob Schiender as the famous mookie9999
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    mookie9999 wrote:
    Then best of luck to you! Once we left Oregon we moved to the East Coast (first time for me) for a big change of scenery. No regrets yet and we've been out here for 4 years now.
    Yea, I definitely like it on the east coast, but I am just tired of the same old same old...I think a fresh start on the west coast could do me some good. Thanks for the kind words!!! :)
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    My only concern is renting or buying a place. If I go, I will probably have to rent at first.
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,258
    I was there for a week for a conference. It took about a block to get away from the neon lights, which was good. Not that big a stretch.

    From my hotel window I saw a church that I wanted to visit. The architecture looked very soothing, quintessentially southwest. When I walked there the church was behind barbed wire and a security camera. What good is a church behind barbed wire and a security camera? A lot of thefts? Did not reflect well on the population. I was disheartened, and I didn't have a place to sit and reflect.
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  • stickboystickboy Posts: 2,981
    i left miami for the same reason you're sick of the east coast n actually thought about trekking it to vegas but instead I kept it moving up towards NY. I know the feeling about needing a change and like you Im also a great poker player and feel like Im wasting my time not taking part in a major tournament. Good luck and if you do decide to move, let me know, I'll come thru so we can hang maybe get a few hold em games going ;)
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  • teskeincteskeinc Posts: 1,591
    I've been here 2 years and I love it. Vegas is more than the strip everyone sees. There are really nice and quiet neighborhoods in Summerlin and Henderson. Other than video poker machines at gas stations , grocery stores and drug stores, thats the only in your face gambling in the burbs. Everything I like is here and although toasty in the summer , its not that bad unless youre outside all the time.
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  • teskeincteskeinc Posts: 1,591
    One other thing, just because you think you are pretty good at online poker, that doesnt mean shit in Vegas. There are guys out here who have been making a living off of "Johnny Come Latelys" who think they can play poker. Nothing against you, but these guys have been playing for 30+ years, before poker was "cool" and drool when they see a "pretty good online player" drop some cash at the tables.
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    2008 : W Palm Beach, Tampa, Who Rock Honors, EV LA 2
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  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    teskeinc wrote:
    I've been here 2 years and I love it. Vegas is more than the strip everyone sees. There are really nice and quiet neighborhoods in Summerlin and Henderson. Other than video poker machines at gas stations , grocery stores and drug stores, thats the only in your face gambling in the burbs. Everything I like is here and although toasty in the summer , its not that bad unless youre outside all the time.

    There's also Boulder City, which if memory serves is the only suburb that doesn't allow gambling at all.
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • LostdogsinthegardenLostdogsinthegarden Posts: 844
    I moved out to Henderson from Boston to go to school this past August. It's pretty nice, though I would say I prefer the east coast. But it's winter right now and it's in the 60's at times, so I won't be complaining. So Vegas is pretty good, but not great.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    stickboy wrote:
    i left miami for the same reason you're sick of the east coast n actually thought about trekking it to vegas but instead I kept it moving up towards NY. I know the feeling about needing a change and like you Im also a great poker player and feel like Im wasting my time not taking part in a major tournament. Good luck and if you do decide to move, let me know, I'll come thru so we can hang maybe get a few hold em games going ;)
    hey, im ALWAYS up for a poker game :D Kinda sick of playing online...
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    teskeinc wrote:
    One other thing, just because you think you are pretty good at online poker, that doesnt mean shit in Vegas. There are guys out here who have been making a living off of "Johnny Come Latelys" who think they can play poker. Nothing against you, but these guys have been playing for 30+ years, before poker was "cool" and drool when they see a "pretty good online player" drop some cash at the tables.
    Well ive done well playing live in AC, and I went to Vegas last year for the WSOP - cashed in 1 event, and placed 212 out of 1500, just missing the $$ in another...And I am not a good cash game player - I will admit that. I just havent played them enough. If I do play, it will be 95% tourneys.
  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    all4PearlJam wrote:
    Well ive done well playing live in AC, and I went to Vegas last year for the WSOP - cashed in 1 event, and placed 212 out of 1500, just missing the $$ in another...And I am not a good cash game player - I will admit that. I just havent played them enough. If I do play, it will be 95% tourneys.

    I just found out that an Uncle of mine whom I no longer associate with (total prick) took 2nd in one of the events at this years WSOP. Apparently he punked out and agreed to give the bracelet to the chip leader if they would agree to split the total pot. He won something like $300k. Maybe it's time to rekindle that relationship! J/K. Best of luck to you. I need to start playing more card games than just old maid.
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    mookie9999 wrote:
    I just found out that an Uncle of mine whom I no longer associate with (total prick) took 2nd in one of the events at this years WSOP. Apparently he punked out and agreed to give the bracelet to the chip leader if they would agree to split the total pot. He won something like $300k. Maybe it's time to rekindle that relationship! J/K. Best of luck to you. I need to start playing more card games than just old maid.
    lol, yea sometimes that happens in tournaments. People get a ridiclous streak of cards, hit flops, etc. Too bad you dont talk with him anymore :D
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    mookie9999 wrote:
    I just found out that an Uncle of mine whom I no longer associate with (total prick) took 2nd in one of the events at this years WSOP. Apparently he punked out and agreed to give the bracelet to the chip leader if they would agree to split the total pot. He won something like $300k. Maybe it's time to rekindle that relationship! J/K. Best of luck to you. I need to start playing more card games than just old maid.
    What's his name? And do you know what event it was? I played the $1500 NL Hold Em 6-handed, and $1500 PL Omaha (won both seats online)
  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    all4PearlJam wrote:
    What's his name? And do you know what event it was? I played the $1500 NL Hold Em 6-handed, and $1500 PL Omaha (won both seats online)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_World_Series_of_Poker_results#Event_41

    It says he finished with less than first, but I saw on another site that he split the top winnings.
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
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