2/5 at the bellagio, 600 effective, hero is a MAWG who hasn't been in any big pots lately, playing fairly TAG, table overall has been lacking action and the whale just left so hero decided this was my last orbit. Villian's been at the table about 30 minutes, definitely a solid player who has won a few small to medium hands and isn't getting out of line at all.

Villian opens in EP to 15, folds to hero who looks down at AsKc on the button and

Played today and the word going around is the rooms closing for remodeling. Not sure on the date of closing (heard maybe July 16) or reopening, but one of the dealers did say they offered to give him a job in Laughlin in the meanwhile.

If it does close hopefully it does actually reopen and not just disappear.

Per a poker news article that just dropped, it sounds like a 50 table room with modern electronic equipped tables will be opening this summer on level 2. Will also have a dedicated room for streaming and vlogging.

Glad to see a casino expanding and upgrading their poker room in Vegas, especially after the Venetian has kept shrinking theirs every few years.

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