It is almost time for the 2010 World Series of Poker and yet again I am in Las Vegas for the summer. I got here on the 6th actually. The place I am staying at is very nice. I am renting a wing of a home that I would guess to be worth at least $750,000 if not a Million. The funny thing is that it still really doesn’t fit me. I setup my house in a Virginia to be efficient for me and while this place is functional, it just isn’t home.

My poker so far this trip has been very odd. I normally like to play mixed games such as HORSE, but my run in HORSE tourneys has been horrible. Played in five and the best I have placed is 14th. However, I have made four NL Holdem final tables out of six tournaments played. Sadly two of those final tables were for naught as they paid only three or four spots. However, the other two went a lot better.

The Tuscany casino has a nice NL event. It is $35 with rebuys. I would like the starting chips to be more, but if you play the event on the weekend, you have a good shot to do well even with only $3,000 in chips. This past weekend, I picked my spots and gathered about 12k in chips in the first hour. I was third in chips at that point and actually hovered around that point until the final table. I almost blew it when I ran queens into kings early on in the final table, but I was able to battle back to a decent stack. Ultimately, we chopped 7 ways.

My video poker on the other hand has been going fantastic. Except for the Orleans, I have finished up in every casino for video poker. And as far as the Orleans, I recently hit a decent amount on this past Sunday to cut my losses down to probably just $40 or $60. So far, I have only hit one royal flush. I have hit about 3 or 4 straight flushes and four aces twice or three times on bonus or double double.

Starting Thursday, I will be tied up quite a bit with the World Series of Poker. I will try and do some updates during that time, but I cannot guarantee anything. If you want to follow my coverage, check out pokerjunkie.com.