In this episode Steve is in Las Vegas staying at his brother Chris' house over the holidays.  He's able to sneak away for a few sessions playing at the Bellagio, Binion's, and the Aria.  A couple interesting hands come up, one of which is laying down Queens before seeing a flop.

Mike is back in the game and back to his jovial self.  He's booked a few winning sessions, and the dynamic duo discuss playing AK from the blinds - in one hand heads up against a pro and the other against a reality tv star.

00:00 - 11:00   Intro, poker in Vegas, catching up

11:00 - 37:00   Steve's Strategy Hands

37:00 - 1:18:00  Mike's Strategy Hands

1:18:00 - End  Closing

Steve's Hands:  1/3 NL

UTG+1 ($195) R $12

MP C ($200) $12

Hero But ($300) QQ R $35

UTG+1 shoves $183, MP folds, Hero folds

EP1 ($200) $3

EP2 ($118) CS $3

MP $3

Hero Hyj TcTd  R $18

EP1 C $18

EP2 CS $18

MP folds

Flop ($58) - 9s 4s 2c

EP1 & EP2 chk, Hero bets $40, EP1 folds, EP2 calls $40

Turn ($138) - 9d

EP2 cks, Hero puts EP2 all in, EP2 calls and shows Qs7s

Mike's hands:  5/5 NL

UTG (2000) R $30

MP1 C $30

MP2 C $30

LP C $30

Hero (2000) RR $150

UTG C $150

MP1, MP2, LP all fold.  Heads up to the flop.

Flop ($425) - Qs 8s 3d

Hero B $250

UTG C $250

Turn ($925) 5h

Hero B $575

UTG C $575

River ($2075) 9c

Hero chk

UTG B $600

Villain C $5

MP1 R $30

MP2 C $30

MP3 C $30

LP C $30

Hero SB C $30

Villain C $30

Flop ($185) A 2 4 rainbow

Everyone checks around

Turn ($185) 4x

Hero B $80

Villain C $80, everyone else folds

River ($345) 9x

Hero B $175

Villain R $375

Hero C $200

Villain shows 35o for the flopped wheel

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Mike runs out a 22 hour marathon, finishing the morning off with a 10/20 NL heads up match.  Several hands from this match are briefly discussed.

Steve goes over his warm up routine before getting ready to play:

- Breathing exercises

- Mirror exercise

- Motivational speeches

- Power naps

- Hypnosis tapes / Hypnosisdownloads.com

Mike goes over his results for the last several months.  Phil Hellmuth and Phil Galfond are briefly talked about and advice that they've given to poker players.