Transitioning to Live Poker

So this semester I did very well for myself while playing online poker. I had always been a long time winner at live poker (tournaments and cash), but had struggled in online poker. My cousin, a professional online player, decided to give me a stake last summer (which I dumped into the poker community) and then also gave me a stake at the beginning of the year. Well off the $300 he gave me, I made it into $50k, give or take a couple hundred. I put a lot of time and effort into improving my online game and it payed off huge.

With all that said, my live game this semester has struggled. I did ok when I was playing in the underground games in Pittsburgh, making maybe 2300 or so, but playing live poker at the Cali casinos this calender year has been extremely frustrating and has been eating up my live bankroll. As far as BR is concerned, I am still fine when it comes to my Vegas BR, but the money I set aside to play in Cali casinos before I went to Vegas has been eaten alive and is down to 60%. I think the live experience will be worth it because I don't want to be rusty when it comes to the WSOP, but damn it is difficult to get used to the boredom of live poker...Anyways, I think it is helping significantly as my live play has been improving with every session I play so I just need to keep at it.

Vegas

So Vegas is less than 2 weeks away and I need to figure out exactly what I am bringing. I am definitely bringing my desk top, but I was also thinking about bringing my DJ amp and DJ speakers. I have them currently set up to my computer and they rock. Also, I am curious exactly how my rooming situation is going to end up. I have a house with some other guys, but one of them can't come to Vegas because of some family problems so we are scrambling to try and find another. It seems that life isn't supposed to go as planned ever, which makes me laugh at the people who always freak when it doesn't. Anyways, I can't wait for Vegas and I hope that I play well enough when I'm there to satisfy my expectations.