So I am getting this in early as I am just super excited already!
You may or may not remember previous trip reports but I
urbanwasteSaturday 30th November
Last day we finish off our shopping. This time at the South Outlets. Not too much to report here as it was a pretty quiet day before our flight.
I did manage to buy this time piece though
When I went to check out the host called me up and said she had comped us $1000 and was going to book us a limo back to the airport
As for my list of things I wanted to achieve this holiday I think I did a few of them. Not as many I would have hoped but here we are.
I am now a CET Diamond Plus which is a bonus!
Again sorry for the bad end to this report but what a run!!!...
urbanwasteSo following on from the massive degen session a few days ago we even played some hi limit Baccarat ($100 a hand) and some hi limit BJ which paid 3/2 not 6/5 like the other scummy versions here. Honestly Vegas stop being so greedy and make all tables 3/2 again.
The next morning I decided I needed to switch off from it all and booked another spa day at Caesars. We headed to Ellis Island for breakfast and ordered the ham.
This thing was an absolute beast and managed only half. I will say though it was actually really tasty! 7/10 it's just it's too much!
The evening I decide to head down to Freemont Street and just explore a little. I headed over to the El Cortez at one point and it's packed!!!!
It seems like every streamer/youtuber was in there. We had (from memory):
Vegas Matt
Nick from the on tilt boys
Skater nomad
Bluff
I was on a heater at the craps table and bluff was playing high limit crapless ($1000 a number I think it was). From the looks of things he was not doing well. Not watched the video but I think that I must appear on the stream at some point.
Talking to Vegas Matt he seemed a nice guy and was willing to speak to anyway and answer their questions. Bluff was very much the same and actually came over to a few to speak to them also. The only one who looked totally out of place was skater nomad. Not sure why he was even there as it does not look like he was filming.
Me being me I was more interested in speaking to some of the crew and asked how long a YouTube video etc would take to edit. Surprised these things take over a day at times to get to a point where they are happy to upload them. Maybe I will watch a bit more of them when I get back home.
This leads me onto yesterday nicely.
For the first time this trip yesterday I wake up at just gone 8am so actually had some decent sleep in the end and I wake up feeling so much better than I have all trip. The guys all message asking what to do for breakfast and I politely skip.
Make a few calls back home and to report back the good news on the profits and I catch up with some work bits. The plan was to play the deep stack 2 day event at the Venetian.
No need to report the results here as I already have but I will give the poker room a solid 9/10. The only thing that lets it down for me is that it is so out of the way of the main casino floor. If you want a players card you need to go all the way back.
Anyway after busting the game I was not in the best of moods so decided to make a sharp exit and head back to the Horseshoe to decompress and have a shower.
I did stop at Harrahs for some bubble craps due to the monkey tilt I was on which was a stupid idea until....... In for $500. Out for
Nice I will take that!!
Get back to the Horseshoe and sit down at another bubble craps machines. Yes this decompress and shower is going really well right???
We spin this $500 into this also
Ok day has picked up now. Head over to the live craps table and we give back $1500. Idiot!!!!
Back in the room we shower, lie down and have a little nap. The sleep is crap but I do wake up to find the others have busted the tournament as well and are heading back.
I suggested to meet at the hole in the wall for some food.
First time eating here and you get some good food, service and a cool bit of Vegas history. The price was decent too. Think my meal was $40 or so for wine, soup, garlic bread, chicken parm and a cappuccino for after. I will 100% be back here. Sorry no pictures of the food as was absolutely starving and forgot to take them!
We all head back to the Horseshoe for some drinks as I now get 4 free a day. However when we get there we are all just so full from the meal one of us goes back to the room and myself and the other 2 head to the craps table.
In for $300, we instant 7 out!!
Back in for $700. Point 7 out.
Buy in for $1000 and I can feel myself getting pissed off with these PSOs. However this roll is an absolute monster. We are full pressing everything we hit and go on a long roll.
The cash out
I had also regressed before this but still had what was probably another 2500 on the table before we hit the 7 out.
The night was not done as M wanted to play some crapless bubble craps. He was lowballing but still made a bit of money which he was very happy with. I bought in for 1k and asked if he would like to hit the button for me.
Final result
What an awesome day!!...
urbanwasteDay 2
Mad day as ever in Vegas. Up early and as you have seen previously I hit that big hand pay. That's pushed me to being over 10k up already on bubble craps. Amazing feeling to be running like the sun.
Downside is normal craps is kicking my ass. Must be down around 5k as myself and any other shooter just cannot get a roll going. It's usually PSO after PSO. Also down 3k on Mo Mummy. Despite saying to myself no slots and definitely not Mo Mummy as it always never pays I see my dumb ass playing it.
Will need to do some accounting this morning to get a true picture where we stand gambling wise. I suspect I am around 2k up but not so sure.
So after waiting what seemed forever for my handpay I cash out and head over to Caesars Palace and to the spa. I had booked a 100 minute deep tissue massage with CBD cream and with that you get access to the spa for 3 hours. Not allowed to take pictures but safe to say the experience was exactly what was needed after the bit of stress on the flight. Now pain free in my neck and shoulders and feeling totally relaxed! Job done.
1pm I had agreed to meet P back at the Horseshoe as we had our F1 pit walk booked at 1:30 near by the Tuscany. So walked over and waited in yet another huge line. I am thinking this might be a bit of a theme this trip.
While we are waiting in line he is getting messages from his family member who works for McLaren to say can we be near a certain section at 3pm as he has our paddock passes ready.
As we were walking up the pits taking pictures we bumped into a guy who worked for McLaren. We asked him is S was anywhere in the garage and he said sure he will go get him. S came out and invited us into the garage from the pits instead of having to meet at a different location! That was actually pretty cool as we just were allowed past the barrier much to the dismay of all the other fans.
The garage tour was amazing. We really got to see all of inside of the goings on at a F1 team and how much work goes on behind the scenes we do not know about. Will not bore you all with too much detail.
We watch the first practice from the paddock and enjoyed as much free food and drink as it was humanly possible, said our goodbyes to S who was busy analysing data from practice and decided against staying for the F1 academy and head back to the horseshoe.
The other 2 who are with us wanted to play some poker and I just needed to lie down for a nap as I had a few too many drinks.
Anyway that nap turned into waking up at 5am!! Whoops...
