Prairiebreeze’s Vegas Cannonball (Hit and) Run V Part 1 – June 7-11, 2026

Welcome to Prairiebreeze’s Vegas Cannonball (Hit and) Run V

Exactly 6 months to the day after Cannonball Run IV, we are BACK BABY with Cannonball Run FIVE – Part One. Part One you ask? Yes, because Part 2 is already booked for December 6-10, 2026.

Recap of last trip – December 2025 - exactly 6 months ago:
• Pre-trip: Had less trouble getting cash out of the bank – but now we have the procedure. Faded a pre-trip injury.
• Venetian: Hit our first royal flush (QJss) on the turn less than two hours after getting off the plane. Got the minimum in every way possible. Lost money overall at that property. We scooped one bomb pot, and got one outed to get scooped in another. But my buddy finished 11th in a bounty event he was playing there (and lost money!).
• Aria: uneventful one buy in win. LONG walk home where I took every wrong turn imaginable.
• Bellagio: took a small 2/5 shot. Played with Mason Malmuth. Was otherwise “meh” as usual.
• Played our first senior’s event at Planet Hollywood (RIP PH poker room), got AA cracked by 66 AIPF. Played cash games there too and they were dead. No wonder that room closed.
• Dogs were everywhere… none of them with legit “service animal” tags, but if casinos let them, then okey dokey.
• Coronas were consumed. Many, many Coronas. And I’m not normally a drinker, at all, but free beer is free beer no matter where you are.
• Slots (other than Venetian’s who reamed me for $1k) & craps (Harrah’s & Horsehsoe Stadium) saved our trip.
• Total Profit for the trip: $30. Yup. 30 bucks.

Starting Bankroll: $6,030 planned. Yes, the $30 profit is in that number and damnit we are spinning it up!

Home bases for this trip: Buddy from the last trip is staying at Planet Hollywood this time. As for me: Flamingo has been kind/desperate enough to comp me another room for 4 nights, so we’ll actually HAVE a view of something this time around, which is nice, but whatever – we ain’t here for the views, people watching aside. My buddy mocks me for “slumming it up” there, but I kinda dig the place a bit. And they’ve been remodeling the lobby area – and it looks pretty nice now based on what I’ve seen and being that center means less walking in 100+ degree heat, which for a Canadian who lives in -40 weather for at least 3 weeks every February… is 100% worth it.

Agenda:
Sunday, June 7 – travel day: Frist flight is at 7am MT, so leaving the house at 5am, clear customs in Calgary during a 2 hour 45 minute stop over, a 2 hour 30 minute flight means we land at about 1pm. We’ve booked a window seat to at least TRY to get a nap in.
Option A: Max late reg Event 25 at the WSOP – a $500 freezeout to try and grab a Hendon Mob entry. Have to do the WSOP+ app verification stuff first though, but we have tons of time. Registration ends at level 10 (4pm), and the money bubble burst in level 17 last year (they were about 100 off the money at dinner). With 30 minute levels, 3.5 hours of play and a 75 minute dinner break means we could get into the money in under 5 hours.
Option B: Degen it up with some video poker at Cosmo (channelling the mighty Leon). Hear me out. I haven’t stayed at an MGM property in 3 years, and I’ve barely played anything other than poker at Aria and Bellagio otherwise, but for my December trip I’m being offered Aria at $35/night + RF and Park at $8/night + RF. I can do one day of play there (they have the best paytables on the Strip by far) and it should give me some options for the next stay in December. Taking this option probably means I can play a 1/3 session somewhere nearby in the evening – Aria (hello PLO???) and Bellagio would be the most likely candidates. WSOP Cash games as well.

Monday, June 8 – Depending on what option we choose for Sunday, I have some work to do with Caesar’s. There’s a Reward Credit Multiplier at Caesar’s properties while I’m there. June 8-14, if I speedrun 5+ properties in a day, getting 50 tier credits at each property, I get that multiplier of reward credits for my entire trip. Plan is to do this to offset meals and resort fees. Room is already comped.
Planned Path: Harrah’s → LINQ → Flamingo → Vanderpump → Horseshoe → Paris → Planet Hollywood
7 properties, all on the same side of the street, 7x reward credits. Value. And can do it all in a morning if we work it right.
Purpose of this run; Stack up the reward credits to offset the costs of food and resort fees on this trip. Daytime poker games are just NEVER ever good – even during the series. Bigger picture, I *might* try a run at Diamond over two trips if we can hit some TC milestones for bonuses. See how June goes, what offers for December roll in, and maybe we take a run at it.
Nighttime poker session: Wynn, Venetian are certainly options.

Tuesday, June 9 – Mixed Game Festival Day. Mixed games will never be offered where I live, and it looks like a pretty relaxed event, and the lowest limits are 4/8, so if we torch a few hundred having some fun learning some games, that sounds good to me. It’s also Meet Mori Eskandani Day, so that’d be neat.
Nighttime poker session: South Point? I keep hearing how I should go from people in my local game, and there’s no real reason not to, I guess.

Wednesday, June 10 – Caesar’s Degen Day – video poker, craps, slots are all on the table. All up and down the strip. Start with cheap breakfast at Planet Hollywood and run north from there.
Nighttime poker session: Probably whichever of Wynn and Venetian that I don’t play on Monday.

Thursday, June 11 – we will see, settle the hotel bill, use up all these reward credits, travel home - flight out is at 1:45pm

Main goals:
Do all the things that I can’t do at my home casino: Video Poker, Craps, bigger and different poker games (but not both at the same time!), PLO!
Stadium Craps at Horseshoe – we ALWAYS win there. Always.
Register for cash games online where possible (Atlas: Wynn & Venetian. Bravo: Caesar’s, Horseshoe, South Point)
Limit sessions to 4 hours. Less if the game is bad. Table changes! The 4-hour thing is working for me locally. Still bad games though, BUT there are so few tables (four) in the casino poker “area” that there’s zero selection.
Take vitamin C & D in bunches early and often. All trip long. Air is super dry and I seem to get sore throats and feel crappy by Day 3-4.
Nice dinners. Or at least one nice one.
Oh, and get a hundo down on the Bengals to win the Super Bowl if they’re still +2500 or more.

And if you’re going to be in town when I’m there, let’s grab a beer/bite/table! Message me.