Im home, rested, and Im now ready to tell all about my trip to Las Vegas.
It all started one night, i was talking about goign to vegas in the chat room, and i quickly assessed the situation to be right before chrostmass, I had 16,000 dollars, no work till xmass, and the slowest and best time of the year to goto vegas. Putting all of that into play I immediately decided to bid on airline tickets for tomorrow through priceline.com At ~830pm the bid won, and my flight was for the next day at 230pm which left me 15 hours to sleep, pack, and plan.
I packed a single roller case to take with me all around town and posted in the las vegas section here to gather info, I got lots of info and it was very helpfull. Thanks a lot guys.
I arived at las vegas airport at around 630pm, and I started making calls to the casinos to try and get a free room after talkign about all the cash i "had just won" in ac, that doesnt work, so dont try it. I took a cab from the airport to mgm, and was there in no time, i marched through the hotel lobby, and immediately began assaulting a 6d s17 table where i won 1800 bucks in about 15 mins and attained my first las vegas players card, not wantign to take ANY CHANCES on my first day, i colored up immediately started playing games like craps, and TCP on my newly created players card, then I marched outside by where the lion thing was, at the time, i stayed and looked for the lions for about 10 minutes before i called it a scam since there was obviously no lions in the lion habitat.
I found myself on las vegas boulevard confused as to how to cross the street to goto tropicana, eventually i figured out the network of excalators and such and made my way to trop, where i didnt play, then NYNY, where i also didnt play, then montecarlo, where i played for a bit, then I went to Aria, now somebody had said aria is sharp so I tried to find the dumbest looking PC to introduce myself to, I bought in, and started playing stacks of green chips, aventually I had 3x300 in play (in an attampt to get a free room) I had a few drinks at this point and was legitamately hammered cause i hadnt eaten since before the flight, so hammered I decided I could get away with splitting tens right in front of the PC who laughed, and as luck woudl have it, i actually drew the card that otherwise woudl have made the dealer 21 so i got really excited ina drunken stupor and it was perfect cover. The pc told me to talk to the host about the room. After I colored up several 1k chips, i was directed to the host, we talked and he explained how I only had 45 minutes of play with an average of 60 dollars, I got really mad about that cause I know i played more than a 60 dollar average and i was also reallyd runk, so I whipped my brick of hundreds onto the table with a big thud 15,000 dollars in cash, i told him the story about how i won it in AC and how i need a room cause i just got off the plane. That plan didnt work either
so i stormed off in a drunken rage and cashed my chips.
I crossed the street and scoped out planet hollywood, where I got pretty depressed about the 6:5 tables and NO GOOD GAMES at all, however, when i came out i foudn the bus terminal and learned it went downtown, a place where the fabled "el cortez" exhists where not only coudl i get a cheap room, but also a great game was to be found there.. I boarded the bus with my 5 dollar bill and away I went.
I got off the bus and looked around to assess my surroundings, and there it was, accross the street not too far away, off we went me and my wheely case. Upon entering, I had thoughts about how it was even possible to make a casino smaller than the AC hilton, but they pulled it off. I walked up and found the fabled DD s17 table and was horrified to find a 5 dollar min. I tried to buy in for a marginal amount of 200 dollars. I played for a bit and started pushing in stacks of red to not look too abnormal, over time, i was payed green, then black. When I started playing black the heat came pouring on me. So I tried to color up 2200 in black and found they had no purples in the tray :laugh: so i pulled them back and staretd talking playing one black at a time since its all I had while talking to the other players a lot this is where i met "jebchgo" who is now a forum member here. Now wihtout getting into detail, 5 minutes later I saw the PC watchign the table, and I saw a TC of 9 and I didnt knwo what to do. In hindsighty, i think it woudl have been correct to sit out a hand, and then place a big bet, but what actually happened was....a bet close to table max which was immediately pushed back to me, and I was told not to play blackjack anymore :whip: there it was...on day one, 5 hours into my trip: first backoff I played it off pretty well, and I eneded up returning no probs on diff shifts.
I walked down fremont street and after scoping to find no exploitable games, i hit up
4 queens------------------------->backoff
frusterated, I decided to find a cheap motel and reassess my plan of attack. In hindsight, blackchips dont work well downtown
Day two
I decided to hit the rest of downtown since I was there, I played evcerywhere no problem, winning and losing, I got some free lunch at the golden nugget, and later that day, I scored a free room at mainstreet station after a power nap, I took the bus back to the strip where i hit up mandalay bay. I was playing for a while when....while playing 3x 150 dollars...the PC walked up aroudn the table to my side, and knelt down next to me...
....
"My NAME"... he says
....
I got you three nights in our hotel for you you can go upto the lobby anytime if you would like to stay here.
Im like SCORE! first event that has gone according to plan. I played a bit longer, and asked for a comp to the buffet, which I also got.
Days 3 4....? ( I lost track fo time) went uneventfully, mostly, I played all aroudn town winning and losing. I didnt pay anythgin for food for the whole trip so far. I got two more free nights at MGM, then two more at NYNY.
I happened to get off the buss accross from Circus Circus where I saw a sign that said BJ pays 2:1, so im thinking, lemme walk in here and investigate, upon entering, I see a sign at the end of a pit that reads "Blackjack party pit BJ pays 2:1 select times, min $10" SO I approached a bj table and inquired where the dealer told me, yes only when you get a BJ, so I asked is it this table, and he said yes. I sat down and started flat betting decent bets. I enede up playing 2 shoes before I finally got a BJ, and you know what happened? they payed me 3:2
Now let me tell you how extremely pissed I was about this, because at this time, I was officially being swindled, I asked directly to the dealer if BJ payed 2:1 as the sign in the pit stated and he said yes, this was the very same dealer that payed me 3:2, I called the floor over, and plead my case, and they didnt want to pay me, I showed him the sign IN THE PIT and he said it was advertising for another pit, so im like IT SAYS BJ PARTY PIT! and its in this PIT and theres no sign on the table to say what BJ pays and I had totally unravelled their scam. This is one of those times, where you guys woudl be like.... "I would have called gaming" well I had ten days here so you bet your ass I called gaming, I pointed out the sign in the pit, and I pointed out the lack of signage on the table, and I explained how I directly asked two different dealers and they both said it payed 2:1 I filled out forms and showed the agent everything I could.
I was pissed off mostly cause I lost money while getting conned but In an act of vengance I counted down their DD games which wer ein the REAL party pit, won a bunch of money, then when the lights came flashing and BJ really did pay 2:1 I hit it with a 150 dollar bet, all in all, my stay at this casinos was proffitable so after making DAMN SURE I got that free buffet, i stormed out and continued assaulting the town.
day ???? dec 15th I went to the openign day of the Cosmopolitan!!!! after 30 minutes of playing I immediately posted my observations via blackberry to the forums here...+1 for technology. I sat down and played ruthlessly at the same table for about 3 hours, apparently I played too aggressive and scared away another counter at my table, and I got backed off the next day I came to play there, so is it possible I was the first player to be backed off at cosmo?
The next day, I got backed off at flamingo, then the next day I got backed off and barred from Ceasars.
I played carefully at MGM properties untill my free rooms were used, then they pulled my comps cause I wasnt playing enough mostly because I took a huge hit to my bank and was no longer dropping 150-200 dollar bets.
Before I left, the last day I hit up the gold and silver pawn shop from that tv show in the history channel, and it was packed, I felt like a total tourist, which I was, I stayed the last ngiht in the same cheap motel I stayed in on the first night, and then flew home in time for xmass.
Vegas kicked ass, I had a lot of fun these are some things Iv learned
-No black chips downtown
-High limit DD is not for rookies
-The bus is the best way around town.
-There are a lot of card counters floating around and most of them suck
It all started one night, i was talking about goign to vegas in the chat room, and i quickly assessed the situation to be right before chrostmass, I had 16,000 dollars, no work till xmass, and the slowest and best time of the year to goto vegas. Putting all of that into play I immediately decided to bid on airline tickets for tomorrow through priceline.com At ~830pm the bid won, and my flight was for the next day at 230pm which left me 15 hours to sleep, pack, and plan.
I packed a single roller case to take with me all around town and posted in the las vegas section here to gather info, I got lots of info and it was very helpfull. Thanks a lot guys.
I arived at las vegas airport at around 630pm, and I started making calls to the casinos to try and get a free room after talkign about all the cash i "had just won" in ac, that doesnt work, so dont try it. I took a cab from the airport to mgm, and was there in no time, i marched through the hotel lobby, and immediately began assaulting a 6d s17 table where i won 1800 bucks in about 15 mins and attained my first las vegas players card, not wantign to take ANY CHANCES on my first day, i colored up immediately started playing games like craps, and TCP on my newly created players card, then I marched outside by where the lion thing was, at the time, i stayed and looked for the lions for about 10 minutes before i called it a scam since there was obviously no lions in the lion habitat.
I found myself on las vegas boulevard confused as to how to cross the street to goto tropicana, eventually i figured out the network of excalators and such and made my way to trop, where i didnt play, then NYNY, where i also didnt play, then montecarlo, where i played for a bit, then I went to Aria, now somebody had said aria is sharp so I tried to find the dumbest looking PC to introduce myself to, I bought in, and started playing stacks of green chips, aventually I had 3x300 in play (in an attampt to get a free room) I had a few drinks at this point and was legitamately hammered cause i hadnt eaten since before the flight, so hammered I decided I could get away with splitting tens right in front of the PC who laughed, and as luck woudl have it, i actually drew the card that otherwise woudl have made the dealer 21 so i got really excited ina drunken stupor and it was perfect cover. The pc told me to talk to the host about the room. After I colored up several 1k chips, i was directed to the host, we talked and he explained how I only had 45 minutes of play with an average of 60 dollars, I got really mad about that cause I know i played more than a 60 dollar average and i was also reallyd runk, so I whipped my brick of hundreds onto the table with a big thud 15,000 dollars in cash, i told him the story about how i won it in AC and how i need a room cause i just got off the plane. That plan didnt work either
so i stormed off in a drunken rage and cashed my chips.I crossed the street and scoped out planet hollywood, where I got pretty depressed about the 6:5 tables and NO GOOD GAMES at all, however, when i came out i foudn the bus terminal and learned it went downtown, a place where the fabled "el cortez" exhists where not only coudl i get a cheap room, but also a great game was to be found there.. I boarded the bus with my 5 dollar bill and away I went.
I got off the bus and looked around to assess my surroundings, and there it was, accross the street not too far away, off we went me and my wheely case. Upon entering, I had thoughts about how it was even possible to make a casino smaller than the AC hilton, but they pulled it off. I walked up and found the fabled DD s17 table and was horrified to find a 5 dollar min. I tried to buy in for a marginal amount of 200 dollars. I played for a bit and started pushing in stacks of red to not look too abnormal, over time, i was payed green, then black. When I started playing black the heat came pouring on me. So I tried to color up 2200 in black and found they had no purples in the tray :laugh: so i pulled them back and staretd talking playing one black at a time since its all I had while talking to the other players a lot this is where i met "jebchgo" who is now a forum member here. Now wihtout getting into detail, 5 minutes later I saw the PC watchign the table, and I saw a TC of 9 and I didnt knwo what to do. In hindsighty, i think it woudl have been correct to sit out a hand, and then place a big bet, but what actually happened was....a bet close to table max which was immediately pushed back to me, and I was told not to play blackjack anymore :whip: there it was...on day one, 5 hours into my trip: first backoff I played it off pretty well, and I eneded up returning no probs on diff shifts.
I walked down fremont street and after scoping to find no exploitable games, i hit up
4 queens------------------------->backoff
frusterated, I decided to find a cheap motel and reassess my plan of attack. In hindsight, blackchips dont work well downtown
Day two
I decided to hit the rest of downtown since I was there, I played evcerywhere no problem, winning and losing, I got some free lunch at the golden nugget, and later that day, I scored a free room at mainstreet station after a power nap, I took the bus back to the strip where i hit up mandalay bay. I was playing for a while when....while playing 3x 150 dollars...the PC walked up aroudn the table to my side, and knelt down next to me...
....
"My NAME"... he says
....
I got you three nights in our hotel for you you can go upto the lobby anytime if you would like to stay here.
Im like SCORE! first event that has gone according to plan. I played a bit longer, and asked for a comp to the buffet, which I also got.
Days 3 4....? ( I lost track fo time) went uneventfully, mostly, I played all aroudn town winning and losing. I didnt pay anythgin for food for the whole trip so far. I got two more free nights at MGM, then two more at NYNY.
I happened to get off the buss accross from Circus Circus where I saw a sign that said BJ pays 2:1, so im thinking, lemme walk in here and investigate, upon entering, I see a sign at the end of a pit that reads "Blackjack party pit BJ pays 2:1 select times, min $10" SO I approached a bj table and inquired where the dealer told me, yes only when you get a BJ, so I asked is it this table, and he said yes. I sat down and started flat betting decent bets. I enede up playing 2 shoes before I finally got a BJ, and you know what happened? they payed me 3:2
Now let me tell you how extremely pissed I was about this, because at this time, I was officially being swindled, I asked directly to the dealer if BJ payed 2:1 as the sign in the pit stated and he said yes, this was the very same dealer that payed me 3:2, I called the floor over, and plead my case, and they didnt want to pay me, I showed him the sign IN THE PIT and he said it was advertising for another pit, so im like IT SAYS BJ PARTY PIT! and its in this PIT and theres no sign on the table to say what BJ pays and I had totally unravelled their scam. This is one of those times, where you guys woudl be like.... "I would have called gaming" well I had ten days here so you bet your ass I called gaming, I pointed out the sign in the pit, and I pointed out the lack of signage on the table, and I explained how I directly asked two different dealers and they both said it payed 2:1 I filled out forms and showed the agent everything I could.
I was pissed off mostly cause I lost money while getting conned but In an act of vengance I counted down their DD games which wer ein the REAL party pit, won a bunch of money, then when the lights came flashing and BJ really did pay 2:1 I hit it with a 150 dollar bet, all in all, my stay at this casinos was proffitable so after making DAMN SURE I got that free buffet, i stormed out and continued assaulting the town.
day ???? dec 15th I went to the openign day of the Cosmopolitan!!!! after 30 minutes of playing I immediately posted my observations via blackberry to the forums here...+1 for technology. I sat down and played ruthlessly at the same table for about 3 hours, apparently I played too aggressive and scared away another counter at my table, and I got backed off the next day I came to play there, so is it possible I was the first player to be backed off at cosmo?
The next day, I got backed off at flamingo, then the next day I got backed off and barred from Ceasars.
I played carefully at MGM properties untill my free rooms were used, then they pulled my comps cause I wasnt playing enough mostly because I took a huge hit to my bank and was no longer dropping 150-200 dollar bets.
Before I left, the last day I hit up the gold and silver pawn shop from that tv show in the history channel, and it was packed, I felt like a total tourist, which I was, I stayed the last ngiht in the same cheap motel I stayed in on the first night, and then flew home in time for xmass.
Vegas kicked ass, I had a lot of fun these are some things Iv learned
-No black chips downtown
-High limit DD is not for rookies
-The bus is the best way around town.
-There are a lot of card counters floating around and most of them suck
