Was $500 into this stubborn mfer. Same machine I’ve played all week. I had $10 in points to claim and a coffee to finish so I put $100 in and hit nothing. Got really stubborn after $300. Hit it on one of my last spins on the $500. Believe I’m done
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I’m living vicariously through you now jwax13. Logged many hours at Aria/bell PLO/NL/Mix/Craps/BJ and can’t wait to get back to Vegas. Thanks for sharing
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No fifth ace? Your skills are slipping!
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After the pool last night I walked to Bellagio to look for gifts for the family. Had an early dinner at Bardot, and it was excellent.
GNOCCHI PARISIENNE
roquefort, acorn squash, pomegranate, sage
Impeccable presentation and execution. The pomegranate was unexpected and gave the dish a very distinct taste without being overpowering. Best dish of the trip.
CHOCOLATE MACARON
Dark chocolate cookie, valrhona mousse,
hazelnut, grand marnier, candied orange
This was way too big for one person, but I’m not one to waste food. Good without being too rich.
Went straight to my room after and didn’t leave the rest of the night. Planned on playing PLO and / or visiting the dispensary to try and get something to help me sleep, but I ended up binging the last 3 episodes of Picard.
Got up this morning just before checkout and was able to use most of my remaining resort credit on coffee and a sandwich at Starbucks, but I left with ~$20 unused. I was not aware resort credit wasn’t usable at the gift shop. Oh well. Went downstairs to use the remaining $10 in free play I had (along with $500 of cash because degen) and finally hit the VP.
Was supposed to be the end of my degeneracy for the trip. Went next door to Milk Bar to get a few gifts. Then went back to Aria and had an hour to kill before my departure for the airport. That’s when I did the most Vegas thing possible.
Sat at a $25 3:2 6 deck blackjack shoe. Was nothing out of the ordinary. Up and down but not much in either direction. But we could not get cocktail service for the life of me. Literally 45 minutes and no cocktail (all I wanted was sparking water or bottled water). After the dealer went on an insane hot streak and got me for $300 of my $500 buy in, I decided I had enough and went to high limit to get instant service and twist off a little at $100 a hand. However, on the weekend Aria High Limit Double Deck goes to $300 min. So the $1K I bought in + the $200 leftover from first table was only 4 units. Didn’t take more than 6 hands to lose $1200, but I got my 4 figure Perrier.
Trip totals:
Video Poker + $2,700
Blackjack - $200
Craps - $200
PLO + $4,114
Net $6,414
Thanks for railing my first TR. Made traveling alone a little more interesting. 
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Nice crotch
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Ninja edit!
Lol at Welcome to Aria followed by THREE exclamation points. Even they are excited for your win!
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Hard agree with Craps. I once won like 10k off a $500 buyin at craps. Craps GOAT.
Nice TR. Love Milk Bar what did you end up with?
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i’m in some stage of my longest losing streak in pretty much everything. I usually get too jealous reading these winning TR while i’m losing, but i liked this one.
never had a non alcoholic ipa. sounds weird, but i also really like IPAs so maybe i’ll try one.
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Pai Gow Poker goat pit game since you actually get to hold the cards. Sounds silly but it’s the ideal free drink game IMO. Face up variant is my fav cuz you don’t have to memorize any strategy to play optimally.
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Thanks! We love all things Milk Bar too! I got my sister and my partner each a tin full of 6 cookies (one of each variety other than gluten free) and a canvas tote bag. I had the cereal milk soft serve today. Had the red velvet soft serve (meh) and crack pie after Momofuku the other day.
IPAs are the only thing I miss since getting sober over 4 years ago. I don’t really know how to compare them 1:1 due to the gap in tasting both, but a couple of craft breweries make a really great NA IPA to my palette. Athletic Brewing Run Wild is great. Monday I got a 4 pack of tall boys from Wellbeing called Intentional IPA that may have been the best I’ve tried. Seems like most of them are based in California.
Re: All the craps discussion. A good craps table is the most fun you can have in the pit. The problem is, you’re way more likely to play on a bad craps table and playing the dark side silently is the most anti-fun thing possible. I’ve been on a handful of good craps runs and there’s not much like it. I only played once this trip and it was bleh.
This is correct.
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I think I could eat a corn cookie and a slice of crack pie every day for the rest of my life. The truffle ball things are good too. You can get Milk Bar delivered if you’re ever craving it and not in NYC, DC, LA or Vegas
face up Pai Gow
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Anyone here ever learn to play pai gow tiles? Got decent at it with an iPhone app and always fantasized about impressing the Asians by knowing how to play but never had the guts to do it irl.
Used to play. Lots of fun being the only non Asian at the table.
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Question. You mentioned mask compliance being very high. Does this mean cigarette smoke was way down?
You weren’t asking me, but that was not my experience.