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Double Vaxxed, Waxed, and Ready to Gambooool - A Trip Report - June 16th - 20th.
I had grand visions of celebrating my 30th birthday with a first time trip to Vegas last June. A worldwide pandemic put a slight damper on my plans which kept me celebrating with my wife alone in our apartment. Thankfully I really like my wife so it was fine. Fast forward 12 months and it’s time to resume that initial plan for my 31st. Joining me will be my wife and 3 of my best friends who I haven’t seen in 2 years.
The Cast of Characters
Tilted - Obviously. Lover of gambling, craft beer, tequila, and delicious food.
Mrs. Tilted - Not the worlds biggest gambler, but she has said she is willing to give anything a shot including playing 1/3 NL which will be hilarious for me. She is one of the most spontaneous and willing people I’ve ever met which is why she is my wife and best friend. She is down to do everything at least once.
Tina - Tina was the first friend I met when I moved off to college. Die hard hockey fan who sometimes has anger management issues (in an endearing way). He moved to a brand new city right before the pandemic while attempting to do a long distance relationship with the love of his life. She broke up with him shortly after and he has been cooped up in a new city alone. Goal? Sex.
Wolf - DRINK DRINK DRINK. The man has an iron stomach that can put down as many IPAs and stouts as you put in front of him. Not much of a gambeler, but won a Royal Rumble (wrestling) prop bet from me that has him free rolling $200 of mine on 4 spins of Roulette. He can only take money off the table if he gets it to $3200. Should be a fun sweat.
Raw Cheese - Where do I start with Raw… He is one of the most unique individuals I’ve ever met. He parties harder than the normal person should be able to while still maintaining a job building airplanes. This is my #1 gambling buddy. He will smoke more than anyone, drink more than anyone, hit up the ATM more than anyone, and take his shirt off in places he shouldn’t more than anyone. The chances of him getting blackout and not remembering a single thing at the end of this trip is high. Super nice guy though. O/U on ATM visit is 3.5.
The Bones of the Trip
I always like to plan out at least 1 main activity or destination per day to give a trip some bones and then let life take us from there. Here is what we got.
Wednesday - My wife and I get in at 7 am (yikes). I’ve got a car reserved to take us to the Cosmopolitan. We’ll drop our bags off and go hit up Mon Abi Gabi for breakfast and numerous Bloody Marys. CVS for water, booze, snacks then check in and spend the day exploring and gambling. I’ll probably head to Aria to play poker while she gets ready for dinner at Beauty and Essex before we see Absinthe at 7. Low key day while we get over the jet lag.
Thursday- Friends get in at different times throughout the day. Wife will probably go to the pool and I’ll head to a poker room. We’ll walk the strip and get into general debauchery until Zuma reservations at night. Continue debauchery and general gambling and sportsbetting all over strip casinos.
Friday- Rented a daybed at the Boulevard Pool at Cosmo. We have a $675 minimum F&B spend that should be really easy to hit. I lucked out when I booked way ahead because the same beds are going for $1100. All day pool day with everyone with me sneaking away to gamble. Dinner at Best Friend if we make it there. Again, just planning on letting life lead the way.
Saturday- Omega Mart tickets at 2 then brewery hopping in the Arts District: Servehzah, Crafthaus, Mad Fermentist, HUDL, Able Baker. Ect… Then heading downtown to Fremont to gamble and party with the other freaks and weirdos. My wife really wants to play the horse racing game at The D.
Flight back home Sunday morning.
I’m planning on posting a ton of photos with as many text descriptions as I can while still enjoying myself.
This trip has been funded by NBA Blockchain Gifs, NBA playoff sportsbets, and a single online degen blackjack session on a rainy Thursday. I will be coming back with $10k+ or $0.
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It’s all downhill from here.
yeah i’ve took that ride already
I’m going to be there Fri - Tues, PM if you want to meet up.
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Let’s do it. I’ll PM you my number.
I just finished a little staycation at the Linq today. Gambling was minimal. I dropped a buyin across a few sessions at Caesars, Golden Nugget, and the Bellagio and played no table games. There is no 3/2 blackjack at stakes I can play on the strip. Even downtown has 6/5.
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I saw a sign walking by Cromwell today that advertised 3:2, is it only high limit tables?
I’m about to head out and play something, just spent 4 or 5 hours at a pool which I’ve never done here, was pretty fun but I need to gamble a bit before dinner. Total pool cost was around $4k for 14 or 15 people with a cabana and a bed.
Cromwell might. It had like the only $10 pai gow tables last time. Even the Linq was $25 until after midnight.
Do people here know of and go to the Double Down? Great dive bar off the strip. Saw Freddy Krueger as the pastor do a wedding for a goth party there once.
I’ve been to the double-down a few times. I have their toilet shot glass. Its been a few years but it had a weird punk rock hipster vibe. Lots of beards, tattoos, and PBR.
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When I was in there it was all goth and felt out of place but everyone was welcoming and no bad vibes. Been there a few times since also. My friend is a principal at a school there now and he likes that place so we go there when I hook up with him. Dive bar prices for liquor though probably is why he likes it. He hardly ever goes to the strip as a resident there.
ETA: Interesting school in Vegas anecdote. In one year the last time I had talked to him, 3 teachers at his school were fired for banging students lmao.
I stay at the embassy suites which is about a 5 minute walk from there. There is a dispensary attached now that I hit up. My last time there was when we got back to the embassy at 3am and had a 6am flight. We knew going back to our rooms was a sure way to pass out and miss our flight. We went the double down and got even more wrecked. We still almost missed our flight as we under estimated how busy McCarran was at 5am. That was a really rough 4 hour flight home.
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Coincidentally my flight home this year is also at 6am. Do I have it in me to pull another all nighter and then a drunk/high flight home? I am mostly incapable of sleeping on planes. My wife will be picking me up at the airport them taking me straight to my daughter’s cheerleader performance. That may be quite a test of my stamina. Maybe an edible at 5am will be the key to sleeping on a plane. It’s worth a shot.
There is nothing worse than a cross country hungover flight from Vegas. The absolute worst.
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I had this experience from SF though. Drank and did blow and mdma for 4 days for the 2015 Dead Shows at 49ers Stadium. Can’t wait to sleep on way home. End up seated next to a lady that lives in my town and knows my business and asks me questions about it the whole ride home. Can’t tell her to fuck off because she’s talking and asking about my business. I wanted to die.
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i’m debating this. I can order a cheap flight that leaves at 6 am or pay double for one that leaves 6 pm.
obv it’s an all nighter, there’s no other option. I’m just worried i might be too old for that.
Props to you guys for being able, but I would never ever ever ever take a 6 am return flight from a vacation. The anxiety of missing the flight or dulling my enjoyment isn’t worth the cost. The extra flight cost for a later flight is well worth it to continue the enjoyment of the trip.
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Shit, I also remember one flight home (Vegoose) we were eating breakfast somewhere in the airport and they were taking forever and we were hungover as fuck. They started calling our names over the intercoms because the flight was leaving so had to pay and run our asses off. Good memories even though it was hell.
Also lost my license at the MGM lazy pool one day and the security guard that gave back to me ended up being related to me somehow.
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