Really enjoying your thread..a few observations:

1) I don't believe asking for backing has anything to do with how much money a person makes or how much they spend at a club.

2) Your girl is very hot..but you already know that.

3) Your friend Ryan looks like Rich from Hardcore Pawn. Anyone else see that?

4) I've done a few of the "bring your girlfriend/wife to Vegas" trips. They all sound like great ideas at first..but if they don't gamble, it can really bring you down when they need to be constantly entertained, and all you want to do is play poker. Tough line, but it seems like you are doing a good job at both..

You bartend and work at a rooftop lounge. Why are u getting up at 8AM?

PM me about where u play in the city, im looking for a game depending on where it is.

Enjoying the TR very much. Im goin to vegas for 4 days for my bachelor party in August but there will be no TR as i will remember nothing, if i come back at all.

Im the "head bartender" on the rooftop. So I open and set up the bar with everything itll need for Day +night. Break mid day. Return at night.

Great read! I will also going to Vegas in a week with my g/f who is way less hot than yours. And yeah, poker/gambling will be much more curtailed vs. my last solo trip. bleh

Day 4 - 6/16 Final Day

So here it is. My last few hours in Vegas. My flight leaves at 6 so I have some time to kill before I head out to airport. Me and the girl pack all of our crap and head to check out. Its a quick painless process and we leave our bags with the Bellman at valet. I ask her what she wants to do. And she answers something suprisingly fun. "I wanna go to Pawn Stars".

Ok, off to a pawn shop we go. Hopefully she doesnt get any crazy urges to buy something. But shiet, hopefully I dont find some midevil weapon to buy either. As to no suprise the place is busy as hell. But was kind of shocked to see how small it was. On TV i picture it being a huge shop on the inside when its honestly one of the smaller pawn shops Ive ever been too. IDK where they keep all these crazy items they purchase? Im sure the TV peeps are rarely there anymore either? Didnt spot them while we visited. Only thing that looked semi cool were the old school Jimi Hendrix original photos that were on an episode and still for sale. 1.4k each

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After this we head back towards the strip. My girl decides to spend her last few hours laying out while I do a quick 1/2 session at Bellagio. I get seated at a quite "jovial" table where everyone is laughing and making jokes. Nice to end the trip on that type of note. I go up +100ish within first hour

Ended up losing a relatively large (1/2) pot with this hand.

MP raises to $15. Hero Button has KK raises to $55. MP calls

FLOP Q86

MP checks. Hero bets $70. MP Jams for 80 more. Hero snap calls

TURN RIVER 2 6

MP shows 64 for trips and a busted FD

I reload another hundo and keep playing. Nothing really changes as my flight time approaches and I cash out and head to pick up the girl and fly home

End Result -$110

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Anyways, we taxi to the airport. and eat some Baja Fresh. What a mistake. My entire Flight im woozy and feel like I ate dog ****. But FYI, the girls at the baja fresh stand in the Jet Blue D terminal. WOWZERS. Cute as hell. Anyway I pass on the famously delicious "Beef up" box and just stick to the ginger ale.

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The flight TO vegas is always the longest. The way back is always a big sleep session. Me and the lady get home to NYC and pick up the dog that we left with a friend. Back to the ****ty NYC life, getting on the train with 200+ peeps everyday. Working long hours. Paying redic rent.

I miss you already vegas. One summer ill stay with you for 2+ months. I promise. Til then, ill catch you when i come across an extra few K



Thank you guys for reading this. Feels good to have a thread with a few replies Never did a TR but i did kinda enjoy writing it out. I envy all of you out there, and wish everyone GL for the rest of the series.

Also, @RolandoBipp is my twitter, feel free to follow. And ill be selling small portions of myself for the Borgata 1k at NO MU July 22nd. If interested just reply/PM/DM on twitter.

Thanks again guys

Sweet TR.

Moved from NY to SoCal about a year ago.... and yes... being a 45min flight to LV is definitely one of the big hidden benefits of the move that I didn't realize.

Was it a hassle to go to the pool that's not @ your hotel? (ie. How do you change? Or do you just buy new **** when you are there?) I have only gone to pools @ the hotel I stayed at.....

Good to hear about the underground games in NY! Will definitely ping you when my 2 year Cali assignment ends next year.

Cheers and hope to get you back in LV soon.

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Nice TR... I see u girl is a cougar. My wife who is 10 years older than me like to get messed up and party out there.. but she also has no problem with me grinding out poker while she sits next to me...you girl seems like super high maintenance

This

OT. Great read man! Trip reports like this, make me wanna go back to vegas ASAP

Nice trip report

You are whipped.

It wasnt really a hassle. Most pools are guests only. But the girl knew the deal when i slipped her the $20. As if it happens regularly. We had clothes in my backpack and ARIA was just across the street. So we just threw on some t shirts and walked over when we were done.

Underground games in NY are good. But be prepared for atrocious rake ($10ish)

Loved the trip report! but come on it's your birthday! girl should throw down some money imo

Love your writing style.

Your complaints about your gf remind me of those I used to have with my gf (now wife) when we first went to Vegas together.

The trick is to set out rules before hand and set aside time to play, and THEN you add on "Why don't you check out this place, or that place?" and pretty soon you're playing poker most of the trip.

Another thing to do is to get up really early (6am) and go play with drunks, and then by the afternoon say you need a nap because you got up so early - to which my wife will usually do something else because she's not tired and is well rested. BAM, another session.

thanks guys. Im glad someone enjoyed mr re-living my trip through writing

Ill try to use that "setting out rules" with the girl for next time. But last night i stone bubbled a local 80 person tourney in 9th place. So Poker is the last thing on my mind. So destroyed

Really great TR, very entertaining.