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Originally Posted by mjmag
Great TR overall Floppy, got a 2 for 1 in this thread
Thanks!
Well, for anyone ever considering a solo trip I don't think there is a better place to do it than Vegas. I still prefer Vegas with my wife compared to solo but that is largely because I am given close to 8 hours a day to play poker when she is there with me. I was a bit concerned that eating alone would be a bit of a pain but Vegas is very solo friendly. Just about every restaurant has bar seating and I never felt out of place anywhere on my own.
I managed 7 sessions of poker spanning almost 30 hours and only booked one lone winning session. Overall I dropped $527 at $1/$2nl mostly at the Venetian but with a couple sessions at the Mirage thrown in. I probably dropped half of that amount stubbornly calling off with trips against full houses when I should have known better. I lost another big pot in my last session when I called a short stack's flop shove raise with top pair top kicker plus the nut flush draw against two pair. Otherwise whenever I had a hand no once else did. Part of the problem was playing too abc nitty and making myself easy to play against. I met a pile of interesting people at the tables and only played with a small handful of people that I wished any sort of death upon.
I donated a little more to the casinos this time around dropping $445 on video poker, $50 on slots and $20 on roulette. I meant to bust my craps cherry on this trip but never got around to it.
I dropped a little more than $500 on food for the entire stay and ate very well. Meals could have been done much much cheaper. The room was just south of $400 and flights were a little under $500. Direct flights are pretty hard to find from Ottawa to Vegas and this whole trip was based around direct flights. Even getting to the airport a couple hours ahead of departure time I was under 7 hours door to door each way. On my last trip with one layover we were looking at over 13 hours of travel each way. That extra time takes a lot out of you.
I look forward to getting back again. The next trip is at least 9 months away, probably much longer.
Thanks for reading.