I am horrible about procrastinating writing these trips up. The past year has been really something. Got some time with the quarantine so might as well relive some old stories
In the Fall of 2016 I noticed Matt Ryan was 50-1 for MVP even after a great start. Peyton was gone, I needed someone new to pull for so I dumped on Ryan for MVP and Falcons for Super Bowl. I bet on em all season long like I did the Broncos before. By season's end I was looking at 80k if Ryan won MVP, around 50k for Falcons S. Bowl.
Pic is just one of many wagers. They offered an early cashout for Ryan MVP but I was riding it out
Went to Vegas in Feb. of 2017 for the big game, MVP announcement was the night before. After everything that happened with the big swing of the Broncos the year before, here I was back again, crazy. Brought a bottle of fancy champagne to pop if/when MVP was announced
Because of west coast time delay, we had to watch MVP announcement via laptop to catch it live. Ryan was a heavy fav but I was so afraid of losing, being crushed. Nervous for sure
How fitting that Peyton was the one who said the words that assured me of the 2nd biggest win of my life. Couldn't get the sound but could read his lips saying "Matt Ryan" Thinking about it, writing this now, I just tilted my head back and smiled for a bit. What a great moment
For the big game a friend got us into what has to be the best super bowl party on earth. I was wondering how good it would be at first then I saw Toby Keith beside me in line. Had actually met him playing B jack a year earlier
Steve Wynn, many other famous people were there. The criteria for getting in was blowing 100k a trip I was told. Everyone in there is super wealthy. I have said being in there feels like being Leo Dicaprio on the Titanic with all the first class rich folk. I had also bet a lot on Ryan for S Bowl MVP. At halftime the game and MVP sure seemed like a done deal, man was I happy. Went to pee, walked up to a urinal and a man with a Julio Jones jersey was next to me. I yelled nice jersey or something. He started talking and I recognized his voice from hearing it on the news so much. Around 5 years prior Herman Cain was 300-1 to win president. I put 1k on it for 300k. He eventually became the fav for the nomination and odds went all the way to 6-1. I still think he would have won if some dirt hadn't have been dug up. I told him about my bets, he didn't say much about that haha. He was cool though
I'm a big Coming to America fan.... Some other people had gotten a pic with him also. I was already pumped, then kinda giddy after that. Some girls asked me "Who is that" I smiled awkwardly and in my best Akeem accent said "just the man I met in the restroom"
That day definitely went downhill after that lol.... 28-3 will always haunt me worse than anyone. The winnings would have went straight to crypto, been close to a million dollars at the end of that year which I'm sure I would have cashed out Jan. 1st at the peak... that however is another story.
Just a few more crazy stories from the phone
One night during the Derek Jeter golf turney I hit nice video poker hand
Went into high limit thinking why not try and run with it. Brian was at the table, ended up playing with him for 5 hours or so
A lot of the celeb crowd was there
I know I had ran it up to well over 30k that night
Must have been around 5am when I decided to play progressive loser, lost, doubled wager... lose, rinse, repeat
I remember going back to the room that night and seeing all the toiletries I had nitted away after that horrendous loss haha
The rest of that year was one heckuva crypto ride, with the quarantine going on, I'm more likely to update soon
Last edited by arthurbach; 03-27-2020 at 03:59 PM.