Low Rolling Couple - A Vegas TR 07/20-07/25
07-20-2013
, 02:00 PM
Cliffs:
Low to no poker content
If you don't like pics of VP, you won't like this thread
No strip clubs, hookers or blow
OK to troll, but at least attempt to be funny
1st post TL;DR
Hello Boys and Girls,
Much like other people on here, I have thoroughly enjoyed most of the TR's posted and thought I would give it a shot. Just giving everyone fair warning that there is a greater than zero chance that this TR will start out with piss and vinegar and then you won't here from me again until I get back. Vegas has a way of doing that somehow.
I (Jeff) am going with my GF (Paige) whom I have been with for almost 8 years. She has 2 boys that are 12 and 9 years old and my son just turned 14. We are in our mid 40's (wink, wink) and the boys are with the ex's this week, so Vegas here we come. Luckily we both agree that dating someone is way more fun than being married to someone.
Our flight leaves at 10:20pm tonight and we are staying at the Flamingo. I am a CET whore and can stay anywhere (exept Nobu) for free, but Paige is directionally challenged when it comes to hotels. Flamingo is the only one she can find the elevators and the correct floor. Finding the hotel room after that can still be an adventure for her though. Plus it is the 1st place I stayed my first trip to Vegas back in 1989, so sentimental value there. Also doesn't hurt to be on a 1st name basis with the bartenders at Bugsy's bar. Can't wait to see Steve, Steve and Vi again.
As far as the trip itself, I have rented a car on Monday so we can go check out Hoover Dam. Been on my list of things to do damn near every trip to Vegas, and by God, it gets marked off this time. Also booked a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon on Wednesday. A little pricey, but neither of us have ever ridden in a helicopter before, so what the hell.
The rest of the trip will consist of VP, more VP, Pai Gow, Craps and 3 Card Poker. Most people will be shocked at how little we eat, but since I have a Buffet of Buffet pass, we will try to hit up at least 2, plus maybe 1 other semi-fine dining experience.
Plan for the TR thread is to post random pics instagram style from my phone. Then more detailed updates from my laptop as I refuse to type more than a sentence on my phone.
A few Pics to get started of us when we first started dating. Don't be shocked by how much we have aged, if and when I post more pics.
VEGAS BABY!!!
Low to no poker content
If you don't like pics of VP, you won't like this thread
No strip clubs, hookers or blow
OK to troll, but at least attempt to be funny
1st post TL;DR
Hello Boys and Girls,
Much like other people on here, I have thoroughly enjoyed most of the TR's posted and thought I would give it a shot. Just giving everyone fair warning that there is a greater than zero chance that this TR will start out with piss and vinegar and then you won't here from me again until I get back. Vegas has a way of doing that somehow.
I (Jeff) am going with my GF (Paige) whom I have been with for almost 8 years. She has 2 boys that are 12 and 9 years old and my son just turned 14. We are in our mid 40's (wink, wink) and the boys are with the ex's this week, so Vegas here we come. Luckily we both agree that dating someone is way more fun than being married to someone.
Our flight leaves at 10:20pm tonight and we are staying at the Flamingo. I am a CET whore and can stay anywhere (exept Nobu) for free, but Paige is directionally challenged when it comes to hotels. Flamingo is the only one she can find the elevators and the correct floor. Finding the hotel room after that can still be an adventure for her though. Plus it is the 1st place I stayed my first trip to Vegas back in 1989, so sentimental value there. Also doesn't hurt to be on a 1st name basis with the bartenders at Bugsy's bar. Can't wait to see Steve, Steve and Vi again.
As far as the trip itself, I have rented a car on Monday so we can go check out Hoover Dam. Been on my list of things to do damn near every trip to Vegas, and by God, it gets marked off this time. Also booked a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon on Wednesday. A little pricey, but neither of us have ever ridden in a helicopter before, so what the hell.
The rest of the trip will consist of VP, more VP, Pai Gow, Craps and 3 Card Poker. Most people will be shocked at how little we eat, but since I have a Buffet of Buffet pass, we will try to hit up at least 2, plus maybe 1 other semi-fine dining experience.
Plan for the TR thread is to post random pics instagram style from my phone. Then more detailed updates from my laptop as I refuse to type more than a sentence on my phone.
A few Pics to get started of us when we first started dating. Don't be shocked by how much we have aged, if and when I post more pics.
VEGAS BABY!!!
07-20-2013
, 02:33 PM
07-20-2013
, 03:02 PM
07-20-2013
, 03:14 PM
07-20-2013
, 06:40 PM
07-20-2013
, 10:50 PM
12 minute ride to airport. Uneventful.
Security closed at our terminal. Take bus to different terminal, get thru check poinf and tram back to original terminal. Jeez!
All is good now... Bird leaves in half hour. Shoe pics to come.
Security closed at our terminal. Take bus to different terminal, get thru check poinf and tram back to original terminal. Jeez!
All is good now... Bird leaves in half hour. Shoe pics to come.
07-20-2013
, 10:52 PM
Will Paige's hand do for now King?
07-20-2013
, 11:11 PM
07-20-2013
, 11:30 PM
07-21-2013
, 02:48 PM
Was going to post a quick recap ths morning but my hotspot not cooperating.
Got to bed about 4am local. So time to get your bloody mary o
Got to bed about 4am local. So time to get your bloody mary o
07-21-2013
, 02:51 PM
Also doesn't hurt to hit this on about the 10th hand of the morning. DDB.
07-21-2013
, 04:28 PM
Slumming it at Margaritaville for lunch.
Highly recommend the Incommunicado. Not too sweet, not too sour. JUST RIGHT!
Highly recommend the Incommunicado. Not too sweet, not too sour. JUST RIGHT!
07-21-2013
, 06:32 PM
Paige just hit 4OAK A's for 25 to 1 payout on Pai Gow. Only 5 on the fortune bet and l am playing 20. 
07-21-2013
, 06:54 PM
Greyhound. The breast drink in Vegas!!!
07-21-2013
, 06:56 PM
07-21-2013
, 10:26 PM
07-21-2013
, 11:10 PM
07-22-2013
, 03:15 AM
07-22-2013
, 03:16 AM
07-22-2013
, 01:16 PM
Hello All,
Been in Vegas little over 24 hrs and got my hot spot on my phone working so I can type on my laptop. Too old to learn how to type effectively on the damn phone.
Anyway, a little about the trip in. The reason we were on a 10:20pm flight into Vegas was American Airlines. Oh how I love them so. About a year ago, I decided to start accumulating AA points for free flights. Got the CC, signed up for other misc. crap to earn points. I finally got enough for two free flights.
So.... Originally we wanted to leave on Sunday and come back Wednesday. No dice. Sunday blacked out unless I wanted to spend another 10,000 points. Checked Saturday and the only flight available was the red eye. Ok no problem. Checked Wednesday for return flight. Blacked out. Checked Thursday and got a 3:00pm departure, so I booked those flights. No biggie. They are free right? WRONG!
Must be the last person on the planet to learn that AA charges $75 per ticket surcharge to redeem free flights plus $10 security fee. Throw in $25 a bag each way for 2 bags, and our free flights to Vegas add up to $260. Just pisses me off how airlines find new and exciting ways to nickel and dime people.
When we get to the airport, we are leaving out of gate A9. Do curbside check in and head for security. Um closed. Sequestration or just to damn late at night? Find out we need to catch a shuttle to Terminal D and go thru security there. OK. Did that. Now catch the tram back to Terminal A. Piece of cake. Only time for 1 Beer before boarding.
Fairly uneventful flight until we get to Vegas and land in a thunderstorm about 11:10pm local time. A mere 10 minutes late. Only problem is, all of the ground crews have be ordered to stay indoors until the lightning passes, so we sit on the tarmac for about 45 minutes before finally getting to the gate.
Hey it was storming, I know Vegas can use all of the rain it can get. Evidently, our plane was last in line for luggage to be unloaded once the ground crews got back at it. At this point, I am beginning to wonder if we are ever going to make it to the Casino. About an hour later, our bags finally arrive and we head for the cab line.
And we see this????
Hey, where did everybody go. Did the zombie apocalypse hit? No, just half of the cab line shut down since we are pushing 1:00am at this point. Find the other half that is open and about 15 minutes later we are finally in a cab headed for Flamingo.
I say nothing to the cab driver except Flamingo please, expecting to get long hauled the way this trip had gone so far. But nope, $13.90 later, we pull in around 1:30am. Flipped the guy $25 to try and get back on the karma train.
Check in was a breeze and we finally get to the VP bar at Bugsy's a little before 2:00am. I will spare posting the VP pics here again since most people are sick of seeing them already. Played for a couple of hours and then hit the sack. Nothing special about the room. Just a standard room with a comfy bed and a shower that is like standing in front of a fire hose.
Same morning we hit up Bugsy's for some VP and get the early morning drink on and the hit up Margaritaville for lunch.
Blackened fish tacos and conk fritters. Paige is starting to get annoyed with my picture taking.
Was going to order the 100 oz margarita for $65, but didn't have 10 friends to help me drink it.
The happy couple.
After lunch we checked out the Quad. A nice upgrade to the IP but decided against playing with Michael Jackson.
Decided to bounce over to Paris and Bally's. Only played VP, but hit 4OAK AA's with a deuce for $200. Overall I am up about a $100 and Paige is down about $100. So not bad if you throw in about 20 Coors Lights and vodka tonics.
We decide it is Pai Gow time, but decide to play back at Flamingo, so we won't have as far to stumble to our room. We cross the street outside of Bally's so we won't have to the stupid sky bridge with no working escalators.
And Paige makes 2 new friends.
Paige is a teacher that works with special needs children. So after our photo op I quip "You sure like ******ed people a lot." She comes back with "why do you think I like hanging out with you."
Find a $10 Pai Gow table at Flamingo and get settled in.
Paige hits 4OAK A's for 25 to 1 with $5 on the bonus.
The table got short so I started playing 2 spots with $20 bet and $5 on the bonus to spread the variance a little bit. And made the table very happy.
Royal Flush Bitches!!!
Royal paid $750 on the bounus, plus everybody at the table got $50 for the envy bonus, including an extra $50 for me since I was playing 2 hands. $800 this way, thank you very much!
I had to drag, yes literally drag Paige away from the Pai Gow table around midnight. Thinking about renting a wheel chair for her. 2 drunk people trying to balance each other doesn't work very well.
We are off to Hoover Dam today. Hope everyone has enjoyed it so far. I know this probably doesn't sound all that fun to a lot of you ballers out there, but we are having a blast.
Been in Vegas little over 24 hrs and got my hot spot on my phone working so I can type on my laptop. Too old to learn how to type effectively on the damn phone.
Anyway, a little about the trip in. The reason we were on a 10:20pm flight into Vegas was American Airlines. Oh how I love them so. About a year ago, I decided to start accumulating AA points for free flights. Got the CC, signed up for other misc. crap to earn points. I finally got enough for two free flights.
So.... Originally we wanted to leave on Sunday and come back Wednesday. No dice. Sunday blacked out unless I wanted to spend another 10,000 points. Checked Saturday and the only flight available was the red eye. Ok no problem. Checked Wednesday for return flight. Blacked out. Checked Thursday and got a 3:00pm departure, so I booked those flights. No biggie. They are free right? WRONG!
Must be the last person on the planet to learn that AA charges $75 per ticket surcharge to redeem free flights plus $10 security fee. Throw in $25 a bag each way for 2 bags, and our free flights to Vegas add up to $260. Just pisses me off how airlines find new and exciting ways to nickel and dime people.
When we get to the airport, we are leaving out of gate A9. Do curbside check in and head for security. Um closed. Sequestration or just to damn late at night? Find out we need to catch a shuttle to Terminal D and go thru security there. OK. Did that. Now catch the tram back to Terminal A. Piece of cake. Only time for 1 Beer before boarding.
Fairly uneventful flight until we get to Vegas and land in a thunderstorm about 11:10pm local time. A mere 10 minutes late. Only problem is, all of the ground crews have be ordered to stay indoors until the lightning passes, so we sit on the tarmac for about 45 minutes before finally getting to the gate.
Hey it was storming, I know Vegas can use all of the rain it can get. Evidently, our plane was last in line for luggage to be unloaded once the ground crews got back at it. At this point, I am beginning to wonder if we are ever going to make it to the Casino. About an hour later, our bags finally arrive and we head for the cab line.
And we see this????
Hey, where did everybody go. Did the zombie apocalypse hit? No, just half of the cab line shut down since we are pushing 1:00am at this point. Find the other half that is open and about 15 minutes later we are finally in a cab headed for Flamingo.
I say nothing to the cab driver except Flamingo please, expecting to get long hauled the way this trip had gone so far. But nope, $13.90 later, we pull in around 1:30am. Flipped the guy $25 to try and get back on the karma train.
Check in was a breeze and we finally get to the VP bar at Bugsy's a little before 2:00am. I will spare posting the VP pics here again since most people are sick of seeing them already. Played for a couple of hours and then hit the sack. Nothing special about the room. Just a standard room with a comfy bed and a shower that is like standing in front of a fire hose.
Same morning we hit up Bugsy's for some VP and get the early morning drink on and the hit up Margaritaville for lunch.
Blackened fish tacos and conk fritters. Paige is starting to get annoyed with my picture taking.
Was going to order the 100 oz margarita for $65, but didn't have 10 friends to help me drink it.
The happy couple.
After lunch we checked out the Quad. A nice upgrade to the IP but decided against playing with Michael Jackson.
Decided to bounce over to Paris and Bally's. Only played VP, but hit 4OAK AA's with a deuce for $200.
Overall I am up about a $100 and Paige is down about $100. So not bad if you throw in about 20 Coors Lights and vodka tonics.We decide it is Pai Gow time, but decide to play back at Flamingo, so we won't have as far to stumble to our room. We cross the street outside of Bally's so we won't have to the stupid sky bridge with no working escalators.
And Paige makes 2 new friends.
Paige is a teacher that works with special needs children. So after our photo op I quip "You sure like ******ed people a lot." She comes back with "why do you think I like hanging out with you."
Find a $10 Pai Gow table at Flamingo and get settled in.
Paige hits 4OAK A's for 25 to 1 with $5 on the bonus.
The table got short so I started playing 2 spots with $20 bet and $5 on the bonus to spread the variance a little bit. And made the table very happy.
Royal Flush Bitches!!!
Royal paid $750 on the bounus, plus everybody at the table got $50 for the envy bonus, including an extra $50 for me since I was playing 2 hands. $800 this way, thank you very much!
I had to drag, yes literally drag Paige away from the Pai Gow table around midnight. Thinking about renting a wheel chair for her. 2 drunk people trying to balance each other doesn't work very well.
We are off to Hoover Dam today. Hope everyone has enjoyed it so far. I know this probably doesn't sound all that fun to a lot of you ballers out there, but we are having a blast.