Yes!!

Pic dump. Vegas at 7am is great.

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Very nice. Do you have giant hands or is that halfway through?

Hash house a go go. Love it

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Ha. A little from column A, a little from column B

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Poker day. Starting at 5/10 and will of course run it up to play in the 20/40 game

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Good luck. Keep the updates coming. moar pics, please.

Last day was a mixed bag.

Got to try on some watches though.

Gold panerai.

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JLC reverso. If I ever get to wear a suit every day this will be my go to.

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Had a fun 5/10 session with my buddy. Got the table a little lively and it was surprisingly soft. In for 1000 amd chipped up to this

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Proceeded to run a 3 barrel bluff into a local pro. Definitely was drunk and can't remember any specifics but he went deep into the tank and finally made tge call with 2nd pair. Steamed me a little bit as I was up a lot, but still cased out up 700 maybe?

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That Panerai is siiiiiiiick

Hate to be that guy, but how much?

$27,000? I never thought I would like Panerai so much, but now that I own one I'm drawn more to them.

Final Thoughts:

I always have and always will love Vegas. Didn't rage quit my job while I was there, but definitely considering taking some vacation during the WSOP.

- Masks - Not sure why people go off the handle so much about wearing masks, but best advice is find a comfortable one. My (sometimes drunken) observations were that 98% of people were properly wearing a mask inside and not making a huge deal about it. The random people I saw without a mask really stood out and I just don't recall seeing it happen very much.

- Poker - 5/10 Bellagio was much softer than I thought it would be. I chipped up super easy and a few local reg-donators made some really dumb bluffs. Still peeved that I donated back to the pro on a dumb bluff that would've allowed me to freeroll the trip, but oh well. Think I was up a few hundred on 2 sessions.

Caesar's is to be avoided. They barely got 2 2/5 tables going on Thursday night or something.

Bellagio dealers are all 100 years old. Weird.

- Craps - First time in a while this was just pure horror. Was not up at a single point in craps. Think I was down 800 or so on the trip?

- Pai Gow - Still a mainstay for the MarshMan114 crew, but even this landscape is changing. Now they have Face Up Pai Gow where the dealer pushes on a dealer A high pai gow. I think this really pushes the odds in the casino's favor, but still a good game to take a little longer and drink a little more. Much better than 3 card or UTH for chilling out with $100. Oh and they also don't grandfather you in anymore. We were at a $15 table Saturday MORNING at the Linq and they bumped it from $15 to $25 and said we got 3 more hands.

- Food - Always a winner. Crushed Bacchanal and El Diablo was very tasty at the Mirage. Ate WAY too much sushi at Ono and almost made myself sick. Hash House A Go Go is always A+.

- Planet Hollywood - Really underwhelmed. I think if the poker room was still active I would've liked it better. Pool was good and not really crowded, but there's something to say for having all the amenities under 1 roof.

- Regrets - Should've stood up at 5/10. Didn't make the pinball museum. Starting to get the olds (I'm 37) and was up at 5:30am every day and in bed by 11pm. Probably would've avoided a nice fight with wifey if my body let me sleep in once and I didn't start drinking at 10am every day.

Thanks for coming along! I know good trip reports take some dedication and hopefully it was worth the click.

Marsh

Nice TR.. chip pron, food pics, sick watches, nice writeup.. all add up to a A+ trip report in my book. thanks for sharing :-)

Actually open face Pai Gow seems to have a 1.81% house edge vs 2.72% house edge in regular Pai Gow. Best drinking game ever.

Thank you for the TR.

Whaaa? That's crazy, guess I would've lost that bet. Ok I don't feel so bad now. Maybe they did it to remove the 5% commission and get quarters (like, the coins) off the table.

This classy degening is the total opposite of my Vegas experiences and I love to see it.

I really enjoyed this.

They probably get more hands per hour and the degens are still playing the way more -EV bonus spots

A lot of places had already done away with commissions by making all Q high hands for the dealer a push. Doing away with the commission, as well as turning the dealer's hand face up, speeds the game up. More hands dealt, even at a slightly lower house edge, means more casino profits.

I first learned Pai Gow in Atlantic City at the Borgata. At the time, everything was $20 increments to keep the coins out of play. Table minimums were always $20, $40, or $60(there was a yellow $20 chip), to keep the commissions in full $1 increments. Out of habit I still bet in $20 units when playing somewhere that still does commission.

Ha thanks! I didn't even tell you how I smoked half a preroll over 2 days and then bought a cartridge to take home that will last at least through the end of the year.

Nice report. Thank you sir!

Nice report, thanks for sharing.

Enjoyed following. You have great taste. Cheers.

So glad I stopped by 2+2 and saw this. It's been a while. Great TR -- thanks for sharing and glad it was a fun trip. Just learned about Pai Gow recently and can't wait to play in Vegas. Heading there Sept. 10 - 16.

I hope to be back in Cherokee soon -- will look you up