May 24-28 TR
Got back in yesterday, exhausted as usual. I'm going to try and get all of the 1st day in here. We arrive in Vegas around 6:45pm. I cannot contain my excitement.
At the arrival gate, just waiting for my oldest son and wife to make it off the plane.
Limo pick up from the airport.
We take the limo to my parents' condo where I grab my cash (10k), my mom's (4k) and the car. Then, it's off to self-park at the Wynn! I haven't parked here in a bit, it was nice to see that they've added the green/red light feature that tells you when a spot is open. Much easier to find a good parking spot. I check us in while my wife heads to Red8 to order us some food- we're starving and the sooner we eat, the sooner I can get my gamble on...
Elevator bank for home for the next few days...
Main room of the Parlor suite.
Bedroom.
Bathroom.
Kids have a connected regular room as mentioned, not pictured.
Head down to Red 8, where my wife has ordered us- ma po tofu, baby bok choy, crispy pork belly, two orders of shu mai, ox tail soup, and cashew nut chicken. Unfortunately bc we were so hungry/wrangling the kids I forgot to take pics, and this will be a recurring theme of this TR- many meals with no pics. Oops. In any case, the food is standard for Red8, about a 6/10 overall.
After that, back up to the room. Set the kids up with TV on a timer. My wife has some work she wants to get done for our house sale, so I'm free and clear to gamble on my own. Perfect.
So... I've got 14k cash, 4k of which is my mom's. I figure I'll partner with her 50/50 for the first 8k and make the math easy. I've also got 1k free credit which of course I will use first...
I wash the 1k free credit through on 10 lines, on the hope I'll open up with a monster. It's not to be, and my final result of 1k coin in is
For basically 88% payback. Not good, but makes sense given I didn't make any premium hands. Now we're officially using "real" money.
First draw result, forgot to take the before pic. Obv the result was no good.
Result-
Not bad, but need the kicker.
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Wow, it even finds a way to deal me a flush! OK, throw the irrelevant spade away and...
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OK seriously. That's NOT enough.
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Looking back on these pics, it appears that the majority of the draws were trip 3s. I remember during this session thinking that to myself and getting super upset and really pissed at how poorly the 3s were doing. As you can see I didn't make ONE premium hand.
I think I made quad aces, no kicker twice and a couple other quad 2,3,4, again no kicker that I didn't even bother to take pics of. Obv wasn't dealt trip aces even once. All I know is I cycled in a ton of money this first night and ran so badly. Ended up losing far more than I intended, which is pretty typical for me and my opening session, which makes me even more pissed that I let it happen. I've booked far too many opening losers and should have known better. I let Vegas fever get the better of me, lost more money than I should have and stayed up way later than I should have. Now I'm going to be super tired tomorrow and stuck in a big hole. GODDAMNIT.
Head up to bed really mad at myself, and mentally going 100 miles an hr which is going to make sleep really hard. I take some of those naturopathic sleep aids but they don't even help. I keep replaying the stupidity in my mind which keeps me awake. I think I tossed and turned until at least 1:30am, and woke up at 3 and 5 am respectively.
Day 1 result- -7k
Remaining bankroll- ~8k
To be continued...
Last edited by leon; 05-29-2018 at 03:27 PM.