Leon, any new Barona or Wynn VP porn? I was at Red Rock a couple weekends ago and couldn’t get much more than copping a feel on the machines lol. Will be hitting Pechanga this Saturday...no great VP paytables, but it’s where I’ve gotten most of my big slot/VP hits.

Haven't been back to LV since the Oct TR (technically only 3 weeks ago haha) and the last two trips to the local have been awful. I only take pics of "regular" jackpots for Vegas TRs these days, otherwise it has to be something really awesome and/or noteworthy.

I can relate to the local trips. AWAKs and Royals for you!


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I knew your username looked familiar....

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Second Oct TR, pre-report

TR coming later today... got back into town yesterday and need to recover. Got the photos uploading as we speak, just need the time to do a proper write up and gather my thoughts.

Spoiler alerts-
- crazy swings- 5 figures, EVERY SINGLE DAY.
- huge hits
- I survived

Here's a teaser-



That is all for now...

Ohh man, I was struggling to find meaning in life this morning. Some reason to continue on and here it is.

Gold Leon, pure Gold.

Thnx in advance for the joy we are gonna have readin.

I hate you.
I love you.

IS IT LATER TODAY YET!?!?!?

Dealt quad aces 10 ways. Use the 1 time!!!!!

https://tenor.com/sxkm.gif

Do you even lift bro?

Long time lurker/stalker all the way down in OZ.....
Must congratulate on a damn fine thread that has me checking updates every single day
You have influenced me to dabble in the mystical art of the multi draw poker slot machines when Plan A doesnt work (Plan A obv being cash games... 1/3 PLO my poison)
Thankyou Laon

Background-
I got back from the early Oct trip with family and basically immediately started looking for another opportunity to go. Being in the middle of a sun run will do that, I suppose. It's fairly clear that my wife doesn't want to go again so soon, and of course we're not taking the kids out of school for Vegas AGAIN, so this is going to have to be a solo trip. I'm totally fine with that, of course, but the realist in me knows I may be setting myself up to donk off way more money than I would if I were with family. Also it's just straight degen to head to Vegas weeks after the last trip, right?

I find a three day weekend opportunity and clear it with the wife. Done. Now I just have to keep the sun run going. The last two trips to the local have been cold, has the run already ended and I just don't know it yet?

I bring 20k with me, assuming it will be enough with free credit and even the slightest bit of self-control. I could have brought more but knew it would just facilitate a potential huge blow up. Agenda-

- gamble
- eat relatively healthily, given the frequency with which I come to Vegas
- hit the spa at least once- gotta keep the non-degen activities up and extract max value from the Wynn

Day 1

Start getting texts from SW before I even leave the house... flight delayed. Ugh. I woke up around 4am for work and tried to take a nap but couldn't given I was pretty amped up to head to Vegas. Plus, my wife and kids have elected to go to Disneyland for the day since the kids didn't have school, so I'm by myself at the house, bored and antsy.

And... more delay. And more. AARGH

I eat an early dinner at home despite being not hungry, since it appears I'll be in the air at a normal dinner time, then when I get to the Wynn I'm going to want to play immediately. Gotta get the food in now so as not to delay GAMBOOL. My Lyft arrives shortly after, with the worst driver in existence- I don't think he understood that the gas and brake pedals should be pushed separately, not together. The most legit car sick I've been in a while and I couldn't wait to get out. I'm actually happy for the delay now, as I get to just sit at the airport and shut my eyes- I was feeling THAT ill. Had I got on the plane then, I'd say even money I barf on the flight.

Thankfully, by the time we board I'm feeling mostly ok. My wife texts and I honestly say to her that this is the least excited I've been to leave for Vegas in a while, between the delays and the sickness. I really hope this isn't a bad omen the whole trip will be a mistake financially...

Flight gets in without incident (no Vegas from the air pics, too blurry) and I meet the car from the Wynn.





Get checked in, head up to drop my stuff off.



Regular room, tower suites side.



Welcoming platter and goodies- this'll come in handy when I go to bed too late and am starving...



Bankroll.



Starting pts, mostly to keep track of coin in for myself.

It's relatively quiet for a Friday, I'm in front of my favorite machines, no longer feeling ill. Life is bliss.

Stuck 1k. Stuck 2k. Switch machines. Stuck 3k.

Just cannot get ANYTHING going. No draws to speak of, no hits either obv. I lose another 1k and then decide to switch to Spin poker, mostly bc I can't keep getting my brains beaten in by these same two machines. God. Sun run definitely seems to be over.

Feed a grand into the spin machine and go to work. Less than 10 hands in (I'm sure of this count), I pick up the first dealt quads of the trip!



AND... THEY'RE PREMIUM!

Need a big draw here. Spin, as we know, is feast or famine. Kicker comes in any spot, it's automatically THREE lines. However, it's easier to get skunked too- I'm only drawing at three spots. COME ON!

Result-


OMG SUN RUN CONTINUES!

So that's SIX 4 4's w/kicker, three without. I am up big in an instant. I step it up to 2$ credits on spin but can't generate another winner. It was generally warm, but never hit another hand and gave back 1k (not much, I know). In any case, I wasn't feeling it, so I decide to check out the 5$ progressive machine. Huh, progressive is up to 25k, guess no one hit in my three week absence. I'll take care of that...



This is how you bink the progressive. One time...

Result-


DAMN! That was deflating. The machine is actually pretty terrible after that, I think I threw off another 1k or so before I decide to change yet again.



UX... 4 AWAK on the 12x multiplier FTW????



Head back to spin poker, at this point I'm now playing 12 lines.



First 4 AWAK of the trip!

Value-



Step up to 15 lines...



But still only worth-



I wish I could say I finished that mini spin poker session up, but playing so many lines and only hitting those two hits on one line each, it was pretty soon that I gave all or at least most of it back. Head back to my usual machines- it's starting to get late.



That's right.

At this point, I'm at 10k, so up 6k, but ONLY 6k where I was up almost 10k after the spin poker hit. This despite hitting 4AWAK and 2 2000's. I'm somewhat annoyed, when I see



The dream draw. In some ways, more satisfying than the dealt royal or 4 AWAK bc of the possibilities. Definitely exciting, in any case. I CANNOT believe the sun run I'm on!

Hold. Take the pic. Start the video up. And...



Skunked. 10 hands. ZERO kickers. I'm just being flooded with emotion, most of it negative. It's been over a year since I've been dealt aces at 1$ credits. God knows how much money has changed hands since then. To wait this long... then get screwed...

I know I just won 8000, but I can't shake it. That felt like the biggest gut punch. I try and tell myself "yeah, but remember you drew 5/5 kickers last trip on UX" but that thought is quickly drowned out by yet more "WHAT THE FFFF!!!! I've waited a year!!!" "NOOOO" "I NEED THAT BACK, JUST GIVE IT TO ME AGAIN" "MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE VIDEO'D" etc etc etc.

Honestly even thinking about it now I feel ill. And I know the machine literally doesn't care. Doesn't know me. Doesn't owe me a thing. I could be dealt aces again next hand. Or it could be 10 years. Jesus. What a waste...

Anyways, I'm now semi tilted as you can imagine, and I'm up over 10k. That means 2$ credits, clearly.



That is F'ing RIGHT machine! I'm over 10k credits now, so over 20k in the machine.

After that, the machine chills out a bit, so I switch to spin again. It's getting REALLY late, but I keep thinking about those 4 aces and the tilt keeps me going.







Hey, that's good! What did I get?



OK yeah, that's not getting it done. Quad 4s three ways, but apparently no kicker.





I'm now back at 20K+ in the machine again, so up over 16k. Back to the 20 line spin machine. I pick up a ton of good draws, but unfortunately blank them all, save for-



Which at 20 lines, is worth-



LOL regular quads 11 ways.

But, at 20 lines (100 coin in) if Spin is cold, you lose fast. In fact, I'm now down to 12k total when the monster FINALLY COMES (look at the credit count at the bottom right)-



OMG ONE F'ING TIME!

I'm still thinking about those quad aces, believe it or not. This would be the way to make up for it.

Result-


Damn. DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!!

I monkey tilt off another 2k or so before I finally head upstairs. It's 3am, I'm dead tired. "Only" up 5k despite hitting that 13k, dealt quad aces 10 ways, several 4 awak, etc etc etc. I'm officially upstuck, as Gobbo would say, and yes it feels like total SHI-T. I'm a monkey. How could I possibly go up so much, give a lot back, go up EVEN MORE, then find a way to give most back? Why couldn't I hit at 20 lines? ONCE?

I lay down and eventually fall asleep, but it's poor sleep. Being a monkey and fixating on a wasted dealt 4 aces will do that...

So sick. I love/hate this game.

Day 1 result- +5k

Part 2 coming soon...

I saw that quad aces hand and I was like 'wow, this is at LEAST $8k.'

Then I saw 'Jackpot! 8k', and i was like, 'wat.'

EX-ACTLY.

WAT. WAT!!!!!

Thats some wild ****!

Stay away from the $5 single line. That game is garbage and an extra $5k on that royal isn't worth dick % wise.

i show my gf your good pics (food scenery etc) cause she knows zero about any gambling, but had to explain that pic to her and what it was worth. and she plays slot apps and still cant keep up on spin poker pics. so i was drawing the lines with my finger on the tv for her for how and where they could come in

in for more swongs tho

I always forget, an extra 1000 coins on a royal is worth what, like ~0.5%?

And ya 9/5 tdb is some hot garbage.

I know this- I play it occasionally now only for the possibility of hitting 10k/20k, WITHOUT having to coin in 75$ at 5$/triple play (smallest full pay 5$ they have). It's certainly not bc I think I have an edge or even bc I don't realize how bad of a game it is. That said, full pay TDB 99.5% payback, 9/5 TDB is 97%? 2.5% long run difference, if you figure I'm willing to coin in 2500$ give or take, we're talking a difference of 60$ expected loss. Something that will kill you in the long run, but in my small sample size it's not going to make any difference.

Hey Leon,

You may have talked about this already but I haven't seen it. Can you give like an overview of the perks you are getting from your level of play? I see you get a limo and nice rooms, is that all completely comped? Are most of your trips completely paid for...room, limo, meals, ect or do you end up having to shell out some cash for that stuff too?

Thanks!

Just got to the dealt 4 aces part ...before I hit the preview image to view the result I was thinking in my head how many kickers came in, I said minimum twice but it is Leon could it be 3 or more ??

Totally shocked to see the result lol. That's the game though variance is so crazy, especially in TDB ! Your still up and on a really good run, no reason why you can't get dealt aces or a royal agan the very next hand.

Good luck ! and I leave for Vegas in 48 hours ...can't wait !

Leon and others,

Have any of you played UX Bonus Streak? A fun and swingy UX variant that had me run over 1500 through the machine playing 5 play .10. Ended up down -150 but had a couple fun hands like dealt quad 7s and dealt full House with multipliers out there and a quad 9s on a 4x spot. Nothing MAJOR like dealt aces or premium quads with a kicker or better so no pics.

Just curious about others experiences on this variant it’s fun for playing degen and chasing whales

I’ve tried and just couldn’t get into it. I also don’t think there is a way to quit and put an end to multipliers, like on regular UX...you either leave multipliers for the next person, or play until you blank out. I actually like UX Spin Poker more, but even that is a game a rarely play. I am looking forward to try UX Wheel Poker for real money, when that goes live.


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the sickness is strong within you leon

i admire it

also, i cannot ty enough for sharing all of this

Still looking to try said UX Wheel Poker, but unavailable on VP.com. Only for members, in and a degenerate enough on video poker in casinos I don’t need to be paying a membership for said games lol