This is bad and you should feel bad.

We’ll pool all our money and get rich! (Seriously delete this derail, noone will be the wiser)

First, this ditz holds a 2 playing TDB Hot Roll @ $200 a throw.

Then she binks two Royals for $16,000.00 lol..

https://youtu.be/6OdJIpFDjso

Wow, that's brutal.

Jesus how tilting

Yeah, I guess I should warned ***TRIGGER ALERT***

Yeah, buy what is annoying is you have to enable each day at the Cosmo

That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen posted in this thread.

Sept 16-19 recap TR

It's that time again! Super excited for this one- haven't been to Vegas in almost 2 months, and there are other details below which should make this more than "just" another Vegas trip.

Backstory-

Main reason for this is the 10k buy slot tournament. Like all tournies, I'm super hopeful at the outset. Maybe THIS is the one where we bink something huge. And, like all previous tournies before, it's probably going to be a kick in the nuts. Meh whatever, I'm flush at the moment and there's never going to be a better time. The tourney is actually two separate tournaments- one with cash, one with free credit. Top prize on either is 150k so definitely nothing to sneeze at.

Initially tried to get my mom signed up as well (so we can fire two bullets), but our host won't let her in. I kind of expected this- there's a 50 person cap, and they don't make money off the tourney itself, so they want to get as big of a player in as possible. So we split the buy in 50/50. I also convince the wife to come, so we should have a nice, adult trip together which I don't think I've had with my wife in quite a while.

On top of that, I made a point of making reservations at multiple restaurants outside of the Wynn. We're all really sick of the Wynn, and with Costa di Mare closed we now have even less options. After considering choices, we go with Majordomo Meat and Fish at the Palazzo, and L'atelier de Joel Robuchon at MGM. I wanted the full Joel Robuchon (been there with my wife twice and parents once), but alas they were all booked up even in July.

Eating at other places will in turn free up more comp, so I intend to bring lots of bourbon back for friends. AND, it's still warm enough to get a cabana, so there's that as well. Overall, we're all set to have fun- now we just need the result!

Bankroll- 50k (mom wants 20% action so I'm really in for 40)

Agenda-

Thurs- get in, pre-reg for slot tourney to pick up freecredit 4th bonus rd, dinner at Mizumi

Fri- wife works all day. Gamble, freecredit tourney, dinner at Majordomo

Sat- reg for cash 4th bonus rd (dependent on 50k pts earned, I should easily hit this), cash tourney, cabana, dinner at L'atelier, hopefully roll around in wads of binked tourney winnings

Sun- home

Here we go!

Day 1

Slight delay on the tarmac, hopefully using up runbad for the trip.





We get checked in- the womenfolk want food. Ain't nobody got time for that. I grab a double of George T Stagg barrel strength and consider my options.



Man, this place is crowded. Esp high limit. There are at least two high rollers tying up machines, hitting a jackpot every hand. An attendant is assigned to each one of them- don't understand why the Wynn doesn't just adopt an auto-unlock feature. On top of that, one of the guys is that old douchebag entitled rich guy that I had a run in with years ago- still can't stand him, still irritates me to see him alive, kicking and spending gobs of money while being a jerk to everyone less wealthy than him, which is basically everyone. OK, that settles it. UX it is, despite the fact hi limit multiline was so good to me recently, and UX so bad.

I open with 10 hands, ready to step down quickly if things are cold. Nine hands in-



Always good to open the account early.

Super early- dealt quads!



"Just" 7s. Multipliers ain't great either. Whatever, we'll take it.



Staying alive...



I cycle MANY hands- I know at some point I was up near 10k. Of course, this gets whittled down bit by bit. Finally I decide to try hi limit again. The one thing that's been missing are aces- haven't seen trip aces yet, haven't made a 4000 once. Eventually, that's going to be death...



OK, that's a good result!




That's just frustrating.




These 2000s are keeping me alive.

I've been playing for hours and at this point I believe I'm slightly down. Time to pre-reg and pick up that 4th bonus rd.





After that, it's time to get changed, play a bit then head to dinner.



The usual complimentary snacks etc. We stayed in a two bedroom Salon suite, didn't bother grabbing pics this time bc you've all seen them before.

Wife and I play a bit more UX and it's cold. We head to dinner stuck 7?k.

Mizumi







Mom wanted to try these wagyu dumplings- 7/10. Hers are better.




All sushi was the typical 7-8/10, same with the wagyu beef. We also got udon (forgot the pic) but they've changed their noodles now- they're much thinner and much less "bouncy" when chewed. Honestly, I didn't know udon was anything other than fat noodles. Definitely not as good, definitely would not get again when specifically in the mood for udon.

Overall, it was your standard good Mizumi meal, slightly disappointing the udon situation.

After dinner, wife wants to turn in early. I head to hi limit, donate another couple of thousand then decide I'm tired of losing "real" money. It's free credit time.

I have my usual 2k free credit, plus 2.5k I got from a drawing from July. It was quite nice to stare at "4500 freecredit" every time I carded in, but in typical fashion I've started cold and would rather have the cash.



Start.



End. Just abysmal, basically 2500/4500 payback or slightly over 50%.




Need a lot more of these.






Overall, I'm steadily going downhill. Not picking up as much as I'm putting in. STILL no 4000 hand. But, I soon get my second dealt quads of the trip!



That's not getting it down. I think I was frustrated enough I didn't take a pic where you can make things out- they're 10s. Non premium, obv.

OK, back to 25 lines.





I think this was my height for the night. After that, I lose slowly. Then more quickly. At some point tilt kicks in despite seeing it coming, I'm just powerless to do anything about it. It probably was that 4 to royal, followed by 3 aces with a kicker, both 25 ways, both blanks that did it. I keep playing, keep losing, and end up heading to bed just after midnight stuck, tired and pissed. Free credit, gone. Two dealt quads? Who cares. Up 10k at some point? Now down 15k. So, so bad.

Day 1 result- -15k

Day 2 coming soon...

zomg new tr

Great job Leon. I couldnt imagine wasting my time on a writeup if i had a terrible trip.

Haha, well I've certainly bailed on an intended TR or two that was just too crappy. I basically stop taking pics and I'm over it. However, we're only in day 1 for this TR so you don't KNOW that it's a terrible trip...

A new Leon report to get the degen juices flowing.

LFG

Your intro seemed too positive for this to end negative.

-fingers crossed-

I say he binks the tourney

Day 2 part 1

Wake up at my usual 5am. Head downstairs, grab coffee, and hit ultimate X.

Things start off cold, which makes this kind of hit doubly annoying.



Sure, regular quads 3/5 spots. No multiplier, obv.

Keep going, THIRD dealt quads of the trip!



Jesus. Non premium, of course, and the multipliers aren't that great either.

I decide to step up to 10 hands again, and also to take before/after pics of all good draws to add to this report. Lord knows I haven't had any great hits yet.



Result-


AHHH so close to a 5 digit hit!



Result-




STILL haven't hit a 4000 hand. Ugh.

It's time for breakfast (room service). I head up to the room stuck basically 20k overall.



I get my usual scrambled eggs with bacon, eggs weren't overcooked like they sometimes can be. 7/10.

After breakfast, I stretch and try and get my head right. Sure, I'm down 20k. But I've still got hope with the tourney, and hey, we've been stuck many, many times before. I'll survive this one way or the other. Sure would be nice to win, though.

Finally, I'm ready for more play. I head back to hi limit.



FINALLY get a 4000.




Once with kicker, once without.




FINALLY broke the 4AWAK seal.

Of course, I gave most of that back over the course of that session- if I walked away from that machine up, it was 1k or so at the most. I briefly consider heading upstairs, then decide I need a Hail Mary. There's only thing that can do that- Ultimate X it is.

I play 5 lines bc- meh, stuck 20k.



Result-


YES! F YES!

Back in this thing- back to 10 lines!



Result-




Just your typical regular quads twice, no multiplier either time.



Just your typical dealt straight flush, no multipliers.



Result- a miss. Imgur is really acting up, it's been hard for me to find a lot of the pics. There's a ton of pics in this next sequence where the before and/or after didn't upload properly, I'll just make sure all the hits are there.



Result-




Result- miss.





I get dealt trip 2,3,4 and aces at least 3 or 4 more times, don't hit any of them but this is just a white hot session. Then, FOURTH dealt quads of the trip!



AGAIN non-premium! Loving the rate, not so much the value of the cards.























This was kind of humorous... dealt straight, very next hand hit enough flushes to trigger a handpay LOL.



I'm nearing the credit limit on the machine!

I briefly hit one more hand that put me over 50k... and yep, the machine spat out a ticket at me with the extra 200$ or so. Was really looking forward to the machine just spitting out tickets over and over, but alas things finally turned South. I played down to 45k and decided to cash out. It was close enough to the freecredit slot tournament rounds.

All told, I played for about 5 hrs straight. My back hurt so much from just sitting and playing. As I mentioned, Imgur didn't upload all the photos properly but trust me when I say I had a TON of draws. I believe I've got all the hits from that session though. I completely reversed the 20k loss- overall, it was a 40k upswing, so I'm now UP 20k for the trip!

Day 2 so far- +35k
Overall- +20k

Rest of Day 2 coming soon...

Now I know why I have ZERO dealt quads lifetime - mine are all going to you. I have to stop reading this thread.

There's a rumor that the new owners of Caesars may do away with Diamond status anyway, in which case I'll have no reason to play vp.

My mind is racing with permutations as to why Day 2 was broken into two parts. I have to figure there's more good coming. Here's hoping.....

Also, this TR has had an educational component. I now realize I'm a total fish when it comes to how to properly cook eggs, as when I saw what was on that plate it looked like a pool of salmonella poisoning waiting to happen.

I broke Day 2 into two parts bc of sheer volume of pics. Good thing bc I also realized during the write up that imgur didn't upload some of my pics- super annoying and it took me easily 1/2 hr just to figure out what was missing.

What you're looking at with the eggs is too much cheese and the grease is pooling which is quite unappetizing. But the eggs themselves were properly cooked.

And now... we interrupt our regularly scheduled TR for a Barona update!

Since I hit the 100k dealt 4AWAK 8/19, I've given back 40k to Barona. It's been ice cold. Went today, things were way better. Got 4 to a royal and hit 4/100 spots, including 3 in a row- this game is weird. Also held a pair and turned it into quads FIVE times out of 100 (non-premium pair, LDO).

Also picked up dealt quads-


HOOOOOOO!

Need a good draw, obv.

Result-


Actually below average, but what can you do?

After that, stepped up to 50c credits obv and obv gave too much back, ended up winning 25k today.

I'm heading to Vegas for the first time since the Before Times next week,

This thread always makes me long for what could be possible,

and makes me throw up in my mouth a little with these scores you hit!

This is going to make me book a bday trip next month.

Good luck out there man!

Run good, I like your TRs and pics.

what a legend!

long after the sun explodes and slot machines are dust; the stories of Leon's jackpots will still travel the galaxies

This. I think I'm equally interesting in leon's finish of the story and foatie's upcoming TR.

Awesome TR. I truly hope you binked the slot tournies!