Day 4, final day
Hallelujah. That's the first thing I think when I wake up at 7am, in fact still a little groggy but eager to make the most of my final day here. My wife left me some naturopathic sleep aid that she brought. I figured it couldn't hurt, and took some prior to going to bed. I actually got almost 8 hrs unbroken, with none of the tossing and turning that is typical for me in Vegas. I'm definitely bringing this along with me for all future trips.
I head downstairs with some excitement but also trepidation- it's the last day, I'm up, I want to play and make a score, but I also WILL HATE MYSELF if I somehow turn this into a loss. In a game where I've had 10k+ daily swings more times than I can count, I know this is a real possibility.
That said, I belly up to UX for a solo session. The machine was decent the night prior, and solo UX at 5 lines is the same coin in per push as what has become my usual 10 lines (50$). Go big or go home...
I feed 500 in and it evaporates. Feed another 500 in and pick up a sweet draw-
Come on let this be the one time!
Result-
Man, that was nice. I was so fixated on the 8x first line that when it blanked I almost didn't register the "BE-WING" sound when the 5th line came in. Obviously I'll take it, but I have not had a 5 figure score in quite some time- 32k, where are you?
So now I'm up 7k for the morning. Today's going to be great! As if to confirm this, I start getting draws all over the place-
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Damn it! That was really disappointing on the heels of that royal. I head upstairs to meet my dad for one last room service breakfast up 6k for the day.
We grab a standard breakfast, then my dad needs to get ready before he's able to play. I've got my stuff all packed and am otherwise ready to go, so I head back down to play until he's ready for me to grab him. We've got until about noon at which point we'll head back to the condo and I'll head to the airport in the early afternoon. I head straight back to the UX machine.
Result-
OMG I need the ace on that 10x! Same spot as the royal from earlier! 40K if it comes in!
Result-
Gah. I dump 2k back into UX before I head back to my usual machines. I need to hang on to this money!
1.5k goes to those machines, absolute ice. Head to hi limit for DSTP, since it's DDB I should lose less fast, right? Lose another 1k there in short order. Now I'm only up 1.5k for the day. My dad still hasn't called- WTF? I come to my senses and head back upstairs- I just lost 4.5k in under an hour, trying to force some last day heroics.
I head back up- my dad STILL isn't ready. I cool my jets for a bit until he's good- we head down around 10am with 2 hrs left of play. I'm really worried now. We immediately partner up at 10 play UX- in spite of the flurry of misses I just had, all things being equal you'd still rather get the draws than not. Let's do it.
We end up partnering 3k total. Zero draws. Total ice. ASUNDUANDUNDSFSDVXCX
So now I'm even for the day again. OK, no biggie. My dad moves one machine over and I go back to 5 play. Immediately the draws start coming again, of course.
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GOOD GOD. Let me make something already! Obv I'm stuck for the day now. Stick another 1k in the machine before I call it quits. Head back to my usual for one last try- I have accumulated about 300$ in points this trip, and decide to use those up. Along the way I do some mental math-
5 pts = 100$ coin in, 1 pt = 20$ coin in.
30000 pts = 600,000$ coin in!
It gets better- I basically averaged 50$ coin in/push. 600k/50 = 12,000 unique deals, give or take.
I should get dealt quads ~ 1/4000 hands on average. I'm way below expectation in this regard. When you count the fact that two weeks ago I probably coined in about the same, and ALSO didn't get dealt quads, I'm WAY below expectation. With this thought in mind, I happily plow more money in the machine since I'm "overdue".
It's not to be. So sick. I end up stuck ONLY 1k for the trip. If you told me at the outset that I would come to Vegas, play days of 50$ coin in VP and only lose 1k I'd say that's a good result. Intellectually I know this, but to have been up... to start the day so well with the 8k royal, yet somehow lose... to have a -12k downswing on the last day (at my height I was +11k and end up somehow down)... AAARRGRGGRGGGHHHH!!!!
Enough is enough. I grab my dad and physically peel him away from the machine. I'm done with the Wynn for this trip. We cab it back to the condo where the best meal of the trip awaits-
Zucchini (6/10) and my mom's pot stickers (10/10). They may not be particularly visually impressive but you will never find a better pot sticker. They are huge, juicy, crispy on the bottom, tons of meat... plus I grew up with them. They're the best, period. If you disagree, well, you're just wrong
Day 4 result- -5k
Overall- -1k
Thoughts for the future, in no particular order-
1. I've dodged bullets these past two trips- by this I mean, I've had some clear cold patches that easily could have made either trip negative 5 figures. But, I've luckboxed some hands along that way that helped avoid that result. And yet-
2. In some ways I feel I've run badly these past two trips- plenty of opportunities for a home run ball both times. No dealt premium quads. Any of those come in, which statistically should have already happened, and I'm sitting on 10-20k more than I am.
#1 and #2 simultaneously make me want to try again, but also recognize I really could have been crushed. I'm no more likely to get dealt 4 aces next time than I was before. I easily could continue blanking off draws. Etc.
3. Next trip I'm eating outside the Wynn, even if I have to pay for it. Tired of the food, tired of the same pics, I want something new or different.
4. I've been more consistent with trying to go to bed earlier, get mundane life stuff out of the way first, etc and I'll definitely continue that. Also bringing sleep aids next time.
5. Going to play more solo UX next time. Since it's the same coin in as 10 line at my usual, and I've gotten more comfortable doing that, 50$ UX it is. It's more fun that have periodic shots at a home run ball- I just need to become comfortable with the knowledge that I'm going to make fewer hands (but hopefully the ones I make will be gigantic).
Overall, bankroll is still healthy. Typing this up is already making me psyched for next time. Thanks for reading!