Shocked it didn't deal it to me first hand, really stick the knife in.

this last update had me thinking maybe i just chill on the VP for awhile. I couldnt handle that many missed draws, just WTF how does he keep missing? Then our hero decides not to rage quit, keeps plugging away, and BAM. I'm hooked again

That is a beautiful sight. This is like the old Wide World of Sports intro - “The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat”. Thankfully, it’s been flipped so far in the TR.


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That is a beautiful, beautiful sight, even if not for 20 or 40K. I’m curious to see if next hand is 3-, 5-, or 10-play


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Leon,

Badass, can’t wait to see what happens next!

Had you posted that this weekend I probably would have been forced to take another shot.

Next trip I won’t lose as much at blackjack to start the trip, that way I’ll feel better firing more VP bullets.

I long ago learned the game will not let you leave. It finds a way to keep you hooked.

Yes, clearly the strategy was win the 240/480k FIRST, then donk some off in blackjack. You just flipped the order and didn't give yourself enough bullets for VP

Day 3 part II

Well, this should answer any questions about how many lines I played next...



Result-


Followed by-



with this as the result-



Come on not this nonsense again!

Amazingly, the initial 1k I put in the machine on this session is still alive. Despite the last two misses, I'm still pumped from the royal hit (which I took in cash obv) when the machine goes off again, finally!



SWEET.

I key this off, so I've got almost 5k in the machine now. Pick up another draw pretty soon after.



Result-



And another one!



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God, finally hit a trip draw on 10 play.

I play off the initial 1k. I've got a 6k ticket in the machine, 12k in cash + 1k from the initial roll. Life is good. I decide to hit UX and knock this TR out of the PARK.



Result-





Result-



Come on man! Make a big hand at UX one time! I come to my senses and take a break with-



Wish I had great stuff to report with this session but unfortunately there was nothing good, nothing even really fun. That trip last year where my wife and I hit 6 Rick's multiple ways (good for almost 2k handpay lol) has sort of ruined the game for me. Now I basically don't care about any other symbol other than Rick, and I notice every time I get 2 reels of Rick, followed by blanks, followed by 3 more reels (happens a lot). I put a couple hundo in this machine before I decide to coast into dinner with more 3 play, regular TDB on my usual machine. Like I said, I played A TON this trip.



Result-



Pretty soon after, royal draw in the same suit as the god deal from earlier in the day! Is it meant to be?





Not to be. Damn.

Well, at this point my 6k ticket has been busted back down to 3k. Damn you UX. Still up 6k for the trip.

Kabuto

After reading TF's numerous reports, and Gobbo/others' recommendations, I knew I was coming here at some point. I'll go ahead and say right now I don't remember the details of every piece- anyone who knows better or who wants to correct me, feel free. Instead, I'll give you what I can remember and my general impressions. My mom and I got the 120$ Omakase course which basically gives you the most pieces and dessert. I made sure to eat everything and follow the waitress' instructions on how to eat certain pieces to the letter to give myself the full experience.




We got the left-most course.



Menu from which most of the items came from, which allowed you to order extra if desired.



Aperitif to start. Light, refreshing and not too sweet.



Monkfish liver on the left, baby squid on the right. The liver was decent but the consistency was interesting. Not bad but not great either. Chewier than I expected but I have no basis for comparison. I'd give it a 6/10- I'd certainly eat it if put in front of me again. The baby squid were 9/10- super tender, flavorful.



First raw course. The scallops were good, I've never really enjoyed raw scallop before but these were a solid 7/10. The white fish, as expected, was delicate and had essentially no flavor (you were instructed to eat it with the black paste provided). It was ok, but essentially a vehicle for eating the paste. Lastly, the oyster... whew boy. This deserves it's own paragraph.

I have a dark history with raw oysters. Basically my father in law died in 2005 around Xmas, and my wife and I flew to France to be at his funeral/wake. As is typical with funerals and family gatherings, a lot of eating occurred. The night before the wake, my mother in law and her sisters grab pallets of raw oysters from the fishmonger for dinner. Not my thing, but I don't want to be rude. I literally eat ONE oyster just to be polite then focus on my salad, the bread and cheese. The rest of the family eats every single other oyster.

OF COURSE, I somehow managed to find the one poisoned oyster/lose the Russian Roulette game. The next day was the wake- I did fine. After wake meal- cold cuts and cheese. Still fine. Start feeling sleepy after lunch and a little off, so I lay down for a nap.

I awake from the nap feeling VERY off. Not sick, just weird. In the time it takes me to get up from the bed and start heading downstairs, I start feeling sick. In the time it takes me to get downstairs, I realize I'm going to barf NOW. Then I run the 20 steps or so to the bathroom, and yep, don't make it. I have never vomited that much, in that many places. I must have coated the entire bathroom with a mix of seafood awfulness, undigested cold cuts, cheese, bile, etc. When I finally managed to pick myself off the floor and call for help, I knew the oyster was the culprit.

Side note- my wife and I weren't married yet at that point. If you ever need confirmation "she's the one", it's when she cleans ALL of your vomit off the bathroom on the day of HER FATHER'S WAKE. Jesus. I still feel bad about that, but we've laughed it off many times since.

In any case, so yeah. That oyster sitting in the middle there. I don't need to eat that. My mom won't, she doesn't like raw oysters that much and sees no reason to risk it. But this is the famed Kabuto! I can't not eat it. Haven't eaten raw shellfish in almost 15 yrs. Screw it, let's do it.

It was decent. Nothing special, nothing worth risking future food poisonings. And then, later that night...



Good god. Wrap up coming soon...

So is it worse to run bad at VP or at oysters?

How you were running before that dealt Royal is pretty much how I run all the time. It's probably why I don't play much VP.

Coin toss. That food poisoning I got in 2005 was indescribable. I remember laying on the floor covered in my own filth basically wanting to die. Undoubtedly it was an ameoba- there ain't no food poisoning like seafood/ameoba food poisoning.

Leon, I am the guy who asked if you were Leon last week. Some background I am a hard core super times pay player who has had to play other games since moving to Vegas because most places have crap paytables and low exposures on this particular type of game. That was until I saw they had 9/6 10 play DDB Double Super times pay at Wynn in your trip report. That is a really fun game and this has totally changed my gambling in Vegas.

Love your trip reports and it was awesome to meet you. Really happy I worked out it was you - Asian guy playing Ultimate X for big money with his dad gave it away.

Congrats on the dealt royal I have had 5 in my life but only 1 on multi line games. I will post some photos on here when I can work out how to do it.

well that wasn't the run bad I expected

What an amazing thread. Thank you Leon.

In the most recent installment, we learn the now-Mrs. Leon is all kinds of awesome, and that our hero should stay away from oysters.

Not a seafood person and have no food allergies of which I'm aware, so I'll ask out of ignorance: Leon, do you think it's possible that this wasn't food poisoning, but you have an allergy to oysters specifically, but not other seafoods?

Congratulations on the big hit.

Just going to say I switched from DDB to TDB due to your posts. Normally had played UX but have run completely horrible for essentially a couple years so last trip to the casino the other day played DSTP TDB and FINALLY hit something. Held 222A on 5 play with 3 multi and hit in 2 spots for 3k+. First VP handpay ever (which should say something about how bad I have run) and I am completely back to loving VP. Weird how that can happen. (No idea how to post a pic on this forum or would post the pic)

Have played a ton and NEVER gotten a 4OAKw/kicker or Royal dealt playing 5-10 play the whole time. Have had 1 dealt 4OAK ever so it can get much worse than the "runbad" you have experienced. This is over probably 75-100 casino trips in the last 2 years. Was literally down $800 in less than 30 minutes playing .25 DSTP and thinking here we go again -1/2k in an hour followed by a miserable trip home and then the miracle hit.

Thanks for all the great TR posts. They are always very enjoyable.

Wichita: your post makes me feel better about torching 2k in no time flat in just one session this trip, and also about playing better machines on my next trip.

Leon: next time maybe schedule another show or something instead of an oyster to lock in the win!

When black dudes are happily quoting Foo Fighters songs you KNOW it’s a good day

UX is the nuts

Ya. Well it says something that I hit 3k win and I am thinking well down only 47k instead of 50k now. The variance in VP is truly insane as you are mostly chasing 1/47 draws at TDB. Those basically can miss for a long time with never hitting. The dealt hands are truly lightening bolts that may or may not ever happen. ( I have never hit one in probably high 10s of thousands of hands-100s of thousands of hands) You could easily play 10-20x the normal cycle and not hit one or hit a handful in one trip. I guess maybe at some point down the road I hit one white whale somewhere along the way for 4000*12*10*.25 or something. That's basically my only chance to ever get close to even. All while playing only very slighly ev machines at worst once you include comps lol.

The most infuriating thing is watching some mouth breather playing nickels next to you hit some dealt monster for peanuts as you dust off another 1-2k. VP is a crazy but fun game. Funny anecdote the old lady next to me when I hit my "monster" was lecturing me about WHY DID YOU HOLD THE ACEEEEE. I tried to explain that it was triple double bonus (as she was playing TDB) but this seemed to go right over her head.

Glad you posted here man! If you sign up for an imgur account, you can upload photos very easily and post from them- I think there's a tutorial somewhere on 2+2 if you search. Glad I could help give you an opportunity to play more DSTP...

Everyone- thanks for all the love. Update-



With that out of the way, the remainder of the Kabuto dinner and day 3 will be finished at some point tonight!

Gee-wee-wheep sound is so beautiful. Ive wanted it as a text alert for years.

I might just name my first born son, leon (with the lowercase "L") in tribute.

How dare you besmirch Kabuto, Leon.

Bahaha Leon practicing his comedy career!