Hit some .50 ultimate X FTW!

Nice trip report, Leon. Is the Terracepoint Cafe still there at the Wynn? I would go there every time I went to the Wynn to play poker.

Yes, I think it's still there. Haven't been in a while thus I'm unsure but I think I'd have heard of that if it went away. For example, we knew (bc standard all the staff adore my mom and tell her stuff) that Zoozacrackers was going away and a new place (Charlie's)/sportsbook renov was coming months before it actually was announced. I recall zero such rumors about the cafe so it probably still exists.

I apologize to all for the slow updates- lots going on right now that is impeding sitting in front of a computer for that long. They'll come, though.

Glad to see the luck has somewhat turned around Leon. Keep crushing it!

The Terrace Point is still there. Charlie's, which replaced Zoozacrackers, has prices that are LOL even for the Wynn - $16.50 for six chicken wings, $10.50 for a Bud Lite. I suspect it was some kind of bet to see how high the charge can be before people walk away laughing....

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Day 3 part 2

So at this point I'm up 1.5k for the day and 500 for the trip if you don't count the 5k strap I'm giving my wife. I sit back down at my usual machines and it's garbage, I think I lost 2k pretty fast. Decide to change it up a bit and play spin poker. Pretty early in I get a nice draw...



Hold, pray to the elder gods and hit draw...



As soon as that 4th ace came in I knew I'm making a big hand. Took me a sec to see that I caught kickers as well, right about the time the jackpot amount came flashing in...



So that's 4 AWAK x 2, and one 4 aces. Spin poker is just the nuts when you make hands.

I immediately decide to give my wife ANOTHER 5k strap and am rewarded with a great feeling of doing something right. I'm now up almost 3.5k for the day and 2.5k for the trip not even counting the 10k my wife is getting. This is the bomb.

I go to 9 lines at spin poker and I think I gave back 1k pretty fast. Time to move back to my usual 5 lines.



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DAMN DAMN DAMN. Come on this is not the time for things to go cold.

One min later...



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YEEEAAHHH BOY! Who needs you, 2000s when I've got 4000s coming?

This next hand is 16 min later, and the following sequence all occurred within 20 min.



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DAMN! I don't think I had a hotter run of draws during my whole trip, but obv I blanked basically all of them.

My wife comes down. She's got the kids down for a nap and we can team up for a bit. I immediately present her with the second 5k strap.

My wife get us our 4th dealt quads of the trip...



Aww how cute with a kicker again! Dealt 4 ACES w/ kicker one time!



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My wife is happy; I'm kind of pissed. I think I've given back 3k since the 4 AWAK hit. Even with the dealt 9s and this, I'm still -1k from when I hit 4AWAK and had that flurry of draws (all of which missed).

LITERALLY one minute later...



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I will NEVER stop loving this hand.

Time stamps really tell the story for this next section. I know my wife headed back upstairs. I should get up by 5pm at the latest to get ready for dinner. It's like 3:30 at this point. I'm up 5.5k on the day. I must have played on for a while, and I know I threw some 10 play and 2$ credits in there. The next pic is a full 30 min later...



One of my few shots at UX. Obv no multiplier.

And then...



Result- too annoying to even snap an after pic.

So annoyed. Even with that 2k hit at hi limit I just gave back 3k. Now up 4.5k for the day. Back to my usual machines.



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Close, but no cigar.



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And, some 10 play to finish it off...



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Jesus.

In retrospect, I really tilted there. Somehow, despite smashing all those 4 awak, the spin poker hit, etc etc I'm now up only 2k for the day and 1k overall. Of course, I have 10k locked up with my wife, but still... I definitely gave back way too much after my wife went upstairs. I really should have gone up. Hindsight 20/20, etc, but I look back on that afternoon as desperation. I was up big, got a bunch of draws that missed and didn't want to leave. Kept having this "sense" that I was going to hit something soon and just kept giving more money back. Stupidly played UX which of course basically went nowhere. Ugh.

Anyways, I head up to the room a little late but still manage to get ready for dinner on time. This is a good stopping point- up next: Mizumi, The Bronx Wanderers at Bally's and more VP...

To be continued...

Wowsers! Lot of action!

I didnt notice you only played 7 lines of Spin until you pointed it out. Odd. Good thing one of your quads wasnt on those lines.

That seems to be the game that most of Vegas is playing, with semi-annual resort fee and parking fee increases.

Do you take a look at how others play next to you? I sometimes do and I am amazed at how others play. Keeping a pair and a A kicker on jacks or better, keeping gutshot draws, keeping 3 to a flush when they have high cards, etc. I need to stop but I'm naturally curious how others play.

Keep it up.

Yes in fact I believe in a pic in a previous TR you noticed I was playing 7 lines. For whatever reason I defaulted to that my first foray into spin (probably bc 9 felt too big). So the rare times I do play, I start with 7. I figure ultimately it doesn't make a difference, and yes thus far I've been lucky enough to not be punished not betting those final two lines.

I try not to, I figure it's a- none of my business, b- likely to annoy me. I actually don't like when people ask me "what I would do", usually I don't know for sure if they're playing another game, and likely no good will come of my advice (eg, I advise them to hold the kicker in TDB, they reluctantly do and miss, then they think I gave them bad advice).

What I find more amusing is when people get super-excited about really standard stuff, eg they get dealt a straight and react as if they just won the lottery. Those people must really think I'm an ass when I make regular quads and don't even care.

I always get a kick out of how people are selectively frugal. Of course there are the legendary Arthurbach trip reports, where he's betting tens of thousands but talks about how he'll be bent out of shape about small little charges that he feels are rip offs and that back at home he's even a coupon nit. Then here Leon you comment about how the Buffet is a rip off for the rare American non-gluttons.

Mind you I'm not criticizing. I'm the same way. I spent an ungodly sum at a Magic the Gathering Grand Prix event with my kids, then groused about the $12 parking garage charge on the way out. I think all "ballers" are selectively cheap - it's just in their DNA.

For sure. I'm definitely frugal in my own way- for me, it's about value. I don't mind potentially losing 1000s if I have the opportunity to win as much, if I have a good time, etc. Same thing with food and other life experiences- I'll pay a bunch if it's worth it. At the same time, I tend towards 15$ hair cuts bc I can't tell the difference, so why should I pay for a more expensive one.

The buffet is more of a waste than anything else. The price point is high enough that one feels compelled to overeat. Actually as far as value goes if I had to pay out of pocket at the Wynn I'd probably never eat there- everything is way overpriced.

When it comes to Vegas buffets my Moms Family (locals) have always been a “bang for your buck” type of people. I’m a “go to wicked spoon on a discount/comp, eat a salad, eat their best meat and a side and leave” type of person.

I don’t think either is wrong, just different values. My moms family generally things I’m a bougie money wasting ******* though and I think their sort of trashy. So family judgements

Leon, did you see the Bart Hanson Royal hit video?

No idea who that is (I'm assuming some poker player). Post it, I'm assuming we'll all be jealous.

https://twitter.com/barthanson/statu...269290498?s=21



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Jesus. He was down to $500 in the machine. Wonder what he bought in for

He just talked about it on the wsop live broadcast that he is commentating. He caps himself at a 100 hands. Does it for future comps at Caesars properties. His first royal and estimates he was down 40-50k on these exact machines before he hit it over the course of three years.


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No update today?

Did leon take the 2 bands to the strip club and taxi home broke?

Yeah saw that too, he was betting $250 per pull. Pretty sick...

He's on his way to Caesars. Bart inspired him.

Bart was smart though, took the whole thing in a check.

Wow and I thought the royal my friend hit for $2k was hot ****

Day 3 Part 3

It's off to Mizumi for an early dinner.



Unfortunately I didn't take any picks of the main courses; between trying to keep the kids in line and conversation I simply forgot. We order shrimp tempura (the usual 6/10), udon (7/10), various cuts of sashimi and sushi (anywhere from 6-7/10), bacon wrapped asparagus (6/10). My youngest son got a tuna hand roll which honestly was the best part of the whole meal (8/10). I have to start getting more hand rolls in the mix the next time I get Japanese.

I remembered to take pics by the time dessert came around.



Mochi ice cream sampler. I'm not a fan of mochi so I didn't try any.



Green tea ice cream. Easily an 8/10, there were berries on the bottom which went very well with the ice cream.

From there, we grab the limo to Bally's for the Bronx Wanderers.



I have honestly no idea what to expect. We simply wanted to try something new and non-cirque. The kids are into rock and music, and the show is described as "live 50s, 60s, 70s rock" so I figure how bad can it be. When we get to Bally's, we have some time to kill and hit some of the arcade games near the food court, including...



Fun game, and there's something super satisfying about being able to shoot multiple crossbow bolts into a zombie's head.

We've got good seats near the front.







The show... let's just say one should see it. It was a blast. They played tons of hits, in fact many from before my time but it was fun. Their stage presence is great and they really want the audience to get into the music. Being so close to the band, you can't help but get into the show. The story itself may be the best part of the show which I'll share here. Basically the band is a dad and his two kids. The dad grew up playing and loving music, and got a job at Columbia records right out of high school. He was on the production side so never got to play, but he learned a lot about the industry and ended up meeting quite a few musicians (eg Billy Joel). Eventually his kids graduated high school and he decided it was time to follow his dream of playing, as opposed to producing music.

So, he decides to form a band, and his kids join him. They've been touring for 16 yrs, and landed a gig in Vegas < 2 yrs ago. All their supporting cast were high school band mates of his sons- so basically this is a 60 yr old guy surrounded by his kids and his kids' friends. You can see the enthusiasm and love for music in the entire band- the dad is basically living his lifelong dream and you can tell he's just happy to be up there. And, they can PLAY. Clearly, if the music was garbage it wouldn't work.

He spices up the act by telling some stories from his time; one in particular illustrates just how lucky he knows he is. Apparently Wayne Newton was always his idol, and when they first came to Vegas Wayne came to their show, and said to the dad afterwards, "welcome to Vegas. You've made it". Later, as they became better friends Wayne told him a story about his handcuff bracelet. Frank Sinatra apparently had a bracelet that was half a handcuff. Wayne always wondered about it until one day Frank gave Wayne the other half, saying "now there are two bracelets in the world like this". That is, until Wayne made the dad one just like it, and said, "now there are three bracelets like this in the world. Frank's, mine, and yours". You could see the dad get choked up telling the story and I'll admit you couldn't help but be happy for him.

Other highlights- seeing the old crowd get into the music; the band calling out a woman who apparently saw them 3 NIGHTS IN A ROW, she loved them so much (that was her third night). The band calling out the few kids in the audience (including mine), saying how awesome it was that the next generation was getting into old school music.

Both my kids said it was their favorite show which I was shocked to hear, given they've never heard 90% of the songs. And, as a final bonus we got to meet and greet the band afterwards- got a pic which most of the band signed, all the members encouraged my kids to keep playing music (we play piano and guitar), AND they gave them free CDs. They really went out of their way to make sure the audience felt appreciated and it worked.



After, we head back to the Wynn. It's 10:30pm and the kids go to bed. My wife and I give Walking Dead 2 a try again, and again it's garbage. Yuck. We need to find another non-VP machine to play together bc Walking Dead 2 just isn't fun. She then heads to bed, and I try to recreate some of the magic from earlier in the day...



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It was just COLD. Should have gone to bed, instead I think I dumped 3k which puts me at -1k for the day and -2k overall if you don't count the 10k I've given to my wife. What a disappointing end to an otherwise awesome day...

Day 3 result- -1k
Overall- -2k
Not factored- 10k given to wife

Day 4 to be continued...

Sorry to hear the original TWD slot is nowhere to be found. I know what you mean about how rare it can be to find something to play side by side with the wife. Mine will sit with me when I play 3 card poker, but only for the drinks and in case something big happens. She could care less about the actual sweat. Same for BJ or roulette. She used to roll craps but got grief once from a crew for accidentally switching the dice between her hands and now not only won't even think about rolling again (I told her to just keep one hand behind her back at all times - pretty foolproof) but also won't engage with me if I'm playing for fear of jinxing the dice. And forget about poker - she's never lasted more than 5 minutes in a poker room. Long story short, we also used to go side by side to play TWD, so I feel your pain.

I guess try to find another themed slot and go with that. Chances are it won't be around the next time you're in town given how often they cycle through them, but it's better than not having time together.

Does he really get good comps for that? 100 hands at $250 per pull, that's $25,000 coin in, in maybe 10-15 minutes of play. The 8/5 game he's playing is basically a 99% game, so that's a $250 theo loss. That's really not that much.