2300........

He is either running horribly bad or hit something huge - both valid reasons not to update

Leon is a great sport. If he runs bad he still posts.
So.....HOW big is the jackpot Leon?

Remember this trip already occurred, late July. Lack of posts solely from not having the time- results, good or bad, are already booked

Ah didn’t know, thought it was a live TR



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All leon's TR's are ex post facto.

opcorn

Yes. There was that time I tried live updates for a session but it got really annoying to constantly post pics in real time, esp bc most of them were misses.

Stuck at work currently and just sat down. Odds of an update today decrease with each sick patient. Apologies.

Well get them a good doc and get going on the damn update!

So you in the emergency room? How do you get into the place where everything is scheduled weeks in advance?

so thats why I'm always waiting around for my doctor

Day 3 con't

I'm back at the Wynn after watching my host fail to win me 500$ free slot credit. I have an hour to kill before my dinner reservation at 7pm. Stick some money back in the machines, far less stuck than at the beginning of the day and paradoxically more gunshy bc of it...



Need a lot more of these.



Two minutes later...

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ONE minute after that...

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God that is infuriating. I just CANNOT hit a trip draw. I'm so reliant on hits out of nowhere to even stay alive, things like-



This occurred two minutes after that last trip draw. Three great draws in 3 min, miss them all. But of course I turn a pair of aces into quads TWICE in 5 hands, and of course no kicker. WTF this game.

Things go cold for about 30 min after that.



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And then, literally the last hand before I need to head to dinner...



Apparently, a pair is more likely to turn into quads than trips. I missed that part when I learned the math of poker.

Whatever- I'm up for the pre dinner session!



On the way to dinner at...





I've been eating pretty unhealthily for, oh, the last year? Tried to make this meal mostly protein and fat, keep the carbs to a minimum.



Oh toro sashimi, 8/10. Probably should have gotten one as opposed to two orders simply for more variety.



Softshell crab (7/10), tempura (6/10), spicy yellowtail (8/10) and spicy tuna (8/10) hand rolls. As I may have mentioned in a previous TR, somewhere in the last years I've become a huge fan of hand rolls. The only reason the crab and tempura get lower marks is both had a raw carrot stick inside- not a huge fan and the texture contrast, while likely purposeful, was too stark for my tastes ("Mmm relatively soft and chewy and CRUNCH OMFG WTF was that??!!").



Bacon-wrapped asparagus, 6/10. Fine, nothing special.

I was beyond full after the meal. Sushi is definitely a good meal if one is eating alone IMO. Good pace, never felt out of place that I was by myself. Afterwards, it's back to the machines.



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Must have gotten frustrated bc at some point I switched to spin poker...



Ahh, the magic of a made draw at spin. Quads, x 3 ways.

I head up to the room to change back into a T-shirt. Snapped a pic of my roll at the time on the assumption it was as high as it was going to get.



Basically 14k. Still stuck 3k!



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SMACK OUT OF NOWHERE! Finally on the right side of variance. STILL can't hit a trip draw. I'm UP FOR THE TRIP!



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GAH actually caught the 4th for once. So close.



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Just when I've given back all the white meat...



There's that whole "pair into premium quads" thing again. So easy! (yeah right).



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Tell you what, machine. I'll trade all my trip draws for pairs. What do you say? I draw better at pairs.



Yep. BANG!



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You're doing it wrong machine. PAIRS, not trips!



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PAIRS NOT TRIPS! I can't hit trips!!!



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SEE??!



SEE????!!!! Keep giving me pairs and I'm good!



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I head upstairs finally around midnight. I played basically 4 solid hours after dinner, and the pics don't tell the whole story but it was basically an amazing run. Constantly hit regular quads, got dealt straights, flushes, etc. So even with all those missed draws, this was the end result-



Basically 20.6k. UP ~ 3k for the trip!

Just an insane sun-run of a session that quite frankly could have/should have been so much more. Sure I hit those lucky hands, but not a single trip draw came in. I certainly had more than my fair share during that stretch and if I ran above expectation in hits, not just draws... ugh makes me feel cheated just thinking about it.

Day 3 result- +16k
Overall- +3k

Day 4 coming soon...

Stop missing so much -jk
Of course then the comebacks wpuldnt be so epic...

That whole sequence is bananaland. Trips after trips whiffing, and pair draws hitting like it's nothing special. I think your Wonka slot hit opened up some sort of a video poker vortex where things are all askew. But hey - whatever puts you in the plus column.......

The awesome thing about Leon’s volume is we get to see the true variance of his play and how swingy and random the game truly is. Sitting there wondering WTF am I doing here, chasing thousands of my own money in a stupid machine... then BLAMO machine spits out 4AWAK for 4K or a royal flush or 4 3s with a kicker off holding a pair.

We’ve seen the game exhaust Leon emotionally and his cash on hand only to repay him with the cash and the emotion lift of jackpots.

It’s an amazing ride and if at the end of several years Leon still has about 10-15k in his bank roll and all these years of experiences than I would say he won big time for he 1% hold he gave the casino over the course of the story. But what a ride he has taken to see variance out long term

Attaboy Leon!

That RNG can be a ***** at times.

Yes, I feel like the variance the last few trips has been insane. I can't remember the last time I had a nice, steady either profitable or mildly unprofitable trip. I used to feel comfortable bringing 10k for a long weekend knowing that would probably cover any major swing, now even 15k doesn't feel like enough.

I feel like there's still a few events variance owes me- dealt monster at UX, massive hit at UX when playing by myself (as opposed to partnered with my dad), monster at DSTP, a trip where I run insanely well drawing at trips as opposed to awfully like this time, etc etc etc... it's why I keep coming back I suppose.

Spoiler alert- my next trip is with my wife and our friends from Indiana who featured in some of my previous TRs. Husband loves blackjack and his wife just likes being around gambling (although she's a small ball nit so we'll definitely be playing a bunch of blackjack. Think I need to brush up on my strategy cards. The last time we were all in Vegas we stayed at the Wynn and primarily played craps and blackjack. Since then, I've become a VP degen and my tolerance for swings/losses has gotten much bigger. Definitely planning on starting with black-chip BJ and going from there (where as before the thought of betting 100$ as my base unit was too big).

We've got some dinners, shows and pool time lined up, so the irony is I'll likely be gambling far less than a solo trip and (knock on wood) my swings will probably be smaller too.

fyp

In before Leon is sneaking off pre-breakfast for multi hour sessions of VP with a Venti Java and furrowed brow

Oh, there won't be any sneaking. My wife and friends know how much more of a gambler I am than any of them. I suspect my VP sessions will be- pre-breakfast, mid-day (when I get sick of the pool and they're still there), and late evening, with undoubtedly a few more brief sessions thrown in here and there. The challenge is going to be to remain sociable, not fit in degen sessions

Day 4

I wake up a bit earlier than planned, but very excited to get some last day action in. If I were stuck (which I assumed I was going to be at this stage) I'd sleep in- as it is, I feel like I've "made it" and this is my last chance to make a score this trip- time's a wastin'!

Head downstairs. Grab coffee. I have one goal- DON'T give back too much. Mentally I tell myself I'd be ok with a 1k win at this point, esp given how stuck I was before. That gives me 2k to play with. I've got all morning until checkout, then a few hrs in the afternoon until it's time for my flight.



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All of the above goes out the window immediately as I lose 2k in, oh, 20 min? As good as the machines were last night, and as much play as they gave me (constantly dealt 2 pair, straights, etc), this AM is the exact opposite. **** deal after **** deal, over and over and over. So of course I feed in another 1k and that evaporates quickly too. UGH COME ON!

Head back upstairs and get breakfast out of the way, etc. Pack up and finish Deadpool 2 but with this constant sense that there's action going on that I'm not a part of. I look at my watch and see it's 10am by the time the movie is done. I feel like I've got less than 2 hrs left before check out- that's NOT MUCH TIME AT ALL! I decide I'll "be ok" with a 2k loss total.

Fairly soon in that second session-



One ace to the rescue again!!!

Man, what a feeling. No way I'm going home a loser this trip!

Pretty soon afterwards-



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Just cannot hit a trip draw.

I give back 2k pretty quickly. It's not even 11am! Then, 3rd dealt quads of the trip!



With the obvious value of-



Sure, I'll take it, but we know that 1250$ can go in the blink of an eye. And that's what happens- the machine goes ICE COLD and I end up dumping back 3k of the 4k I got from the aces w/kicker. I'm up only 1k for this session, -2k overall. It's not even noon- I can feel tilt starting to kick in and head upstairs to check out and grab my bag.

That done, I'm back downstairs. I know I should drop my bag in the car, THEN play until lunch. There's no reason to force this. I'm probably just going to lose more. And yet, there's not much time left, is there? Do the math in my head... need to leave the Wynn around 2:30p. I'm not hungry. No reason to walk to the car only to walk back. Etc. OK, let's play.

In some respects, I blame the quad 5's. Just enough of an unlikely outcome to give me renewed hope, not enough to actually give me much to play with.



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Not getting it done.



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NOT GETTING IT DONE!

I'm now -3k for the day, dead even for the trip. Can't believe I turned one ace into 4 w/kicker earlier and yet I'm stuck for the day! It's not even 1pm!

All control goes out the window...

I'm done with these machines. Head to hi limit. UX has actually been good to me this trip- I'll give that a try!

Worthless. Now stuck 2k more! Decide to play on the full pay UX machines but not bet full credits- so I'm still playing full pay TDB, just not UX. Of course the draws start coming in-



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JESUS F hit a draw one time, will you??!!!

It's now 1:30pm. Not enough time to go to Red8, and I'm definitely not in the mood to actually pay full price for Wynn food. I make the ridiculous decision to grab McDonald's drive thru once I leave the Wynn, on the way back to my parents' condo. That gives me a bit more time to play. Yes I'm thoroughly on tilt.



One final kick in the nuts from the machine.

That 800 of course evaporates in a few min. All told I stuck in another 2k and didn't even make it until 2:30p. SO SO SO SO SO DUMB. SO SO SO SO COLD. Exactly what I didn't need.

I make the walk of shame to the car. Swing thru the drive thru at McDonald's, and end up having to wait quite some time for them to make the food. Meanwhile I get to see quite a few shady looking people who don't look like they have 10 bucks to their name. Somehow, in my current state I feel just as degen and in some ways more of a low life than any of them. Hell, for all I know they're good people- all I know is that I just donked off 5k more than intended today.

Make it back to my parents' condo- their A/C is broken and will be repaired later this month. So, I sit in an 85 degree room while I eat my McD's drive thru all by myself. I bask in the the deserved shame- what a stupid end to a ridiculously swingy trip. I somehow was given the comeback and found a way to piss it away. I need to remember this feeling for future trips.

So that's that. Overall, bankroll still intact and I DID make a comeback of sorts. Last day was no worse than the first and most of the second- only the third day was good in any respect. No dealt monsters. A few bolts of lightning, but many more misses. I guess I'll take it- I'm still alive, and I've already got my next trip lined up. Things could be far worse. Thanks for reading!

Day 4 result- -7k
Overall- -4k

As always, thanks for the ride Laon..win, lose or draw..

****ty last day but could be worse.
Thnx again for the great TR Leon!

Gross last day - but I bet the vast majority of those who read these have been there, one way or another be it gambling or something else. It stinks, but in the grand scheme of your life (and life roll) it's background noise. Thanks again for a great read.

Love this thread and living vicariously through you Leon. Hope you have better luck next trip.

Agree with this 100%. Though unlucky at the machines from time to time, Leon seems to be +EV in everyday life which is what matters most.