Yep, hash browns. They're decent, actually.

I've thought about it before, but realistically I know it doesn't make a difference (at least not in any controllable way). However, for my future TRs I will only be taking pics of hits, dealt monsters, and so forth which will really cut down on the number of pics I have to sift through, and reduce frustration at taking so many "miss" pics. I'm looking forward to it!

i got hash browns that looked similar when ordering breakfast at Grand Lux around 7pm, i even mentioned i didn’t need/whatever’s easiest for them when ordering because of the time. figured they freeze a cooked tray and then cut rectangles and reheat as ordered. i’d think Wynn would have better during actual breakfast time

I've been disappointed many times with Wynn room service. I don't think the hash browns are bad, but their omelettes are always overcooked and often the cheese isn't melted at all. Most dishes are mediocre at best. I will only order room service for breakfast/when the convenience exceeds everything else. I still periodically get omelettes, mostly bc I love them (and often forget they ain't that great, partly why I tried to remind myself of that fact with that caption).

Worst was their fried chicken one time- it was like eating pure salt. Inedible, and I was forced to eat cookies and chips for dinner instead (had a flight to catch and was starving). It was so bad that it must have been a total mistake. Regardless, I'm never ordering it again to find out.

Love this.

The deck is set after you get dealt your hand. It's not continuous shuffle.

You give her the stare of death.

Is that true? I thought it was continuous shuffle for both deal and draw.

I was too numb from getting kicked in the nuts over past 3 days to care. The old craps-degen me would have certainly made a comment. Not that her hand made a difference either, just total lack of etiquette from someone who probably doesn't even know the game has an etiquette.

According to Gaming Laboratories International, GLI-11, Section 3.3.4:

"Background RNG Activity Requirement. The RNG shall be cycled continuously in the background between games and during game play at a speed that cannot be timed by the player. The test laboratory recognizes that some time during the game, the RNG may not be cycled when interrupts may be suspended. The test laboratory recognizes this but shall find that this exception shall be kept to a minimum. "

Along with the Nevada Gaming Regulation 14.040:

"4. All possible game outcomes must be available upon the initiation of each play of a game upon which a player commits a wager on a gaming device."

I'm pretty positive VP games are continuously shuffled (at least in Vegas, anyway).

A strong second to the cabana strategy - wife and I started getting one on each trip about 5 years ago - even at 400-500 a day non comped I'm probably at worst breaking even in terms of money not blown gambling. A day of doing nothing except reading/talking/having a leisurely lunch is great. I actually like the Bellagio cabana a bit more than the Wynn ones, but they're both nice.

Made the mistake of getting one at TI - although the average age of people around the pool had to be 50+, a DJ with rap going full volume began at 12 noon. Sucked beyond belief - our attendant said (when we asked) that complaints about it are common, routine and ignored - so I'd assume the DJ is the CEO's illegitimate son, or something.

MM MD

Seems like it would be really hard to do that.

Probably the cheapest guy he could find. Phil Ruffin has a reputation of being "thrifty".

I’m guessing the Wynn doesn’t cook the cheese inside the omelette like any normal human. They either cook it, slap some cheese on top then fold it over, wait 5 seconds and put it on the plate. Or they fold it then put cheese on top of the fold and wait 5-10 seconds and put it on the plate. Both are wildly unacceptable

The Wynn breakfast foods are absolutely gourmet compared to the garbage they serve up at the MGM.

From room service to the buffet to the coffee shop, it is amazing how a big hotel like MGM and MGM Signature can **** up breakfast as bad as they do..and it isn't cheap for those of us that don't get comped like Leon.

Expensive and nasty..even the swill they call coffee tastes like Folgers or Maxwell House..

It's very hit or miss. When it's off, it's as if they cooked the omelette, then just threw some shredded cheese in the middle, folded it, and sent it up.

Spoiler alert- had another big day at the local with some more pics. Got another trip paid for!

Still wanting to see that dealt quad spoiler screen.

edit: nevermind, scrolled past it.

Very nice, Leon.

Just to let you know, Viejas has recently really upped their comp game and is very close to Barona now.

We are going there next week with up to 4 nights comped in their Willows boutique suite hotel, and $500 worth of cash and food comps..not to mention their normal giveaways of freeplay, Shell gas cards, etc.

Unfortunately, Viejas ****canned their poker room a few years ago and has very few video poker machines on their property compared to Barona.

Though they do have a (small) bowling alley in their factory outlets across the street, have a few nice food options, and a nice pool area..

Interesting. Part of the reason I left Viejas was bc their comps weren't nearly as good as Barona. I also always found the place ultra-depressing to be in (it's too dark and there are so many intangibles to me that all add up to feeling like I'm in a morgue), but the lack of solid VP options is the main thing.

I'm aware of the bowling alley- every time I've tried to go there, they have been ridiculously crowded. Went to the outlets once to use up some free shopping credit, but I'm not a shopper in general.

I should be posting the next update here in a few hrs.

Day 4 end, Day 5

Dinner is at Mizumi... I've had a lot of Japanese in the last couple of months and would have preferred the steakhouse, but friends are from Indiana, and thus have a) access to all the great beef they could want and b) essentially zero access to quality Japanese so this is a non-brainer.

I managed to get about 1/2 the pics here. Overall, food was decent. I made some poor choices in the interests of trying new stuff.



Tempura udon, standard 8/10. They did us the courtesy of dividing into two bowls for me and my wife without asking (but which we wanted).



Spicy yellowtail and tuna handrolls. Yellowtail was an 8/10, tuna 7/10.



Spicy tuna roll (7/10) and albacore?, ordered by friends. Albacore was a poor choice IMO, maybe a 5/10 at best.



Oh toro sashimi, maybe 6/10 today. Too thick and slightly too cold.



I can't remember what this was exactly, I want to say a scallop roll? The sauce was too sweet and didn't add anything, and the wrap (which was made of soy or something) wasn't good. 2/10. Do not order.

After dinner- the final VP session of the last full day we'll have!



We actually manage to make a draw come in.



Need these random bolts of lightning.

Overall, this was just another cold session. I think I ended up stuck 3k for the session.

Day 4 result- -7.5k
overall- -2.5k

Day 5

In standard last day fashion, I manage to sleep until almost 7. My wife and I need to head to the airport around 10:30. I KNOW I should keep sleeping- there's no reason to play, I'm booking a small loss, and I'm probably going to force a bigger loss.

I can't stop thinking about how much I was up at some point. Also keep thinking about the dealt quad 2s, the resulting 5 figure hit, and the fact that I'M STILL DOWN in spite of it all! That gets me up fast- last chance for a last comeback!

I give myself 2k total for the day. I recognize that going home <5k loser is actually a good result in general.

Third hand in, I am dealt 5 cards, suited, connected, that include a 10, jack, queen and king...



If this is not the slap of all slaps in the face, I don't know what is.

I sit and stare at it for a bit. The wonder of it all. There's no question I'm keeping the straight flush, but I'm just lamenting that 9. It just doesn't get any closer than that. Sigh.

Hold. "Draw". Pick up the 2500 and move on. I text my friend the pic, he of course asks if I considered going for the royal, and I explain that everything I do is based off of avoiding tilt. If I break up that straight flush and miss, I'm getting banned from the Wynn (because my fist would go through the machine). EZ play. The EV decision just makes it easier.

I dump that back in in short order. Then, we hit another draw-



Get paid. Dump it back in. Repeat.



We're meeting our friends at Tableau for breakfast. My wife has packed us up, so we're basically ready. I take a 1k profit for that AM session.

I've always been underwhelmed by Tableau, mostly by their selections. Typically nothing sounds particularly interesting. This time, I elect to go with some special corned beef hash or something.

CUE ANOTHER MEAL WITH NO PICS.

However, the dish was AMAZING. Highly recommend to anyone. Eggs were perfectly cooked, and the hash was very flavorful. Just the right amount of arugula on the side to get some veggies in, and just the right amount of some kind of spicy sauce. Everything went well with everything else. I'd give it a 9/10 and will definitely order it again.

Post breakfast, I actually have about an hr before we need to leave. Wife STILL needs to use up the shopping credit and my friends want to play blackjack. I head back to the machines for what is now truly the "last hurrah".

Dump the 1k back in lightning fast, then am DEALT QUADS AGAIN, for I don't know how many times this crazy roller coaster trip. Is the save assured?



Ahh, my old friends the 8s. How I hate you so.

SO. SO. SO. pissed (relatively speaking). 8s. OF COURSE.

Give almost all of that back- my wife texts me. She's done shopping. I tell her I'll wait for her by the machine, when she shows up we'll head up to the room together then it's goodbye Vegas. As she walks up, I'm given a lifeline-



My wife and I root together. Hit draw.

Result-


So f'ing pissed. I think I got dealt trip aces about 20 times and only 1 draw came in. So I'm 1/200 where I should be 1/22.5. I confess I punched the machine after this, and ended up with a nice cut on my finger and a bruise that swelled for my trouble.

So stupid. Insta-cash out, head to room to grab bags/check out, text my friends so we can say goodbye.

I actually ended up slightly positive that last day, I believe 1k? Feels like I lost 50 grand the way things went. Ugh.

Day 5 result- +1k
Overall- -1.5k

By the time we're in the cab to the airport, I'm feeling better. Reason we needed to leave so early? Once we get back home, it's go home, grab car and depart immediately for my son's birthday at



We're going to be exhausted, but they're only kids once. We might not win the parents of the year award, but we're doing a pretty good job all things considered. It's all a reminder to me that there's more to life than booking a win in Vegas.

I start arranging the next trip with my friends later that week, and book my tickets for the next Vegas trip the week after. Coming soon!

Thanks for reading.

Wow - actually punching the machine, and then admitting to it in the TR. Never forget that we're privileged to be reading these, especially given your candor. Hopefully this doesn't come across as rubbing salt on the wound, but congrats on essentially breaking even. I'm calling it - you'll book a $20K+ win for a trip within a year from today. I figure you're owed it in good karma for all the reading pleasure you give us.

I have this feeling I'm going to dust off 1K in quarters tomorrow while I wait for a 1/3 seat.

God I love this thread.

I don't take it as salt in the wound. It's part of the game, I guess. I could have stopped after day 1 and locked in a monster. Similarly, I could have not had the day 1 I had and lost 20k.

The good news is, between the last local trip before this TR, and the one I just had (will write a mini report soon), I'm absolutely abusing my local and the bankroll remains alive and well. Essentially I'm a money-transfer device from Barona, INC to Wynn, INC.

Would be cool to have the option to hold on five of the straight flushes and drop the 9 on the other five and go for the draw to the Royal.

I can top that- a "run it twice/three times etc" feature. How badass would that be.

Once again, great trip report. Thank!

P.s. that oh toro sashimi looked like regular tuna from the pict. Bait and switch?

Dealt King high SF is a pisser, I've had that once and have had a dealt wheel SF twice, but yet to have a dealt royal.