Rest of Day 3
I'm supposed to eat at Wing Lei. I've had variable experiences here in the past. I'm mostly here bc I haven't been in a while and am trying to keep things fresh.
Amuse bouche, some kind of tea? Whatevs.
Amuse bouche number 2, couldn't even tell you what this was. Definitely had a mushroom in there. 5/10.
Sea bass, 8/10.
Braised pork belly, 9/10.
Complimentary desserts.
Overall, I was very happy with the seabass and pork belly. This was a better experience at Wing Lei than I've had most of the other times. They were pretty fast too, no screwing around, just get me my drink/get my order/bam bam bam food in quick succession, which since I was dining by myself I was totally good with.
I only make it until 9:30pm! 9:30 on a Sat night in Vegas... sad. However, I legit don't feel like playing, my neck is killing me, and I'm trying to lock in a win and have hit my stop limit for the evening. If I keep going and lose more I'm really going to be pissed. When I get to the room, I take a pic of all the tickets/chips I have on me, since this'll probably be the high point of the trip (assuming I don't go on a massive tear tomorrow)-
Whoa. I have 110k on me! WTH??!
I think back to the previous days. I know I brought 50k. I "know" I won so much on Day 1, so much on Day 2, etc. And yet, I'm more than 10k in the black more than I thought I was! How have I miscounted so badly?!
I start piecing things together. I'm still not sure exactly what happened, but as near as I can tell I had a few sessions that I logged the initial amount in (a loss) but somehow didn't take into account the net. So as an example, I stick a 5k ticket in the machine, I recorded -5k, but then if I cashed out a 5k ticket forgot to revamp the total to reflect zero loss. The irony being, this is the first trip where I've tried to keep better, written data of each session... and it ends up making me LESS accurate. Weird. So the numbers below reflect my new "best" estimate...
Day 3 result- +5k?
Overall- +60k
Day 4
Neck is still bothering me. Too much sitting and playing at a machine. Plus, I'm sleep deprived and trying to lock in a win. Despite lights out at 10:30pm last night, I sleep until 7am! That's gotta be a record for me in Vegas.
That is the only hit from the pre-breakfast session. Just terrible and I lose 5k really fast. Back upstairs for room service.
After breakfast, I walk right into the same buzz saw as before. I'm playing really slowly and still hemorrhaging.
Slightly helpful. Finally got a multiplier, but only 2x.
At some point, I hit my daily loss limit of 10k and blow right past it. Go to give craps a try... it's ok, but definitely not good, not fun, and what's more standing up and throwing dice is bothering my neck even more than sitting. Screw it- go back to the machines and continue playing slowly.
I hit a "new" daily loss limit of 15k and manage to stand up. I do need to pack and cash out my tickets... I just can't believe how awful the last day is. I know it's not totally true, but it sure seems like my last few trips I have consistently done well more often that not, save for the last day. WTF. OK, I can stop now. Once I cash all my tickets etc it turns out that yep, I lost 15k in just a few hrs of "slow" play. I am reminded of just how awful variance can be when you're on the wrong side of it. Given I'm still booking a nice win, and I'm a little gambled out to be honest, that's never a bad lesson to learn.
Day 4 result- -15k
Overall- +45k
Thoughts- not many that haven't already been expressed. Survived a solo trip (actually had a great trip financially). I'm really looking forward to surgery (sometime in the next few months hopefully). I can't live like this and it's affecting my ability to sit at a machine and play. That's sad, but also the truth. If I can't have fun smashing buttons in Vegas while being up that tells you something. Can't believe I lost count of how much I had on me to the tune of 15k! but if I knew that who knows, I might have donked off more money.
Also seriously considering departing my next trip in Vegas on Sat night. I don't know why Sunday "always" seems to be so crappy, but there it is. Even if it's not, the last day always seems to be more about dragging it out and waiting for check out time than actually having fun. I always try and leave in the afternoon on Sundays to give myself almost a full day, and beat the airport madness, but if I'm just going to sit around not having fun, what's the point? Of course, the other part of me knows it could easily go the other way too in any number of ways- I get crushed early and wish I had a Sunday to play, I get crushed Sat night and don't want to leave on a loser, I don't get my typical "fill" of Vegas and leave with regrets... etc etc. Who am I kidding. I'm pretty sure I'm not changing my MO any time soon. Sure would be nice to have a monster last day though.
Thanks for reading!