Day 2
I wake up just before 5am which is obv LOL early. Can't go back to bed, reason I can nap at some point today, etc. Time for usual coffee and degen.
As I'm only up 1k, I start at old school and play slowly.
After a while, that gets boring, and I move to UX, lose a ton but then get a bail out-
Now I can play 10 handed!
Good frequency of hits here, but it really shows the power of multipliers, esp when they're lacking.
Basically the next hand, I get dealt a straight then trips which don't quad up unfortunately. I decide to take a before and after pic for every dealt straight or above for maximum TR sweat equity.
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I head over to hi limit, give quite a bit back at multiline and in frustration move to the multigame machine next door. Lose crazy fast at spin poker, rage switch to UX (same cabinet) and lose more there until-
So now I'm even for the day again. Given I've already hit a 8k this isn't good. Back to 5 line UX, slow play.
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Man... this one has it all. The beauty of UX. Unbelievable frequency of making quads. AND... Still not as big as a multiplied quad with kicker hit! Both the non-kicker hands were bigger than the one with kicker.
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SO MANY DEALT HANDS. And, basically nothing worth writing home about. I head to Terrace Pointe Cafe for breakfast with the family.
Terrace Pointe Cafe
I've eaten here a couple times over the last few trips after not having been here for years before. Tableau is just better in every way. I actually had made a tableau resv for us on this day, but wife wanted to change it up and reasoned we'd be eating Tableau tomorrow at the cabana anyways. Makes sense, hence we're here.
Kids both got the chicken and waffles. 2/10, way too sweet and basically no meat. My omelette was 4/10. Just meh. Not coming back here any time soon.
At breakfast, we plan out the day. I'd like to accompany the kids to Circus Circus (have no interest in the place but AM interested in making sure the kids feel like dad is a part of their trip vs vice versa), but I'm dead tired right now. We come up with a good plan- wife will hang out with kids at the pool for a bit before it gets too hot. Nanny gets to go gamble. I will head to room to nap. We'll all meet up around lunchtime and head to Circus Circus. Sounds good!
Of course, on the way back to the room, I want to grab a cigarette, which means I can put some money in the machine...
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SO MANY GOOD MULTIPLIERS AND NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT!!!!
OK, I've given back several K and have seriously cut into my nap time. I head upstairs. I think at this point I'm up 4k for the day, 5k overall. After a refreshing nap, we head to-
I will admit they cleaned the place up, just a bit. It doesn't seem quite so dingy as before. Both wife and Nanny think the same. It's still dingy and ghetto, of course. Kids have a ton of fun and we all play a bunch of games. We kill a few hrs and then catch a Wynn limo back to the Wynn- that might have been the most humorous part of this whole excursion.
We grab a snack, then kids and N head to the room, wife and I hit VP.
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After this, wife is getting bored and decides to head up. I move over to hi limit/multiline. I reason, I'm up a few k, let's play a bit bigger.
This counts as a big enough draw- let's do a before/after!
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After that, I give back money super fast and move to 2$ spin poker.
Another big draw- come on man!
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I'm now even for the day, despite everything. I'm pretty annoyed at the way some of these big draws haven't panned out. Overall, it's a good trip, I've certainly been buried for far worse at this stage in the past, but I'm also aware I've had dealt premiums twice and have hit several near 5 digit hands and have nothing to show for it. If this thing turns really bad I'm still going to book a huge loser. I hold three to a royal and don't really care until I see the 4th card pop up, I get a little excited and then see the 5th! And as I'm realizing "I made a royal on 2$ spin!!!" sure enough the machine starts flashing at me-
Somehow, improbably, once again, I am up...
This is a good stopping point. +16k for the day. To be continued...