So: ended the night with a win in craps and VP. Headed back to Bally's and crashed....

UNTIL 5AM HOLY **** I FEEL HORRIBLE

I woke up, sweaty, and my stomach was reeling. I stumble to the bathroom and you know what happened from the prelude to this tale.

I spend the next 3 hours with a wet washcloth on my forehead, alternately sleeping fitfully and waking up feeling miserable. But the worst was apparently over. At 8:30 am I decided to walk to Aria to cash out my remaining sports bet tickets. It was a rough walk. I got some water in Cosmo. I walked back to Bally's. I still felt miserable, and tried to reconstruct the cause of my misery.

Conclusion? Probably the oysters at Public House. It's not really a seafood place, so who knows how they were stored. Or just a random bad one. None of them tasted funny or smelled weird.

Last month they had this problem with Canadian oysters:
"Canadian Oysters Sicken 100 in California with Norovirus"
http://www.foodpoisonjournal.com/foo...ith-norovirus/

And the symptoms of norovirus were entirely consistent with my own experience: onset within 12-48 hours and misery lasting for a few days.

I also probably had about 10 beers on that last day, but they were spread out over 12 hours, and this felt much more than just an alcohol issue.

I was able to get a 1 hour extension on check out time, which was perfect because at 11 am I had another episode of vomiting! I couldn't believe it, but I did feel much better after this final round...

I checked out of the room, and went downstairs to play Ultimate TX (terrible dealers at Bally's), Blackjack (surly dealer), and Craps (totally uninterested dealers). Really poor job on the table games staffing at this casino.

I took Uber to the airport. I had plenty of time. I boarded the plane (Southwest) on time. The doors closed on time. We taxied to the runway on time. And then....we sat, and sat, and sat...45 minutes goes by. I'm in the 3rd to last row, window seat, two giant guys to my left, and I'm sweating profusely, praying that I don't have to use the puke-bag in the seat, which suddenly seems surprisingly small.

We wait some more. We taxi back to the gate. We wait another 45 minutes. I miss my connection. I spend 5 hours at the Phoenix airport. They give me a $100 flight voucher and a $14 meal voucher. My final flight is fine. I struggle to stay awake on the drive home. I get back to my house and, because it's trash day the next morning, drag the trash cans to the curb.

Final tally:
Hotel
Bally's 3 nights, free plus fees = $110
Cosmo 2 nights, free plus fees = $80

Meals
Gordon Ramsay Steak = $$
L'Atelier = $$
SW Steak = $$$
Public House = bad oyster pukefest

Poker
Aria +$800
PH +$600
Caesar's -$500
Wynn -$500
TOTAL +$400

Table Games
+$100 or $200

TOTAL GAMBLING
I arrived with $5000, left with $5500, and I spent some cash here and there for cabs and such, so I'm probably up about $600 total for the trip.

Despite the physical misery on the last day, it was a GREAT trip, filled with a variety of wins in craps, Ultimate TX HE, sports bets, and poker.

Without the $1000 of losses in $2-5 on the last day it would have been perfect!

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it. Let me know what you think about those poker hands.

Glad you had a great time. Sorry you were miserable.

I enjoyed the report.

Sounds like Trooper logic

Great report. Looking forward to the next one which I'm assuming is soon based on how often you head there.

Definitely sounds like a bad oyster. I think I detailed this in my thread but I caught a bad one in 2005 and it was the worst food poisoning ever. Didn't eat a raw oyster until my trip to Kabuto Mar 2018, and I don't think I'll ever had good cause to tempt fate again.

That's some run bad to end the trip for sure, between the food poisoning and the airplane debacle.

Yeah--I've eaten oysters for years--love them, but now I'm not sure I can get back on that horse.

Few other notes: I was in the "Resort Tower" at Bally's, and the "Boulevard Tower" at Cosmo. I never had to dip in more than $1000 into my $5000 bankroll because of my Day 1 wins. I love starting the trip up $1000.

Every trip I think I'm going to push the limits more, and each time I pull back and stay at the $10 craps, $15 blackjack, and 1-3 NL. This time I played more 2-5NL, and on Sunday it went great, but for the mid-week games I found the tables to be a lot tougher.

I didn't notice too much insanity related to the Colossus this year--there were lines of 5-15 people at 2-5, but wait times were <30 min.

After these three trips between early December and early June, it's not likely I'll get back there soon. I would like to take my wife to the Seinfeld show at Caesar's in September, near her birthday, but we have two kids and it's hard to find multi-night babysitters. Most likely the next trip would be either December or March Madness.

Feel free to check out my older TR's if you liked this one. Check the "find threads started by Dr. Beechwood" after clicking on my name and looking at statistics.

Good TR

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Enjoyed the TR! Rough last day, glad you survived.

Seems like they changed the names again. The newer tower (facing Bellagio) used to be called South Tower, and most recently Jubilee Tower. The North Tower (original one facing Flamingo) was called Indigo Tower. After remodeling they changed the name again so people wouldn't associate it with the ole n busted rooms.

Wow, which dispensary did you get that pre-rolled at? :-) JK, awesome TR, thanks for sharing! Sorry about the food poisoning. I suffered thru some bad lox a couple of years ago, worst 28 hours of my life, so far!

Padron 3000. I prefer to smoke higher quality cigars but less frequently (usually about 1/month).

perfect TR, thanks for sharing

Well done!

Thanks everyone. Still would like some comments on those poker hands.

Just saw this:

"Good food, good eating, is all about blood and organs, cruelty and decay. It’s about sodium-loaded pork fat, stinky triple-cream cheeses, the tender thymus glands and distended livers of young animals. It’s about danger—risking the dark, bacterial forces of beef, chicken, cheese, and shellfish. Your first two hundred and seven Wellfleet oysters may transport you to a state of rapture, but your two hundred and eighth may send you to bed with the sweats, chills, and vomits."

-Anthony Bourdain

+1 on the oysters as the culprit.

I had a similar experience in many ways after a night at a local place in NC, but have not given up oysters yet anyway. After some oyster appetizers and a then leisurely meal, about 2.5 hours total, on the drive home I felt too ill to drive and asked my wife to take over. I had consumed 2 beers and nothing else (or perhaps it was 3 at the most) for the entire meal so I can't imagine it was anything alcohol related. I did not vomit, but often wished I had, and then about 3 hours later I was more or less back to normal. I cant remember ever feeling so sick before. When it passed I had a few more beers back at my friends place where we were staying and a nice visit overall. Strange night.

Go ahead, blame your cousins.

I forgot to mention that on my last night, I got long-hauled. I had finished up at the Wynn, and was deciding between taxi/uber; there was no taxi line, and I didn't know where the Uber pickup was, so I jumped in a cab. I told him I was going to the Cromwell. Sure I was a bit tipsy, so the driver probably thought I wouldn't notice. But suddenly I'm on Paradise! See this map:



He took me east on Sands, then south on Paradise, then west on Flamingo to the Cromwell. His options were to go down the Strip, or instead take Sands to Koval. The total fare was $14. Probably should have been $8-$10. I noticed what was happening, and didn't say anything until we got there. After he parked, I said "I know you long-hauled me, here's $10." I put two fives on the center console, walked out of the cab, and told the guys at the taxi stand what happened. They said I did the right thing, and that the fact that he didn't complain means he knows it was a problem. Maybe I should have not paid anything, or paid less, but I figured if it was an $8 ride I would have left him $10 anyway. Thoughts? One takeaway: always carry exact change.

Standard Vegas cab experience. I don't even care how long the Uber wait is or how inconvenient the hotels make their pickup locations; I will never spend a single dollar on a taxi here again.

Just got back from a vegas trip myself. Glad to see Im not the only one who runs bad at Caesars lol

Nice trip report! The first paragraph really led me down a different path due to my Vegas experiences, but it never involves throwing up. Usually after the first night I wake up not knowing where I am and have to open my wallet praying I don't find a stack of ATM receipts.

I learned if I'm going out drinking, the atm card stays in the room and I take only a low limit credit card with me.

Don't worry. I never bring an ATM card because it is a joint account.

My ATM card has a $500 limit per day, so I can't do too much damage even if I wanted to.

That's probably just for cash withdrawals, not for spending.

Enjoyed this tripreport!