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Hey all, heading to Vegas 5 weeks today and looking for some tips on shows, restaurants, poker comps etc...

I have a $500 a day budget. (Ive got £1.5k of English i still need to exchange if anyone has got dollars at spot?)

Airport

Tips about taxis to our hotel(harrahs) please. What do you ask for so they don't take the piss and roughly how much is it? (You gotta watch those taxi drivers ;) )

Hotel

Its my mothers 60th whilst there so any tips on blagging an upgrade to our rooms?

Shows

What shows to see? So far I've been told about the Legends show which is in our hotel. Any other must See's?

Grand Canyon. Worth the hit to do it via a chopper? Wheres best to book?

Food

Nice not too expensive restaurant's to take my mum on her birthday. Nothing fancy just a good steak place or something along those lines.

Poker

Wheres best to play? Decent deepstack tourneys around the $100 mark. Cheap cash games.

Any other tips?

Thanks in advance :)

Think you can just waltz in and out of blonde as you please? not even texted me since this bit of skirt hit the scene. gfy.

ps. Food = Planet Hollywood, Earl of Sandwhich.

Airport
Jump in and say Harrah's, pretty sure you can tell them which route you want but Im not sure which your meant to ask for.
There is a little shuttle bus on thats cheaper takes a dozen people though and drops them where ever they are staying.

Shows
Not sure what your looking for, but guessing your Mum may quite enjoy Frank Marino, can get table tickets pretty cheap

Food
Striphouse in PH probs not worth the money imo, think thats the only steakhouse Ive been too.
Careful with the buffets as a lot arent great. Bellagio breakfast has to be done though.

Poker
PH was good for fun cash games, Aria nice also. Bellagio miserable. Venetian a lot more games but a bit more serious than PH etc
Aria tourneys are meant to be good.

Enjoy Girgles!

Airport
Tell them "no tunnel" or "take the surface streets" (they should go down Koval and into the back of Harrahs)  If they take you on I-15, you got long-hauled, get out, get your bags, then offer the driver the choice between doing one or having a convo with the local cab authority.

Shows
Try and see something like Love @ Mirage (if your mum likes Beatles) Mystere @ TI or Absinthe @ Caesars.  appeals to all age groups and discounted tickets are available, proper shows, don't baulk at the cost.

Food
Buffets/cafes are fine for most of it.  The better hotels unsurprisingly have better options than the 3* ones, so it is worth the extra short walk and $3 to swerve Harrahs buffet and go to the Wynn buffet (or cafe, or Cosmo/Caesars/Bellagio)  For a nicer steakhouse, check out the hotel websites, read the menus, do a virtual tour of it and pick one you think she'd like.  A nice one is going to be $100pp without wine.  SW, STK, Prime, StripHouse, StripSteak, Carnevino, Cut, Delmonico is enough reading to keep you busy for a while.

Poker
Cheap cash games are everywhere, $1/$2 is the general entry level game.  For tournys you want the noon Venetian or 1pm Aria for the better structures.  If that is too rich, then they do cheaper 7pm-type tournies, but obv the structure isn't as good.  But hey, it's Vegas, who wants to sit nursing a 500BB stack all night in a $30 comp...

Going in 4 weeks for 12 nights.

Poker

Aria $125 Tourney 1 pm and 7pm daily gets good fields and reasonable structure.

Venetian 7pm tourny $200 I think, smaller fields than Aria.

Orleans $125 NLHE 7pm Friday is good too, faster than Aria but plenty of value.

Cash games I normally play Venetian, Aria  1/2 NLHE plenty of tables most nights so if you get a rubbish tight one you can get a table move easily.

There is 50/1 next door at bills.

Also every afternoon at bills there  is a free Elvis show in the bar which your mum might like. Good way to kill an hour.

It also has cheap decent breakfasts and informal food at the Victorian lounge there or whatever it's called.

I'm happy enough to take the interstate when I land and pay the extra not to be sat in the cab any longer than  I have to....

Not really much you can upgrade too in Harrahs, I got an executive suite there when I had to stay one night a couple years back and that was decent, but you're not gonna get those for waving a score about at anyone.

Le Reve is great, you could treat her to the VIP package for $200 and that was really good

Terry Fator @ Mirage was good too I thought and you can get an idea of his show by checking youtube.

The Range at Harrahs is supposed to be reasonably good without breaking the bank and it's in Harrahs too, so if Mama Girgy is pinging it in on the slots you might get it comped too ;)

Venetian Bellagio and Aria have the best tourneys and all cash games in Vegas are good!

Also worth noting that centre strip is under a lot of construction on your side of the street at present, not sure how far along they'll be by the time you get out there though and it might be near complete.

Nothing wrong with the cash games where your staying at harrah's either. Mostly full of older players which means lots of fish according to many on here  ;whistle;

How can anyone argue the general rule is the younger players are better?


Sorry for offtopic. Love was a fantastic show definitely recommend!

Dunno had plenty of young guns spew to me at 1/2 in Las Vegas

Ballys Sunday brunch noon till 4 pm book in advance 80€ each yum yum only next door too

Airport
Cost about $25-$30 to Harrahs for taxi. Shuttle bus is about $8 return, and can be booked online. Takes you to the back of Harrahs and is very good. Can also get a free shuttle to the Rio from here twice per hour.

Shows
'O' at Bellagio very good as is Love at Mirage.

Food
Grand Lux Cafe at Palazzo is top notch with a massive menu and great service. Well priced and don't need to book.

Poker
Venetian always good, but most places will cater for what you are looking for at various times of the day. The nearer to your hotel the better IMO.

Too much of that budget champagne Tony if you think Ballys is next door to Harrahs :D

Also anyone going to Vegas and getting a shuttle or bus anywhere is mental!!

Re taxis, don't get long hauled the more tourist who are willing to suffer this bs the worse the problem gets. As Simon say no tunnel, no interstate after this if you at any point use either of these refuse to pay when you get to the hotel. Should be about 20 dollars to harrahs, also if they don't longhaul tip them well!

Just to confirm Simon's thoughts, but Absinthe comes with a big caveat.  I'd happily take my own parents to it, but my father-in-law hates stuff with swearing in so I'd swerve it with him in the party.

Yeah 3 farking bottles of it ,perrier jouet too burp slurp hic , 4 lobster tails ,rack of lamb ,crab claws ,bit of sushi ,Yukon mashed potatoes ,3/4 desserts cheese biscuits n grapes
I had to go n have a ly down after

[why is that? Anyone staying in or near Harrahs who gets a taxi to the Rio when the shuttle bus is waiting, is mental!]
Also anyone going to Vegas and getting a shuttle or bus anywhere is mental!!
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lol at my inability to answer any quote on here.

Which bit do i write my reply in?

$8pp for the shuttle.  2 tickets please.... $16... trip to 4 casinos then Harrahs, welcome to Vegas mama!

$20 cab, no tunnel

$65+tip Here's the limo mama, happy birthday.

Press the "QUOTE" tag, then when it comes up, write BENEATH the section quoted.

Limo it is then...

Do you just walk upto one like a taxi?

If its Mama G's treat Limo is a must and chopper ride Grand Canyon>bus ride to GC

You can book limo before and they are available on day. I would note that immigration delays can be a bugger

agreed, but i was on my own Sinon, and was $8 return.
Was back and forward to the Rio also each day and shuttle saved me approx. $25 per day for 2 weeks.

trial

thankyou Tikay.

I agree if they try and longhaul you, but often they'll ask which way you want to go ime and I take the freeway because it's quicker than the strip ime....




I was primarily speaking in reference to getting the shuttle from the airport instead of a cab, although I wouldn't be hanging around waiting for shuttle buses either.

Getting around at my convenience >>>>> saving a few dollars

Horses for courses though, if they weren't useful they wouldn't still be there :)

Pretty standard comment from the kidzzzz on here so I was just taking the piss a bit  ;D ;D

Get the tram anywhere [   ]
Get the bus anywhere [   ]
Walk anywhere [   ]
Taxi everywhere [ X ]

unless going GC then it's a helicopter obv.

FYP

You are most welcome.

Trial successful, there you go!

Grand Canyon was pretty shit I m o , flight along the strip was deffo the best bit

Ban  :redcard:

Now don't get me wrong i love a good old drunken stumble into Grand Lux as much as the next person but let's not go crazy. It's very average food but they are open all night, the portions are big and the service is quick. We are talking about someone's 60th birthday here, i appreciate not everyone is on an Alize budget but surely we can do better than a diner?

ya imo GLux is I cant be bothered to go anywhere nice but want quick food, potentially at 3am.


Personal favourites

La Cave - Wynn
Yellowtail - Bellagio
Thai - Lotus of Siam (offstrip NE on tropicana I think it is)
Steak - Cut (in venetian/palazzo)


For late night

Stratta - Wynn (opposite poker room)
GLux (V or P) - if you want glux for breakfast then the palazzo one is often quieter.



cabs from airport are a piece of piss.

south of strip don't hit I15, anywhere middle and up take I15. if you are going wynn etc and they come off near ceasers slap them in their face.


Limos work like cabs except there are alot less people wanting them, go for the lincoln town cars which are basically just nice cabs and not as expensive as a limo.

Similarly if there is a large queue for cabs and you do not wish to wait, either pay for a limo/town car or just tip the guys near the front door and they'll whistle a cab up for you so you don't have to wait.

I'm struggling to think of a better value place on the strip for $$$ spent v quality of food, excellent value.

Steak for me is

Cut >>>> SW >>> Craftsteak > Vic & Anthony's > Carnveino> Striphouse >

If I was taking my mum out though, of the above I would say SW fits the bill best of all

Still haven't got to Lotus despite intending to for 3 years and knowing everyone thinks it's the nuts :(

<3 Sushi Samba

Grand Lux is ideal for a decent feed either at 3am as suggested, or when you cba to go anywhere else and it has a massive menu too!

I wish I could go to Vegas ! ......one day

Oh yea pics of bird girgy .....and how's the weight loss?

Outback Steakhouse
Cheesecake Factory

Although I do love the Sunday Night Pasta from GLC too!

All decent $$$ value IMO.  None of them suitable for a 60th meal though.

Gordon Ramsey Steak at Paris is getting some of the best reviews at the moment.

Google "$20 trick"

Not sure if it works at Caesars properties though

Sign up for Groupon Las Vegas

Regards

M

Airport:
As said above, limo or cab. If you take the cab then make sure you say "Harrah's - and take Koval please." Don't let him strongarm you for the freeway but if he just accepts it and gets you there through the back roads, tip well.

Hotel:
Be confident, take a $20 note and politely ask for what you want. Bit of research needed here to find out what type of room you're aiming for. I would personally ask for a room with a view of the Strip but not of the construction. Don't know exactly how Harrahs is set out but you could always ask for a view of the Mirage volcano.

Shows:
We saw Penn & Teller when we were over there and would recommend it to anybody. Book the GC when you are out there.

Food:
IF you go and see Penn & Teller you get money off Voodoo at the Rio. Well worth a visit. Might be worth a trip to http://www.restaurant.com - you can buy vouchers dirt cheap which give say $25 off when you spend $50 or something like that. Even if you don't use them this time they never run out.

Poker:
Tourneys - not a chance. Aria's $120 is ok. Venetian have a $150 which is ok as well. They just don't do decent cheap deepstack tourneys.
Cash - Every cardroom has cheap, low limit cash. Most games are $1/$2. Easy money to be won. For fun, crazy poker hit the IP for their Sunday night $3/$6 LIMIT Mixed Game. I guarantee you won't have heard of half the 11 variations they play. Get there by 6ish to make sure you get a seat.

OP requested nice and not too expensive.
Defo more expensive places to eat and some are defo worth the money, but I think anyones Mum would love the Grand Lux.
Even if a 'better' place is found, still take your Mum here as well. Wood smoked pork chop, mash and brussells was a life saver for me this year, after eating rubbish for a week.

That was delicious :)

Glux do a sick Brie/grape/cranberry/turkey ciabatta sammich thingy and by god it's yummy.

Typical penn and teller are not on while we are there :( wouldn't of minded seeing them either.

Food check out sage at aria its expensive but v nice

Naked Fish. :)

here ya go ya pervs, us at a wedding in september.

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I fell asleep when I went to see em

Sen>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Naked

Someone mentioned Lotus of Siam earlier, one of the best meals i've had in vegas was there and it comes to less than a tip would be in the others in the category.

Best steak in Vegas is Flemings on Charlston.

http://www.flemingssteakhouse.com/locations/nv/summerlin

I've been to Sen too, but preferred Naked. Only been once though so maybe I wasn't very hungry.

Have a great time!  See notes above.

Any beauty places me man wants her nails done. Also wouldn't mind a back sack n crack.

Freudian slip there mate? ;)

Girgy you left out the 2most important questions.

Where to get the best brass
Where to get decent marching powder.

Yeh this

You mean hookers and blow?

For a 60th, I'd say alize at the palms. A 60th is a pretty big thing and you should pull out all the stops. Love it there.Also love lakeside grill at the wynn.

Shows I'd go for love, absinthe or la reve.


Poker. Aria 125f at 7pm was the nightly I grinded when I. Was under it this year.

Alize is very good but and if I had to recommend a show for your mum I would choose between "Love" or "O".

I always say seeing the Grand Canyon (and the strip) by helicopter is also worth the extra investment over the bus and especially as its your mums birthday. I would spend less on the poker and more on making it the once in a lifetime experience for your mum

Legends in concert ftw. Even get a pic with Elvis before you go in.

edit: and that's in Harrahs so zero travelling.

So many walking nits on the Vegas boards...

There's a moving walkway luxor - excalibur. (i know, i know) I don't see why they just don't have them everywhere though. It's America ffs and when I go on hols I don't go to walk 50miles a day. Nothing more tilting when you are at an airport, you see one and it is busto!  

Cheers mate been told about this. Do u book tickets at reception?

http://www.harrahslasvegas.com/EventsDetail.do?detailName=legends-in-concert-detail&locationCode=LAS

I normally book my tickets before I go mate. If not see the conciearge or you can queue up at the ticket booths from 8am like all them nits.

brasses are everywhere and they're normally good for blow too ymmv

If your old dear gets tired walking, you can hire scooters for about £100 a week and they're the business....  Owston and I were racing them all around the Palazzo in 2011, think Alex Martin has it on film somewhere :D

I wouldn't go to the canyon by bus that is going to be one long day from Vegas. Either you organise a helicpoter tour (deffo advise this in your circumstances) or hire a car and turn it into a road trip imo going via the hoover dam.

I happen to think the canyon is a bit overrated (been twice) but it is still worth the trip.

Once was plenty for me ,limo to heliport ok , get weighed ? Wtf ? Ok ,fly out to dam ok for first ten mins ,then boring ,saw as much of the dam as u do from the plane on way in ,fly out to canyon 50 mins , boring ,same landscape ,land given glass of cheap fizz ,sandwich content unknown ,walk round for a bit fly back ,best bit for me was flying along side the strip v over rated

Try the Tix for Tonight booth at Casino Royale next door on the morning of the day you want to go.  Not sure what time they open (either 9am or 10am).  They have some good deals (shows and restaurants) and Legends was definitely one of the shows they were giving discounts on.

grand canyon is a huge waste of a vegas day, i wouldnt open my curtains if it was in my back garden. do not bother

I have a $500 a day budget. (Ive got £1.5k of English i still need to exchange if anyone has got dollars at spot?)

Airport

Tips about taxis to our hotel(harrahs) please. What do you ask for so they don't take the piss and roughly how much is it? (You gotta watch those taxi drivers  )
Shouldnt be too paranoid about drivers; unless they dont run the meter you should be fine, its 10min to strip depending on traffic
Hotel

Its my mothers 60th whilst there so any tips on blagging an upgrade to our rooms?
Dont thing anyones mentioned, but surely the answer is in the question? You have arrived with your Mum celebrating her 60th, put that into the conversation when booking in and it would take a hard nosed individual NOT to upgrade you.
Shows

What shows to see? So far I've been told about the Legends show which is in our hotel. Any other must See's?
No idea

Grand Canyon. Worth the hit to do it via a chopper? Wheres best to book?
Only if you and your Mum want to see it.
Food

Nice not too expensive restaurant's to take my mum on her birthday. Nothing fancy just a good steak place or something along those lines.
Cheesecake factory mentioned already, aria or mgm for buffet.

Poker

Wheres best to play? Decent deepstack tourneys around the $100 mark. Cheap cash games.
Check the schedule, they will all cover this level. dont think there are any festivals early Jan, For torns Caesers good, for loose cash games flamingos and Ballys.

Any other tips?
Tip

Lakeside grill at the Wynn is really nice and not absurdly pricey.  Should do the job for her birthday!

Have a good trip girdles.

I take Triggs point about the Grand Canyon and my wife did question if it really was one of the 7 wonders of the world, mind you she probably has Harvey Nicks in Leeds on her list. Me and her son went on the skywalk above the Grand Canyon and I thought that was worth the trip alone.

oh, for breakfast, mon ami gabi in the paris is really nice

If my kidz take me to a freakin buffet on my 60th they are getting cut out the will.

And as for the room upgrade, I think airport check-in staff have 300 honeymoons/anniversaries/birthdays per flight.  Hotel check-in staff in Vegas have 3000 rooms and it's everyone's special occasion.  Asking nicely never hurts, but the cold reality is for the most part, Vegas just doesn't work that way.  Money talks in Vegas more so than any other city.  For the typical check-in clerk, with 'discretion' to upgrade 5 customers that day, can choose to upgrade the 5 heart-sob stories that day or the 5 people that are clearly intent on leaving $20 for the trouble.  Hard nosed or not, it aint even close.  

Which leads on to tipping.  It comes in 2 parts.  First part is where the custom/culture is to tip.  Such as 20% on a nice meal, $1/drink at the bar or from the server, etc.  F&B is cheaper than it otherwise would be because of their style of min-paying staff, reducing the cost to the customer and allowing the customer to make up the difference on receipt of satisfactory service.  The system has some opposition from some people that want the house to pay the staff better so they don't need as big a tip, without seeming to grasp that doing so would probably add the approx value of your tip to the list price, making little difference.  I quite like the idea of being in control of the server's incremental pay, I find generally the service is a LOT better as a result, as staff know you have a decent % of their wages at your command.  Regardless of whether you like or dislike the argument, THAT'S HOW IT IS and that's pretty much that.  You can choose not to tip "hey I never tip at home" or lowball people, just don't eat anything if you go back the next day....

The 2nd part of the tipping culture is the one to absorb imo.  This is out and out GREASE.  (old-school grease, not the fire variety of today..)  The way to approach this is to think about what difference tipping or not tipping will make to your experience.  The doorman who opens the door for you, well, that doesn't make any diffference to me, so I generally wouldn't tip him.  If he wasn't there, I'd happily open the door for myself.  The taxi-line co-ordinator that whistles up a car for me, well if he wasn't there, the line would be more chaotic and the wait would be twice as long, so I generally tip him for reducing my wait time.

Going back to old-school Vegas, my first trip was mid nineties and Mirage in it's pomp.  I arrived after a bad layover on a 24 hour journey and was met by a complete vinegar tits on check-in that told me there wasn't a single room available.  I hardly knew about the internet back then, never mind teh $20 trick, but I instinctively said "I've been on a 24 hour journey, I'm abs knackered, here's $50, please could you take another look in your system for me."  Next thing you know, vinegar-tits sprang to life and I was walking off towards a private bank of elevators, possibly having overpaid, but getting a very early and cheap lesson on how Vegas operates.  I could have chosen not to tip, but that would have resulted in me lying on top of 2 suitcases in the lobby for another hour or so.  The tip made a big difference to my holiday, therefore it was in my interest to tip.  Perhaps a rather selfish way of looking at it, but there you go.  Likewise the next night with the old-style theatres, tickets to see Siegfried&Roy (and it was getting old even back then..)  Tickets got you seats at a banquet style table of about 15 people, with 2 free drinks.  On being led to our seats, the view was pretty bad, which I duly mentioned to the Maitre d'.  His face said it all.... "get there quicker son!"  The lightbulb went on and I pulled out $20 for me, $20 for the wife, and pressed it into his hand.  "ooops, sorry sir, I have taken you to the wrong seat.. follow me please...."

One more example closer to the poker world and I think you will get the idea.  In a well known casino, I wanted to get a buffet comp (the $15 value is something, but avoiding the hour wait, which the comp confers upon you, was worth a lot more) I approached the shift manager.  About 4 steps away, someone else cuts in in front of me.. "hey you got buffet comps there man"  "sorry no, ran out"  The other customer slunk away and teh manager turned to me, "yes?"  I realised this wasn't going to be a positive conversation as was, so I waved a $5 chip and said "I was hoping to pick up a buffet comp please"  "certainly, here ya go!"  Now some people might say "hey that's dispicable!"  Well to those, I would say, I salute your principles, but I am still going to wave to you at the back of the Q while I walk in the VIP entrance.

Ok OK I think you get the idea.  Every time you find yourself in a discretionary situation, ask your self if a $20 tip would make a $100 difference to your day.  If it would, strongly consider doing it.  If it wouldn't... don't bother.

 

Love tipping the taxi rank guy. It's the only time I ever really get to do the discrete palm and shake tip. Always makes feel like an abs boss or as if I am doing an open air drug deal. Apart from the time I gave a x2 $10 instead of x2 $1, that was a bit of a sigh.

Good points Simon
Taxi drivers get 1/2$ ,never had the same taxi driver
I always leave 5/10 $ a day in room for house keeping ,then ask for extra body lotions/ whatever they provide that I like ,with a note saying thanks they are then happy to change the sheets every day or 2  on request
1$ a drink is normal ,if you want better service I tip 5$ now n then and say keep em coming ,they normally do
1$ to the doorman/ taxi guy
5$ to the waitress at start of meal ,bit more at end depending on service
It can make a difference to the level of service you receive ,in the nugget on a busy night at the bar ,a beer always appeared in front of me soon as I sat down ,even when leaning on the bar in a break having a smoke a beer would appear ,they do remember who tips and look after you

100% agree I gave out 100$ like this once by mistake ! $$ are kept in order 100s at the back 1s at the front

Hundos and fiddys in the wallet, everything else in the pocket.


Oh and I have always tipped taxi drivers 20% of fare. is this far too much?

Yup I'm not a fan of taxi drivers occasionally u get a good one ,they don't think no more of u ,n the journeys over then

We left the Venetian ,walked to outback steak house ,after crossed over to get a cab from mirage ,huge q ,spied a guy with a black hummer ," how much to the aria ?" 60$ sir , we all jumped in I gave him 100$ said turn the stereo up he did great journey

So everyone tipping $20 for a room upgrade looks a winner but what if you slipped  $100. Are there limits to how much of an upgrade they can give you or would you probably end up with the same upgrade you'd get slipping the $20

Without turning this into a tipping thread, a couple more examples of good tips  investments:

1.  Room maid.  Depends what sort of room/suite/facilities you have in the room and how clean and tidy you are.  Have a chat with her at the start of the stay, tell her if you want extra towels, more lotion, extra choccy, a razor, cutlery, want her to do the washing up, NEVER knock before midday, whatever it is you want.  Either give her a good % of the tip for the stay up front (check she is the regular maid and not the relief maid covering a day off..) or feed her a $10 every couple of days and see the difference it makes.  Obv as above, if you don't care for any of that, just leave her an appreciation as you see fit at the end of your stay and experience a regular set-up in the room.  I've had fruit appear in the room, am still using shave gel from 2006!! (left $20 and asked for razors, shave gel and some extra choc, couldn't open the fridge door for choc and still have enough shave gel to last another couple of years..)  Obviously that iosn't the culture over here, tip the room maid in a Premier Inn £10 and it will make absolutely no difference to the service you get...

2.  The valet.  In Bellagio, you probably aren't going to get much traction, but tipping a few bucks to have them park the car is one of the best deals in town.  It wouldn't ordinarily make the list as that tip is expected, but you can get additional services...  In quieter hotels, I have had valets do all sorts, fetch me books from the book store, change a battery in the remote key fob, buy a case of soft drinks, continually have the car parked right next to the valet station and somehow the car be ready ahead of the long line...  And obviously I didn't get that by asking nicely....  Also, a long time ago, I pulled up late for a tournament in the valet Q.. the "Valet FULL" sign was up and a valet snarled at the guy in front of me and pointed him towards self park.  Again, this didn't look to be a good situation as the valet approached me, so I jumped out, gave him $10 and said "think you can find room?"  "Absolutely, do you need directions inside?"

3. Reducing wait times in restaurants.  This one is a bit grey-er because I realise that probably someone else got shafted in the process.  Given a buzzer in a popular restaurant, told to wait at the bar for 75-90 mins for a table, I turned round and saw a bar 4-deep and an awful lot of buzzers....  So I turned to the greeter, "Hey, I'm gonna bet you $20 that you can't get me one of the booths inside 20 minutes."(nice leather seashell booth round the outside rather than tables jam-packed on top of each other in the middle of the floor)  "You have yourself a bet sir."  No more than 5 minutes later the buzzer goes off and I am being led to a booth.  My dining companion commented on what a shit bet that was.... then about 40 minutes later, the penny dropped and "Ohhhhhhhhhhhh.... ICWUDT..."

I like this streetwise bossing it confidence. And I still think that is the best steak I've ever seen

If you are staying for 5 weeks, there's not a lot they can do... gonna be a hard one to convince their boss why they used their discretion on that...  If you are staying Mon-Thurs on a quietish week, that's different.  It's all about thinking what am I asking for here.  If you are asking for $3k's worth of complimentaries, waving a $20 isn't really gonna cut it.

Don't "slip in" anything.  Ask what complimentary upgrades are available to you, make sure to let them know that you "tip for good service" and above all... spend 5 minutes on the friggin internet to make sure you understand the difference between the different room types in the hotel where you are staying.  If the clerk says "what are you looking for" then... "err dunno like,summat a bit fancier" isn't the best answer.  Depending on how long your stay is, whether or not it is a holiday weekend etc, have a clear idea of what you'd like.  "I'd like a strip view south facing high floor, near the elevators please."  Or, "I'd like a Deluxe resort troom (if such a room type exists and it is in fact an upgrade) please."  Or "I'd like a Corner Suite please, but I'd be doubly appreciative if it was a Panoramic Suite"  As to how ambitious that is will largely depend on how long your stay is, which clerk you get, how busy the hotel is, etc etc.  

If you can do in a bottle on a horse ridden by the bentest jockey of all... mama can have the limo, the chopper and the schmancy steakhouse surely....

Mama gets what mama wants ;)

Chopper to the GC, VIP at Le Reve and dinner at SW ez game!

More can work Jason, depending on length of stay - when I was at Platninum for four weeks, I gave the guy $200 and said I'd appreciate any help with my stay. I got upgraded to massive suite, free wifi - was $10 a days as no resot fee - water and fruit in room every day.  Taxis were also a night mare - as off strip, so I got chatting to head man and after day one and a $50 tip they ran me everywhere in hotel courtesy car at no cost, just a small tip for whoever drove me. Obviously smaller place - but all the guys looked after me as I had them...best place I stayed in Vegas service wise.

Save your money and just flirt with the maid.

Extra coffee in the morning, no knocks before midday (not that it mattered to me tbf, as I'm in Vegas and sleeping is -EV) and a cheeky smile.

Nice bloke tbf.

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20$ trick worked for me at the Palms recently.  Got upgraded from a standard room to a condo at Palms Place.  Was pretty sick.

Also sometimes the taxi lines are absolutely ridic.  You have a choice of getting a town car/limo or saying to the guy at the line I need to get out of here now and give him 10$ and then you'll have a cab within seconds.

i took 8 of my family and stars comped me two connecting Condos and was gonna ask you for any pics. Just googled images and got pics of same ones we had. Stand alone bath in master bedroom, marble bathroom and lounge diner, two balconies both looking in different directions etc. I thought it was excellent but assume its pretty std and you stayed in the same.

Are there some condos with infinity pool or were they just in the playboy tower?

Real-time TR ~ ldo

Today's the day baby :D

Have fun Girgy's

Ofically been up 24 hours uk time. 8:56pm here.

Had two short cash sessions in my hotel both ending in profit. Sat down with $60 for an hour whilst waiting for our rooms and left with $115. Then just got upto my room form a short session. Sat down with $120 and left with $230.

Really friendly place and some terrible poker players.

Cant wait to get out there tomorrow and explore a little.

Best of luck Mate and enjoy every second of it. Cram in as much as possible.

Harrahs ;) Small quiet room but friendly.

Do as much as possible, I'm sure you will have an amazing time.

Tips for phoning home?

Don't if you can help it :D

If you have an iPhone, get Skype on it and use that maybe?

Have a great trip mate, good luck and enjoy!!

1.  Pick up phone in room.  Follow instructions in room directory for making international calls. Hefty charges.

2. Google any international prepaid calling card (such as www.ekit.com) website deals, find best price per minute for US --> UK calls, create account, sign up, deposit and make reduced price calls.

3.  Use Skype.

4.  sort it all out before you go ahh never mind.

Viber via free wifi at McDonalds

Don't on day 1!

Agree two times to call her, enjoy yourself the rest of the time!

Or Skype

Have a great time Girgy

The only reason to phone home when in Vegas is to ask for more money to be sent.

did she not go with you?

Nah shes only 20 ;)

And was asking for my mothers friend as she wanted to phone her husband. Ive skyped our lass ;)

Too many wedding chapels.

Played the $125 tourny at Aria. Very nice cardroom.

Got down to the last 20 from 75. Been very tight for a couple of hours before a table redraw. Found 10's in ep @ 400/800/75 and made it 2k from 22k. New guy makes it 8k. I shoved and he called with AQ. Flop was 10 high but he went runner runner straight :(

Was told about a good site which lists all the tournaments.... http://www.thepokeratlas.com/city/las-vegas/228/

Decent MTT at Wynn today Girgy, $25K gtd $225 buy in, usually gets 100+ runners Midday start

Just get her to use the payphone in the hotel lobby.
Will only be $5 for a 15 minute call

we cant work out what number to dial :(

Just pure bubbled the aria $125 afternoon tourney :(

122 runners, 12 paid with $3.8k up top :(

On another note my cousin who works for same company as me gave us a lift to airport. He gave me £10 to put him a bet on roulette for his 14 moth old baby son. My first ever visit into the Venetian i walked upto a table and laid $15 on number 25. It only went and come in so $500 to the little man!

Never have i left a casino with more money in my pocket than i went in with and felt more dissapointed :(

Merry crimbo little dude xx

Can ask at the desk and it is also on the phone.

Think it's 011-44- then the number your phoning in the uk minus the first 0

Should be 0044 then lose the first 0 of your number.

????
New one on me, always used 01144 from states to uk

Then that must be what it is; I thought it was 0044 from any country to UK. If it ain't it ain't. Sorry for the confusion. :)

Thought we were 0044 too!  Perhaps the 01144 is from a hotel to get an outside line or something?  Never heard of that prefix

Ah, Vegas is right

http://www.howtocallabroad.com/uk/

The 011 is an exit code to get out of the US, then 44 for the UK. 

Never heard of an exit code before.

Nice steady $700 profit in the Harrahs cash game!

Mama g's 60th today so were off for a meal and see the legends show in Harrahs. All on me with a bottle of champers :D

Nice one m8, hope you all have a great night!

The legends show at Harrahs was pretty good.

Tributes from Barry White, Justin Timberlake, Adele, The Blues Brothers, Whitney Houston and Elvis :D

We dined at the SW in the Wynn. I got a steak but was pretty greasy :( Mama G had chicken which she really enjoyed!

Good choice for dinner.  Not sure what steak you ordered, or htf it came out greasy tho.. of all the mistakes they might make, not sure how grease was an option.  Should have sent it back tho..

Hi Girgy, get yourselfs in Bills casino one afternoon for Big Elvis show, sure you and Mama G would enjoy it. Cheap beer and decent food aswell. Its just opposite Ballys.

Even easier... I think they shipped Elvis over to Harrahs earlier this year...

I ordered the t-bone but think i made a mistake asking for it medium-well. Should of stuck with medium but yea i should of shipped it back.

The Elvis in the harrahs legend show was really good.

Unless that was a 500 lb Elvis sat on a re-enforced chair, it wasn't the same guy.

Saw some pretty big titties on Freemont Street tonight :D

Thought you had lost a load of weight? :D

Mama G made the final of the $150 venetian bounty.

I collected $75 in bounties. Got knocked out with a pair of kings vs flush draw all in on the flop he rivers the  Ks :(

Mama G had two bullets and collected a $25 bounty and cashed in 6th place for $377.

Well finished off the Vegas trip nicely :D

Chopped the Harrahs nightly $80 bounty tournament for $380 + $140 in bounties knocking out mama G on the way.

Just worked out im +$812 for the trip.

Coming back with $'s, lots of gifts and clothes for myself.

DTD Saturday youth?

straight back into work dude :(

really wanna see santadonk :( xx

I may be intrested in the $ buddy

you;d go agan?

Hoping to do dishout some MerryDonkamas Xmas cheer

Prob may keep hold of them for next time.


Defo bud amazeballs. Prob bring gf next year

Thought you were engaged?  moved on again already  :dontask:

Fiance then bloody hell Rich giz a break x

When you to the girgles player status they are all just numbers.

Ok

I am going to NYC in March for a week and may take a trip up to Foxwoods in CT if I can get the wife interested in seeing the countryside ;)

Anyone been there?

Yes, poker room is big with plenty of choices with the cash games in what best could be described as a very big basement and tourneys up stairs. The casino is huge, I think it has the most gaming space of any casino in the world.

If you want to take the wife to a casino with a bit of "wow" factor go to Mohegan sun which is about 10 miles from Foxwoods, would be up there with the top line Vegas casinos in terms of decor imo. The poker room is not anywhere near as good as foxwoods though.

It is about 2 1/2 drive from NYC and yes there is plenty of countyside there!