Vegas a love affair or a nightmare

[tonytats]

Some have already gone
Some are going
Some have yet to go

Let's have some stories / experiences of the glitziest town on earth

When did you first go ?

Who with ?

Were you + ev or - ev ??

Or didn't you give a fcuk ? You just went and went with it

[tonytats]

My first time was jan 2004 the mrs dumped me
my mates mrs dumped him
Fk it let's go we/ I didn't play poker or really gamble and deform didn't understand gambling really apart from 10£ e/w on a horse
We got an indirect flight with our local travel agent and 5 nights in Luxor as we are tight fkers !!
Arrived late at night , after check in straight out on the roller coaster  at New York New York
Walked  to the bellagio oohing n a aaahhing at it all
Next morning played blackjack whilst in a q for breakfast buffet , i seem to remember winning and ignoring the q
Some how ended up in cheetahs a lap dancing club  made semi famous by Demi Moore film showgirls pre rhino and sapphire days
Went to the porn convention at the Venetian
Got drunk in the hilton at the Star Trek exhibition with some Americans
More cheetahs n black jack
After 2 days of walking the fat bits at the top of my thighs were redder than the fire box on Casey jones express steam train !!
No poker or roulette at all
Bizarrely we won at black jack n 3 card poker much to the stripoers delight as every afternoon we paid the deposit on their cars
We were hooked

[tonytats]

Started watching Espn wsop coverage late at night on TV after drinking benders after all we could play 3 card brag n pontoon
Indeed we had been doing so for years especially down the pub after a few !
Deceided  that's looks easy lets have a go ? Come on be honest ? Was that anybody else ??
Started playing in a pub graduated to 10£ rebuys  in Riley's
Bizarrely won a few !!
Met some great people
Tried our luck at other places
But always in your mind was that place

VEGAS BABY
 we worked we saved we won a bit
we were single
we came back not as green or turnip looking as before or so we thought

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[tonytats]

Staying at the Excalibur one year - yes another cheapie ! Surprisingly tho the rooms were fine with big solid beds a good steak house ; a mcdonalds for breakfast only draw back was lots of families with young kids
Playing  cash in the early hours I get 44 with a 4-9-4 flop and about 200$ in front of me on a 9 turn the other player goes all in ?
Ok I call he turns over 99 for quads as well
We split a 2700$ progressive bad beat jackpot 40% to me 20% to him rest to the other players
Manager also gets me an itin number
Later some body points out that in palace st station casinos the bad beat jackpot was 165,000$
So I guess it really was a bad beat

[Marky147]

Oh my days... if you're in on this diary lark, I guess i had better start as well!

Only bloke I know that goes to Tenerife for a week, so that he can prepare for 2 weeks in Vegas

[tonytats]

I just thought it would be good to put some of the stuff I can remember in writing as there's been some great trips
Maybe others to add to it too

[Marky147]

First trip was in 2006, which was a last minute thing, and it had was definitely a culture shock that included a lot of firsts!

A couple of them...

• First/Only time I've played the main event
• First time I've been 'roofied'
• First time that I paid £300 for a bottle of Vodka
• First time seeing a £15k bar bill in a club

I landed at about 9pm, where I had been booked into Hooters, and obviously they wouldn't let me check in without a credit card. I tried to give cash, but they insisted I needed a card for the room. I'm not sure if the guy just didn't like the look of me, or if he'd had a shit day and wanted to annoy someone who had been travelling for 24 hours. For whatever reason is was, it worked, and I had to hang around until the old man (who had flown out earlier in the week) drove over to give me one of his cards.

Next stop was the Wynn to meet the lads from London who had travelled out with Virgin on the same day as me. This was the first WTF moment of the trip, as I had actually thought 'This is just like a Holiday Inn, but with better food. Can't be bad' when I left Hooters!

This lot were plotted up in a Salone Suite with an adjoining room on the same floor as some Basketball player, and I had never seen a hotel, or hotel room like it. It was definitely a massive eye opener, as was the trip to Cheetahs the same night

[Nilawina]

Only bloke I know that goes to Tenerife for a week, so that he can prepare for 2 weeks in Vegas
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Old fella from Liverpool who has been trying to get me to go every year since I met him has just had a week in Vegas to prepare for Vegas!!!

[Marky147]

Only bloke I know that goes to Tenerife for a week, so that he can prepare for 2 weeks in Vegas

Old fella from Liverpool who has been trying to get me to go every year since I met him has just had a week in Vegas to prepare for Vegas!!!
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Saves on flights...

[Nilawina]

Only bloke I know that goes to Tenerife for a week, so that he can prepare for 2 weeks in Vegas

Old fella from Liverpool who has been trying to get me to go every year since I met him has just had a week in Vegas to prepare for Vegas!!!

Saves on flights...
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Not when he came back for a week in Spain before heading back to Vegas!!!

That's a life I can only dream of.

[Marky147]

Sounds rather strange, but yes, it must be nice to be in a position like that!

[DMorgan]

Its much nicer in the winter

[tonytats]

My lap dancing mate
No u clowns he's not a lap dancer - although he has big tits !!
Deceids he's saving for Thailand hols
So I go with Ivor ,who I met at Riley's in 2004
He's such a great guy ,loves a gamble has had some big horse bets up , Deceids to play poker well fk me he's as bad as me if the truths told maybe worse ?
 Is he bothered ? Is he fk !
He's doing nothing by half measures is Ivor
So it's premium economy
Staying at the bellagio
Absolutely no chance of being a tight cheap ass

Thankfully my daughter just finished leukemia treatment business is going good so fk it let's blow off some $$$
Off we go with the budget of 1 k$ a day
With 9 days in Vegas looming
By day 8 we are knocking it in everywhere
But having a great time if that's possible
Tourneys cash craps all of it
Day 9 our last full day begins

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We enter a Venetian deep stack a lunch time jobbie
Ivor has won a 7 pm crapshoot as I tell him
So he's cock of the walk n I'm not
I announce to him pre tourney I'm playing fast n loose
Like a scandi
Blinds 25/50 I raise n take it down woo woo
Second hand get king queen of gollliberries (. Red dog take note !!   )
Raise
Kevin oleary flats
Flop was queen 89
He check I bet he call
Turn queen he check
I bet he raise
Then those immortal words
I'm all in come outta my mouth
He announces call
Another Luton reg at the table says ten jack ? Kev ,he nods
The rivers a brick l
Never have I felt like such a donk !!
Scandi play is over rated 2 hands into a deep stack n I'm out
At the end of a losing week I'm mildly distraught at do king off so much with no wins
Then a bit of Vegas magic happens !!!