Monday 5th February.
Last full day so decided to take a look at the Casino's I hadn't taken a look at yet. Therefore took a look around the Las Vegas Hilton, then visited Mirage and the Wynn. Impressed with the Wynn and it had a very nice poker room, lots of middle age women dripping with gold playing Limit Holdem. If i'd have seen this earlier in the week I would have had a play here.
Ended up back at the Luxor and played $1/2 NL holdem as they were playing the high hand bonus. Finished $80 up and had no decent bonus hands. Took my profit and went to Luxor's Steakhouse, bit pricier than I expected but was a lovely meal. Had Lobster and Cran Bisque followed my a huge Fillet Mignon washed down with a couple of glasses of champagne.
Went back and packed suitcase and then decided to have a go on the Casino tables.
Played a game called bonus poker but it only gave you two to one for your money, only way of winning on this is doing a hit and run, therefore went for it on one hand $75 blind, looked at my cards AQ offsuit, nice starting hand however no match for the dealers 28 offsuit. Was going to have a go at Roulette but decided to give up and go to bed. Found there was a high hand in the morning but you had to be there by 06.00am. Asked for a wake up call at 05.30 but after three hours sleep didn't fancy getting up. Forced myself to the poker room and got the last seat in a $2/4 Limit game, got to the top of the leaderboard with AAAJJ and managed to stay there til 09.00 when it finished so picked up the $500 bonus on the last day. Nice way to bring an end to my Vegas experience.
Monday 12 February 2007
Vegas Day 11
Sunday 4th Feb.
Plan for the day was to go to the Gamblers general store and take a look around, it didn't look far from the Stratosphere, I was going to do it the night before however a cop I asked said it was full of druggies and gangs at night and there's no way I should attempt to walk there in the dark. Set off from the Strat, thought it felt a bit warm later found out it was 82 degrees Farenheit. What looked a short walk on the map was miles and even in the day it looked really rough, after 30 mins I asked this bloke for directions and he told me to take a left at the lights and it was another 30 mins walk, took a left but thought it wasn't right and after five mins decided to turn around, bloke coming up behind me asked if I was lost and told me I was going the right way in the first place, he then asked for some money to get something to eat. Gave him a dollar and a couple of quarters, I said there you go you can get a bag of crisps. Found the store after another 10 mins and two more beggars, so glad I didn't attempt this the night before, lady in the shop said there getting over run with Mexican immagrants and gangs from California. Got back to the Luxor just as the Superbowl started, interesting how all the neutrals support a side and even buy shirts for that side even though it's not their team. Lots of whooping and high fives going on, played No Limit poker and had my worst beat, playing for a massive pot and with the cards in the middle as follows 5 A Q 9 , I got all my money in with A9 and got called my loose player who showed Q5 last card was a Q so he scooped the $280 pot. Finished the day $150 down but got a $50 Superbowl bonus. Finally ran out of money today so tried to draw some out at the ATM but for the first time in Vegas's history apparantly all the ATM's in the city went down for three hours due to the system being overloaded, cost the casino's loads apparantly.
Plan for the day was to go to the Gamblers general store and take a look around, it didn't look far from the Stratosphere, I was going to do it the night before however a cop I asked said it was full of druggies and gangs at night and there's no way I should attempt to walk there in the dark. Set off from the Strat, thought it felt a bit warm later found out it was 82 degrees Farenheit. What looked a short walk on the map was miles and even in the day it looked really rough, after 30 mins I asked this bloke for directions and he told me to take a left at the lights and it was another 30 mins walk, took a left but thought it wasn't right and after five mins decided to turn around, bloke coming up behind me asked if I was lost and told me I was going the right way in the first place, he then asked for some money to get something to eat. Gave him a dollar and a couple of quarters, I said there you go you can get a bag of crisps. Found the store after another 10 mins and two more beggars, so glad I didn't attempt this the night before, lady in the shop said there getting over run with Mexican immagrants and gangs from California. Got back to the Luxor just as the Superbowl started, interesting how all the neutrals support a side and even buy shirts for that side even though it's not their team. Lots of whooping and high fives going on, played No Limit poker and had my worst beat, playing for a massive pot and with the cards in the middle as follows 5 A Q 9 , I got all my money in with A9 and got called my loose player who showed Q5 last card was a Q so he scooped the $280 pot. Finished the day $150 down but got a $50 Superbowl bonus. Finally ran out of money today so tried to draw some out at the ATM but for the first time in Vegas's history apparantly all the ATM's in the city went down for three hours due to the system being overloaded, cost the casino's loads apparantly.
Vegas Day 10
Saturday 3rd February.
Went to take another look downtown before I leave, another reason was I found in my suitcase the remote control for the TV from when I stayed in the Plaza. Also wanted to check out the Mansion Pokerdome as I thought they filmed the program on the saturday. However the pokerdome was empty. Had another look around Binnions, had a go at Video Poker only played for 25c a go, but ran two sets of cards at once so it was 50c a go. Hit four aces, but only made $10 profit from my origional $20, decided if four aces doesn't get me much then it's not worth playing so cashed out. Went to the Stratosphere and had a look around from the top of the tower. Totally bottled out from having a go on the rides though. Bit too high for my liking. Got back to the Luxor and played $2/4 Limit poker until 4 in the morning had a good time and got nicely drunk again, couple of lads on the table were trying to get us all to go to Crazy Horse, I thought it was a brothel so declined turns out it's a Parisian show at the MGM.
Vegas Day 9
Friday 2nd February.
Got up late and had to leave the Sahara so attempted to pack, suitcase is already twice as heavy and crammed full. I booked in the Luxor for the last four nights as it's the place where i'm spending most of my time. Got the Monorail to the other end of the strip, struggling to walk now with all the blisters on my feet. ;0) I blame walking around the Aladdin for hours looking at the American Pagent girls on monday. Walking across the bridge between NYNY and The Excaliber and my shoulder strap broke off and my bag went flying nearly knocking this couple over. Fortunately my laptop is alright. Checked in rooms are nice enough, lift goes at an angle as the building is pyramid shape which is bizarre. Played NL Holdem and was on a mad table people going all in every other hand. Was $110 down at one stage but finished $140 up. On the night went to Monte Carlo which was a nice poker room played for five hours and had a great laugh, really friendly fun table however this one women was winning nearly every pot. Finished the night $103 down but quite merry and enjoyed myself
Vegas Day 8
Thursday 1st February.
Played in a Poker competition at the Sahara which was the only decent tournament i've found over here whereby you can wait for decent cards, there was some scary charachters in this, Mike Tysen lookalikes and his bigger uglier brother and Hells Angels rejects. I liked the tournament structure but had a long run of getting no decent cards and ended up 16th out of 52. Only top 5 got paid. Went for a walk up the strip, looked in Circus Circus glad I didn't stay there. Carried on up the strip past the Stardust which they are going to implode next month. Found the Fashion Mall and spent the next few hours shopping in here. Wifey would be in her element. Don't think i'll show her this place if she ever comes to Vegas with me. Walked up to Treasure Island just in time to see the Sirens show which was worth watching. Had a nice Italian meal and then explored the Venetian. Played a bit of Poker here, very posh room with nice tables, however playing against drunk little richboys who were playing every hand and getting some lucky wins, played for two hours before giving up as it wasn't poker just a luckfest, ended up $53 down.
Played in a Poker competition at the Sahara which was the only decent tournament i've found over here whereby you can wait for decent cards, there was some scary charachters in this, Mike Tysen lookalikes and his bigger uglier brother and Hells Angels rejects. I liked the tournament structure but had a long run of getting no decent cards and ended up 16th out of 52. Only top 5 got paid. Went for a walk up the strip, looked in Circus Circus glad I didn't stay there. Carried on up the strip past the Stardust which they are going to implode next month. Found the Fashion Mall and spent the next few hours shopping in here. Wifey would be in her element. Don't think i'll show her this place if she ever comes to Vegas with me. Walked up to Treasure Island just in time to see the Sirens show which was worth watching. Had a nice Italian meal and then explored the Venetian. Played a bit of Poker here, very posh room with nice tables, however playing against drunk little richboys who were playing every hand and getting some lucky wins, played for two hours before giving up as it wasn't poker just a luckfest, ended up $53 down.
Vegas Day 7
Wednesday 31st January.
Decide to head for an English pub called the Crown and Anchor two miles from the strip and watch the football at lunchtime. Watched Arsenal v Spurs which was a good game and had an English breakfast. Just asked the barmaid to order me a taxi when they started showing the Villa game. Therefore stayed and watched that. Went to Luxor as the poker room manager said i'd qualified for another smaller freeroll bonus. However got there at ten past four and he said I was too late and that the locals would moan if he's let me join. Stayed and played for a couple of hours won $60. Missed out on $50 bonus though.
Vegas Day 6
Tuesday 30th January.
Had a look at Harrah's Casino , Imperial Palace and then got a shuttle bus to the Rio, didn't think much of any of these casino's got the bus back to Caesars Palace which I was impressed with. They even had English football on a huge screen in their Sportsbook. Had a look around the shopping centre next door and then headed to the Luxor to enter the freeroll competition. I was expecting a Multi table competition whereby the last few players get a decent amount of dollars from the $3500. However what it was everyone who qualified by playing 15 hours in the week, had to get there before 4 and play for three hours to 7 and those that played throughout get a split of the money. Apparantly you can't leave the table at all during those three hours though, people have had bathroom breaks and missed out on the bonus. Therefore lasted the three hours and finished $1 down, but they called up to the counter and got given $80. Went back to the Sahara hotel and went to a Mexican restaurant. Must of ordered two main courses, ridiculous amount of food. American familly next to me got talking and the mother said her mum was origonally from Selly Oak. (Shame)Retired to bed stuffed.
Had a look at Harrah's Casino , Imperial Palace and then got a shuttle bus to the Rio, didn't think much of any of these casino's got the bus back to Caesars Palace which I was impressed with. They even had English football on a huge screen in their Sportsbook. Had a look around the shopping centre next door and then headed to the Luxor to enter the freeroll competition. I was expecting a Multi table competition whereby the last few players get a decent amount of dollars from the $3500. However what it was everyone who qualified by playing 15 hours in the week, had to get there before 4 and play for three hours to 7 and those that played throughout get a split of the money. Apparantly you can't leave the table at all during those three hours though, people have had bathroom breaks and missed out on the bonus. Therefore lasted the three hours and finished $1 down, but they called up to the counter and got given $80. Went back to the Sahara hotel and went to a Mexican restaurant. Must of ordered two main courses, ridiculous amount of food. American familly next to me got talking and the mother said her mum was origonally from Selly Oak. (Shame)Retired to bed stuffed.
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