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- At the last minute, I joined the Card Night gang for a trip.
- Several of us caught Postcard from Earth at the Sphere.
- Jeff and I had incredibly good luck playing craps at Encore. We each won over $6,000.
- I played in the World Series of Poker for the first time: $1500 Omaha 8.
- I didn't cash, and just missed the second day by about an hour.
- Our friend Fire-Bet Phil from Harrah's Southern California drove to Vegas to meet us. He played some craps with us, and ate with us at Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris.
- We went to Mohegan Sun - Virgin (formerly Hard Rock) for the first time and really didn't like it.
- We were losing terribly this trip until the final night when we hit two huge back-to-back craps hands at Bellagio. And Mike and I were the ones that rolled them.
- Former mob attorney Oscar Goodman made an appearance at the first-night cocktail reception, and he told the story about how when he was mayor of Las Vegas, he insisted that he had to appear in any movie made in the city.
- We ate at Oscar's, the steakhouse at Plaza.
- Tim Lawson got permission from Plaza to record video of our group playing craps and later playing Pai Gow Poker; however, the videos did turn out as well as we'd hoped.
- While recording at the craps table, a player threw the dice off the table seven times in a row.
- This was my first trip since COVID-19 broke out.
- We went to Circa for the first time. Sherry noticed how you couldn't smell cigarettes.
- As soon as we arrived, I met up with Tim Lawson and Eric Rosenthal to record a segment for The Bettor Life podcast.
- Caesars Palace had a $1 minimum on the All/Small/Tall bet, while Bally's had a $5 minimum. Seemed backwards.
- A male dealer at Planet Hollywood asked female dealer Lacy, "What are you doing after work?"
Lacy replied, "Take a number."
- This was a trip to celebrate David's 21st birthday.
- We ate at Giordano's, Burger Brasserie, and Café Hollywood.
- We toured the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement (aka the Mob Museum).
- David and I played a lot of pai gow poker.
- We finally got to meet Vegas Bun Boy (Chris) and his wife Christy.
- At The Cal, Mike took over a craps roll from a woman who left the table before she sevened-out, and he went on a heater.
- I was eavesdropping on a guy playing Ultimate Texas Hold 'em, and I caught him folding a straight. I told him about it, and they let him "un-fold" his hand.
