Tuesday, June 25, 2024

112. Harrah's Las Vegas, June 22-25, 2024

 

  • 360 Vegas Vacation 14!
  • Had some White Castle sliders for the first time in years.
  • Went to Fontainebleau for the first time. I really liked it.
  • Hiked the Rainbow Vista Trail in the Valley of Fire with several other attendees. It was HOT.

Monday, December 4, 2023

111. With Jack Autry, David Danovsky, Chris Lore, Jeff McMillen, and Glen Wauchope - The Orleans, December 1-4, 2023

 

  • 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.

Monday, June 6, 2022

110. With Mike Stefanidis - Bally's, June 3-6, 2022

 

  • 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.

Sunday, December 19, 2021

109. Plaza, December 16-19, 2021

 

  • Zorkfest 2021!
  • 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.

Sunday, December 27, 2020

108. With Sherry - Caesars Palace, December 25-27, 2020

 

  • 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.

Sunday, October 13, 2019

107. With Mike Stefanidis - Caesars Palace, October 10-13, 2019

  • The Summit 2019!
  • 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."

Sunday, August 25, 2019

106. With Mom, Dad, Dana, Sue, and David - Bally's, August 23-15, 2019

  • This was a trip to celebrate David's 21st birthday.
  • We ate at Giordano's, Burger Brasserie, and CafĂ© 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.