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- Last-minute trip. Josh Duffy was in town for the Star Trek convention, and Eric and Stacey were in town, so why not?
- I had a great deal at Palazzo that included free play, but they were sold out Wednesday, so I stayed at Harrah's that night. The rest of the time I was at Palazzo.
- Played mostly video poker. No royal flush.
- Palazzo gave me $462.50 in free play that I converted into $700.00 real money.
- Just a short trip to play some poker.
- I met Bill and Jerry Branger Downtown the first night to play some craps at Circa and Fremont Casino. We all won.
- Craps the rest of the trip was pretty bad.
- Bill and I played in a Triple Triple Draw tournament at The Orleans. We both had to re-enter after being eliminated. Ultimately, neither of us cashed.
- We drove to the World Series of Poker on Sunday. Bill played in a $1-$3 cash game while I hit the Crapless Craps table.
- Dana, Sue and I drove to Las Vegas while Elle flew. Dana and I stayed at Venetian; Sue and Elle stayed at Park MGM.
- We stopped at Primm, NV, on the drive in. It was pretty depressing. Very few people there, and the employees were worried about their futures, as the properties were scheduled to close on July 4. (Since then, Terrible's has offered to take over operations.)
- Saturday we had lunch at Din Tai Fung at Aria. The food was great...but our waitress forgot to submit our dessert order, and we waited for way, way too long.
- We went to Circa to watch the US/Brazil friendly. While we were there, we discovered that Stadium Swim has an exemption with the Nevada Gaming Commission where they don't have to let people in for free if they just want to gamble.
- We stopped at Slots-A-Fun to play some old coin-in slots.
- We had a great time seeing The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (which was our main reason for making the trip).
- We played the the Pinball Hall of Fame.
- Dana and I ate at Zeppola Café at the Grand Canal Shoppes in Venetian.
- This was a fairly last-minute trip for the first March Madness weekend.
- I arrived Wednesday afternoon, Mike arrived Friday morning.
- Listener Eamonn set us up with tickets to a March Madness viewing party for all-day Friday at Resorts World. Free food and drink, and a nice couch to sit on for watching the games.
- We met up with listener Jim from New York, who joined us at the Crapless Craps tables only buying the 2 and 12 for $1,000 each. It worked out well for him.
- M Resort was nice. Nothing bad to say about it, except for the terrible cashier situation. Not enough employees.
- As we had done last year, Josh Duffy and I taught craps.
- I had a little to much to drink at Planet Hollywood, but was able to sober up enough for Podcasters After Dark.
- This was a sad trip as it included the Celebration of Life for Mark "360 Vegas" Wojtowicz. It was a great ceremony, with lots of laughs and tears.
- I met up with Mark Wojtowicz and some of his listeners at Nevada Brew Works and Soubelly BBQ the day before the festivities started.
- Tim Lawson and I ate at Diablo's Cantina before the Family Meet and Greet.
- The worst drive to Las Vegas I've ever had. Left at 3:00 p.m., arrived at 11:00 p.m. Traffic everywhere until we cleared the Cajon Pass.
- We got together with Jerry Branger, who now lives in Vegas.
- Glen and I played in a World Poker Tour TORSE tournament at Wynn.
- T - 2-7 Triple Draw
- O - Omaha 8
- R - Razz
- S - Seven-Card Stud
- E - Stud 8
- I was so sick on the last day that I couldn't even stop at Original Tommy's on the way home.
- 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.
- 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.
- Zorkfest 2018 and 360 Vegas Vacation 6!
- We did our podcast live in front of an audience on the last night of Zorkfest, along with Scott from Vital Vegas and Adam from Travel Fanboy.
- We played for five and a half hours at a craps table at Planet Hollywood where the dice went around the table only once.
- I proceeded to twist my ankle pretty severely while walking to the limo that took everyone from The Cosmopolitan to The D. During the whole trip I was limping, and I had to ask for a chair at all the crap tables.
- Vegas Internet Mafia Family Picnic 2016!
- Our first night we stayed at Golden Gate. They were supposed to have a room with two queen beds for us, but there were none available. We ended up having to upgrade to a "suite" that had one king bed and a sofa bed.
- Chuck Monster arranged for us to teach a learn-as-you-play craps lesson at Golden Gate Friday morning. Golden Gate provided dealers and play chips while I taught the class from the stick.
- We gave Du-Par's a second chance, and it was much better this time. Better service, better food.
- We also gave Main Street Station another chance. Better service, better luck.
- We participated in the first ever VIMFPFERNO slot tournament.
- We held a craps meet-up at Luxor where we and our listeners filled up two tables. And we hit the All/Small/Tall on both tables!
