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- This was our first official trip for the Vegas Internet Mafia Family Picnic (VIMFP).
- We rented a car, something we hadn't done for years, and were surprised by the new rental car hub and how long it took to get on the shuttle to said hub.
- Mike "enjoyed" playing the All Tall, All Small, and All or Nothing at All bets at the crap tables.
- We visited Downtown Grand for the first time and were pleasantly surprised to see they had a Fire Bet that paid on just three numbers.
- Breakfast at Du-Par's was a disaster. Ridiculous wait time for food.
- We played Riverboat Roulette for the first time. It was fine.
- Barry from the Craps Facebook page helped set up a craps meeting at The D with our listeners. It was a great time (but not for our wallets)!
- We ate at Hugo's Cellar for the first time ever. (Hard to believe considering how many times we stayed at Four Queens in the '90s.) It was excellent.
- I attended the VIMFP Main Event while Mike tried to recoup his losses.
- We hit all six numbers on the Fire Bet at Caesars Palace! And I was rolling! And it was my birthday! And it was on the same table where we hit all those 4s on Trip 79! $10,000 apiece! And I'm not joking!!!
- Just a quick trip to take advantage of some offers.
- Unbelievably, the first game we sat down to play on Saturday morning was roulette. Roulette!
- We headed over to Rio to check out the World Series of Poker. There was lots of energy. Doyle Brunson
ran over my foot zipped past me on his scooter.
- We watched the Belmont Stakes in the Diamond Lounge at Caesars Palace (and I watched my win bet on California Chrome go down the toilet).
- This was my 50th birthday trip!
- A bunch of family and friends attended my birthday dinner at The Range Steakhouse at Harrah's, including my wife, my two sons, my parents, my sister Dana, my sister Sue and her partner Elle, my friend Mike James and his wife Majken Ryherd, and my friends Dave Johnson, Paul Huyser and Mary Whelan.
- What a fantastic trip, probably my favorite ever. I had a great time with all my friends and family, and I got to go to some Vegas places I've always wanted to:
- After the show we had a fantastic meal at Red Square.
- On our last morning, I walked up to a crap table at Rio, and there was quite a buzz as a couple of young guys were cashing out. When they walked away from the table, I asked the dealer what had happened. One of the guys had rolled six Hard 6s without rolling an easy 6 or a 7.
- Mike made the Fire Bet whenever he could while playing craps. At Caesars properties, the fire bet pays off when a shooter establishes and makes at least four unique points.
While we were playing at Bally's (a Caesars property), Mike made a $10 fire bet (the maximum allowed). Very quickly the woman shooting established and made four unique points. Mike was guaranteed to win $250, with a chance to win more. The two numbers the woman had not yet established as a point were the 5 and 10. Very quickly she established the 10... and made it back very quickly! Now Mike was guaranteed to win $2,500.
All that was left was for her to establish and make the 5, and Mike would win $10,000. The woman rolled and established a... 9. But then she rolled the 9 back, and it was the come-out roll again.
The woman rolled a... 5! All she had to do was roll the 5 again and Mike would win that $10,000.
But she sevened out. Still, Mike walked away with a $2,500 win.
- Later during the trip, we were playing at Mandalay Bay. Mike once again made a Fire Bet, but this time for $25. (MGM properties like Mandalay Bay have a higher maximum for Fire Bets, plus their Fire Bets pay when a shooter establishes and makes at least 3 unique numbers. The downside is that the payoffs for hitting 5 or 6 numbers are lower than at Caesars properties.)
Con was shooting, and while his roll wasn't quite as exciting as the woman's at Bally's, he also established and made 5 unique numbers. Mike made $3,750 on his Fire Bet.
- This was the stopover for our return trip from Yellowstone.
- They couldn't check us in when we got to Sam's Town, so they gave us access to the pool area while we waited.
- I was sick with food poisoning from dinner the night before in Cedar City, Utah, but I gradually felt better as the day went on.
- This time around we got a suite, to the delight of the kids. It even had a "butt washer."
- Craps wasn't as good to me this time (down $290.00), but then I played a Goldfish slot machine and won $133.05!
- This was a stopover on our family vacation to Yellowstone.
- David and Charlie (especially Charlie) got a big kick out of the water show in the big atrium lobby at Sam's Town, and both kids enjoyed the breakfast buffet.
- I had great luck at the crap table. I only made a $5.00 pass line bet and one $5.00 come bet with 6x/8x/10x odds. (Sam's Town offers 20x odds.) Shooters just kept repeating numbers. I won $695.00 for about an hour's worth of play.
