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SDSteve Aria 3/11-3/13

Discussion in 'Vegas Trip Reports' started by SDSteve, Mar 5, 2016.

  1. SDSteve

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  2. SDSteve

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    So the live TR didn't work out. I have a report written... Just need to get on a computer to make it easier to format. Stay tuned!
     
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    Don't worry. We all know how tough it is to maintain a live trip report! Hope it went well.
     
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    It was great meeting you the other day Steve, it was a good time. Hope you had a blast the rest of the weekend!
     
  6. SDSteve

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    So, the live TR didn't work out too well... Not too many pictures either. B S called it. These guys know me well after only meeting me once.

    I figured I owed everyone a report since you’ve all posted so many great ones. I was able to piece this together from a private chat I had with a few of the other degenerates and various text messages.

    Day 1 – Friday - which will last until I good to bed, not necessarily at midnight…

    8:40 AM.

    Arrive. A pretty boring drive from SD. A few pictures to prove the point. Made it in fairly good time, around 3:50. Not really too crazy. Average speed was 82, with a break for coffee.
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    Make it to Aria and pour the first beer.
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    Go to desk and ask the woman for early check-in with $40 on the counter. She says the system will automatically charge me the $30 fee, but does give me early check-in. Unfortunately it's a low floor, not much of a view. Who looks out the window anyway? Ended up giving her $20 of the $40, since she didn't really do much for us.
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    9:30 AM

    Grab a brew and head down to hit some craps and BJ.

    10:21

    4 beers in, down only $200. Couldn’t really get much going.

    10:41

    5 beers in. Back to even playing two hands of $50 BJ.
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    11:00

    Back down $200. BAC .15

    11:10

    Head to the Todd English PUB. Grab a pitcher of Sculpin, some duck buns and a dozen $1 oysters. Pretty good food. Give Plee/Vegas Monkey a shout and tell him to meet up with us.
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    11:30

    Plee shows and has a quick Sculpin and one Oyster. I think he was saving himself for the food at a Cosmo slot tournament he had coming up. I do the seven second pint challenge. This is a little game they have where if you can drink a pint before the little sand-timer in front of you runs out, it’s free. Challenge accepted! They only do PBR or Bud Light, so I opt for the PBR. I throw that back in about 4 seconds. We videoed the successful mission, but I won't post that here for the sake of anonymity. Couldn’t convince Plee or my buddy “C” to do it.

    12:40 PM

    Me and Plee head to the Cosmo for the slot tournament he is in. Really nice setup. Tons of food and an open bar. We have the lucky monkey. He has a little thread up on his board, so I won’t go into much detail here. I don't eat, just have a couple beers.
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    Now it starts to get blurry…


    1:30 PM'ish

    Plee and I head downstairs at Cosmo and play something or another. It was some carny game I’d never played before, but Plee helped me. Really didn’t do much one way or another. Plee took off at some point after this and I head head back to Aria and meet my friend who was resting. We head down and gamble. No real idea how it was going.

    1:08 AM

    That’s right, a twelve hour span which was just a blur of gambling and drinking. Meet Plee and his friend for some late night food at Cosmo. Had an omelet. I think this is BS’ favorite spot. His friend looks at me and with a semi-amused/disgusted look she asks, "how many drinks have you had?!" Ha ha. Left them and went back to Aria for some more gambling. May have played at Cosmo, but I don’t really remember.
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    4:30 AM

    Tried to do a BAC check and even took a picture. Blank. Forgot to turn it on. Did manage a good one, came in at .17, so really just sustained the buzz the whole time. From what I can tell, down around $2K at this point.

    5:30 AM

    More chip porn. Bought in for $300. Coming back...
    Went to bed slightly after that. End of day 1.
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    Summary: Walking total for Friday, until midnight (I have a Fitbit): 5.12 miles. Beers, too many to remember… Food, some oysters and the late-night omelet. Not much. Down a bit to even.

    Day 2 later
     
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    Day 2 - Saturday

    The big comeback and more of the same! Not too many pictures today... You'll see why.

    7:30 AM

    Good morning! Nothing like less than two hours sleep. I figure I'm back about half of my original buy-in after the early morning session. BAC check .17.

    7:50 AM

    Quick hit and run at BJ. Bought in for $300 walked with $1525. Off to breakfast. Text Plee to see if he wants to go. He doesn't respond. Either he is afraid of me, or some people actually sleep in Vegas.

    8:00 AM

    Breakfast at Mon Ami Gabi. This is a regular stop when I'm in Vegas. Had the Bananas Foster French Toast and a side of bacon. There was whipped cream with the waffles, so I ate it on the bacon. PT liked the bacon and whipped cream thing and might use it in future adventures.
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    9:00 AM

    Head back to Aria to meet my dad. Yep, that's right the old man is in town for the MWC tournament. Figured it was safest to meet him in the morning so I wouldn't be too wasted. Yeah right... We went for a walk down the strip. Showed him some of the cool places since he hadn't been to Vegas in 20 years. Not too many pictures. Played some craps at Wynn and had some drinks along the way. Up $1500 at Wynn. Cab back to Aria.
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    12:56 PM

    Head to NY NY to meet up with the VF crew at shake shack. BAC .18. Have a warm-up beer at Pour 24 upstairs with my buddy Ray the bartender.

    1:15 PM

    Meet the crew at shake shack, Plee, Dirty Shirley, her husband, their friends, Tbone and wife, and Aaron and wife. There's a report with pictures on this event over there. I think you can see my nose in one of the shots. Ha ha. Still keeping it anonymous. I only managed a few French fries and a beer there. Still full from Mon Ami and dozens of beers. I suggest an impromptu high-limit slot pull. Most are receptive.

    3:00’ish PM

    High limit slot pull. No pictures. No luck. Only out $100. We actually played for quite a while.

    ?:??

    Once again, things got blurry here. Hung around DS, her husband and her buddies. Gambled around and generally had a great time. They had a friend M, who looked about 14 with a mustache. He was funny. Kept getting carded everywhere. He ran out of money. I loaned him $100, so he wouldn't have to hit the ATM. We did some craps and BJ. He quickly took the $100 to over $500 and paid me back.

    7:00 PM

    I texted someone at I was up$2200 more at BJ. This is where it all goes out the window and gets really hazy. Met a guy, Brian I think (there seem to be a lot of Brian’s floating around), and we were going huge, drinking and gambling. He said he lived at the Mandarin. We went over to the bar there (I think), and we're talking up a bunch of girls. I was playing the good wingman, being a drunk married guy. He was getting pretty crazy trying to hug every girl. Lucky we didn’t get into any trouble. At some point we went to his place with a few people and had drinks.

    Summary: Total walking for day 2, up to midnight, 13 miles. The strip journey added many miles. Beers, too many to count. I also had some whiskey at some point. I was getting too full from the beer. That must have contributed to the pass out at the MO. Food, just the breakfast. That was also the likely contributor. Note to self, swap a few beers for food!

    The final coming up!
     
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    Day 3 - Sunday

    6:00 AM

    Next thing I know, I wake up on the couch in this room at the MO and its 6:00 AM. Brian and his buddy were still going to town, but I had to get home. He gave me directions to get back to the Aria, because I was confused as to where I was. Head back to my room, pack and hit the road. My buddy slept most of the night and was good to drive. I slept the whole way home.

    Summary: Walking for Sunday, 5.61 miles. Drinks, unknown. Food, I did eat when I got home.

    Final Summary: Up $2500-3000. Maybe 4 hours sleep and 50 beers. Met lots of great people, Plee, Dirty Shirley and her crew, Tbone and the mysterious Mandarin Oriental resident Brian and his buddy.

    Currently booked 6/10-6/14 at Wynn. I may try to move that to the following week to synch up with B S. Look out!

    Lesson learned, I'll just take pictures next time and do a recap report.
     
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    And that's when you know for sure it's going to get good!
     
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    Good recap, Steve. Glad to see you crushed it. Looking forward to us not remembering our shenanigans in June.
     

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