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Ok - after my nap this morning I started to feel that tickle in my throat that signaled I'm getting sick. Throughout the day it became clear that I'm coming down with a sore throat.

Not much I can do about it. Just have to carry on.

So this morning I headed over to TI to play some BJ. As usual, TI was dead. Their BJ tables were down to $5. Bought in for $100. It was rough from the start. To make matters worse, the dealer was so damn annoying. I wanted to punch him. He thought he was the shit. Kept making sarcastic jokes and dealing really slow to increase the tension. Several times I told him to hurry up and just DEAL. Lost $50 and couldn't take him any more so I moved to a $10 DD table. Made my $50 back and got the hell outta there.

Walked down to the Bellagio. Had a great BJ session. Good table - everyone played correctly. Friendly people. Made $150.

Walked down to NYNY and had a slice of pizza. It was good.

Headed back to my room and took a little nap. By this point the tickle in my throat was becoming a full blown sore throat. So I walked to Walgreens and bought some DayQuil and NyQuil.

Wasn't that hungry for dinner. But I had a MyVegas buffet for Cravings at The Mirage so I headed down there. Thank god they had chicken noodle soup. And it was really good too. My dinner consisted of three big bowls of soup, some cheese and crackers, and a bunch of gelato. They basically got rid of servers there and drinks are self serve now. So I drank a bunch of cranberry juice for my throat.

Then I went and played BJ at Harrahs. No good - lost $100. I am officially putting Harrahs on my list of "unlucky casinos." Some casinos just kill me every time no matter what (MGM, Aria, Cosmo, & Wynn). Add Harrahs to that list.

Went to Margaritaville and played Pai Gow Poker. Lost $35. It wasn't my night for gambling, but my Bellagio win earlier makes me even for the day.

Then it was time for LOVE. My ticket was from MyVegas and my seat was perfect. A few rows behind the "golden circle." I really liked it, loved all the songs they used. The only other Cirque show I've seen is O, and it's hard to compare the two cause they're so different. But I enjoyed both.

And now I'm back in my room about to pass out into a NyQuil coma.

Tomorrow: my birthday! And I have no clue what I'm doing for it.

Great report, thanks for sharing. Good luck.

Thank you for sharing,great read!!

I hope you are feeling much better today. Happy Birthday!

Very good read! Thank you for all the updates. Good luck with the rest of it.

Thanks for the the reporting thusfar, hope you are feeling better.

Is the electronic BJ 3:2?

DeMoN2318 said:

Is the electronic BJ 3:2?

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Of course. I wouldn't play it if it wasn't.

Great report thanks and I hope you feel better. Quick question the Cranberry juice for your throat ??

VegasGarden said:

Great report thanks and I hope you feel better. Quick question the Cranberry juice for your throat ??

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lol I don't know if it helps or not, but it usually helps ease the pain a bit for me. May be just a placebo. And it does have tons of vitamin C.

So I've been taking it easy today.

Woke up and tried to play my electronic BJ, put $40 in and the machine took it, but wouldn't let me place a bet. Took like three slot attendants to fix it. I took that as a sign and just got my $40 out of there and left.

Went to Excalibur and had two Cinnabons (yes, two).

Went to the Luxor and did the Freeplay wheel spin for my birthday. It only landed on $10, but I turned that into an actual $10 playing VP.

Walked down to the Bellagio and they had their soft 17 tables down to $10 minimums (!!!!!!). So I plopped my ass down and played there for about an hour. Had one crazy hand where I split fours against a 5. Kept getting more fours, had four hands going, one of which I doubled on. Thank god he busted. Made $150 that session.

Then I came back to my room. About to take a nap, grab some lunch, and maybe check out the pool for a bit.

Happy Birthday! Really enjoying your report!

Try some spicy bloody mary mix for the throat!

So after my nap it went and got Subway for lunch. That hit the spot.

Then I went down to the pool and floated around the lazy river a few times. It was kind of a clusterf**k but it was fun.

Then I ate at Project Pie again. So good. I wasn't that hungry cause I had just had Subway a couple hours before, but I still managed to finish this.



After that I headed out for the evening: first to the Wynn.



Steve paid $28 million for this thing! Hence the bodyguard.

The Wynn gives you $10 Freeplay on your birthday. I turned that into $15 playing VP.

Then I went back to the High Roller to use my free pass. I had already been on it before, so I basically used this as a half hour to just sit there and chill. It was relaxing.





The Quad is becoming The Linq.



After this I wanted to play some Crazy 4 Poker. The table was closed at the Cromwell, and the table was full at PH, so I ended up at Paris. It was rough at first. Couldn't get anything good. Got down to my last $30 or so, then hit some good hands and made it back to my buy-in. Decided that was a win and left just above even.

Walked over to the Bellagio for some BJ. First table I sat down at was no good. Lost $50 pretty quick. Then I moved to another table and made it back. I wasn't really "feeling" the Bellagio so I left once I hit even.

Headed to the Monte Carlo. Their Crazy 4 Poker table was $5 so I said what the hell, I'll play here. The first dealer, Melanie, was a hot mess, and not in a good way. Yikes. She was the relief and thankfully left pretty quickly. Then the actual dealer came back. He didn't know how to work the progressive bet thing, and just about had a panic attack when he saw I was playing it. He had to call the pit boss over to show him. She told him go stop freaking out. I left pretty soon after that. Just a bad vibe there. Lost $15.

Now I'm back in bed for my last night here.

This has been a major low roller trip for me. I haven't gambled nearly as much as I have on other trips and I've been betting very conservatively and doing quick sessions where I leave once I'm up a little bit. I haven't even played one hand of actual live blackjack here at the MGM where I'm staying. MGM has sucky dealers. Either flat out mean or just dull and lifeless. I've been sticking to the $5 electronic machines. Yet I'm going to end up coming home with about $300 more than I brought with me.

Great pictures! I'm enjoying the trip report.

Did you have to wait at all to get on the high roller or is it still pretty dead?

Good to know about the birthday freeplay. Wish I found that last year! But we're thinking about going back for g/f's 30th in September.

And by your high roller pics the quads pool looks to be out of commission? I didn't think we were going to stay there, but that likely makes it a guarantee.

Keep in the black! Hope you're feeling better!

Great pics.

Happy Birthday.

I'll be there next week for my Birthday.

Well here I am at the airport, another successful trip has come to a close.

Went down and stuck $20 in the electronic BJ machine just to mess around for a bit. This was the other machine, not the one that broke on me yesterday. Unfortunately this one wouldn't let me cash out my ticket at the end! I think the touch screen needed recalibrated, because she opened up the machine and there were plenty of tickets inside. I had to have someone track down a slot attendant for me. These machines are cursed.

Then I went to NYNY for pancakes again.



And that's basically it. Cabbed it back to the airport.

Final gambling total is +$344, which I am happy with.

Congrats on a winning trip! Thanks for posting.