Bellagio 7/5-7/8/2020!!! (actual)

Sleep well and rock it out tomorrow!

 

Dai,
Sucks about the adapter as your trip reports always are informative and you obviously have both the experience and the reasonable nature to focus on things many VMBers will find of interest.
Sonya's thread appears to focus on travel involving Nevada.
Mass currently has a 14 day quarantine order, but no intent to enforce it. https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2020/06/30/massachusetts-out-of-state-travel-quarantine-rules

Like NY, NJ currently has a "14 days from last contact with the listed states" quarantine order which currently includes California and does not state in public they won't enforce it. So unless you are planning on spending a long time in Boston, you might want to add a little more water to that wet cement. https://nj.gov/governor/news/news/562020/approved/20200630b.shtml

Almost no one really tries to focus on enforcement of travel within the US because there are substantial constitutional issues, but it does create a potential hassle factor. Stay Safe!

 

@DaiLun so your saying that because you left your adapter you wound up making about a grand at Redrock casino? Works for me.

Say hello to your BFF for me,

FAB

 

We arrived at Bazzar Meats a little early and were ushered to the "meat grilling area" to wait. WOW!!!! A Beef lover's paradise. Here are many of the steak options.






Here is the grilling station

Other meat choices. We had part of the suckling pig.

Here is the menu



Ornate decorations surround the restaurant

More meat choices (we ordered Embutidos and Jambon)


For our meal, we ordered
Geoduck (clam)

Suckling Pig cheeks

The Chef's selection of 6 Assorted Embutidos and Jamon
what I remember from this was wild boar, lower left. Jamon Iberico, upper right, beef, lower center

Flat iron steak (Angus/Hereford)

Wagyu Flank Steak Arrolado

Asparagus

And here is the dessert menu. BFF and I noticed, how moderately priced!!
We each ordered one tart. I had key lime, and he had milk chocolate

Wow. They look good, huh? This is them to scale next to a quarter

All done. with 1 bottle of sparkling water, it fit "nicely" into my $200 comp from Playstudios. I need to check with my host to see if I didn't go a little "over", because I added up to $199 without tax, and they said that no tip was necessary.

I'm gonna stop this one here, because I'm going to post it as a separate restaurant review.

Oh, and the food?? Excellent in every way (except maybe the size of the tarts)

 

Great start! Keep it up!

 

OK, after dinner. BFF said that he saw a crap table that was $10.00 and we agreed to meet after about 30 minutes.
I went off and after checking my point count, determined that the t-shirt had cost me about $16.00. I was still a few points shy, so I sat down to:

I had been getting bonuses a lot today, and this machine was no exception

So, now the shirt cost -$681.50
Here it is . . . .

Done, we headed back to our respective hotel rooms. I dropped BFF off at Flamingo, and I went back to Bellagio. I hit The new Wizard of Oz Munchkin machine for $150.00.

Total for the day is, including the Surface Pro 3, I am up about $2K and I can now give my host at the D $50 for her covering me for one night with no play because I was so tired coming back from New Orleans in January.

OK, I can go back to sleep now. See you guys tomorrow. Breakfast will be at Silverton, and I'll put in a little play there.

 

So, I woke up at 5:30 and finished updating my TR. Went downstairs at about 6:30AM and started playing. Hit a small One on Wizard of Oz : Munchkinland and called my BFF at 7AM. He had been up for about 15 min and we would eat breakfast at Silverton, and then go downtown to the Beef Jerky Store.
Got to Silverton and exercised our specials for "Senior Monday", but, as it turns out, it was 50% off on one entree only, and not usable with any other promotion, which would have nullified BFFs $25 FBC.

So, we just ordered breakfast, and BFF was nice enough to treat as "chan gee" since he won a little last night.

I had the lox, cream cheese and bagel


BFF had Bananas Foster french toast (no picture). I left the tip, which is common for when one person uses a comp, the others In the group chip in for the tip.
Played off our FP. I hit a minor jackpot and we were walking out the door

On our way to QQQQ. I saw Sandra, the cocktail waitress who's my favorite at QQQQ. She hadn't worked in awhile, and today was going to be her only day this week. She has 10 years in at QQQQ, but not enough seniority to get called in to work. I had to "force" her to accept $20. I told her since she wouldn't let me take her out to lunch, it was the least I could do.

I played the Silver Strike machine and got 7 clears and a blue cap

Went over to the D and used my FP, and got $200 in match play chips. BFF suggested that I save them for a "rainy day", so I did. Since I put in play at the D. We've decided to eat at Andiamo's tomorrow night since I have $100 FBC, and he has $25 FBC. Spago's can wait. It's not about being "cheap", it's about using available resources when there's no danger in losing them. I put In play, so I should be able to use a comp "freely".

Walked over to the Beef Jerky Store, only to find it closed for 4th of July. They will be open tomorrow morning, so we still have time. I also have one more day to memorize and practice "Salut, ce faci", which means "Hi how are you?" in Romanian, for a lady who works at The Beef Jerky Store.

Off to Jerry's Nugget. Parked and I introduced my BFF to the new player promotion, which I have detailed in another post.

https://www.vegasmessageboard.com/forums/index.php?threads/ok-48-hours-to-lift-off-will-i-have-the-discipline-10-5-10-8-2019.166845/page-3

An interesting fact that I just learned about table play is that you are rated according to the amount that you BET. On a craps roll, if you have $45 on the table, that's how many points you are credited with. Making 1000 TC would therefore be $1000 in action.

For 1000 points in the new player bonus, which MUST be completed by midnight the day that you start it, you get:

A t-shirt
A deck of cards
A reusable shopping tote
$30 in comp money
$40 in FBC (Must be used within 24 hours)
$100 Free Slot play.

I got him 500 TC and he got the rest, and that's how we found out about the Table Play TC.

I played a little more, and since I hadn't played an Wonder 4 this trip, I played a little and got one Buffalo Gold bonus, and one Miss Kitty bonus.


After we finished, we sat down to eat at the cafe. We both ordered the small cut, he ordered regular and I ordered "blackened".
The regular cut, rare

The regular cut, rare and blackened

You get Prime rib, soup or salad, and a whole ear of corn.
With two sodas, it came out to $39.56. How's that for precision "comping"? I left a $10.00 tip.

We came back, I dropped BFF off and we set the meeting time and place for the evening. One the way up, I made back everything I had given back in the morning sessions on a James Bond Thunderball machine.


So, now I'm back to + or - $100 from where I started this morning. Time for a nap, then off to dinner at Sen of Japan. Tonight might be Cosmopolitan, or Golden Gate.

 

Congrats on a fantastic slotting day yesterday and being fairly even today. Good luck.

 

Loving the report! Very informative and I feel like I’m along for the ride sitting here trying to keep our newborn asleep in this rocking chair.

 

Loving the report so far. I will be following it all! Don't forget to say hello to your mate for us.

 

If you do play at Cosmo, can you do me a favor and comment on the level of mask usage/compliance especially at night?

I am coming out Sunday, and have $75 in FP that I can use at Cosmo (they told me I didn't need an actual room reservation to redeem my FP). I always like FP. But am very wary of places with low mask compliance. Thanks in advance!

 

Your newborn is a VMBer in training and he/she doesn't even know it! Congratulations.

 

Great trip so far! Thanks for sharing!

 

@DaiLun I love that you can get the casino to pay for the items you have (left) at home. LOL....Once again great TR and thanks for the details. Good luck the rest of the way

 

Nice hit on thunderball. Keep it up!

 

Well, I took a nap and when I woke up, I went out to Fry's. Fry's is in very sad shape. The appliance section, normally full with washers, dryers, and refrigerators, lies mostly barren. I picked up two USB memory sticks to make music sticks for the rental car.

So, I called BFF up and he excitedly told me (paraphrasing) "I want to tell you that I am in the middle of a bonus session on Buffalo Diamond. I'm at $800 and still have 23 spins left at 4X" I rushed over and parked the car at the Cromwell, hoping for the good news that it was a hand pay.

He told me the story when he got to the car. He broke $400 and got wiped out at the craps table, so, "pissed off" as he was, he sat down to a Buffalo Diamond machine and started playing at MAX BET (he rarely plays MAX BET). He got the 4X bonus and several retriggers. His final total was close to 100 spins and his hand pay was over $1400. Not bad for a makeup. I was happy for him and we drove out to Sen of Japan.

Here is the menu for Sen of Japan, rated as one of the best Japanese restaurants in Las Vegas, and my BFFs favorite restaurant.



I let BFF order for the two of us, but picked two rolls, #8 King Crab and and #13 Yellowtail.
We had garlic yellowtail. BFF will correct me if I got any of these wrong

Crunchy Tuna sushi

Three types of nigiri, Akari (lean bluefin tuna) , Ocean Trout, and Kanpachi

Pan crusted halibut Cheeks

Crab roll with ponzu sauce (left), and soy (right)

Yellowtail roll

BFF ordered two final dishes
Albacore and Suzuki

Everything was prepared perfectly and tasted excellent.
The total was $120

Following that, we went to Cosmopolitan. Cosmopolitan was pretty lively. Masks were enforced and about 95% of the patrons wore them.

I proceeded to get "murdered" for $1000. I guess it was good that I had a cushion. No luck at all, and very few bonuses.

Left Cosmopolitan and I dropped BFF off. Happy happy Joy Joy for him!!!!

I tried to make a comeback, but "If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all". I had luck at the very end, and made a small comeback, so for the trip I'm up about $700 cash, a Surface Pro 3, $100 in silver Strikes, and $200 in match play chips from the D. Still, one more day to go. I have $200 FP at Golden gate, whatever in FP from the promotion at QQQQ.
This is the machine on which I hit two $550 bonuese almost back-to-back


I will be meeting up to give my host at the D some "chan gee" money to hopefully put me back in her good graces after she bailed me out in January.

Breakfast will most likely be at Magnolia's on my comps. Lunch will be with my local friend Jason, using my $50 food comp at WuHu Noodle at Silverton. Dinner tomorrow night is at Andiamo's, using my $125 FBC comp.

*yawn* time for bed. See you tomorrow . . . .

 

Glad to hear about the Cosmopolitan mask compliance. I'm guessing the "Monday crowd" is more concerned. Sorry about the heavy loss though.

 

I love a good Dailun report! I also love that you, a man of your age (I only know your approximate age by past photos and you using "senior" discounts), use the acronym "BFF" more than anybody I have ever seen! Keep the updates coming and the sushi looked AMAZING!

 

Well, today was quite another day.

I slept in, woke up at 7:15AM. Called BFF and agreed for a pickup at 8AM.Went downtown, parked at the D, only to find the Grille closed, so we opted to go next door to QQQQ and Magnolia's.

I had CBH (Corned Beef Hash) and eggs

BFF had the King's breakfast

Look!!! "Loose" condiments!!

Used my comps for breakfast.

After breakfast walked over to Golden Gate to use by $200 FP. OK, I guess I will have to go to the "What was the best you've done with free play post and add to it".

I put $100 into Wild Samurai and came out with $78. I then went over to a Wonder 4 boost machine and got "special games" with a Bufflao. Good a chance to make something back from my horrible night at Cosmopolitan.

Well, look at what happened:


A closer look at the lower left game.

Great!!! $810 back on just that one hit. ($15.00 x 3 x 2 x 3 x 3 = $810).

But it wasn't over yet, I got a hit on Rhino Charge


So, my total cashout at Golden Gate was:

This actually put me back ahead from the loss at Cosmopolitan.

We left Golden Gate and walked back to the beef Jerky Store. Walked back through Binions, where I came up with a great idea for those who want to quit smoking.

I imagine if you spent a couple of hours in there it would definitely make you want to quit. I know that I would have . . . .

So, we wandered through Binion's and Fremont, and saw this, another new Buffalo variation, a three line $1 machine, Buffalo Golden 7s

,From there, on to the Beef Jerky Store, which was supposed to open today at 9:30AM, but, there was no sign of any employees in the store. BFF and I decided to go out to Green Valley Ranch before lunch at 12 at Silverton.

So, we drove out to Green Valley Ranch, and I got a card from the Player's Club desk.

Sat down to Wizard of Oz Munchkinland and put in $100.


Made a quick $200 as I hit a bonus and a $50 jackpot in the bonus game

From there went over to another Wizard of OZ variation
Got a bonus on the third or fourth spin, and eventually cashed out for $1054.00


"Chan geed" the cashier $2.00 and went over to the Player's Club booth and "chan geed" them $40
So, not up a little over $2000 for the day, and not way back over for the trip.
Played "The Great Immortals" and hit a small bonus.

Left GVR and made our way over to Silverton. Nothing but bad luck there, gave back about $500. Jason my local friend, met us for lunch at WuHu Noodle. Sorry, no pictures, but I had Roast Duck Noodle soup.

It was time to come back, and walking through the Bellagio to my room I sat down and put $100 into a "Billions" machine after the HBO TV show. I played $.05 bet, 60 coins, because and $.05 and $.10, you only need 5 jackpot symbols to trigger the bonus games. Whadda you know, I got the bonus on the first spin, and came out with $100 profit.


So, back at the room, this is where I'm currently at.

+$2300 cash, a Surface Pro 3, $100 in Silver Strikes, $200 in match play chips from the D.

Just one more evening. Dinner at Andiamo's at the D, to use my $125 FBC, then maybe WynnCore tonight. Tomorrow, Jerry's Nugget for food to take home. I think I'm getting the 32 oz. cut, blackened.

See you after dinner.

 

Hey @DaiLun great TR as always... quick question about when you say/others did as well
“Casinos/hotels are enforcing wearing mask” how strict are they about it? Are they kicking customers out who refused to wearing em? Or if you not wearing one they won’t let you in?