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This is my first trip report and first trip to vegas so bear with me. My plane left from Hartford CT at 7:30 am Wednesday with a short layover in Dallas before heading into Vegas around noontime. We get to the airport and end up taking a limo to our hotel (Treasure Island). The line for the taxis was real long and my buddy and I thought why not, it’s Vegas. We asked the limo driver to stop at a liquor store before bringing us to the hotel so we could get a bottle or two of some hard stuff to help us jump-start our evenings. Well we brought us to a place that only sold beer. We bought some coronas and coors light, got back in the car and asked him if he could take us to a place where they also sold hard stuff to which he seemed very aggravated with and said “I don’t drink I don’t know where to goâ€. My buddy and me were like…you drive around Vegas for a living how can that be? He again said he didn’t drink and didn’t know…but didn’t radio or anything to help us. He wanted us out of his limo so he could get his next 60 bucks. We ended up passing 3 on the way to TI. Needless to say his tip was very small and the trip started out with a bad experience of the service of Vegas.
Our first night was spent getting settled and then we walked the strip for the first time ever. It was crazy to see how big these hotels and casinos were! They each had their little staple to them (TI-pirate ship, mirage- volcano, Bellagio- water show). We ended up wondering into the Bellagio and played some poker. I played 2-5 no limit with 200 bucks and so did my friend. Sammy Farha and Gus Hansen, two poker pros, were playing in the high stakes area but it was cool to know they were in the same room. I didn’t really see them though. After a few hours I left the table up 400 bucks! Not a bad start to the trip! I continued to play some video poker at the bar to get some crown on the rocks comped. I then went over to play some craps and hit some points before getting a bad streak and leaving even. We then met up with another friend of ours and head out to get a taxi nice and buzzed. At this point I am kinda drunk and tired from the east coast difference so we decide no more drinking, and head to the Orleans buffet (one of my friends said it was tasty). We see Seamless, a huge strip club and promise to go there once on the trip but we never did, and head into the Orleans. The buffet was pretty good and not a bad deal at 12 bucks. We eat and head back to TI. I felt like a Vegas failure at 1030 going to bed but I was so tired and I didn’t want the rest of my trip hindered by doing too much the first night. Plans were made to head to the Price is Right at Bally’s the next day….
MORE TO COME TOMORROW! Sorry I can't write more I am getting tired.
Our first night was spent getting settled and then we walked the strip for the first time ever. It was crazy to see how big these hotels and casinos were! They each had their little staple to them (TI-pirate ship, mirage- volcano, Bellagio- water show). We ended up wondering into the Bellagio and played some poker. I played 2-5 no limit with 200 bucks and so did my friend. Sammy Farha and Gus Hansen, two poker pros, were playing in the high stakes area but it was cool to know they were in the same room. I didn’t really see them though. After a few hours I left the table up 400 bucks! Not a bad start to the trip! I continued to play some video poker at the bar to get some crown on the rocks comped. I then went over to play some craps and hit some points before getting a bad streak and leaving even. We then met up with another friend of ours and head out to get a taxi nice and buzzed. At this point I am kinda drunk and tired from the east coast difference so we decide no more drinking, and head to the Orleans buffet (one of my friends said it was tasty). We see Seamless, a huge strip club and promise to go there once on the trip but we never did, and head into the Orleans. The buffet was pretty good and not a bad deal at 12 bucks. We eat and head back to TI. I felt like a Vegas failure at 1030 going to bed but I was so tired and I didn’t want the rest of my trip hindered by doing too much the first night. Plans were made to head to the Price is Right at Bally’s the next day….
MORE TO COME TOMORROW! Sorry I can't write more I am getting tired.