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Another One Bites The Dust:Macker's Bachelor Trip starring Usual Suspects

Discussion in 'Vegas Trip Reports' started by BeeeJay, Apr 28, 2015.

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  1. WHITEJACKET73

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    Another great trip report...you bunch of degenerates. It's all your fault....I've already booked by September trip two months ago...perfectly content to wait until the fall to return to Vegas...and then I read your report. I had plans during my summer vacation to do some serious yard work ...replace the fence in my backyard, put in some new shrubs, etc... screw it....just booked a 4 night Vegas trip...4 free nights at Bally's..free entry into one of their slot tournaments July 9-12. Couldn't help myself.......your trip report convinced me that this was the right thing to do...I didn't have a choice.
     
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    So......just for fun.....I've decided to grade this most recent trip against my DEGEN guidelines from Packers DEGEN Thread......kind of a "Self-Review" like those stupid-ass ones some people are forced to do at work! Let's see how I did....I'll post my results in Bold




    The 4 cornerstones of degeneracy are gambling, alcohol, sex, and food-based gluttony. There are also some overriding beliefs that apply to all areas of proper degen endeavor.

    Let me expand.

    General Overriding Beliefs of the Degen:

    First, the degen must be VERY selfish. This doesn't mean the degen can't be giving, thoughtful, and sharing. But they must always be thinking about their needs to drink, eat, bet, and engage in sex. I think I really nailed this, I missed some of Mackers activities to follow my own gambling whims
    Second, the TRUE degen must accept themselves for what they are revel in it. They aren't BAD because they are a degen. Is a tiger bad because it eats its prey??? NO!!! It's just being a tiger. There is no good or evil, these are imaginary constructs of society, and do not apply to the degen.I give myself a D in this catagory, I did wake up with a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach...hopeully it was just indigestion, but it might have been a tinge of *GASP* guilt....or more likely embarrassment--which I can live with---ok I give myself a C+ it was probably embarrassment

    Gambling

    The degen must tear up their daily envelopes. The degen must chase. The degen must win enough to continue. The degen should make plans to gamble more intelligently, then ignore them. The degen should have a VERY short memory regarding losses. The degen must learn to use the only acceptable bankroll management tool--tricking yourself into booking wins by telling yourself that it enables a quicker return trip at a larger bankroll---THIS IS KEY to long-term degen survivial.A+ here, I totally went over planned budget on certain days, completely ignored my plans and limits, and tricked myself into depositing cash for next trip, preserving a nice win



    ALCOHOL

    The degen doesn't have to be an alcoholic, but they should drink in excess and wake up often with little memory except for a general fuzzy feeling of regret. Ideally the degen will use credit card receipts and google maps to piece together the prior nights activities. nailed it big time.....in fact, the final day as we walked in front of Bellagio and Hielo and Borat and I verbally tried to peace together certain events, a nearby jogger mentioned we must do vegas right as he overheard us trying to piece together events



    The degen MUST enjoy day drinking, and by that I mean they should be wanting to mix up a cocktail for shower. The degen should have a world-class ability to avoid hangovers. The degen should be at work early the next day after being black-out drunk the night before. OH and also---the degen should develop a habit of ordering two drinks per round, definitely for the first couple rounds at a minimum. I'm gonna have to give myself a B here because by day 3, Sunday I had not avoided a hangover....but the rest of the time there was heavy day drinking and even that day i did rebound by having a ciroc-gatorade and a nap so i was back drinking by 5pm and i was up early every day for the pool so yeah a B




    SEX

    The degen must have a reality kings subscription and absolutely MUST do 2 chicks at the same time, when the opportunity presents itself. This is non-negotiable. The degen should always be cognizant of servicing "ladies in need". Again this goes with not believing in good vs. evil. A nun may need help across the street, but her need is no less important than the lonely GMILF who just wanted to be held, but got the "bonus plan". I'm gonna give myself a B here cause ya gotta do 2 chicks at the same time to get an A......and of course none of us actually banged any chicks on this trip, but we get a B just for "being" sexy :rolleyes2:

    FOOD-BASED GLUTTONY

    The degen should always order far more food than any human could possibly eat. At least 2 entrees.

    Cross-reference with blackout drunk---the degen must occasionally find a credit card receipt for $100 spent at a very inexpensive diner, which can only be explained by extreme gluttony and overtipping. The degen should often receive credit card alert for potential over-tipping.

    I mean this is def an A++, we just fucking killed it for food this trip....started off at Holsteins, had daily gluttonous lunches of sandwiches and onion rings at the pool, day 2 dinner was Bachanal Bufffet, need I say more, Day 3 was SW---thanks again PPHOLD and Packer, and Day 4 was Botero.....we just ate the shit out of that town and for good measure we pounded copious amounts of bar snacks at Mandarin after each meal



    The degen should leave dinner at "e" craving a Big Mac. Enough said.see mandarin bar snacks after huge steak dinners



    SUMMARY

    I have yet to meet anyone with these admirable/regrettable qualities. But we can all strive to do our best!!! :beer:[/QUOTE]Well this trip I met about a dozen VMBer's who all accomplished this to the nth degree.....overall grade has got to be an A-, and only the minus because Borat Hielo and I didn't have a showerful of hookers and maintained our dignity by not re-groping the pool chicks who groped us
     
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    You are absolutely the victim of our TR and should feel no...what's that emotion called...."guilt"??????..... because you felt compelled to book.
     
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    No posts in more than 2 hours , i feel like I am going through withdrawal. Great report/thread .... thanks for taking the time. Can't wait for the next one.
     
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    I STARTED reading this at lunch today at work, raced home to after work to show hubby!! laughing at every other post!!!! What a wild ride you guys had me reading!!!!

    Can hardly wait for our Oct trip....

    But I got a ? for Beeejay,, I saw a ton of big wins, 2 (or 3) dep trips to bank??? what was your final total winnings????

    I read Superpocky's TR from a month or so ago & wasn't sure Id ever read 1 as good, but this was awesome!!!! was disappointed to see it end!!

    Merty
     
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    Thanks for reading!

    $7,000 gambling net,, $5,500 after expenses/tips/hotel/limo/flight/etc.

    One of my better trips in a long time. It could have been a lot better, for example if I quit right after the 2nd royal early on night 2 when I was up over $10,000, and it could have been a lot worse, for example if I quit when quickly up $2,500 on night 1. I feel like it was a good mix of booking wins and continuing to enjoy myself....I gambled some all 4 nights and came home with money. I mean shit I could have easily NOT hit 2 royals and had that $8,000 craps run and its a $16,000 flip on 3 sessions.

    I'm extremely curious to see what kind of response I get from Wynn and Palazzo....if anything....for the drop in play. CET I think I gave about what was expected for 4 nights comped at Caesars, and MGM I got literally "ROYALLY" fucked---2 royals, 0 comp credit for extensive gambling on the trip.....and I guess I would take that deal every time! :)
     
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    MGM Fucking assholes (I had more BEFORE the trip):

    ACCOUNT SUMMARY
    EXPRESS COMPS ™
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    POINTPlay ®
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    FREEPLAY ®
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    HGS POINTS
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  9. vegasmacker

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    Well I'm fully recovered and head back to work tomorrow :(

    I will give a brief summary of the trip as my phone was a little wonky down there it would go from 4G/LTE to E not even sure wtf that means but my phone would go all glitchy when that happened.

    Thursday - day 1

    I know this is a shocker it started off that Allegiant was delayed at FCA yet again. Although this time I got a text saying they would be an hour late so we stopped at a bar near the airport for a few captain and cokes. Flight was uneventful just watched a movie on my iPad. Arrived in Mecca and could feel the hot desert air as soon as me exited the terminal.

    No cab line bit first thing out of our cabbies mouth was I'm going to take the freeway okay gentlemen. I was like um no don't be an asshole and tunnel us. So he goes Swenson to trop, but doesn't take paradise or koval, both were empty. He takes the strip and it was dead but I know it's still a small up charge going to flamingo. He ends up driving right by flamingo entry and I was like wtf are you doing. He tells me to stop crying and I said I will to him but he better turn the meter off or I'm calling the taxi cab authority. He says $15.80 is the amount he will take the rest and we take a detour though the linq underground. He then says don't for get the $2 airport fee and tip. I said here's $18 enjoy your 20 cent tip asshole. Then we check into our room, we open the door and my dad and his buddy are in there. They had gave my comped room to him. Finally get that straightened out and we hit the casino floor
    Here is the view from our Go Room they would have upgraded us to strip view but I didn't want it, hate the thumping all night from Drais

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    We hit he ground running and went right to bugsys bar. I despise these new CET pay tables but I wanted to keep my platinum status til March 31, 2017 and only needed 700 points. So I thought I would go with my best odds for DDB bar tops and play single line STP. I was drinking the captain cokes as fast as they would pour them and had a good buzz in no time. Had a 10x with trips 3's dealt but alas it wasn't meant to be biggest hit was this

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    Ended up heading to TAG at the linq where again the drinks were free flowing and I believe I may have tried a beer or two but went back to cherry vodka and coke. Had a decent hit there then they called last call
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    To be honest those aces may have been at osheas because that's where we were heading next. I was smashed by this time and was drinking even faster. Last thing I remember at oheas was JB puking in the bushes our front after a shot of fireball. This was on the way back into Flamingo

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    I was guttered and I'm think JB and I ended up back at bugsys bar where I did hit this
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    Last thing I did was get a chili burger and fries from Johnny Rockets and crashed at around 5am
     
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    Friday - day 2

    So woke up at 8:20 and may have still be drunk, but I had to keep it going! We had a tour of Clark County Detention Center. We had 11 committed to go but only 7 made it, no surprise there and a very cool jail to see. We stopped at the ABC store on Fremont where I grabbed some sunscreen, Tylenol and a Gatorade. I was HUNG and it was the night of my bachelor party! So I had a nap, a long shower and more Gatorade and was good to go!!! Met everyone at the bar outside of bacchanal buffet at Caesars. What a group we had!

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    I must say this buffet is amazing! A little steep at $60 but amazing for a buffet! My favorites were the lamb chops, dimsum, truffled scalloped potatoes and the crab legs. One dish I though was interesting and very good was the watermelon salad with pickled onion and fresh mozzarella. We went to Cosmo and hit up BOND where I hit a couple quads then we got in the bus to Crazy Horse III.

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    I will say that we had the whole Upper area at CH3 with thanks to an old downtown host of ours and his friend who is a host at Mandalay Bay. Apparently they brought in 20 extra girls just for our group. We did our best to put them to work, many drinks were consumed and what I will say is he quality of the girls has gone up tenfold from my last trip there and 10x more chill and relaxed compared to my previous trips to the Rhino and sapphire. Would highly recommend to anyone.

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    From there we headed down to Fremont where I burned some free play at the GG. From there we headed down to the D where I had a match play. $25 was turned into $75 which I took the Long Bar and added my free play. Really wish I playing Boner Deluxe has I hit 5 quads but none premium, but from that $25 I cashed out a $250 profit. At that time gaggles and I were the only 2 left! I chalk that up to NO shots and a seasoned liver! We headed on over to 4 queens for the best DDB bar tops in the city. 9/6 with progressives from quads on up. Don't remember if I hit any there but do remember big sack and another buddy come stumbling in to see us. We grabbed a cab back to home bad where we saw a selfie machine and just had to!

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    All I can say is fuck are we drunk and I look like Sloth from the Goonies.

    From there big sack, gaggles and I headed to Bugsy's. I had a very nice hit on a 5x STP for $500

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    Last picture I have is gaggles being harassed by one ghetto, ugly hooker.

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    Saturday - day 3

    Woke up fairly early after maybe 4 hours of sleep and decided to go for a walk as everyone else seemed to be still in bed or shopping. Went on down to Walgreens grabbed some thing including a couple more gatorades. Weather was beautiful so just enjoyed the heat. Chugged one of the gatorades and a handful of excedrin migraine then hit pool with the boys.

    Grabbed a bucket of beers and enjoyed the water in fact only time I got out was to take a piss and grab more beer. Had a healthy glow but got ready and headed on down to bugsys to meet up with a couple guys. We grabbed a cab to Gold Coast where 5 of us had dinner at the Cortez Room. Food was average at best as was service but got a huge porter house for a good price, it was just under seasoned. They did sing happy birthday to gaggles!

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    Gaggles and a couple of the guys went to MGM to meet up with a few members from here. I would have loved to make it but I had a bunch of the crew at ballys and wanted to make sure I saw the guys I wouldn't see for awhile before the night was done. Uncle Tom and I ended up walking to Ballys after we waited 5 minutes for a cab at GC. Nice walk after a big steak.

    We ended up at the sports book at ballys for a couple drinks with Po. A couple of Poverts later and we headed up to see Donny at Sullys Bar. A bunch of the crew was already there and the drinks were in full swing. Donny took amazing care of us which is probably the only reason we stayed cause I was getting my ass kicked! Uncle Tom almost fell over before giving me a nod and walking out the side door. JB could barely talk let alone stand and another buddy essentially carried him to flamingo. My dad and his buddy headed to Tuscany to gamble with Po and all that was left was Timchuk and I. Just me and one of groomsmen trying to hit a royal and catching up on shit. Never did hit a royal but hit this and a couple more quads before calling it quits at sullys.

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    I contemplated going to bed but what fun would that be! Headed over to margaritaville casino to play some STP boner deluxe triple play on dimes. Drink service was good and made better when served by a sexy cougar in a bikini. I was dealt a flush but with 4 to a royal. Easy decision there and in hindsight I should have made a video because this happened!

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    I continued to play and looks like I hit 4 other quads before cashing a $400 profit. I again contemplated going to bed. I was going to stop at Bugsys but noticed there was more hookers than customers and didn't feel like that headache so found a quarter STP bank by poker room. Glad I came here because the waitress loved me after a $10 tip on the first drink oh and I went on quite the heater!

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    I cashed a $600 profit and went to bed up for the trip!!!
     
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    Sunday - Day 4
    Well I awoke in the morning to JB puking his guts out. I should also add that I came back to room with him in his underwear on the bathroom floor. I tried to get him to go to bed but he didn't budge until I told him I was just piss over top him. At that point he crawled out and into bed.

    I packed up and text to see if anyone was up and hungry. Uncle Tom was my only reply. So him and I headed out and about for some last minute shopping for the family and decided on Gordon Ramsay BURGR for lunch. I had the chantelle burger with cheese and we split and order of truffle Parmesan fries. Burger was slightly above average and fries were amazing as always.

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    From there we went back to Flamingo where I finished packing and got the assistance of a buddies to pry JB out of bed. While I will not post the picture of him on the bathroom floor I will post the one of him puking in the garbage can at the airport after he ran from the cab.

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    Flight was on time I think, I slept for first half and watched a movie the rest as I stretched out in the exit row seat. Shockingly as we were exiting the plane we heard an announcement that the plane would be delayed due to mechanical issues. Fuck Allegiant Air and there shitty old planes and paying for everything including a carry on. I bitch but my flight was only $162 lol. $194 if you factor in the carry on.

    Last I saw was JB grabbing puke bags for the ride home at the gas station by the airport. I did get this text on the way home as he was trying to not die.
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    The good folks at CET are trying to lure me with their siren song. Got this offer this morning

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    Can't make that weekend but am heading to whitefish, mt for another bachelor party as I don't get married til October. I finished the trip up a whopping $100 and hey a win is a win! The next day all I wanted was a salad and about 14 hours of sleep lol.

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    I know some of this is repeats from the live updates but figures I owed you all the full story! There's probably spelling mistakes but I did write the whole thing on tapatalk on my iPhone so I blame fat fingers and autocorrect
     
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    Hi Macker, happy you were able to fill in all the blanks on the actual Bachelor Party portion of the trip. Congrats on booking a win and having a blast along the way. Wish that Royal had come at a higher level, but why look a gift horse in the mouth?! What does JB's tattoo mean. Is it "Go fly a kite Jake?" Sorry we missed you at the Cosmo meet.

    Congrats on your fast approaching nuptuals!
     
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    Hey Breanna! Enjoyed meeting you! I wish we had spent more time but I suppose so early in the trip we were REALLY itching to gamble! or maybe hungry? we might have gone to eat right after.

    Following Mackers summary I decided to check my phone for the distribution of wins.....wow it was really frontloaded to day 1, then dwindled as I pulled back to book the win:

    11 Quads--5=$800, 2=$500, 4=$400. Caesars, Aria, Cosmo, Wynn
    2 Royals--both $4,000, both drew 1 card--Spades and Queens. Aria, Mirage
    2 craps wins of note--$1,200 at Cosmo, $8,428 at Margaritaville.
    4 roulette wins of note--$875, $1,080, $1,130, $1,635. Cosmo, Caesars, Palazzo.

    so 19 wins over $400. 11 the first night, 4 the 2nd night, 3 the 3rd night, and 1 the 4th night. I should wear that fucking purple shirt every day!!!

    I find it interesting how many less quads i hit but still came out well----attribute that to less overall play, consistent stakes, I don't think I played more than 10 hands at $5 level, and a lot of xtra earnings on boner deluxe. I hit no "premium quads" while playing boner so those 5 $800 hands and 4 $400 netted me an additional $2,100 vs playing DDB. I gave up $600 hitting quads on DDB that would have paid more on BDlx, and I hit one quad that was the same on either. I blew a ton into 3-card poker with nothing to show for it, and the roulette wins probably equalled out with the roulette losses in the end, although I could have been $1,000 down overall there quite easily. Craps was a huge winner, as I had at least 5 losing sessions at $300-$500 each, but no way they were gonna equal out the big winning session.
     
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    Breanna it's his kids name and a sting ray.
     
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    Happy to finally meet you, Alexanbo and Borat; wish we'd had more time to chat. Good that you nailed the first night mojo though! My first couple nights were nasty!
     
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