Booger
Tourist
The Story You Are About To Read Is True....
The Names Have Been Changed To Forget The Innocent
Well here we go...Up early Wendsday morning to
catch Greyhound to Vegas.Like traveling slow,not
in a hurry on vacation.From Orange County CA,it's
$38.00 Round Trip,About 5 1/2 hours(with dinner
stop in lovely Barstow CA),it run almost from my
doorstep to the Lady Luck.If you travel mid-week
it's actually a nice ride,not crowded but weekend
or holidays,FORGET IT!!
4:30pm,I'm standing on the sidewalk at Lady
Luck,Walk east one block into El Cortez,check in
5min. later I'm in my room and unpacked(travel
lite)Put $300 in my wallet for the nights fun and
off we go.First stop is to get slot card.next is
my favorite $5 slot,1of4 but they are now gone,
replaced by 4 $5 progressive slots,OK I'll bite
$50 in,play about 20 min.,cash-out $40,that was
fun.Time for beer..Flavor of the month is MGD,
hell after 4 or 5 of them,they all taste the
same,right?.I just wander around Downtown for a
couple of hours getting my bearings,and a few
more beers here and there.
Catch the 302 to the Strat for some Karaoke,
got to be able to tell all my buddies I sang in
Vegas!! Spend about 5 hours singing/drinking so
forth,sort of fun to watch also,lot's of people
wanting to be "discovered".At this point in the
story is where the grey area as to where my
wallet is or is-not,last "seen" was buying beer
and Patron at Strat,first missed trying to buy in
a Blackjack game at El Cortez??? Booger down
$200 some odd bucks and ID.It's Always fun to
look like you just got off your harley,in a
different state,druck off yourass,hootin&hollerin
drinking and talking to the cops....man,you JUST
GOTTA LOVE IT!!!!
So I reach in my pocket and I have $16 dollars.
I came here this trip to start playing DW as a
2nd game,something easier than counting Blackjack
so off I go,I find a 3-play game,you know the
kind you can play all kinds of games for all diff
amounts?Anyway,I put my "last" $16 dollars into
3-play Dueces,hit the button...nothing,hit the
button...nope,hit the button 4 to a royal,ON 3
HANDS!!!!I think I'll hold 4 cards,HOLY SHIT!!!
Now at this point in time it's around 4am thur
morn.So I sort of casually look around,make sure
there's no "funny" stuff going on here?....Look
at the screen...think of the 10,000s of hands I
have played at home...finish the rest of my beer
look at the screen...BANG!!!As I brush back the
cloud of smoke from my own unattended smoke,low
and behold if there isn't not 1 but 2 ROYALS!!!
Time to hit the cash-out button,HELLO!!!
I'm feeling much better about life in general
right about now,so after my payday of 4black,I
put $100 back in and played quarters,same game.
Push the button,4 to a ROYAL..I need a beer,NOW!!
take a "few" drinks...BANG!!! 1 MORE ROYAL!!!
10 BLACK OUT!!! A HUGE payday for me....Are we
having fun now or what?? time to cash-out again.
Time to change things up here,go to the coffee
shop and have $1.49 bacon & eggs.Tasted like
bacon & eggs...off to play Blackjack(single
deck).Played about 4 hours,down $75.Go to the
Western and play $1-2 dollar blackjack for about
2 hours,almost 10am,sure having fun but it's nap
time.
Wake-up about 3pm,thurs.out the door buy 4.
Off to Gold Spike to see if I can grind a couple
of misely dollars out of those guys...geez.Nope
they get me for $40 more...Now I'm starving,so I
check out the menu at "The Spike",mmmm???Egge
salad sand. with pickles...$1.75.Tastes just like
the egge salad at my house,celery/onions and all.
Off to Binion's tables busy,slots not.Lose $40 at
blackjack,$10 min. at all times.Wander over to
WOF machine,put in $20,play a little,BANG!!6000
something nickles.It gave me 15/16 consecutive
bonus spins in a row.It took 40min to get paid.
Oh well,hope I didn't break em.
I get the bus to the strip and go fool around.
Ride the coasters at NYNY/Sahara,look at some
fish,saw the volcano a couple times,the fountains
a couple times,went to the Casino Hall of Fame,
then about 2am Fri morn. was back Downtown.Play
Blackjack at Binions for an hour,down $50.Back
to El cortez and more Blackjack,Down $100.Play
$40 thru Nickle Dueces,nothing,played about an
hour.Go to coffee shop have pancakes then up to
room and off to sleep.Long walk tomorrow,work off
bacon and pancakes!!
Fri,3pm, get up putz around,out the door by 4.
Go down to now favorite DW machine and put $500
in and play $1 5-play,up,down,up,downup,down,then
as if it's supposed to happen,get dealt 4 to a
royal AGAIN!! This time no waiting around,push
the button,you betcha,1 MORE ROYAL,cash out,PAY
THE MAN 40 Black.Now,I'm feeling as close to
Vegas heaven as a person can probably get.Go to
the Golden Gate and get corned beef sand,shrimp
cocktail,beer,yum!!!Walk around the Gate and
look at all of the old pictures,neet stuff.Today
I'm going to walk the strip,something I do
everytime I visit.I like to pick a slot machine,
this time WOFortune,put $5 in a machine at every
casino with slot card and see if I can get lucky
and hit something.So I budget $200 for my little
gambling adventure today.Start at the Strat and
start walking.IT takes me about 12 hours to make
these little outings,and I like to get in toEVERY
casino and do something.No big hits today but did
get to play a long time at a couple places,so
might get an offer for something,who knows,it's
happened before.Just a couple of highlights,go to
circus-circus get free coupon book play 6-5 coup.
at blackjack,win.There used to be a free Heiniken
ticket for the Ho in there but they tore them out
of the book!!Go to the ho get 2 $1 "heiny",checked out fish at Ceasers,rode to top
of strat,took couple pictures,join slot club at
Casino Royale and got coupon book with $5 match
play,played that and lost,ate at P.F Changs for
dinner,chicken and "stuff" in peanut sauce,tastes
like chinese food,not worth $40 dollars to me,go
to NYNY and just walk around for an hour or so,
really like the inside of that place for some
reason,Ride coaster again,check out the flowers
at Bellegio,very relaxing and smells good!,go to
top of Eiffel Tower and take more pictures,I'm
sure I've let stuff out,oh well,on we go.Catch
bus back downtown about 4am Sat morn. Go to
Binions buy in Blackjack for $100,play 1hr,down
$30.Walking back to El Cortez the sun is totally
blinding me bouncing off the polished sidewalk in
front of Julian's,I "feel" my way back to the
tables at at the El,Buy in $100,play 3 hours,cash
out $250.Getting tired now long walk today,feels
good though,I deserve a rootbeer float,YUMMY!!.
Off to bed about 9am.
Up about 2pm,spend an hour or so putting brains
into gear.Out I go,off to Golden Gate again,roast
beef sand,shrimp cocktail,beer today.I've come to
the conclusion that I like the sands. there!Just
wander around downtown,play some WOF,go to
LVClub and look at all of the sports "stuff",$5
here and there on WOF,check out 1 man bandlounge
act at Plaza for an hour and tip a few,back to
the El to play dueces andavedinner.IhavethePrime
Ribdinner good as always,then off to play.Decide
to put some points on my card so put100in,playin
nickle 5-play,play about 3 hours,cash out$65.Time
for Blackjack.Float between Western,theEL,the
Spike and Binions for about 6 hours playing red.
Play about 10 hours and finish up $375.Get root-
beer float again,still yummy!! off to bed about
10am.
Wake up about 3pm,last full day today.Go to
Golden gate for,yep,same thing,Im in a rut.Go to
Mss to check out windows.That building has the
greatest stained glass windows in it!!!That alone
is worth the walk there.Took the little bridge
thing to the CAL? I forget,I think that's right
the "hawaii themed place",play a little BJ,lost
$50,make a little WOF run downtown,down $50 but
played about 2 1/2 hours so, alot bang for your
buck I thought.Back to the El,still to early to
count BJ so I buy in for $500 to play for comps.
In all the time I,ve stayed here,I've never
played green chip here before.Well as soonasI say
all green(brown there?)Instant heat from the pit.
It's still early so the tables are packed,Here
we go,I'm doing my normal thing,the pits watching
me play.This goes on about 5 min.,the pits on
the phone,looking right at me,playing 25-75 hand
this goes on for about an hour,then the boss
comes over to me,asks me where my players card
is,I told him I didn't have one,he then goesback
on the phone for about 10 min. then comes back to
me and says"how does $50 dollars sound" and I say
it sounds great...$50 for what? He says"$50 a
hand" and hands me a card with my name and a #
on it.I tell him I don't normally play for this
much and he says "don't matter,10-1000,whenever I
buy-in to any table game,give them the card and
my money...OK...He gives me my id back and now
nobody is watching my play at all!!Same as before
only now i'm playing green instead of red?? OK?
continue play green,25-75,for about 2 hours,take
them for $1150 dollars,the pit boss comes over
when I cash out,excorts me to the cage,smiling
talking,being extra friendly,make sure
everything is OK,I'm having a good time,I don't
know what to think at this point.I'm I going to
be shown the door? What?? Nothing,He's says if
I need anything,come and see him,so I ask him for
A dinner comp,"no problem".so I go to Roberta's
there dinner place.Plenty nice enough for me,they
have normal kinds of stuff,steak,lobster,shrimps
chicken,normal stuff like at home but better.I
decided on NY Steak&Lobster. The steak was great
i'm not really a big lobster guy so to me it was
fine.I'd probably prefer a halibit steak over
lobster,in the long run....nice meal,bake potato,
vege thing,little loaf of fresh bread with butter
then had warm berry pie with a scoop of ice cream
on top for dessert...hey it's Vegas!!!YUMMM!!!
Done with dinner,I wattle out of there and walk
to Fremont and just wander around.Play a little
of this,try some new games.some of the new "penny
games are quite fun to play,they can play upwards
of a 100 coins and some 25 lines or so.I find it
very fun to play all the lines for a penny or 2,
and wacth all of the lines pay off.Lots of action
on those slots for $20 bucks.so I ended up lookin
for penny slots downtown for a while.Had a blast
drinking/playing pennies.Alot of places have a
penny slot of sometype now,mostly newer machines.
So that takes care of about 4-5 hours and $100
or so.Go back to the El,buy in $500, BJ,pityaps
for a few min.,finally leaves,play/drink for
about about 4 hours,cash out,up $450.getting late
almost 12am,sleep early tonight,MUST return to
normal living patern.Have one last rootbeer float
then off to bed.
Wake up Monday morn 5am(normal time for me)go
to breakfast,steak&eggs,have 10:45 bus home,MMM
time to kill.Go check out tables,no one there.
Buy in $500 BJ,use card,no problem,pit yaps for
awhile, play about 3 hours,up$275.Go to room and
pack,check out,can't resist 1 more rootbeer float
wander to Lady Luck,catch Greyhound home,nice
not crowded at all,5 1/2 hours of dosing in and
out of sleep/dreamstate,I'm standing in front of
my front door wondering "what just happened"
All in All,this is going to set my personal
standard for all time trips,in which all other
trips,past and future,will be judged,a tough act
to follow but gives me something to shoot for!!
Want to thank everyone for posting,get to read
tons of "stuff" and get plenty of ideas on what
to do,like to try and do 1 thing "new" everytime.
This time it was VP....WOW!!! maybe I should TRY
craps one day....Next bus trip is in late Jan.
These are just general observations on my part:
Decided I like the food at the Golden gate...
What's up at Binion's?? Weird!!...
Karaoke at Strat on Wend.night alot of fun...
Becoming "highroller" at El Cortez???...
Windows at MSS are worth the walk there....
May have to find new place to replace the Spike
on BJ rounds,decided I can't win there...
Don't mind seeing fish in a tank,but lions
under glass bothers me for some reason...
Like the rollercoasters alot but the one at
Buffalo Bill's puts them to shame...
Casino "hall of fame" is alot of fun for me...
MSS has the "best looking" casino Downtown...
NYNY has the "best looking"casino on the strip.
Alright already,that's enough.Well ,there it
is,my 1st trip report.With a new found respect
for people that have to type for a living,Until
next time,have fun....I give....!!!
Booger
[ November 09, 2002, 07:46 PM: Message edited by: Booger ]
The Names Have Been Changed To Forget The Innocent
Well here we go...Up early Wendsday morning to
catch Greyhound to Vegas.Like traveling slow,not
in a hurry on vacation.From Orange County CA,it's
$38.00 Round Trip,About 5 1/2 hours(with dinner
stop in lovely Barstow CA),it run almost from my
doorstep to the Lady Luck.If you travel mid-week
it's actually a nice ride,not crowded but weekend
or holidays,FORGET IT!!
4:30pm,I'm standing on the sidewalk at Lady
Luck,Walk east one block into El Cortez,check in
5min. later I'm in my room and unpacked(travel
lite)Put $300 in my wallet for the nights fun and
off we go.First stop is to get slot card.next is
my favorite $5 slot,1of4 but they are now gone,
replaced by 4 $5 progressive slots,OK I'll bite
$50 in,play about 20 min.,cash-out $40,that was
fun.Time for beer..Flavor of the month is MGD,
hell after 4 or 5 of them,they all taste the
same,right?.I just wander around Downtown for a
couple of hours getting my bearings,and a few
more beers here and there.
Catch the 302 to the Strat for some Karaoke,
got to be able to tell all my buddies I sang in
Vegas!! Spend about 5 hours singing/drinking so
forth,sort of fun to watch also,lot's of people
wanting to be "discovered".At this point in the
story is where the grey area as to where my
wallet is or is-not,last "seen" was buying beer
and Patron at Strat,first missed trying to buy in
a Blackjack game at El Cortez??? Booger down
$200 some odd bucks and ID.It's Always fun to
look like you just got off your harley,in a
different state,druck off yourass,hootin&hollerin
drinking and talking to the cops....man,you JUST
GOTTA LOVE IT!!!!
So I reach in my pocket and I have $16 dollars.
I came here this trip to start playing DW as a
2nd game,something easier than counting Blackjack
so off I go,I find a 3-play game,you know the
kind you can play all kinds of games for all diff
amounts?Anyway,I put my "last" $16 dollars into
3-play Dueces,hit the button...nothing,hit the
button...nope,hit the button 4 to a royal,ON 3
HANDS!!!!I think I'll hold 4 cards,HOLY SHIT!!!
Now at this point in time it's around 4am thur
morn.So I sort of casually look around,make sure
there's no "funny" stuff going on here?....Look
at the screen...think of the 10,000s of hands I
have played at home...finish the rest of my beer
look at the screen...BANG!!!As I brush back the
cloud of smoke from my own unattended smoke,low
and behold if there isn't not 1 but 2 ROYALS!!!
Time to hit the cash-out button,HELLO!!!
I'm feeling much better about life in general
right about now,so after my payday of 4black,I
put $100 back in and played quarters,same game.
Push the button,4 to a ROYAL..I need a beer,NOW!!
take a "few" drinks...BANG!!! 1 MORE ROYAL!!!
10 BLACK OUT!!! A HUGE payday for me....Are we
having fun now or what?? time to cash-out again.
Time to change things up here,go to the coffee
shop and have $1.49 bacon & eggs.Tasted like
bacon & eggs...off to play Blackjack(single
deck).Played about 4 hours,down $75.Go to the
Western and play $1-2 dollar blackjack for about
2 hours,almost 10am,sure having fun but it's nap
time.
Wake-up about 3pm,thurs.out the door buy 4.
Off to Gold Spike to see if I can grind a couple
of misely dollars out of those guys...geez.Nope
they get me for $40 more...Now I'm starving,so I
check out the menu at "The Spike",mmmm???Egge
salad sand. with pickles...$1.75.Tastes just like
the egge salad at my house,celery/onions and all.
Off to Binion's tables busy,slots not.Lose $40 at
blackjack,$10 min. at all times.Wander over to
WOF machine,put in $20,play a little,BANG!!6000
something nickles.It gave me 15/16 consecutive
bonus spins in a row.It took 40min to get paid.
Oh well,hope I didn't break em.
I get the bus to the strip and go fool around.
Ride the coasters at NYNY/Sahara,look at some
fish,saw the volcano a couple times,the fountains
a couple times,went to the Casino Hall of Fame,
then about 2am Fri morn. was back Downtown.Play
Blackjack at Binions for an hour,down $50.Back
to El cortez and more Blackjack,Down $100.Play
$40 thru Nickle Dueces,nothing,played about an
hour.Go to coffee shop have pancakes then up to
room and off to sleep.Long walk tomorrow,work off
bacon and pancakes!!
Fri,3pm, get up putz around,out the door by 4.
Go down to now favorite DW machine and put $500
in and play $1 5-play,up,down,up,downup,down,then
as if it's supposed to happen,get dealt 4 to a
royal AGAIN!! This time no waiting around,push
the button,you betcha,1 MORE ROYAL,cash out,PAY
THE MAN 40 Black.Now,I'm feeling as close to
Vegas heaven as a person can probably get.Go to
the Golden Gate and get corned beef sand,shrimp
cocktail,beer,yum!!!Walk around the Gate and
look at all of the old pictures,neet stuff.Today
I'm going to walk the strip,something I do
everytime I visit.I like to pick a slot machine,
this time WOFortune,put $5 in a machine at every
casino with slot card and see if I can get lucky
and hit something.So I budget $200 for my little
gambling adventure today.Start at the Strat and
start walking.IT takes me about 12 hours to make
these little outings,and I like to get in toEVERY
casino and do something.No big hits today but did
get to play a long time at a couple places,so
might get an offer for something,who knows,it's
happened before.Just a couple of highlights,go to
circus-circus get free coupon book play 6-5 coup.
at blackjack,win.There used to be a free Heiniken
ticket for the Ho in there but they tore them out
of the book!!Go to the ho get 2 $1 "heiny",checked out fish at Ceasers,rode to top
of strat,took couple pictures,join slot club at
Casino Royale and got coupon book with $5 match
play,played that and lost,ate at P.F Changs for
dinner,chicken and "stuff" in peanut sauce,tastes
like chinese food,not worth $40 dollars to me,go
to NYNY and just walk around for an hour or so,
really like the inside of that place for some
reason,Ride coaster again,check out the flowers
at Bellegio,very relaxing and smells good!,go to
top of Eiffel Tower and take more pictures,I'm
sure I've let stuff out,oh well,on we go.Catch
bus back downtown about 4am Sat morn. Go to
Binions buy in Blackjack for $100,play 1hr,down
$30.Walking back to El Cortez the sun is totally
blinding me bouncing off the polished sidewalk in
front of Julian's,I "feel" my way back to the
tables at at the El,Buy in $100,play 3 hours,cash
out $250.Getting tired now long walk today,feels
good though,I deserve a rootbeer float,YUMMY!!.
Off to bed about 9am.
Up about 2pm,spend an hour or so putting brains
into gear.Out I go,off to Golden Gate again,roast
beef sand,shrimp cocktail,beer today.I've come to
the conclusion that I like the sands. there!Just
wander around downtown,play some WOF,go to
LVClub and look at all of the sports "stuff",$5
here and there on WOF,check out 1 man bandlounge
act at Plaza for an hour and tip a few,back to
the El to play dueces andavedinner.IhavethePrime
Ribdinner good as always,then off to play.Decide
to put some points on my card so put100in,playin
nickle 5-play,play about 3 hours,cash out$65.Time
for Blackjack.Float between Western,theEL,the
Spike and Binions for about 6 hours playing red.
Play about 10 hours and finish up $375.Get root-
beer float again,still yummy!! off to bed about
10am.
Wake up about 3pm,last full day today.Go to
Golden gate for,yep,same thing,Im in a rut.Go to
Mss to check out windows.That building has the
greatest stained glass windows in it!!!That alone
is worth the walk there.Took the little bridge
thing to the CAL? I forget,I think that's right
the "hawaii themed place",play a little BJ,lost
$50,make a little WOF run downtown,down $50 but
played about 2 1/2 hours so, alot bang for your
buck I thought.Back to the El,still to early to
count BJ so I buy in for $500 to play for comps.
In all the time I,ve stayed here,I've never
played green chip here before.Well as soonasI say
all green(brown there?)Instant heat from the pit.
It's still early so the tables are packed,Here
we go,I'm doing my normal thing,the pits watching
me play.This goes on about 5 min.,the pits on
the phone,looking right at me,playing 25-75 hand
this goes on for about an hour,then the boss
comes over to me,asks me where my players card
is,I told him I didn't have one,he then goesback
on the phone for about 10 min. then comes back to
me and says"how does $50 dollars sound" and I say
it sounds great...$50 for what? He says"$50 a
hand" and hands me a card with my name and a #
on it.I tell him I don't normally play for this
much and he says "don't matter,10-1000,whenever I
buy-in to any table game,give them the card and
my money...OK...He gives me my id back and now
nobody is watching my play at all!!Same as before
only now i'm playing green instead of red?? OK?
continue play green,25-75,for about 2 hours,take
them for $1150 dollars,the pit boss comes over
when I cash out,excorts me to the cage,smiling
talking,being extra friendly,make sure
everything is OK,I'm having a good time,I don't
know what to think at this point.I'm I going to
be shown the door? What?? Nothing,He's says if
I need anything,come and see him,so I ask him for
A dinner comp,"no problem".so I go to Roberta's
there dinner place.Plenty nice enough for me,they
have normal kinds of stuff,steak,lobster,shrimps
chicken,normal stuff like at home but better.I
decided on NY Steak&Lobster. The steak was great
i'm not really a big lobster guy so to me it was
fine.I'd probably prefer a halibit steak over
lobster,in the long run....nice meal,bake potato,
vege thing,little loaf of fresh bread with butter
then had warm berry pie with a scoop of ice cream
on top for dessert...hey it's Vegas!!!YUMMM!!!
Done with dinner,I wattle out of there and walk
to Fremont and just wander around.Play a little
of this,try some new games.some of the new "penny
games are quite fun to play,they can play upwards
of a 100 coins and some 25 lines or so.I find it
very fun to play all the lines for a penny or 2,
and wacth all of the lines pay off.Lots of action
on those slots for $20 bucks.so I ended up lookin
for penny slots downtown for a while.Had a blast
drinking/playing pennies.Alot of places have a
penny slot of sometype now,mostly newer machines.
So that takes care of about 4-5 hours and $100
or so.Go back to the El,buy in $500, BJ,pityaps
for a few min.,finally leaves,play/drink for
about about 4 hours,cash out,up $450.getting late
almost 12am,sleep early tonight,MUST return to
normal living patern.Have one last rootbeer float
then off to bed.
Wake up Monday morn 5am(normal time for me)go
to breakfast,steak&eggs,have 10:45 bus home,MMM
time to kill.Go check out tables,no one there.
Buy in $500 BJ,use card,no problem,pit yaps for
awhile, play about 3 hours,up$275.Go to room and
pack,check out,can't resist 1 more rootbeer float
wander to Lady Luck,catch Greyhound home,nice
not crowded at all,5 1/2 hours of dosing in and
out of sleep/dreamstate,I'm standing in front of
my front door wondering "what just happened"
All in All,this is going to set my personal
standard for all time trips,in which all other
trips,past and future,will be judged,a tough act
to follow but gives me something to shoot for!!
Want to thank everyone for posting,get to read
tons of "stuff" and get plenty of ideas on what
to do,like to try and do 1 thing "new" everytime.
This time it was VP....WOW!!! maybe I should TRY
craps one day....Next bus trip is in late Jan.
These are just general observations on my part:
Decided I like the food at the Golden gate...
What's up at Binion's?? Weird!!...
Karaoke at Strat on Wend.night alot of fun...
Becoming "highroller" at El Cortez???...
Windows at MSS are worth the walk there....
May have to find new place to replace the Spike
on BJ rounds,decided I can't win there...
Don't mind seeing fish in a tank,but lions
under glass bothers me for some reason...
Like the rollercoasters alot but the one at
Buffalo Bill's puts them to shame...
Casino "hall of fame" is alot of fun for me...
MSS has the "best looking" casino Downtown...
NYNY has the "best looking"casino on the strip.
Alright already,that's enough.Well ,there it
is,my 1st trip report.With a new found respect
for people that have to type for a living,Until
next time,have fun....I give....!!!
Booger
[ November 09, 2002, 07:46 PM: Message edited by: Booger ]
