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Goodbye Mirage, Hello Bellagio: 6/2-6/6, WSOP, VP, Food and Fun

Discussion in 'Vegas Trip Reports' started by Basil, Jun 1, 2023.

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  1. Basil

    Basil VIP Whale

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    My Trip Report

    Folks, here's a story 'bout Basil the Joker
    On a red hot streak at poker
    With bets and bluffs as tough as nails
    He showed some b**ls as big as a whale

    Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi (hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi)
    Ho-di-ho-di-ho-di-oh (ho-di-ho-di-ho-di-oh)
    Hee-de-hee-de-hee-de-hee (hee-de-hee-de-hee-de-hee)
    Hey-ey-ey (hey-ey-ey)

    Got on a plane for the world series of poker
    Against some players who were mediocre
    He would play to take the tourney down
    And show how to splash some chips around

    Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi (hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi)
    Ho-di-ho-di-ho-di-oh (ho-di-ho-di-ho-di-oh)
    Hey-ey-ey (hey-ey-ey)
    Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho (ho-ho-ho-ho-ho)

    He had a dream about four A’s with kicker
    Which gave him cash for some real good liquor
    Through his host he got a real good deal
    With a limousine, with platinum wheels

    Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi (hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi)
    Ho-di-ho-di-ho-di-oh (ho-di-ho-di-ho-di-oh)
    Skip-a-bibby-goop-a-bibby-give-a-bibby, bubly-bop
    (Skip-a-bibby-goop-a-bibby-give-a-bibby, bubly-bop)
    Ah-brr-iggy, brr-iggy, brr-iggy, haw (ah-brr-iggy, brr-iggy, brr-iggy, haw)

    He stayed in the penthouse, with a view of fountains
    From other windows he could see some mountains
    He won a million dollars in a bounty event
    Then took the bracelet of which he had dreamt

    Basil wins… Basil wins……

    (as always, with all respect to the late, great Cab Calloway)



    It’s time again! Time to head back west, but this time we’re off to a new home. Gone is the coconut scented faux-volcano facade of the Mirage, and along with her leaving the Mlife family, so leaves my fantastic host who is staying with Hard Rock.


    So now we’re off to the land of fountains, Chihuly, and crowds. I was able to book a penthouse suite (we’ll see if that’s actually the room I get, as I still think it was a fluke that I was able to get it) plus some generous freeplay and decent resort credit. So, we’ll give this a shot and see if Bellagio is going to be home, or if I prefer to be a bigger fish in a smaller pond and need to find a new place to rest my head in the future.

    The plan for an extra long weekend is the Mystery Bounty event at the WSOP on Saturday (and hopefully Sunday and Monday) with some backup tournaments around town, as well as lots of VP, great food, booze, degeneracy, bad puns, dad jokes, cash games, and who knows what else. Ford will once again be joining me on this little adventure, and you are all welcome to tag along as well.

    We fly out of Boston on Jetblue around 11:30 tomorrow. Fun begins around 2:30 Vegas time.
     
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  2. Packbacker

    Packbacker High-Roller

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    Run good!
     
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    rooster42000 Goat of all Goats , My Hero

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    Good Luck , following along, looking forward to to good pics.:peace:
     
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  4. Basil

    Basil VIP Whale

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    Bags have been packed, bankroll has been stashed, dog has been pet, and many episodes of Barry have been downloaded. Let's get this little show on the road!
     
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    Suck out...but only when you need to
     
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  6. Basil

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    Mmmm. Breakfast beer

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    pebbles Micro Roller.

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    Good luck! Have a great trip.
     
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  9. Basil

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    Looks like we just passed Chicago at around 32000 feet.the JetBlue entertainment isn’t working and the twitchy guy in the middle seat has been basically humping my leg for the last two hours. In the plus side, we may be about an hour early so 3 more hours to go.
     
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    gong show.jpg Wishing you great luck at the poker tables!! Your lyrics though? Wouldn't make it on the Gong Show!! :faint: :wink2:
     
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  11. Basil

    Basil VIP Whale

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    Well the good news is we’re on the ground in Vegas. But we don’t have a gate. So now the waiting game.
     
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  12. Basil

    Basil VIP Whale

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    And I win the waiting game :)

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  13. Basil

    Basil VIP Whale

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    And the room was ready. This room does not suck

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    Ahhh

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  15. Basil

    Basil VIP Whale

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    Rough start at vp but this helped


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    MCann I can't complain, but sometimes I still do...

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    Bellagio penthouse is definitely my favorite room I've stayed in so far, and they dont even give me the fountain views most of the time when they bless me with a High Roller suite. I just loved the room!
     
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  17. Basil

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    No luck since the. So now time for some food at this place.
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  18. Basil

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    Pork XLB and the truffle and pork

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    Baby back ribs
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    spicy dumplings
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    and beef and peppers noodles

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    all quite good but we both think the spicy wontons were the star if this show.
     
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    Ok. All registered for the WSOP event tomorrow and have my ticket. Now a slow walk back to bellagio and then hmm… what to do…

    maybe some vp and bourbon? What an idea.
     
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  20. Basil

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    Finally the first quad of the trip
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