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Live TR, X-Country Road Trip June 2-???

Discussion in 'Vegas Trip Reports' started by Tarpie, Jun 1, 2022.

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  1. Tarpie

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    Yeah, got a royal in round 1. Wouldn't be surprised if others managed to string together two quad aces.
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    |-------+---------+---------+-------+-------|
    |     1 |    5580 |    2295 |  7875 | $5000 |
    |     2 |    5305 |    1525 |  6830 | $3000 |
    |     3 |    5690 |     875 |  6565 | $2500 |
    |     4 |    1470 |    5080 |  6550 | $1500 |
    |     5 |    1125 |    5330 |  6455 | $1000 |
    
     
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  2. Tarpie

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    Argh!
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    Found a new positive EV play. Second month in a row I've found money in machines at Chicago brewing. And now money on the floor. People must be getting silly drunk in the middle of the day
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  4. Tarpie

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    I don't know why they always put the menu dinner side up at breakfast time. :rolleyes2:

    At least they have strawberry jam for @Ty and @bubbakitty
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    Just noticed the bartender gave me the Club 55 discount on my filet mignon sliders last night. Guess I need to start dyeing my facial hair or being less curmudgeonly:cry:

    Binion's is down to just four fully working machines with 50 cent+ FP BP. Tried multiple machines with broken deal buttons and/or touchscreens. These are all standard IGT slant tops so getting parts should be easy.

    I was forced to sit next to a smoker to get my points in. And "due to staffing issues," no Spin-Splosion attempt. They offered me a hat or shirt but no freeplay. "It will be open tomorrow" Will I get two attempts?

    It's probably not worth staffing. I was customer #6 for it at 1:50pm yesterday.
     
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    Can you still get free play from Spin-Splosion?
     
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    Not today. But yesterday I could have but I didn't score high enough. They promise the slot machines will be open tomorrow.

    I don't think this is the first time they chose not to staff the machines. I believe @3OfDiamonds was offered a shirt or cap, but no chance at the freeplay.
     
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    I was just told they didn’t have available staff - no offer of a shirt or cap, not that I was looking for either.
     
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    Yeah I was only offered a shirt or hat abs wouldn’t do if I knew there’s no shot at freeplay.
     
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    Variance has been kicking my butt the last couple days. This is a nice W2 free hit.
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    Finally took advantage of the bar at Top of Binion's Steakhouse. Tony the bartender was great. The place was a ghost town until after 6. Had the bar to myself save for five minutes a couple sat down for a pre-dinner drink

    Bombay Sapphire martini with bleu cheese stuffed olives.
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    Oysters Rockefeller were tasty.
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    24oz Bone-in Cowboy Ribeye was perfectly medium-rare. And Binion's has one if the best baked potatoes around
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    And you even get a bit of a view from the bar
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    $115 comp dollars ain't bad at all.
     
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    Just walked up and lit a cigarette right in front of me on a non-smoking floor. Starting to figure out why the hallway and my room reek.

    It's only one floor down to the casino!
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    Was it hard to get on a machine? I noticed that those machines were a lot less crowded this summer than past summers.
     
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    No, it's been pretty dead. And they fixed the left-most machine last night. You have to use the buttons to select the game, but after that it plays fine.
     
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    Am I due?
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    Yes!
     
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    Lanée asked if I would be in the picture...this is the reason I am not :)

    And sadly I did not pull a @maxev and ask for a comp to the steakhouse. About to head over to Benny's BBQ with my $40 comp...a 1% add-on to the royal!
     
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    I didn't see any little people out on the restaurant floor. Maybe the cooks are little people?
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    They were checking keys at the south elevators this weekend. Never seen them do it before, but I welcome it. There was a whole lot of crazy this weekend. Saw multiple people getting pushed out by security at both Binion's and 4Q.
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    Now that everyone has left Laughlin I'm on my way there :)
     
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    Degens gonna degen.
     
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