Now we get into trips 6-10, trips that have been talked about and summarized on the blog before. Quick highlights from each of those trips:
Trip 6: Mar 2006, Monte Carlo, NCAA Weekend: Credit Card Roulette....Card Sharks at the MGM!.....Golfing in two groups, with Layup/Leland/Wiz betting on Don/Kermit/me.......What do you do if you have a 16 vs a 10 showing? ......Black Friday (5-14 in Basketball).......predicting Women's lines at dinner at the Mirage....... a puzzling decision to play $5 craps at the Aladdin........"What, exactly, do you see in Layup?".....witnessing firsthand the lethal Layup/Wiz/Alcohol trifecta at the roulette table
Trip 7: Nov 2006, Mandalay Bay, Layup's Bachelor party: Dumbest move ever, sitting down at the restaurant upon arrival as Layup and the group are finishing up; I order a $7 Vodka tonic.....the Columbus Blue Jackets, the official NHL team of the Bachelor party.......12 hours at the sportsbook at one table.........Rutgers!........The Mensa card.......The Excalibur run (I still need a shower).....winning $500 in BJ at the Luxor and a $500 slot jackpot at McCarran
Trip 8: Mar 2007, Hooters, Conf Champ weekend: Another one of Steve's hockey trips, this time at the lovely Hooters. This trip was a complete, alcohol-induced blur. Friday: golf with Kermit, with vodka tonics on the 1st fairway. I was completely wasted at the end - and, of course, I 3 putted 17 and 18 to lose, 1 up.....then we stopped at the podunk casino (I wish I could remember the name) to gamble at a $2 craps tub - they had to open it up for us - and we started winning. I won $150, Kermit won about $600 or so.....Mer was the least drunk of us, so he drove back (I was texting his stripper girlfriend) and then we had the famous Smith & Wollensky's dinner. We won't link to the picture again. The next day, after sleeping on the floor of the hotel room (ugh), Steve and I played BJ at the Monte; the table was cold and I left after 2 shoes. That's when I learned that Steve and I have a different philosophy about gambling. He's in for the long haul; if it's cold, I get up and leave. Kermit hits another jackpot (royal flush) for $1500 and, I believe, loses it all back before Steve and I can get to him. And - I forgot - he missed the flight going home Sunday night.
Trip 9: Mar 2007, Mirage, NCAA Weekend: For those of you counting, that's 4 Vegas trips in 53 weeks. How did I manage that? The quick highlights: Watching the Maryland game at Caesar's while pounding my shoe on the bar.....Royal Links and the beginning of the Breakfast burrito tradition....the Red Rock casino run......Wiz talking me into a $100 Pai Gow bet (my hand, of course, was Q-10-9-7-5-3-2)......."Hello, Bee" is born........The unforgettable Golden Nugget Pai Gow run....."How much trouble can you get into at a $5 craps table??".........Gus Johnson's Ohio St/Xavier call............The Lady Boilers are a lock!......Micah's broken foot
Trip 10: Mar 2008, Palazzo, NCAA Weekend: Who can forget last year? Once again, I stand up from a table when things aren't going so well - and that decision costs Kermit $600......"Maybe.....YES SIR!".....Civil war breaks out among the group: what do you do with a 4-2 vs a dealer 6? ......."Occupied!"............Wiz betting the don't pass because he is a crappy roller, then ending up hitting nothing but numbers.....Dice in my coffee.......The Cabana.....Allison Lacey is our hero.......The meal at the MGM..........How the f do you lose a ring at the Pai Gow table??......first foray into $25 craps......Cliff Clavin and "The Whale" at the Mirage
By the way, when doing my research for this posts, I think the phrase "don't ever leave Wiz and Layup alone unsupervised in a casino" at least 9 different times over the years. Good to see that things never change.
6 comments:
Which trip was Wiz and I arguing about him doubling down on a 6 or 7 vs. dealer 6 at the table?
And you're right, I can't remember 2005 at all. I think I was still searching for the Blazin machines but the big payout was from 2004. That was about the only year I came home with winnings.
Mica (the hooker by the elevator), I never saw. But, everyone said she was mighty fine. I only talked to the one in the hallway outside the room. Conversation starts out
hooker: "how are you doing tonight"
me: "alright, I guess"
hooker: "well I can make it a lot better"
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OH, you missed some sweet details...
Trip 6 - "Mer, would you please mark your ball, but DON'T CLEAN IT." Mer cleans it, and E dances the jig in the fairway as he wins the match.
Trip 7 - The 1AM "crack" dealer phone call to go play Poker with Saranyot and the MGM.
Trip 9 - Saranyot NEVERS leaves the poker room. He was a machine.
Trip 10 - The look on the young boyz face when they come running into our Cabana at 11:30AM to see what game we are yelling at, and Yes, its the Lady Cyclones vs the Red Foxes from Marist. Classic. Boyz, if you are gonna be a degenerate, time to step it up.
4 trips in 53 weeks? Geez, I do that in my sleep. In 2006 I was averaging 1 a month for 8 months.
Damn you, I had forgotten about the ball cleaning incident.
Talk of the Gus Johnson's Ohio St/Xavier call brings a smile to my face. I was in Columbus, OH for the 1st/2nd round UVA games, which fell on Friday/Sunday. Of course OSU/XU was on Saturday, St. Patty's day. We were at a converted house/bar in 'downtown Columbus' watching XU pull away among 250 OSU fans, fully aware an OSU loss would lead to rioting and potentially burning the city down. The definition of 'drinking like there is no tomorrow.' They couldn't get green dye in the beer quick enough, but the drop shots (green jello shots and beer) were a semi-pleasant discovery.
These recaps are killing me. I can only imagine how painful it will be sitting here in my cubical during that weekend. On the bright side, I'll probably be $2000 richer, much more rested, and not have any broken appendages...
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