TR 1/9-1/11, MB & Orleans -- part II

Posted by misterKeno on 01-11-2005

Had a good buzz going by then. Was going to TRAM it back to MB, but decided on a little roulette. Bought in for $100...down to 71...down to 30....down to 17. Put all 17 chips on a split. Nailed it for 17 times 17 for $289. Remember that number, please. Table got choppy for a few minutes. Two girls sat down....age-wise--prolly an hour over 21, lol. They only wanted to bed REDS on black/red. I lost. They lost. I lost. They lost. Then, i finally won---then one of them says 'that guy knows what he's doing----watch him'. So i figured, heck i better pick a red or black (which i never do), but plopped 10 chips on black, they followed me. It hit. Next stpin was a repeat----except, i had 17 chips split between 10 & 13. Nailed it for $289 (again!). Dealer named Ernest (good guy), says 'that 289 sounds familiar'. So, now i was a hero to the girls. Girls switched to red, lost, lost, lost, left, poof. Table got choppy--i colored out w/ a $473 profit.

Of note--drink svc @ the Luxor was good @ the table-----mind you, i didnt order one while at roulette, but plenty of offerings.

TRAM'ed id back to MB. Holy crap--its 1:44am. Oh well, who cares. I couldnt remember if the vending upstairs was ice only or soda machines as well---so stopped in the gift-stop for a 20oz pepsi for $2.50.

Back in my room--wake up call for 7:30--into bed, watched tube for just a few minutes, had a pretty good headache. Fell asleep quickly. Woke at 3-something w/ a STRONG headache. Stomach felt funny. Ummm, not food-funny. But, alcohol-stomach-funny. I'll be honest with all of you, in my entire life, ive probably been drunk 5 times & that's it. Well, anyhoo, i used the facilities (okay, enough of that). Slept for 12 minutes, woke up with a STRONGER headache, and i was sweating. Somewhere in the room were kleenex, but i was too 'goofy' to know or look. Called housekeeping for a box of kleenex. This was at 345am. They were upstairs in less than 1 minute. And, somehow i managed to find some 1's for a nice tip. Changed my wake up call from 730 to 9. Fell asleep. Woke up at 855. All better. All systems go.

Okay---i guess 'somehwere' in here i need to use a HEADER that reads 'Day 2'.... but, well, stuff spilled over. LOL.

Day 2
Mon Jan 10, 05

855am, took a long hot shower. Nice. Fell back asleep. Woke at 1005, took another long hot shower. Damn good water pressure & enough fancy soaps and hair stuff to make a contestant on survivor belly-ache!!

The plan was to meet Steve at Venetian at Noon sharp. I was thirsty, but not too hungry. Stepped out of the elvator right into this little coffee/pastrie thing (wasnt the starbucks, but the other 'one'). $4.20 for a plastic cup of ice cold milk & a choc donut. That did me just fine.

Walked around the MB casino.
BJ 10 min
Craps 10 min
Baccarat 10 min
Roulette $5 chips w/ a $25 min per spin

yuck.

Figured the only thing MB was gonna get out of me was a flash bulb. I walked right up to an OPEN, but empty craps table, asked the lady working the box.

May i take a pict of the table?
"I dont mind, but hold on a sec"
she asks the pit-boss.. he comes over "I dont mind, but hold on a sec"
he asks the floor manager "he says, yes, but dont shoot the dealers". Floor mgr instructs the dealers & the stick to back up a couple of feet, i got a good clean shot. But, with my brain-cells, i set the camera to LOW-RES for that shot. DOH!! I think that's the only pict i took that trip on LOW-RES. Oh well. Well, i wont lie---all the other picts are Room PIcts--i didnt wanna take my cam out in the rain (parlayed w/ im forgetful and a bit lazy, lol).

Back upstairs. Tried to figure it out in my mind how to get a cheapie cab ride from MB to venetian, i thought to myself that if i get to the OTHER side of the strip--then the cabbie wont have to do a U-turn somehwere.

((( i shouldnt of done that thinkin )))).

I TRAM'ed it from MB to Lux to Excal. It was raining off & on, figured i'd go across to the Trop & cab it from there----great!!! Nooo, overcrossing. Oh well...i overcrossed to NYNY--then overcrossed to MGM. I had 33 mins before i had to be @ venetian @ noon sharp!!! Bought in at roulette...got NADA for 7 spins, yuck. The MGM is doing some construction. Terrible construction in their casino---the part that's where studio 54 is, ummm like the part of the casino that's under a cloudy-foggy-skylike dome? They had a makeshift particle board fence around that. Hard to walk thru, heard the LOUD LOUD LOUD echo of air-guns.

Went to get a cab. The line was at least 125 people long. Line did NOT MOVE. DAMMMMIT. This sucked. Some kind of headquarters for 'something' must of been goin on. People with tote-bags, i dunno. Walked back to NYNY for my cab. Line was 1 person long. Cabbed it to Venetian for 7.00. Go to the Venetian at 12:21 sharp. Steve wasnt there. He actually got there at 12:45, he was on the CATbus 3? While waiting for him, i got 'offered' a massage. Well, those were the words the girl used to phrase her 'idea'. I kindly declined. Cute girl though.

Posted by Bluejeans

Good run on the roulette. Love how you impressed those young ladies.
Oh to wake up not feeling good is a bad thing in Vegas. You can get sick at home not there!!!
Now Matthew you know thinking can get us in trouble. I always get in the slowest lines. Seems if I can consistantly do that I should be able to pick numbers better. LOL

Posted by Grant

Matt,

Love the roulette story! That is my brother's section of the board, he loves #10, so a lot of times he will split it in all directions.

You are sounding like one of my trip reports with the drinking, and stomach aches..

Great report so far, glad you are covering a lot of ground.