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

Posted by misterKeno on 01-11-2005

Steve was hungry, i was slightly hungry. We walked around to the food court--stuff looked good. We walked to the grand lux, waitlist was 35 mins. Walked by some noodles place, steve thought 'what about here'. I said, i dunno----ummm, you 'wanna see if we can get into Delmonico's?'. He'd never heard of it. I said 'look, you'll remember this place after we go there, its a great place'. He said 'okay'. I knew if he saw the prices, he'd freak. But, i told him as we were walkin by Pinot 'hey, i'll cover this, i won a little last nite'.

I was a bit worried of our dress---more so Steve's.
me---clean, brand-new brown canvas Columbia shoes (basically a cross between a comfy nike & mid-ankle hiking boot), polo shirt, jeans.
steve---pretty spotty nike's---jeans---and a plain ole t-shirt showing some wear. We walked in, greeted by the hostess, i fumbled under my breath 'hi, are we okay for umm, to eat i umm' -- she interupted 'you're perfect, come on in'. Place was nearly empty---3 tables of diners. Rest, empty. Steve was impressed BIG time b4 we even sat down.

Our team of waiter & bus-boy came over & told us of the specials & what we'd like to drink, etc, etc. We, both opted for one of the lunch specials that was imprinted on an 'insert' page of the menu. It was under the heading of 'entrees' , and the plate was called 'entree'. Go figure. Conssited of 3 prime sirloin tips on a bed of garlic-mashed, then garnished w/ these awesome carmelized/crunch onion-shreads. Well, you had to see it (and eat it !). Then an awesome worchteshire sauce, too. $27 + $27. Some french onion soup for the both of us-----gooooood. $6 + $6. I wanted just water--but i hate LV water, so i was given some water imported from Italy, for i dunno $5something. Steve--just a couple of cokes. Well, everything was awesome---like the way each guest is served his food simultaneously w/ the person across from him/her. Our waiter explained a lot of stuff about preparation of this & that, but never crossed the boundary of 'being around too much' or 'where did he go now?'.

We were in & out for 100 79+21 tip. I really think the boys earned it. Steve remarked the lunch as 'best ever'.

Steve had a bit of a sweet tooth--back to the food court for one of those italian sorbets (or was it gelato), anyhoo---you know the place, they have like 40 different fruit flavors. Small cup 4.50. He liked it.

I opted for some craps. Steve just wanted to watch. Bought in for a $60 Place bet on the '8'. Nailed it three times, then 'out'. Sooooo---steve says 'that's cool, we just ate for free'.

That girl actually looked AWFULLY CUTE, that offered the massage, now that i think of it.

We walked around a bit--steve did a dollar redwhiteblue slot. Steve's really not in for the LONG HAUL of a gambling session---make a buck, move on, lol. He put in $10, got back about 27 & cashed his TITO.

Said 'lets go to ceasar's' -- we went there for a $5.40 cab ride. Was raining off and on. We were in there for about an hour--no luck. I told him that i needed to getback to MB & get my bag & head to Orleans for my 2nd nite in LV. Moving day for me. I said i'd call him later.

I cabbed it from ceasar's to MB for $8.20. I got my bag & cabbed it to Orleans for $12.10. Driver had a REAL heavy NY accent, and didnt take Tropicana--took some side roads, but it didnt seem to far out of the way. Guess he was the 'expert'. Oh well.

Got to the Orleans at about 4:45. Lady at registration was complaining that there werent any strip view rooms left. Blah blah. Oh well, BUT when it came my turn--figured i'd do a 10-dollar trick for my $17/nite i reserved on the internet. Oooooops, i only set out a $5. Now i was nervous, lol. That's twice now that i goofed on the $20 trick. Clerk took the dough & asked:

smoking or non ?
high floor or low floor ?
near elevator or ice ?
strip view ?
King or 2 queens ?
Sooo, whatever i wanted---i got, lol.

Room 1644. Got off the elvator. Sign read 'rooms 1601 to 1645. I thought oh greeeeeat, cause the hallway was LOOOOOOOONG. But, no the #'s went in the opposite direction. So, i was right next to the elvator. Woohoo. Unpacked--did some room picts.

Called Steve, no answer. Went downstiars and traded in my OLD BC players card for the new coast card. Played some vp--won $11. Everything in the hotel is tito. Bought a roll of quarters because the phone rates are same as MB for long distance, called home. Etc.

Played some craps...turned $60 into $120. Walked around. Bet on the OVER in the jazz/spurs game. Bet the jazz (plus 10 1/2 pts). Nailed both of them for a $90 profit. Walked to the poker room. Big poker room. They didnt have 7 card stud. Played 2-4 hold em. Every single hand for the next 2 hours, had at LEAST 4 players betting the river. The second hand i got, i had pocket tens and the board showed a pair of 9's w/ scattered crap around it. I bet 4 and raise & re raise & raise again. Won it for about $96. Woohoo. I paid to see a LOT of flops, but held my own. Won only 2 other pots, but they were good size of $50 & $66. Cashed out for a PLUS $52. Not bad.

Back up to the room, did room picts, and unpacked, and saw they had the keno channel, but never found the keno room, lol. Back downstairs for dinner.

Posted by Bluejeans

Your really doing good on the room views and location. Good for you!
Seems your doing ok on the gambling.
The lunch sounded good....I'm going to have to go and cook something in a minute. lol
Sorry you missed that massage????????????? LOL

Posted by Grant

Jean,

Hahhahaha, I was laughing about the massage comment too.

Matt,

Nice work on the poker table.

And I think this trip report could become a Las Vegas famous report, a $5 and $10 trick in one trip! Maybe a $20 is over hyped...

Posted by Grant

What did you buy-in with at the 2-4 holdem??

Posted by misterKeno

bought in for a rack

Posted by Grant

Rack is $50 or $100?

Posted by misterKeno

rack is a 100...ummm similar to the racks that would hold 100 silver dollars when they 'had' coin paying slots (sigh).

mK