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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

There's Got To Be A Morning After

My flight was set to take off at 11:45 and the limo booked for 9:00am.

I got up at 5:30am thanks to a helpful text reminding me to "GET UP AND GAMBLE".

I was pretty much all packed up and ready to roll. I just had time to gamble a bit, have a hearty breakfast at the Cal coffee shop counter, and get my ass to the all-new Terminal 3 at McCarran.

Hey guess what? Today was the first day of a new month, and I had a fresh set of freeplay over at the Four Queens. So I headed there by 6:00am and loaded up my free $80 at the King's Bar on Double Double Bonus.

I had a really good run on my $80, hitting a quad at one point to keep me in the action. I couldn't hit the big hand I needed though, even though I was dealt 3 Aces a multiple of times.

I really didn't have a lot of time and I had a solid 45 minutes of play before my freeplay ran out. No guts no glory, I ran it down to zero.

Headed over to the Cal, and had my usual breakfast.

And it was pretty much time, time to leave my cottage, Las Vegas, the place I go to relax and make a buffoon out of myself.

Limo ride, uneventful.

Security, uneventful. In fact, I had a couple of hours to kill before the plane. What else to do but play some high stakes, high volatility video poker at the airport?!

And guess what, I hit a couple of quads there to keep me going.



I had $120 on the meter at one point but again, I thought I'd go for broke. Some day I'll hit a Royal at the airport and make a believer out of you.

I played my credits down to zero and soon, it was time to get on the plane.

I looked down through the crack on the walkway, glimpsing my last glimpse of Nevada soil (asphalt paved soil, in this case) and I hesitated a moment as a tear rolled down my cheek...

... and I stepped into the fuselage of Air FU Canada. I was officially out of Las Vegas. My trip was done.

I had a few goals this trip and I'd met many of them. I'd wanted a decent win at the tables, and boy, I knocked that one out of the park with a $475 craps win and numerous other table games wins.

I'd gotten my ass totally kicked at my signature video poker.

But more importantly, I found myself on an even keel, with a song in my heart.

When I arrived in Vegas I was worn down, worn out, feeling hopeless. I didn't want to see anyone or talk to anyone. But due to circumstances, I went through with various meetups, and as I picked up steam, accepted additional invitations. I also met some people through happenstance.

And what I found was many new friends and wonderful people. The kind of people that will lift your spirits. The kind of people that will accept you for the jerk that you are. The kind of people that will buy you things.

I think I even made some real friendships this trip, that will last for many trips to come.

I got free candy from a cocktail waitress.

I had a Pearl Harbour survivor share his first-hand memories with me.

And as my trip went on, I had chances to give as well. Calling back a guy who'd left a $20 bill in the machine. Giving change to the homeless and looking them in they eye to ask, "How are you doing?"

(Still haunted by the answer.)

Sharing a comp to the utterly awful 'Kahuna Vile' with a new-found Flusher friend.

Yeah, out of 43 trips, I think I connected with more people on this trip than ever before, and I found this all made me feel pretty goddamned good.

By the numbers, here we go:

After 12 days of thrashing, drinking, eating, gambling, smoking cigars, hugging strangers, handing out business cards, hassling cocktail waitresses, making irreverant and offensive drunken statements to all within earshot....

VP: day ($-40) trip ($-1670)
BJ: day 0 trip +$530
Craps: day 0 trip +$565

Overall total: $-575 loss.

Comps:


fq nights 150
fq freeplay 80
fq cashback 33
fq freeplay 200
ti resort fee 60
ti buffets 55
ti coffee shop 40
ti kahunaville 50
ti freeplay 10
mgm freeplay 25
mgm buffet 30
ti host credit 60
cal 5 nights 300
cal all meals 160
El Co freeplay 25
BJ comp 15
FQ freeplay 80

Total: $1,373 in comps.

Well, those aren't bad numbers. One little Royal Flush, even Aces with Kicker, and it would be a winning or at least a free trip.

I guess there's only one thing to do.

And that's to do it again.

The Royal Flusher Way!





fin



    5 comments:

    1. Hey. no need for Air FU Canada....fly into Bellingham, WA and drive up to the great white north!

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    2. I think Flusher, you got to count hand pay tips and actually all tips in your bottom line tallys. One trip , while I won $4000 clean at VP, I had given out $700 in tips.

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    3. Another awesome story. I think that you've made more friends through your blogs than you might know. I truly hope that someday one of the nice people you write about is me because to shake the hand of one of a guy as clever and creative as yourself is a goal of mine. -Bob

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    4. Another awesome story. I think that you've made more friends through your blogs than you might know. I truly hope that someday one of the nice people you write about is me because to shake the hand of a guy as clever and creative as yourself is a goal of mine. -Bob

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    5. One trip , while I won $4000 clean at VP, I had given out $700 in tips.

      $700 in tips on a $4000 hit? Wow, that puts you in King George territory, maybe even Emperor George. 17.5% is huge. That might even be enough to keep Cocktail Doll from whining, but I doubt it.

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