What $ Goes to Vegas, Stays...

[Lucky Larry]

Back from our trip to Vegas. Stayed first at RR to celebrate Ms. L' Mother's Day. I have hit a RF at RR every previous trip so I was really excited. We played lots but no RF. Instead of my normal heavy play of the "Optimum Play 100%" I focused on multi-hand play. I have fallen in love with MH and we don't have the opportunity to play much MH higher denominations (5¢) so I wanted to focus on it while in Vegas. No RF, however; I hit AWAK on TDB for the equivalent of a RF. Our only decent hit at RR.

In reflection with less than a full day's play and with us spenting time trying out all of the new games we can't access here - Dream Card, Good Times Pay, Wheel, etc. just to enjoy the fun of playing them, I shouldn't be surprised we hit less.

Did watch two guys next to me kill Spin Poker at $45/$90 hand. Their pay offs on SDD and TDB were interesting. Down $2-3 thousand then a hand pay to go even or up. This went on for 3-4 hours. Saw one guy with 11 hand pays and in the RR high limit area the pay is immediate! The casino reps were almost standing next to them waiting to pay. The guy next to me had four payoffs for over $18K within an hour while I played MH next to him.   Only In my dreams!   

We then moved to the Palms and stayed there for the first time. Great corner suite with Strip View Since the Palms is the home of the Playboy Club and several other trendy clubs the "beautiful people" and "young wanna be" were frequently coming through. Then the real show began. The Palms was hosting the talent auditions for "America's Got Talent" show so for two days camera crews, contestants, and an assorted group of watchers/supporters streamed through constantly. Casino scenes were shot and re-shot. Staged groups (costumed in all fashions and non-fashion) rushing through the doors yelling and screaming and being filmed... the works. Hey the show was worth the price of admission, never had to leave my machine, and a good break from the boredom of playing VP.

Played tons of hours at the Palms. Ms. L played almost exclusively the 100% return but no great hits although she caught 2's/Ace on DWB twice. Meanwhile, I continued my attack on MH. Monday night I saw my only 4 to RF for the entire trip and caught one RF on a 5 hand of all things. Great timing! I couldn't catch it when playing 15-20 hands. My timing must have been off!    Had a number of close calls... including 3 Aces on 25 hands of DDB and not one AWAK but 5 Aces. My timing must have been off!   Three hands later one Ace = AWAK. Great timing!   Played up the rest of the Palms trip and Ms. L finally succumbed to the MH curse because it was the only game where she was playing even to up.

So the trip overall was a great trip. Between the lack of sleep, lack of humidity, and lack of multiple major hits we were glad to come back but we sure had a great time. Can't figure out why I didn't schedule the Palms for this weekend. We would have missed the "America's Got Talent" auditions but they are hosting the "Playmate of the Year" finals this weekend. My timing must be off.   

[marie meijer]

What a fun trip report LL, I read the whole thing. ty

[frogface]

sounds like a really fun trip!!!!  Would you go back to the Palms or recommend it to stay and or play at?

[Lucky Larry]

sounds like a really fun trip!!!!  Would you go back to the Palms or recommend it to stay and or play at?
frogface,
We would recommend the Palms. It has lots of 100% return VP and lots of VP machines. They don't have all the new stuff Red Rock has but a nice collection. If you go make sure you check vpfree2 (see link) for the locations of 100% return and the other best play machines. We especially like to play Joker which they have. We also found low denom TDB which was fun when we were tired and needed a break.

http://www.vpfree2.com/casinos/by-region/las-vegas.html

I really enjoyed having the option of multi-hand machines with multiple denominations. They offered 1¢, 5¢, 10¢ and 25¢ denominations on the same machines. Be careful and check the pay tables. We found good pay tables at the 50 play next to Gardunos restaurant. The 100 play at the entrance by the food court was usually full but they even had 1¢ 9/6 JOB on the three machines closest to the door. But next to them were 8/5 JOB so check out each machine. The middle casino 100 play machines have some horrible tables. (you might check because I only played 1/4 machines). I couldn't figure out why they were empty one night when everything else was full. Played about 20 minutes assuming the pay table matched the others I had been playing. Wrong!   I couldn't buy a hit. Checked the pay tables my previous 9/5 DDB 25¢ was 7/5 DDB I think, etc. so I went back to the 50 play and waited for a machine. I know - don't every assume and always check the pay tables.

The room we had was awesome. The service excellent. The buffet is grade C or lower. I assume they want you to eat at the clubs and restaurants. 24/7 restaurant had a decent but limited menu. So overall we plan to go back and stay at the Palms.

The Palms offer for free play was better than RR. But RR offered 5X points on VP and 7X for slots so RR was still ahead on points.   With Red Rock going through bankruptcy their cash offers seem to be dropping (our play prior to this trip always earned good free play $) I'm not surprised but with the multiplier we really racked up some points.

LL

[Lucky Larry]

marie,
Sorry about the rambling..    36 hours of VP over 3 days will do that to you! Hey, going to Vegas only a couple times a year is like being in a candy store. Can't stop when 100% return is available.... besides we can sleep at home.      Ms. L slept 18 hours today.

We can't wait to go back and next time stay our normal 3-4 days so we can slow our pace. Staying at RR one day instead of our normal 2-3 really messed us up. 2 days minimum at each place would let us slow down and take our time.

LL    

[wilcoxfun]

I really enjoyed your reports thanks!