Vegas Trip Review Sept. 3rd-7th (Long Read)

Just wanted to start off by saying the reason I'm posting this is because I love reading these myself and assume others do too.

Thursday: Arrive to a surprisingly crowded Las Vegas with my friend Tony @ 2:45 P.M. (apparently some huge convention was there leaving that day before Labor Day weekend). Get to Bally's put a twenty dollar bill between my credit card and driver's liscense and ask for any comp. upgrades. End up getting a junior suite out of it for four nights, not bad for twenty bucks. Go to room get changed and go down to the sportsbook place two hundred dollar bets on college Troy and South Carolina ATS. Go to Bellagio to watch them because it is the only place that I've found in Las Vegas where they don't ask for drink tickets in the sportsbook, they just keep bringing them. Watch both bets lose and have about 8 coors lights. Ended up betting North Texas and Oregon for fifty a piece just because we wanted something to watch. Sat next to an older guy who had 5 grand on Oregon ATS (ouch). One winner one loser. Play blackjack at Bellagio for about 3 hours and break even. Go to eat at some expensive burger place across from the Wynn. Walk through Encore (which is probably the nicest place in Vegas). Play blackjack at Palazzo win $240. Decide to head back to the hotel and end up playing blackjack at Paris. Lose $150. Play roulette at Paris lose $50. Try to get it back at Bally's and lose $300. I also pass up a threesome opportunity with two asians (1 cute 1 fat) because I'm drunk and furious about losing so much the first day. (only brought 800 for the trip down 460 the first night with my shitty money management skills)

Friday: Wake up at noon feeling like shit. We decide to eat at Nathan's hot dogs which was delicious. Go to Bally's Pool and see a ton of people partying. Start drinking again. Leave, get changed, and go back to the Bellagio for the  Tulane/Tulsa  game. Make a $50 bet on Tulsa first half and $100 bet on Tulsa full game. Both bets are never in question win $150 and have between 8-12 coors lights. Go back to the room wait for my friend Joel to arrive from Phoenix. He gets in at around 9 with two bottles of Crown. Tony, Joel, and I finish a bottle of Crown in an hour and take a cab downtown. Play $5 blackjack at 4 Queens lose $50. Play blackjack @ Binions for 6 hours. Most fun I've ever had at a table in my life, had runs up to $300 and down $150. We were all so so drunk. End up losing $100 but it was well worth it. Get back to the room as the sun is coming out.

All in all it was a really fun trip, I've gone twice a year since I've been able to gamble legally (3 years) so this is my 6th time out there.

Things I learned this trip:

- Don't mix a trying to win money sports betting trip with a crazy party trip. Nothing works out the way you think it will.

- If you plan on partying hard bet your games for the following morning before you start drinking that night.

- Never pay full price to get in a club in Vegas somebody can always get you deal.

- Freemont Street, just like anything, is what you make of it. We had a blast.

Sports Book Reviews: (only went to 4 this time)

Bellagio: hands down my favorite place to watch the games. Free drinks with no tickets, incredibly fast service, comfy chairs.

Ballys: I know some people like this book a lot but I don't. They just renovated it so it looks a lot better now but I just get a bad vibe from it. Maybe it was the 1 ticket per hundo bet policy and the feeling I was putting the guy out asking for tickets.

Caesars: Cool set up people seemed to be having a blast. Awesome if you have money on the two games being played on the huge screens (on my trip these were USC/San Jose St. and Georgia/Oklahoma St.). If you don't you have to try and find your game on the smaller tv's behind the ticket writer's. Oh yea 3 hundo for 1 drink ticket. I know to some of you that isn't anything but to me its a little steep.

Bill's Gamblin Hall: Call me crazy but I liked watching the games in there. Yes, the chairs do blow but I literally had 8 games on up close right in front of my face.

Would love to answer any questions if I can, I really enjoy talking about Vegas!