Your first trip to Vegas. What was it like?

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Me, I was 22 years old, took the girlfriend, now wife.

We stayed at the Westward Ho! Got a free offer from one of the seminars they use to offer where they would give you room and airfare for attending, or something like that.

I took a whopping $300. I remember sitting at the BJ table and getting free drinks, I was like "No F'N way!" I was in heaven. I went bust before 3am my first day there.

Wife back sleeping in the room, i felt horrible. I remember thinking, what the hell am i going to do, i am broke!

The next day we ate the 99c hot dog, my god was it horrible.:puke1: I went and cash advanced some money, lost that too. It was a mess, that was 13 years ago, and I have been back at least 70-80 times. Good times out there if you know your limits

Lived and learned a lot over the years, but still learning.
 
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It was like being a Kid in a Candy Store........

Went on a Junket back in 1978....Made some Money and was Hooked ! Ever since.
 

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I was maybe 15 went with parents, was actually able to play some slots, so pretty cool.

My 1st time as an adult was cooler, coming from SD then ( about 1983), had studied up on my blackjack books, drove there one weekend won $1,000 counting cards ( much of it from El Cortez), did the same thing the next weekend.

That kind of hooked me, eventually moved to Vegas around 1989, right before the earthquake game in SF, 1989 I think, maybe 1988 ?

jai alai was my real start in gambling though, you could buy tickets at about 13 ( usually).
 

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Don't remember, it was the Planet Hollywood Rx Bash.
 

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some years back stayed @ the Sam Remo Hotel (er...DUMP)..

played BJ...til early morning...on my B-Day....won about 3k...

came back to room...wife was already @ the pool..she had befriended a couple..

needless to say my wife is naive....as these people had just one thing on their minds...

they found out thru my wife I won the night before...

they broke into are room and took about 1 k...of my winning....I had the rest on me...

The Hotel comp'ed everything (food, drinks, shows etc..) including a Suite after that..

funny thing is...

I saw that fuckin' whore in the casino 2 nights later and detained her until the police came..

The kicker....they wanted to arrest me for messing w/ her...WTF....:smoking:

Fuck Metro....

One other story...

my brother got married...in Vegas....

BLEW EVERTHING..@ the tables...(w/3 days left there)

could not buy a cup of Joe...

He had no money to get to the airport...too funny..I still laugh to this day...

I ended up sending money down there..
 

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WOW, CP

That's some story there with the Couple. What a POS thing to do.

Mike...the sad part is.... it's true....

They really wanted to throw me in jail...I'll never forget that as long as I live...

Again..fuck Metro...^<<^
 
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Mike...the sad part is.... it's true....

They really wanted to throw me in jail...I'll never forget that as long as I live...

Again..fuck Metro...^<<^


Why ?? what kind of Messing around did they think you did ?
 

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Why ?? what kind of Messing around did they think you did ?

I held her until Metro came.....she was screaming bloody murder...she KNEW EXACTLY who I was....

she started a crazy story for Metro...

I asked If they could view the tapes from before.....they shut me down...

I had one cop...pull me aside and say ...""JUST LET IT GO"""

his words...verbatim...""We don't like this type of Publicity for our Casinos""

Had it not been that much cash and her brazen attitude....I probably would have just let it go...

but seeing her 2 days later...just fueled the fire...

Oh well...that was then...this is now...:toast:
 

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Just as I turned 21, biggest, most fun shit show of my entire life! My friend and I wound up in the Wynn kitchen plastered trying to take food. Got kicked of course. Luckily I was able to coherently relay my story and they took it is easy on us. Just told us to never come back. Good thing we weren't staying there, haha
 

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Mike...the sad part is.... it's true....

They really wanted to throw me in jail...I'll never forget that as long as I live...

Again..fuck Metro...^<<^



yea ..............but we didn't press charges on you ....so they let you go .
 

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went for my 16th bday with my dad. guy that used to work for my dad had moved out 10 yrs prior and was a dealer someplace and he had a stepson my age. so we got to sit in thefuckin motel room and watch tv while the adults gambled downstairs.

best things i remember:
food - great and cheap

watching deon sanders 1st nfl game on tv in the hotel room when he ran a kick back for a td on his first nfl touch i think?

drivin to LA to the rose bowl to watch the Vols beat UCLA 30-0 or 30-3 or something ugly
 

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motel 6 when i was 18 yrs old and went to caesars palace and blew 300 dollars no one asked for id.................motel 6 was 6.95 per night..........

1972...................had a blast been back 100 times:toast:
 

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union plaza 1980 i was 18 looked older played black jack for 26 hours straight me and my friend dana......drank about 50 gin and tonics......we drove back home( so cal) never slept
 

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First time I was there in 1990 With my wife we stayed at the Rio before it was with the new building ... I was hooked every since she hates it sadly even though she won 600$ on a nickel slot at the time
 

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I went first time back in Oct. 2008, when I was 26, and was just overwhelmed. Stayed at the Signature@MGM and played BJ for an avg of ~7-9hrs, mostly with my two favorite dealers Maureen and Eun-Hyung at MGM.
Didn't dare to sit down at one of the poker tables for the first several days, just playing BJ and betting some October baseball.

But from the first day just was hooked, just love to gamble and watch all the different characters you get to see at the tables.
Already been back 2 more times fr 3 weeks each, splitting my gambling time between BJ and poker nowadays.
 

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