Yes, I do feel better. I gave him plenty of outs and he honestly sounds like he doesn't care. Oh, found out he's a "vendor," whatever that means, so he can gamble and drink at that casino (I know hosts usually can't play where they work).Originally Posted by tee2green
I agree with this.
You should tell him your plan ahead of time so he knows...which probably means you will stay home and save your $ for vegas
How did the trip go @Blase?
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It was fabulous!
We got there around noon on Sunday. Funny thing is Nick was on the road at the same time as us, so he kept texting us (while driving!) and I had Karie respond. We ended up meeting him at a gas station in Springfield to fill up. Then somehow we beat him there, so we got checked in at the Four Seasons and then went down to Ozzie's sports bar at the casino to watch football. Nick got us VIP Lounge passes (where the drinks are free unlike in the casino) but it didn't open til 4 on Sunday, so we hung out at the bar for a while and then went to the casino until it opened. None of us won anything at that time.
Then once the lounge opened, we hung out there for a while, and essentially had dinner there - the food was excellent and they had a variety of stuff! Like mini roast beef sandwiches, pizza, a salad bar, shrimp cocktail, wings, tons of desserts... it was plenty of food. Then back to the casino to gamble. I had a nice $800 win on Wonder 4 Jackpots (no pic) and then got this nice royal for $400.
Eventually some other guys coming in for the trip got there and we hung out with them for a while. Finally around 11:00 we ended up going to the Landing, which is a bunch of bars right by the hotel. We went to this place called Joey B's, where they have a "wall of shots." We each ordered shots for the others and we had to guess what they were! It was fun. Stayed here til about 1 a.m. I think!
Monday we had a lazy morning and eventually made it down to the pool. Karie and I had a great day sitting in the sun and getting in some pool time. Wasn't planning on drinking because of the prior night's hijinks but you know me, I couldn't resist for very long! We also got a bbq pizza and some tortilla chips/guac out there and just charged it to the room (per Nick). Nick came down and hung with us and kept asking us to go have lunch with him, but we were enjoying the pool.
Then back to the room around 3:30 to freshen up. We had to meet everyone in the lounge by 5:30 to head to the game, so that's what we did, except the shuttle bus was full and long lines to wait for the next one, so the three of us just took a cab, lol. The suite was awesome! Brats, hot dogs, full nacho bar, and some other stuff. To drink it was just beer and soda, but someone (not sure who) brought in two bottles of Ketel, so we were drinking Ketel and cranberry/Sprite. The Cubs won 4-1, we *almost* saw a no-hitter! Alas, it wasn't meant to be.
After the game we took a rikshaw back (hilarity as Karie had to sit on our laps) and then just gambled for a while. This is when Karie was on fire. She wanted to play Wonka and we played a couple different versions until she settled on the Pure Imagination. She was betting $1.00 or $1.50 the whole time and got some serious Ooompa Bonuses - one for $250, one for $270, and the biggie, a full screen of wilds/Willy with a 5x multiplier for $445!! I think she cashed out up $850 for the night!!
By this time I was exhausted, but I didn't want to leave her alone so I sat nearby losing money on Geisha, until I decided to go play the 3 reel Willy, and ended up getting a bonus on max bet where I won about $360. We finally headed to the rooms at around 1:30, when all of a sudden Karie grabs my arm and says, "there's Rizzo!" "And Arrieta!" Well it turns out most of the Cubs were in the casino gambling. Then of course we couldn't leave, we had to stay and stalk for a bit! Hee hee! Karie tried to get a few pictures but it was hard to do without being obvious.
I was really good in that I didn't use my ATM cards at all and just played with the $600 ish that I had in my purse. Even though I had a couple of nice wins, I only ended up ahead about $150. I'll take it, though! Karie won about $300 overall (guess she lost a lot on Sunday!) And obviously I gambled enough, as we had about $250 in charges from the pool and valet parking, and it was all comped off! It was weird in that we had to email a host, Nick himself couldn't do it, but she got back to me the same day and said all charges would be waived! Darn it should've ordered more drinks at the pool!
Last edited by Blase; 09-20-2016 at 07:09 PM.
Also, I really loved the machine selection there. They had lots of old Aristos, even some that I'd never seen before. The layout of the casino was really nice and airy too. I wouldn't make a trip down there just for gambling, but would definitely go back next summer to see a game.
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Wow blase cannot believe you saw a bunch of Cubs! Very cool. I've seen David Wright of my Mets in Vegas and got giddy.
And congrats on the winning trip and getting charges taken off at the end!
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Sounds like an fabulous trip! Thanks for the write up. I need a gambling buddy like your friend.
Jen, so glad to hear it was a great trip! The wonderful pics show it. Thanks for the TR!
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