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I turn 21 in 1 hour and 40 minutes. We’re leaving to go to Peachtree Tavern in about an hour and a half. Show up and watch me do some bad drunk karaoke with Aaron, Mike, GH, Klein, and a many, many others.

The group was 8 21 year olds, 2 dads, and my 20 year old self, and we took over 3 rooms of the Rio from 8/14 to 8/17. GH and Elsberry went out a day early sans hotel reservation. If you saw two people passed out in the MGM’s sportsbook Saturday night, luggage in hand, it was probably them.

Between the 11 of us, we took 8 different airline routes to get there, despite the fact that 10 of us were leaving from Atlanta. My friends suck at flying. I left for Cincinnati at 6:55am, get in at 8:20, get on the next plane at 9:15, and end up in Vegas at about 10:30am local time. The flight was choppy and the people sitting next to me sucked. My only options were to sit back and watch the abortion of a movie that is Monster In-Law, or try to get some sleep sitting next to apparently the highest of high rollers. Thanks for your stories, now remind me why you’re flying commercial out there?

I call Gouda, who landed with his dad about an hour before me. He tells me that Aaron, has just landed as well, and should still be in the airport. I get in touch with Aaron, and we wait together for 2 hours before one of the CLS shuttles is willing to go to the Rio. Fuck CLS. If you go to Vegas, don’t take a shuttle.

Over the course of the next few hours the rest of the group shows up at the hotel. We end up all getting on a $5 craps table and having the staff put up with us while we repeatedly ask what each bet on the table means. Apparently we figure it out pretty well, because everyone books a solid profit before we break for dinner. This craps session also featured the celebrity siting for the trip when Big Shot Bob strolled the casino.

Ok, I can already tell this is getting long, so no more paragraph form. Just some more observations.

Monday morning we go to the Palms. I get ID’d for the first time on the trip, which means I end up going to the buffet while everyone else in the group banks at least $300 on the craps table. The Palms breakfast buffet isn’t very good.

Too many places in Vegas only serve Pepsi, and will give you a glass of it when you ask for a Coke.

If you play craps at the Rio, make sure Felicia is at/around your table. She was around the only times we won.

The Rio’s casino is pretty bootleg, but the waitresses were easily the hottest on the trip. It doesn’t hurt that they dance on top of slot machines at predetermined intervals. It does hurt that the male servers danced on those machines as well.

The only drink I’ve been happy to pay $16 for was the gigantic pina colada at the Rio’s bar in the pool area.

I was the only one of the kids to post a gambling profit for the trip, with a whopping $3 score. Mr. Allen also came out ahead thanks to his 40-1 straight flush bonus at Carribean Stud, and streak of 26 rolls at the table before crapping out.

In stark contrast, Mr. Clark was the ultimate cooler. By the end of the trip no one would play at a table he came up to.

Gouda made $300 in the first 5 hours in Vegas. All by making minimum bets at a $5 craps table. He then managed to spend ~$600 at Jaguars over the next 3 days, and didn’t get his penis played with.

GH went upstairs at Jags, and claims he didn’t bang a stripper. Casey was getting a lapdance from the same stripper the next night, and the first thing she said to him was, “Let’s go upstairs and fuck.”

GH is a liar.

If you want to be really touristy, go to the Stratosphere around dusk, and while everyone else rides the rides, go to the lounge on the 107th floor, the elevator guy will tell you that you need reservations, but, like GH, he is a liar. Get a seat looking back the city, and have some drinks while you watch the sky get darker, and the strip get brighter. The drinks are actually pretty cheap, and really good.

Del Taco sucks. A #5 is actually 2 fish tacos.

Don’t, under any circumstances, go to whatever strip club has Diamond in it’s name (Diamond Cabaret?). Somehow I got charged a $60 cover, and left after watching 5 less-than-average to mediocre (at BEST) skanks try to suck in their fat for two songs at a time. Also, one song lapdances were $40 and the VIP room was $200 for 15 minutes. Reeeee-diculous.

Vegas was awesome. I’ll post more on it later.

I’ve been really busy lately getting things together because I’m going to be living in the 4th room at Aaron and GH’s place in Atlanta. So, now you know for sure where the party’s at.

Also, the new Kanye West cd is amazing. It doesn’t come out for a week and a half, but buy it when it does. Or, be illegal and “find” it on the internet somewhere. Just trust me on this.

I’m down to the last minute preperations. Double checking that I don’t need to buy anything, washing and packing everything I do have, looking at the flights, all that good stuff.

In all likelyhood, I’m going to fly from Atlanta to Cincinnati at about 7am, and then get on a flight at 9:15 heading to Vegas. Both of those flights have half of the seats open, so it wouldn’t be an issue at all. The only problem might be that it would get me into Vegas at ~10:30am, at least an hour before anyone else. Oh well, after I get in touch with Casey, we’ll figure out exactly what to do.

As for gambling funds, I’ll have $1,224 for eating, drinking, my share of the hotel, and doubling down. That should be plenty for 4 days given that I won’t be playing any poker, and none of my friends are going to be sitting at the $100 minimum baccarat tables.

Anyway, I’m definitely taking my camera, and there will be TONS of pictures to share when I get back. I’m still debating taking the laptop for entertainment on the planes and to hopefully find a free wi-fi network in Vegas so I can keep up with my fantasy picks. Right now, we’re in round 10 of 14 and I have the following as my roster:

Deuce McAllister, RB
Brian Westbrook, RB
Marc Bulger, QB
Hines Ward, WR
Alge Crumpler, TE
TJ Duckett, RB
Eric Moulds, WR
Keyshawn Johnson, WR
Najeh Davenport, RB

I’m hoping to pick up another WR with my 10th pick. Then I’ll probably grab a defense, another QB, a kicker, and one more offensive reserve (TE maybe?).

Alright, I’ve got to get listed on some flights, and get clothes ironned. Vegas baby, Vegas.

I’ve been feverishly cashing out my money at different poker sites to get together for Vegas. $62 out of PokerNow, $60 of out True Poker, $46 out of Paradise, and $300 out of Poker Stars. That’s where I stand right now. I have ~$500 in Party Poker right now, and I’ll use it to clear a 100 bonus. Once I clear that bonus (hopefully before Wednesday night) I’ll cash that out too, leaving me with somwhere between $900 and $1100 to take to Vegas, depending on how my play the next couple days goes.

I’m really happy that I’m able to do this between the sites I have less money on, that way I don’t have to touch the $2.5k that makes up my main roll on Empire and Eurobet, with a little amount on Stars that isn’t to be cashed out. I think that will be more than enough money to enjoy my few days in gambling Mecca. Also, I’m going back November 4th. Ryan Casey, you, at least, are coming with me.

As for the draft, I’m pretty happy with my team so far. I got Deuce McAllister in the first round, Brian Westbrook in the second round, Marc Bulger in the third round, and recently picked up Hines Ward with my fourth pick. That a pretty solid big 4, in my opinion.

So, I’m off to play some more, clear another bonus, and hopefully get back to you with any interesting details.

Blogger has erased my post twice now. God I hate you. Ultra-short version now.

Fantasy Football draft tonight. It’s offline then the commissioner assigns players to their respective teams.

If you care, you can watch the slowly updating draft picks here: http://draft.f2f2s.com

Here’s the scoring

Roster Positions:
1 QB
2 WR
2 RB
1 TE
1 Flex (WR or RB)
1 K
1 Team Defense
6 Bench

Stat Categories:
Passing Yards (20 yards per point)
Passing Touchdowns (4)
Interceptions (-2)
Rushing Yards (10 yards per point)
Rushing Touchdowns (6)
Reception Yards (10 yards per point)
Reception Touchdowns (6)
Return Touchdowns (6)
2-Point Conversions (2)
Fumbles Lost (-2)
Offensive Fumble Return TD (6)
Field Goals 0-19 Yards (3)
Field Goals 20-29 Yards (3)
Field Goals 30-39 Yards (3)
Field Goals 40-49 Yards (4)
Field Goals 50+ Yards (5)
Point After Attempt Made (1)
Sack (1)
Interception (2)
Fumble Recovery (2)
Touchdown (6)
Safety (2)
Block Kick (2)
Points Allowed 0 points (10)
Points Allowed 1-6 points (7)
Points Allowed 7-13 points (4)
Points Allowed 14-20 points (1)
Points Allowed 21-27 points (0)
Points Allowed 28-34 points (-1)
Points Allowed 35+ points (-4)