Vegas Day 1

Wow what a weekend!  Had a great time doing the dual celebration of Cecil's bachelor party and my law school admission.  The whole weekend was a blur, although I didn't drink very much the entire weekend, but I definitely suffered from sleep deprivation.

Flew out from San Diego on the 11:30 am flight with a bunch of Cecil's crew from San Diego, including myself, the best man, and a few others.  We arrived in Vegas, met up with Cecil and a few others and then headed over to Aria casino, with a stop for liquor at the liquor store first.  I unfortunately forgot to take a picture of all the alcohol that was purchased, but here are a few shots from in the room:

After checking in 8 of us headed down to Julian Serrano's for lunch.  We had a good lunch, lots of food and wine was ordered, and good conversation as we got to know each other better.  I think there was a total of 16 guys for this trip with quite a few people still rolling in.

I am now completely jonesing as I had been in Vegas for over 3 hours and had yet to place a single bet.  New record for me, I'm sure.  Gambling this trip was a very positive experience for me, with a minor bump in the road.  We got a craps table together and I proceeded to dump a 20/40 bankroll in short order.  Other people were showing up, and I ended up in the high limit room playing blackjack with my other buddy who came out from San Diego.  We booked a small win and then headed over to Aria poker room to play drunken 4/8 limit no look holdem.

We started off by everyone putting in 5 bets preflop and then 5 bets again on the flop, so we were essentially on the turn immediately.  The gamble was a little too thick, so we then changed it up so everyone put in 5 bets preflop, and then you were allowed to look at one card, cap it with a chip and then do your action.  On the turn you were allowed to look at the other card, and also ask to see one of your opponents cards.  It was a ton of fun, we were very loud, and very obnoxious.  I was really expecting others to join us, since we were trying to give away money!  I however, ran like a god.  I had JJ, KQs, AA, and something else all hold up, making in order, jacks full, nut flush, and aces up.  I believe I was the only winner cashing out 440 in about an hours worth of play.

After that we freshened up

and got ready for a big group dinner at Blossom.  They had a nice setup for us with a private room in the back and a large banquet table with 3 lazy susans situated in the middle.  Food was excellent and we managed to finish most of it.  The group then headed to the Marquee night club inside of the Cosmopolitan.

Now, I am not a club guy at all, but I felt like I should make a token appearance and not be a total dickhead and bail on the guys.  So the club was what I expected, large, loud, and crowded.  I did manage to walk around a bit, and saw a blackjack party pit inside the club, with female dealers wearing basically trashy lingerie.  Not stripper skimpy, but skimpy enough.  I kicked it with the guys in the club long enough to have a few beers and yell over the music trying to chat.  We got bottle service and a nice setup.

I bailed after about an hour, and headed back to Aria.  Although I got lost in the back corridors of the club's exit ways, and eventually got dumped out onto one of the Las Vegas Strip side streets and proceeded to hoof it back.

I then hit the craps tables again, and went on a massive heater:

That's after hitting the bonus bet for 50/100/50 a pop.  Although I did get a little paranoid.  After hitting the all small, and then only having the 10 left for the all tall, and legendary status, I took a bit of insurance and layed 2000 on the 10.  Two rolls later, 10 baby!  20,900 minus the 2000 insurance I took, was almost a 19k hit.  This is what this score looks like after coloring up:

Then it was off to bed.