Our last full day in Sin City was upon us. Of course the usual routine of VIP Stylee Buffet Breakfast was administered, before hitting the 'mall' to do a spot of shopping. With my cheeky little win last night burning a hole in my wallet, I decided to get the Mrs a nice gift to take back (after all she did allow me to come to Vegas without her, even though I said I would take her months ago!! oops, better be a good present!).
We headed on over to Caesars Palace first of all, Goose wanted to check out 'The Hangover' T-shirts and other merchandise. FYI - the shopping mall at Caesars in Ma-Hoosive! Several hours later, and bearing many gifts, we slowly crawled back to the Bellagio to freshen up for our last night.
We were tipped off by a local cabby that there was an amazing Brazilian Steak house just off the strip, and so that would be our destination for dinner.... or so we thought! When we arrived ($15 cab ride) at the Steak House, we all looked a little hasty. We were expecting a lively, pumping Brazilian Steak House. Instead, we found ourselves standing at the bottom of a rough looking set of steps leading to the back of a closed salon - not quite what we were expecting. We decided to go back to a French restaurant we spotted, that was opposite the Bellagio at Paris (another $15 cab drive back - not even eaten yet and already were $30 down!).
Surprisingly the steaks were half the price of anywhere else we had seen and seemed to be a better restaurant!
After dinner (gone 11pm now!) we headed back to the Bellagio for a last all-nighter before heading home in the morning. We started off in the Poker Room, all 3 of us managed to get on the same $1-$2 No-Limit Hold 'em cash game, bonus! After a roller-coaster of emotions and several vodka's, a few hours had passed, and with our winning form on Craps (for me and Goose that is), we were keen to get back on it.
I had a bit of a shaky start - mainly due to Goose rolling 7's every other throw - Grrr! But I managed to keep my head above water and started to see some positive cash-flow.
Around 3am, it was my turn to 'Shoot' the dice. With this being our last night and all, I decided, along with Adam and Goose, to go-for-it a bit more and raise our bets! My first 3 throws saw a 7, 11 and 7 (if your not familiar with how to play Craps - that's good! at the start and while the game is "off" anyway!). Then I proceeded to have the roll of my life.... roll after roll I was smashing numbers. Everyone at the table was loving it - high fives, knuckles and even a few high-tens were thrown about! It was unreal and without knowing it me and Adam had over a 'Grand' in chips......each!!
We had been tipping the dealers by placing bets for them, so when I was winning - they were winning! So even they were loving my hot streak! But like all things, it came to an end :-( The dealers edged us to take our money and run as they said they don't see rolls like that very often! I counted up £1347, Adam $1300 and mother-Goose $900!! Kaaa-Chiiinnnggggg!!!! Over $3000 profit between us!
I put the 'odd' $47 from my winnings on number 7 on roulette, but no joy - my luck was done!
4.30am, $3000 better off - lets get a few hours shut eye before travelling home.....Done!
When we returned to the room, my dad was there - we played the whole 'we lost all our money' routine, before throwing our 'Hundred-Dollar' bills in the air and re-living the unbelievable roll I had down stairs!
From now on, you can call me 'Shooter'! Pow!
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