It was a slow news week in Vegas, but luckily we hit the high points like neglected children, hobo boxing, and naked beer runs.
It’s also time to unviel the #10 property on the list. Best pool scene in Vegas, as long as you don’t mind a little sand in your crack, but the waitresses leave much to be desired. Also, a gourmet dinner with a view of the penny slots and a dive bar that offers kareoke and food poisoning. And never forget, mothers love BMo.
Email: Brian Mollica brian@notiowa.com and Tommy Dutch tom@notiowa.com Give us a call 206-203-Iowa
Downloading now but listening to show 73.
I will get back with my highly anticipated rating later!
Ace, do you try to be the first one to comment on the new shows on purpose? Or does it just happen that way most of the times?
Steve I am stuck in front of the computer at home all day long trying to set up my new business – today I am trying to write a management training course – So after O&A finish I switch to listening to my back log of Vegas podcasts.
I keep an eye on the site for notice of the new episode or action on the noticeboard and act accordingly.
I must admit though it’s that new page thing – Its all shiny and new and I get to spoil it first even when I have nothing to say.
#9 = South Point?
By the way I am just passing through the episodes with your tips on getting maximum comps – Fuck man I am so jealous of you. You really know how to work that stuff, I can only dream.
My last trip to Vegas was my fourth and although I really tried for the first time to build some comps, I was still fairly pathetic. I stayed at the Tropicana and got free show tickets to the crappy Trop shows, about 17 dollars in comp dollars and about 22 dollars cash! Feeble but a start I guess.
Before my next visit I will re-listen to those shows again.
Tommy Dutch is the biggest idiot retard I have ever known and he’s GAY
English Bob – in reply to your post #83 on the last show. I would take them to Fat Burger my shout, as long as they didn’t order the elitist turkey burgers that tommy is fond of.
Great comment about your Mom listening to Air Supply during road trips. My Mom did the same thing. The worst was when she went through her Chris Deberg phase and played ‘Lady In Red’ the entire way from Michigan to Florida one year. I can still recite the entire song……cheek to cheek!
Wow! Steady on Ace mate – Whats going on?
WOuld love to have a discussion re: comps, free stuff and generally being a mooch in Vegas… Our next trip is fast approching and its a long ‘un – 10 days so I am looking for as much free crap as possible!!
Ace, I can understand wanting to be the first poster. I was a moderator over at the IGN Boards where the only content of the first post on the popular forums was, “1st post!”. Just figured I’d ask!
Also on the comps issue: It’s not quite as easy as Brian made it out to be. It definitely takes some work, time, and of course a bank roll. If you guys have any specific questions feel free to email me (notiowa @ penut.net) or post here and I’ll answer as best I can.
Mungus you’re pretty much screwed if you’re trying to earn good comps on your first time using their players card. My advice is to go up to their sign-up desk and ask for a new account to be opened. Then while they’re busily typing away your information, casually ask them, “For being a new member, are there any gifts or comps you’re giving away?” At the least you’ll probably get a gift bag but at the most I’ve been given a choice of a free hotel stay during the week and $25 in slot dollars. Follow the rest of my tips in the casino comp segments and you should be good for the next trip you make to their casino.
Guys – best show ever. especially that part where you talk about your audience being feeble minded!!
Play for Friday:
Since I can’t do much more damage to my bankroll, I’m laying the dough on the favs.
Cubs -160 over Astros
Red Sox -240 over D-Rays
Record: -207
To be fair, I called our listeners stoners, not feeble minded
Ace is “all like”… 1st nice post… good second post, interesting 3rd post……..TOMMY IS GAY 4th post… what, did the prozac suddenly wear off?
oh and I’m officially 1-0-0 on my CFB picks… I will now be retiring my handicapping career with 100% on all CFB picks…..
brian – i must be a little sensitive and that’s what i heard. hey you want me to remember back that far. it was over an hour ago.
By the way, Red Sox are playing the Orioles not D-Rays. And back off on Ace PP, he’s probably too busy cracking up to some David Allen Greer footage from 1984, you know, the last time anyone heard the name David Allen Greer.
Good show guys. Brian, I do have to make a correction though. Back in the All In days, I never said I was suprised that your stand up was funny. I said I was suprised that in your 30 minute set, you talked more about poker than you had in hosting more than 100 half hour poker podcasts.
thanks ace,
i guess i quite literally asked for that one
That’s right PR. Still, closer than I normally am when I try to identify listeners. I’ll be back home working for a week around X-Mas. You should come out and see my new angry show. Garaunteed to ruin the holidays.
It’s the UK final of Big Brother, its fucking dull so its time to find out what all the fuss is about with the latest pod cast…
Its appears Brad’s Football League still has 3 open slots. It looks simple enough. If you are on the fence, now is your chance. The draft is coming up in a couple of days.
You sure did Dutch!
BMo – I guess you also dont like DAG – I only know him through his guest appearances on Loveline and The Adam Carolla Show where he is far and away the funniest guest completely manic, and that other Carolla vehicle Crank Yankers.
So instead of constantly kicking my taste come out and tell us your favourites. You have already told us that you rate Bill Cosby really highly. So what’s your feelings on the following compared with Cosby – If you like you could rate them out of 10 :-0
Richard Pryor, Patrice O’Neil, Eddie Murphy,
I cant believe Mungus just mentioned UK Big Brother… ive successfully avoided all contact with until i just logged on..having no TV has helped, reading the dodgy tabloid newspapers was hard and now its all for nothing one the final fucking night… cheers mungus
I love that you’re into comedy and don’t mean to demean that, but you’re such a ball breaker on the message boards that I like giving it back to you. Maybe it’s a cultural thing or just your personal sense of humor, but you throw out names that aren’t exactly hot commodoties here in the states. I’ve done my top 10 list several times on BTB so I won’t get into it here, but as for the 3 comics you posted, 10+, 6, 10 on the Ace scale.
I like Patrice O’Neil but how the hell did I put his name in that company?
Forget it BMo I lost any credibility I may have had with that
BMo It’s funny you think I’m a ball breaker – because that’s how I see you.
I think somewhere along the way we both kind of post or say stuff just to watch it ripple the surface, I know for sure none of it is really that important to me it’s just for effect.
Love the show and think You and Dutch make a great double act.
BTW – You totally marked them out of 10
My picks this week:
Virginia Tech -28 over Eastern Carolina
Iowa -11.5 over Northern Illinois
0-0-0
Ok, it’s the first week and I really put some time into this. But fear not, in a few weeks I’ll get frustrated and just play every 3 touchdown dog on the money line.
Plays for Saturday:
Wisconsin -14 over Washington St.
Auburn -13.5 over Kansas St.
That’s all for now, also considering plays on West Virgina and Texas Tech, but haven’t pulled the trigger yet.
I’m in dialup hell for the next week, so I’m a little behind on shows. I haven’t even listened to no 95 yet.
Has BMo taken up Patch406′s humiliation bet? And what was the agreed terms? I’d have gone for eating the KFC, but then again I’m edging towards being slightly more Blob than Bob at the moment.
mofobes,
How did you like the handicapping seminar this week? I see that the archives are recorded on the vegas insider website but I haven’t had a chance to listen to them yet.
I see that Fezzik, a handicapper that I have followed the last couple years, was on several of the panels. He seems like a very sharp guy, especially in terms of line shopping and predicting line moves.
Tommy and Bmo,
Enjoying your Monday sports shows. I liked the Godfathers picks this week and played all three in round robin parlay.
Unfortunately my betting days seem to be numbered. I only have one active offshore book left, and I tried to make a Western Union deposit this week, (a method I have used since the demise of Neteller), but my deposit was refused. Looks like the U.S. government has put some teeth into this anti-gambling legislation. If they are that serious about stopping a small time gambler like me, it is probably time to shut it down. I still have a few dollars left in the account, but I have been reduced to $20 units. Will have to get my fix in a Vegas football trip this fall.
On the subject of the Mandalay Bay, it is definitely in my top five (the Hotel has great rooms), and you’ve got to love the wave pool. The 3 foot waves are right in my bodysurfing wheelhouse, just like the woosie waves at my local beach. Perfect after a few 30 oz. beers.
Two more points, the 40 ounce, $50 martini at the Red Square is the best bargain in the place. And the China Grill is as good a restaurant as you will find anywhere.
Rack me, I’m out.
I accept the terms of the humilation bet but insist on the KFC bowl. I’ll gladly endure the weight gain and inevitable heart attack than contribute to the career of Bozo the clown. Do we have a deal Pizach?
Thanks to a last minute pitching scratch I was able to minimize my losses and, more importantly, I can root against the Sox. Time to take that cash and roll it into a reliable 10 team parlay.
BMo, nice to see you taking on the bet. I do wonder though if the recent results against the Sox had any impact on your decision?
HawkEye signed up for your Fantasy comp. Its my first and what the heck its sounds like a bit of good natured fun!
Wakefield was slated to start but was scratched 2 hours before the game. Because that would drastically change the line, it is considered No Action. Come on EB, you see the picks I put up daily, have I ever tried to weasel out?
Hey Yotime Joe/Big Phil – sounds like we should def include the Rum Jungle on our list of “must do things” in Vegas after listening to today’s episode!
Maybe we can squeeze that in those 8 nights of debauchery in Sin City!!
Dipper any chance of getting a leave pass from the missus for another trip?
SlahdogX – post #21 last episode – well done! Great read & I agree with most of it.
The reason I like the show = after a few beers when I listen, its as though I’m in a dive bar & I’m listening to a couple of degenerates talking bullshit about stuff I really like. It fucking cracks me up! Great humour.
JR – my missus has given me a permanent leave pass so no probs there, but my Visa Card says “no chance”. Maybe next year in April again.
Ah, now I understand your initial post Ace!! LOL!! We are a pretty shite bunch of listeners!! LOL!!
On the subject of comps. The $20 trick/tip worked like a charm for me in June at The Mirage. We were there for nine days so I used a $50 bill and we got a great upgrade to a strip and pool view room with Jacuzzi on a ‘private’ (25th) floor which had a value of about $400 more than we paid. At the end of the trip I visited the players club desk expecting to get A Mirage t-shirt (or worse still a ‘Love’ t-shirt.. don’t get me started on Cirque shows!!) and they were able to comp us $250 room service bill which was amazing, especially given that we only earned 7,500 players club points. She initially offered two free nights but we had paid upfront so couldn’t use them.
Ace, re: your crappy Trop comps – I had a chat with the players club rep on the last day and she advised us to always charge everything to the room rather than using cash so that they have more to comp you at the end of the stay. The biggest problem is living in the UK as the casinos don’t seem to mail out offers as freely as they do to the U.S. and Canada and there has been nothing going on in my players club account which is disappointing so I emailed MGM to ask about comps and here is the reply…
Dear Mr Mungus.
We are happy to hear that you’re considering staying at our resort. I reviewed your Players Club account and unfortunately you do not have enough points for a discounted room based on your play. For slot play, we require 6,000 pts/per day for room complimentary and 17,000 pts/per day for room, food, and beverage complementaries. For table game play, we require $150-$250 average bet – 4 hrs day of play for room complimentary and $350-$400 average bet – 4 hrs day of play for room, food, and beverage complementaries.
This is totally contrary from my experience at the players club desk so I can only assume that upfront comps are a lot more difficult to get than retrospective comps. Its also interesting to consider the fact that to earn a free room with food and drink, one has to piss away on average $350-$400 PER HAND for a period of FOUR HOURS!! So given that one might expect 50 hands per hour that’s a grand total of between $70,000 and $80,000 played!!! OK, I realise that its not a case of having to loose the money to get the comps but at $350/$400 per hand its not going to take a very long loosing streak to empty my modest bank roll.
Having been to Vegas five times previously; I now adopt a different approach to playing than I did when I vas a Vegas Virgin. I tend to enjoy just being in Vegas far more, drinking in the sights, sounds, smells (ahh, the heady mix of sewerage, chlorine and unwashed degenerate gamblers) and atmosphere of the place and when I gamble I never sit down at the table with the intention of playing ‘$200’ until I loose, otherwise the only thing that is going to happen is that I will loose. Instead, I now ‘try my luck’ and see how The Fates treat my initial few bets. If these initial bets do badly then its time to leave the table and enjoy the rest of the town with Mrs Mungus. If the first few hands bare fruit then that’s great and I carry on, but I am always looking for ‘streaks’ and when I feel that my luck is taking a turn for the worst, I quit for the day. This has worked quite well over the last couple of trips and allowed me to return with a pretty good bank roll which I use to fund the next trip. I recall my third trip when we stayed at NYNY (I trust that crap hole is not going to feature in the top ten guys! The only good thing about it is the Irish bar that serves Guinness) and I just played every night until I was skint and damn was that a bad holiday!
Of course the GBP/USD exchange rate is helping a lot as are some of the sites that post offers such as vegashotelspecial.com and fatwallet.com. Using these sites and also though some kind folk on other boards, we have been able to save a significant amount of money off the next trip and stay at better properties than we might otherwise have been able to afford by booking with the likes of Expedia (who are very good, but you pay book price).
Any how, I for one, would love to hear more on the boards and on the podcast regarding ways to ‘work Vegas’ and get just a little bit more for free… With out spending $80,000!!!
Great show tonight guys – appreciate you making it this far without selling out to some big time sports show!!
Now I have to go fix the sink and cut the grass… Living the dream baby, living the dream!!
JR – you know my feelings about planning in vegas. there is no point, you just end up going with the flow and see where it takes you. hopefully to wiffle ball at some point.
Damn you Wheatley! Now I have that song running through my head. Can’t wait to have the Victors running through my head in 4 and half hours.
Ok, it’s 7:30am and I just left the Fiesta, my private little hideaway for all of my degenerate needs, and it was fucking packed with ass holes trying to buy their parlay cards before kickoff. Don’t these people know that it’s Saturday morning and they should be hungover and asleep?
I’m giving this college football betting thing a ride. I took LSU on Thursday -19
Cal on Saturday -6.5
Florida State Monday -3.5
Only a few plays I like for NCAA today:
Notre Dame -1 over GT for 3 units
Georgia -6.5 over Oklahoma, 1 unit
Georgia/OSU under 56, 1 unit
Baylor +21 over TCU, 1 unit
brian – when i 1st read your post i thought you were leaving after a night out. should have known better, you’re not tommy.
Ace – what are you doing re the $20 for Jimmymacs Pickem comp??? since were both stranded on this island maybe we can save commission and send it together….. let me know if ur keen
Mungus re 39 – great post
pmac – I am more than happy to post £11 or so, to you (or via paypal) and you can deal with it for both of us if you are happy with that.
Did anybody have any trouble getting in the site today – I have been unable to get in for at least 10 hours
right I am going to find a sink to fix and a lawn to cut because it really does sound as though Mungus is living the dream
Did I forget to post my lead pipe lock of Appalachian St. over Michigan on the money line? Silly me.
I wish Joe. My Friday nights are fucked for the next few months as I’m expected here by 8:30 Saturday mornings to start the early game broadcasts. See, there are a few downsides to watching sports for a living.
Yo, Ace! Site has been OK during the times that I have visited, but I have not been online too much due to my domestic tasks.
Spent much of my time listening to The Strip podcast and another interview with someone in whom I have absolutely no interest (as bloody usual), but still, its pretty entertaining, although I wish I had kept TAI to listen too during my toil.
Indeed, TAI could be my official ‘doing crap that I really fucking hate podcast’ as I often listen to it whilst doing things that I would rather not be doing.
Still, its almost 7pm and I am 5 cans of tasteless Budweiser in, so its not all bad! (Drinking Bud is part of my Vegas acclimatisation program).
I have no idea what the hell I am yaking on about so I’ll shut up….
Happy Days!