Remember when you were a VEGAS VIRGIN??

Do tell about your very first time n Vegas. How you "felt"? How you could smell wealth & $$$? How it was unlike anything ever? How you did something stupid or got scammed or thought you knew it all or went bust the first day or first hour. I'll go first.

Disclaimer: When this guy gets out of jail, I owe him a punch in the face. I'm still upset about my comps.

Anyway, my very first time out to Vegas I went with a friend who has been going to EVERY major event since Tyson fights (post jailtime). He never liked staying on the strip & his casino of choice was the RIO. (I was already a pretty decent gambler) So, I took like $3500 for the weekend. So I'm at the tables doin my thing at about anything from $100-700 per bet. Well, what I didnt pick up on was that everytime we would switch tables, he would say ("Yo, Bigkat use this card") So, I would hand it to the dealer. I don't know what I thought. I just did what he said cuz I thought maybe since I was "his guest" that it was something like frequent points or something. Well, all day Friday & Saturday I'm BETTING LIKE CRAZY ON HIS DAMN CARD & HE'S GETTING ALL MY DAMN GAMBLING RATINGS. I MEAN I WAS WIDE OPEN THE WHOLE WEEKEND & Only realized what the deal was when I woke up early on Sunday Morning & went to the tables bymyself and the dealer remembered me from my play earlier & asked for my card, I was like I don't have one. He was like ("Buddy, a guy like you, You NEED a card). That's when it dawned on me, "THAT MOTHERFUCKER". But you know, I just took it as a loss & put the blame on me. But, I'm still pissed off cuz my ratings at Rio & Caesars and those arent as high as MGM properties & Wynn cuz they dont have all my play (shakes head at my own stupidity & naiveness).

Please Share!!!

1st trip wasn't the best of my many trips but was great busting that cherry!

Got there late Thur and left early Sun. 1st weekend of March Madness. About 10 guys. This was before the day of local casinos so it was pretty much just Atlantic City and Vegas to go gamble. I was pumped to walk into the casino. Met some buddies and couldn't wait for a free beer so went to the bar to buy one. A hot girl next door type in her early 20's asked me to be her friend for the night. Not te dirty person type I had heard about. This place is great!! Typical couple Vegas days of drinking, gambling, strip club visit, etc. Pulled an all nighter the last night. Trip went wayyyy to fast but was a good time for all.

Odds are most guys stories will be some what true.

BigKat...get over yourself and your damn comps you think you'd get, should have gotten, etc.  Thats all you ever talk about - get a life

bigkats just a little attention person.But sure he is often called a virgin

Again I don't understand the hostility towards bigkat.  Does it really matter if his stories are true or made up?  I think they are a fun read either way.  I have been to LV twice in my life.  The first time I was 10 and it blew a$$ big time because we stayed at Circus Circus over twenty years ago and I could not even go down to the video arcade (that was located under the trapeze net if I recall correctly) or the circus itself without adult supervision.  My parents were at a trade show and I was stuck in the hotel room watching HBO, something I could have done at home.

The second time I went was last summer with about 14 of my fraternity brothers (I am about 10 years removed from college) and our wifes/girlfriends/boyfriend (yes one of my bros is gay).  It was a blast.  I entered on rebuy poker tourney at Planet Hollywood ($75.00 entry fee and rebuy).  I won the tourney and didn't have to rebuy once.  I got delt pocket rockets the first hand and with tripling up I played table bully and didn't look back once.  Came into the final table with a massive chip lead and pounded away.  It also helped that I was a card rack but it was a good time.  I won nearly 2 gs and lost half of that playing blackjack.  For the record, I am a good pocker player and pretty decent at the sportsbook but suck at blackjack.  My problem with blackjack is if I lose a hand I double my bet down until I get it back.  Yes my chase system sucks.  But I am so addicted to blackjack it is beyond control.  Reminds me sometimes of like how Clark Griswald was offered to give half of the money he was planning on losing he would take him out back kick him in the nuts and call it a day.  Yes that is me.  LOL!  The other half I gave to my wife to have fun with so I could gamble some more in peace.  For the record, my wife gambled not one cent the entire time in Vegas.

I saw several great shows, ate at several great restraunts, had a good time with the boys and my wife... much better trip than when I was a kid.

After hotel, food, drinks, gambling, purchases, etc I came back with about a couple hundred less than I came to Vegas with so I would call that a success.

My first and only time was this past summer...ended up dumping half my bank roll in the 1st day. So it didn't start off that great. Next day won some back, but it seemed like an uphill battle the whole trip, and I was too focused on trying to win my money back, rather than just having a good time and SLOWLY losing my money.

Next time I'm going with a different game plan. Can't wait!

This one time I invited this douchebag friend of mine out for his first time...you know the type...loves to throw around cash and act like a high roller...well each and everytime we sat down at a table, I would have him hand the pit boss my ratings card!!!  This clown is dropping money left and right and I'm getting all the perks!!!...damn I haven't seen or heard from that guy since...Good Times

pjrez- I will take the joke this time buddy. Its actually kind of funny. But, hell he just got 25 years in the pen so all is forgiven. Although he did me wrong!!

went for the first time for week 1 of last years football season

on the cab ride from the airport to the hotel, the cabbie yelled and swore at me and my friends because we didnt tip him enough

welcome to vegas

all these stories im ready for another trip.

big kat- you are kind of a strange cat , but no hass from me,,whatever floats your boat

My first time consisted of driving to LA as well.  I flew into an extremely cold Vegas, stayed three days, drove to LA, stayed there four days, and drove back to Vegas to catch my flight.  For the most part I enjoyed the trip, but failed to check a weather report before leaving, and caught some record temperatures.

In Vegas I went to as many Casinos as possible.  Placed a few bets at the book.  Nothing much to brag about considering I was on a budget for both places.

In LA, I went to the Lakers/Mavericks game, and sat a few rows from the board behind the basket. I planned that out to see the Mavericks but got a great deal off cragislist from some guy that was unable to attend.

Never been to Staples Center Vegas Sound..

Vegas Sound, some guys and I planned to drive from Vegas to LA. We were all going to rent exotic cars & race to LA & stay a full day & night then race back. It's too bad they're all n jail now!!

I still want to do it but, it's no fun by myself. Guess I'll have to find new traveling partners.

The drive is nice. You'd be amazed by the people that live with nothing around and what they live in.  The same with Arizona before coming into Vegas.  I drove from the East Coast when I decided to make the move.

I had an upgraded Dodge Charger when I drove to LA and basically drove fast as hell.  Not exactly the exotic car your probably reffering to, but it was still enjoyable. Looking back it was stupid because before reaching civilization, I was going 120MPH +, and over a hill was a cop.  He never moved but turned his lights on and back off.

The Staples Center has one of the least exciting crowds. Even with such a close seat I was getting bored.

first time to vegas i read a how to play craps book on the flight , i then went to craps table at MGM where i was staying w/300.000 , i rolled the dice for 45minutes covering every number off come bets , it was amazing, finally a dumb ass china man stuck his hand over the table and hit the dice, there it was a fkin 7 ,this was 13 years ago and i remember it like yesterday, there was guys at this table with thousands on me ,this one dude grabbed the china man and said  i'm gonna fkin kill you, as pit bosses just looked ,and didnt even do nothing, i ended up leaving w/4grand ,the next day i went shopping, then bet the braves 1800 to win 1000 , i had the ticket in my pocket along with 3k ,got drunk ass hell at the beach smoked a blunt of some afgan and went to the blackjack table at hardrock, iwas so hammered ,but all i remember was hitting about 20 hands in a row , ijust kept doubling up , ihad a mountain of chips in front of me when this mexican who sold me the weed stated yelling ,chips ,chips, he started throwing chips in the air, i was like fuk this ,i didnt even color up, i opened the bottom of my shirt like a basket and pushed the chips into my shirt , i went to the cashier and cashed out, next is where i start to blackout, i go catch a cab to MGM during the cab ride i black out , the next day i wake up in a frenzy reach in my pockets , nothing not 1 cent , no atlanta braves ticket worth 2800, no 3k plus bj winnings ,i was robbed , looking back, i know that stinkin cabbie robbed me , if  iw would of known then what i know now i at least could of went to sportsbook and filed a claim on my ticket, {thanks chuck old mgr. at the stardust sportsbook who used to give me comp to toucan harrys everynight once i moved to vegas} any way there it is i learned first time in vegas what scumbag locals do for a living, THEY ROB TOURIST, to this day i never was as hot as i was my first time, but nor have i ever been dumb enough to get hammersd while gambling, to the point i cant walk......... this is crazy but true story

first time to vegas i read a how to play craps book on the flight , i then went to craps table at MGM where i was staying w/300.000 , i rolled the dice for 45minutes covering every number off come bets , it was amazing, finally a dumb ass china man stuck his hand over the table and hit the dice, there it was a fkin 7 ,this was 13 years ago and i remember it like yesterday, there was guys at this table with thousands on me ,this one dude grabbed the china man and said  i'm gonna fkin kill you, as pit bosses just looked ,and didnt even do nothing, i ended up leaving w/4grand ,the next day i went shopping, then bet the braves 1800 to win 1000 , i had the ticket in my pocket along with 3k ,got drunk ass hell at the beach smoked a blunt of some afgan and went to the blackjack table at hardrock, iwas so hammered ,but all i remember was hitting about 20 hands in a row , ijust kept doubling up , ihad a mountain of chips in front of me when this mexican who sold me the weed stated yelling ,chips ,chips, he started throwing chips in the air, i was like fuk this ,i didnt even color up, i opened the bottom of my shirt like a basket and pushed the chips into my shirt , i went to the cashier and cashed out, next is where i start to blackout, i go catch a cab to MGM during the cab ride i black out , the next day i wake up in a frenzy reach in my pockets , nothing not 1 cent , no atlanta braves ticket worth 2800, no 3k plus bj winnings ,i was robbed , looking back, i know that stinkin cabbie robbed me , if  iw would of known then what i know now i at least could of went to sportsbook and filed a claim on my ticket, {thanks chuck old mgr. at the stardust sportsbook who used to give me comp to toucan harrys everynight once i moved to vegas} any way there it is i learned first time in vegas what scumbag locals do for a living, THEY ROB TOURIST, to this day i never was as hot as i was my first time, but nor have i ever been dumb enough to get hammersd while gambling, to the point i cant walk......... this is crazy but true story

burg2vegas,

that's a tough loss buddy!! Yeah drugs & gambling dont mix period. Since you gamble & arent afraid to bet, look through my other posts and add a story on to the "Most Upset" thread & read some of my other posts.

Bigkat

P.S. I think the biggest bettor ever Packer was from Australia. I think his son has all the $$ now!! They say he used to cripple MGM from time to time & then they REFUSED his action (LOL).