got back home a few hours ago.the drive back home seemed twice as long as the ride going there.....wonder why ?
wife (suzanne) & i arrived at the monte carlo at about 2:30 & our room was ready & it had a great view of the vegas strip.
we left the room around 3pm & headed over to the mc sports book & to the books at the casinos within walking distance of the monte carlo. i was looking to put in a big bet on the under for the football game if i could find a book with a total line of 49 or higher (i already had a nice size bet on under 50(130) at the greek... but all i could find was 48 at these books. at this point i was second guessing myself for pulling out the all of my remainding funds from my offshore accounts. i didn't want to be "shit out of luck" & wait for a book to decide when to pay me if they decided to pull out of doing business with u.s. citizens.
eventhough i i was a little annoyed, the wife & i headed to the pub around 4:15 & as soon as we entered the place there was jack, kosar, & raymond......& the drinking began !!
seeing these guys made me forget my annoyance.
a little while later a few other members started trickling in.....terry ray, bubbas1(tim) & his wife darcy,& a guy who doesn't post much named mike (sorry forgot his posting name). after awhile we all headed to a long table in the center of the pub & a few other posters started popping up (judge,smurphy,pro190 & his friend mandy,nysportsfan & bulldog)......sorry if i left somebody out as i'm sure i forgot some others.
as the night went on...jack & tim bought these long tubes of beer & shared it with those who were drinking beer. i'm a cap't. morgan & coke drinker & try not sway too much from it.....
as the night progressed & the drinks flowing rapidly,the group became a little more rowdy & people took turns heading to the casino & coming back to the pub.
at some point i lost account of the time.....suzanne headed back to the room...i left the pub with terry ray, raymond, jack, smurphy, & mike. tr, ray & i headed to the tropicana to see what their line was....jack, smurphy, & mike stayed at the mc to play blackjack.....after looking at the lines at the trop & not seeing a 49 on the total, i talked terryray into taking cab rides to various vegas sports books looking for that elusive 49.i'm sure terry could give a better account of where we went...but the search lasted for a few hours & it seemd that the cab fares cost me over $50..but am not sure because at that time i must have had about 8-10 cap't. & cokes...& was basically following terry...but the bottom line was i couldn't find any 49..some books had 48.5..but wouldn't sell me the .5 point....so i was bummed again as terry & i headed back to the monte c arlo....i would guess that the time was around 12am or so & as we headed into the mc lobby we run into jack (seemed to be sleeping on his feet), smurphy, & mike standing right in the front of the lobby.....i really don't remember what was said but after about 1/2 hour i called it a night & headed to my room...leaving the others still standing in the mc lobby.
saturday morning suzanne & i walked towards mandelay bay for breakfast & on the way i checked the lines at nyny & excaliber...& found 48 at all 3 books.after breakfast we headed over to the bellagio...me to meet up with some of the members & suzanne played video poker & went shopping at the stores in the bellagio. since i was dead tired from the long drive & the long hours at the pub, i only stayed there at the book for about 2 hours.since we had tickets for lance burton that night, i need to get some shut eye before heading to the show. i don't know if anybody here ever saw his show....it's just too much typing to explain some of his tricks...but i will say he is absolutely amazing...i highly recommend seeing him.
after the show, we went to the chinese rest.(dragon noodle) across from the lance burton theater for a lite bite...food was nothing great. after the meal & before we headed up to the room....i checked the lines at the sportsbook & it was still holding at 48.
at 7 am on superbowl sunday i headed to the mc business office to use their computer & to check some on line sites that post offshore & vegas lines. i couldn't believe that some of the books went down to 47.5. i immediately ran down to the mc book & noticed it too had 47.5. a guy i was standing next to attributed the move to bad weather . i told him i liked the under even if it was sunny. as soon as i finished that last word, i remembered that i saw on the net that leroy's still had 48...so i bolted over to leroys which was located in the tropicana...& sure enough they still had 48....so i took the under 48 for about half of what i was going to play if i could have found 49. at this time it was about 9 am..so i then headed back to my room to meet my lovely wife for breakfast...which we had at the paris hotel....& we played video poker for most of the time before we headed to the trop to watch the game & meet up with everybody.
i'll be back in a little while to talk about the party.
wife (suzanne) & i arrived at the monte carlo at about 2:30 & our room was ready & it had a great view of the vegas strip.
we left the room around 3pm & headed over to the mc sports book & to the books at the casinos within walking distance of the monte carlo. i was looking to put in a big bet on the under for the football game if i could find a book with a total line of 49 or higher (i already had a nice size bet on under 50(130) at the greek... but all i could find was 48 at these books. at this point i was second guessing myself for pulling out the all of my remainding funds from my offshore accounts. i didn't want to be "shit out of luck" & wait for a book to decide when to pay me if they decided to pull out of doing business with u.s. citizens.
eventhough i i was a little annoyed, the wife & i headed to the pub around 4:15 & as soon as we entered the place there was jack, kosar, & raymond......& the drinking began !!
seeing these guys made me forget my annoyance.
a little while later a few other members started trickling in.....terry ray, bubbas1(tim) & his wife darcy,& a guy who doesn't post much named mike (sorry forgot his posting name). after awhile we all headed to a long table in the center of the pub & a few other posters started popping up (judge,smurphy,pro190 & his friend mandy,nysportsfan & bulldog)......sorry if i left somebody out as i'm sure i forgot some others.
as the night went on...jack & tim bought these long tubes of beer & shared it with those who were drinking beer. i'm a cap't. morgan & coke drinker & try not sway too much from it.....
as the night progressed & the drinks flowing rapidly,the group became a little more rowdy & people took turns heading to the casino & coming back to the pub.
at some point i lost account of the time.....suzanne headed back to the room...i left the pub with terry ray, raymond, jack, smurphy, & mike. tr, ray & i headed to the tropicana to see what their line was....jack, smurphy, & mike stayed at the mc to play blackjack.....after looking at the lines at the trop & not seeing a 49 on the total, i talked terryray into taking cab rides to various vegas sports books looking for that elusive 49.i'm sure terry could give a better account of where we went...but the search lasted for a few hours & it seemd that the cab fares cost me over $50..but am not sure because at that time i must have had about 8-10 cap't. & cokes...& was basically following terry...but the bottom line was i couldn't find any 49..some books had 48.5..but wouldn't sell me the .5 point....so i was bummed again as terry & i headed back to the monte c arlo....i would guess that the time was around 12am or so & as we headed into the mc lobby we run into jack (seemed to be sleeping on his feet), smurphy, & mike standing right in the front of the lobby.....i really don't remember what was said but after about 1/2 hour i called it a night & headed to my room...leaving the others still standing in the mc lobby.
saturday morning suzanne & i walked towards mandelay bay for breakfast & on the way i checked the lines at nyny & excaliber...& found 48 at all 3 books.after breakfast we headed over to the bellagio...me to meet up with some of the members & suzanne played video poker & went shopping at the stores in the bellagio. since i was dead tired from the long drive & the long hours at the pub, i only stayed there at the book for about 2 hours.since we had tickets for lance burton that night, i need to get some shut eye before heading to the show. i don't know if anybody here ever saw his show....it's just too much typing to explain some of his tricks...but i will say he is absolutely amazing...i highly recommend seeing him.
after the show, we went to the chinese rest.(dragon noodle) across from the lance burton theater for a lite bite...food was nothing great. after the meal & before we headed up to the room....i checked the lines at the sportsbook & it was still holding at 48.
at 7 am on superbowl sunday i headed to the mc business office to use their computer & to check some on line sites that post offshore & vegas lines. i couldn't believe that some of the books went down to 47.5. i immediately ran down to the mc book & noticed it too had 47.5. a guy i was standing next to attributed the move to bad weather . i told him i liked the under even if it was sunny. as soon as i finished that last word, i remembered that i saw on the net that leroy's still had 48...so i bolted over to leroys which was located in the tropicana...& sure enough they still had 48....so i took the under 48 for about half of what i was going to play if i could have found 49. at this time it was about 9 am..so i then headed back to my room to meet my lovely wife for breakfast...which we had at the paris hotel....& we played video poker for most of the time before we headed to the trop to watch the game & meet up with everybody.
i'll be back in a little while to talk about the party.
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