vegas sucks?

[Chris Daddy Cool]

so from the end of 2006 to now i almost put an end to my gamboool because quite frankly, it was a pretty damn expensive habit. sure, a couple visits to the dark side here and there but nothing real serious. so i am in the middle of my vegas trip right now with almost a full week ahead of me. in the first couple nights i go on the sickest blackjack heater of my life. i literally could not lose and was up $75k-ish in 3 days, including one hand where i made a $3,500 bet, had to split twice and double down twice for a total of $17,500 which i won and scooped up a $35k blackjack pot, my biggest ever and life was good.

one note about the bellagio poker room is that it is jammed ass packed every single time i want to play so i am forced to go play these table games while i wait. at first it was okay since i was winning but now every time i sit at a table game it is poison i just can't win anything and am now stuck 20k-ish for the trip. d'oh! after nearly a full year of not making any kind of wager over $100, my average bet for this trip has got to be like $500 and at the bellagio i am almost sure it is over $800.

on a side note, i am playing pretty damn good poker imo and am up a modest amount for the hours i've put in. but it is difficult to sit still at a poker table trying to make your hourly when you just went monkey tilt at casino war.

so a rough breakdown would probably go something like this:
poker: +6k
blackjack: +8k? (high point was +$75k)
craps: -5k?
casino war: -18k?
roulette: -5k?
wpt holdem bonus game: -4k?
buying pieces of action of 2p2ers: -3k

another side note:
i played at the wynn for not very long one night and dumped off 8k at blackjack and got a guy who i assumed was a host talk to me and he gave me his card. i know this is an invitation for me to go for some comps but how do i go about this?

conversely i have gone full blown bananas at the bellagio the past couple days dumping off metric shittons, yet have not had any host introduce himself to me. i feel like i shouldn't have to go out of my way to talk to the casino host after the fireworks i've displayed at the tables, yet i get the impression they don't really care that much about my business. how should i go about this? what kind of stuff can/should i request?

i am here until sunday though, so things still may turn around for me. though to be perfectly honest if i can stay at -20k AND get my hands on an iPhone i will be okay.