Trip to Vegas?

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Ginap

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 11:19 am Click here to edit this post

Jade I have heard all the stories at the Paigow poker table . I love gambling there because everyone has such a good time. God help me for generalizing but the Chinese I've gambled with don't seem to take things to heart quite like everyone else. It's not a matter of life or death and we have a good time comparing hands and bitching about the dealer. The best is in LV where some people not only play 2 hands but then want to gamble on the other players at the tables hands too. One only has to observe some of the ugliness at the BJ tables to know how nasty some people can get if they lose.

Jombie

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 11:23 am Click here to edit this post

Las Vegas...??? I'm in...BB and BBFC REUNION IN LAS VEGAS!!!!

Jade888

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 11:45 am Click here to edit this post

Ginap...

I really do not care for Atlantic CIty but I love VEGAS! I am like a fool when we are there...myhusband lets me do all of the gambling as they say I was born with the luck to win money...have never left Las Vegas a loser, ever.

Sometimes my husband stays in at night while he leaves me in the Casino than picks me up...one time met a nice family from Taipei (thank GOd I speak the language) and he paid my hubby $1,000.00 chip just to meet him back at the table the following night. He gave the Chip for the kids to buy something nice or to go to the amusement part.

THe Chinese have a philosophy that if you share the walth you win...you will win more.

Example: WHen I play a slot machine...I always asks the change ladies for the good machine. If I win I give them 15% of the winnings.

Bad_Murtl

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 11:52 am Click here to edit this post

If Jombie's in I'm in. We only have two days to fly the banner:

WE WANT 2GO2 VEGAS W/YOU -BIGBROTHERFANCLUB.COM

Is that 2 many letters?

Jade888

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 11:58 am Click here to edit this post

BAD:


Too many letters...try again. Maximum 30 letters.

Ginap

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:00 pm Click here to edit this post

Yeah AC stinks alright.I'd rather go to LV once every couple of years than go to AC more often. Problem with AC if that their attitude is basically give us your money fast and get out. LV doesn't care if your betting $1 or $1000 a hand, they know they will get it eventually. Plus BUFFETS!!! :) Getting back to BB though, didn't Curtis say his family went there for his moms and aunts birthday? I'll bet that was a fun trip.

Jombie

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:01 pm Click here to edit this post

Oh boy...I can feel a roadtrip coming on !!!

Jade888

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:06 pm Click here to edit this post

Ginap:


It is the CHinese mother dream trip to Vegas...I know it might sound racist but they love Vegas.

Oh by the way...if you love seafood...crab lobster ect. the best Buffet is at the Main Street Station on Saturdays in Downtown Vegas off of the strip...my boys call it an eating extravaganza so we leave them in the restaurant for about 3 hours! They are usually full and probably eat their wweight in crab in those three hours.

Suziebird7

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:07 pm Click here to edit this post

Jade 888: How does someone like me who has never even seen a game of Mahjong (and doesn't know anyone who has) learn to play? I've always been fascinated by it. What's the closest non-card)game you can compare it with, if any?

Kalihiwahine

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:09 pm Click here to edit this post

Jade888...

you play mah jongg w/ racks or just stand the tiles...like in joy luck club (the real chinese way)...?

Chinese dad goes to vegas at least twice a year...many relatives in hawaii..they all like to go to vegas...

i've never been to vegas..BUT if relatives and BB house guests were there...

Ginap

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:10 pm Click here to edit this post

Ugh I did that at the Bellagio. They have King Crab legs already split so all you have to do is scoop the meat out. I feel full just thinking about it.

Jade888

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:15 pm Click here to edit this post

Ginap:

My boys love the Buffets! Now that the two oldest sons, have reached the age of 21...I guess this Christmas I won't have free babysitting for #3 son. (Damned that means I have to bring the babysitter and stuff) They are already looking forward to sitting at the 21 table and shooting craps with their Mom!

I had to chuckle as they are looking forward to going to Tahoe for the holidays so much. Not for the snowboarding but for their first round of gambling.

Have you ever been on a cruise ship casino?

Lazzarus50

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:16 pm Click here to edit this post

Let me know.....I live in Vegas and would love to meet some of the BBFC members. My email is listed in the profile here.

Lazz

Chris

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:19 pm Click here to edit this post

Suziebird7: In the most basic sense, Mahjongg is like Rummy, only played with tiles instead of cards. You are trying to make sets of 3 or 4 of a kind, or sequences (3 in a row) of the same suit. You can learn the basics in an evening, but it takes a long time to master the nuances, special hands, strategies, etc. But even in professional tournaments, 95% of the hands are won with just basic hands (like rummy). There are also Mahjongg cards that you can use instead of tiles, turning it into a card game.

Ginap

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:21 pm Click here to edit this post

I've heard those casino cruises stink. Everyone basically makes a mad dash for the slot machines latches on to one and doesn't move until the ship comes back to port. I like Vegas best anyway. With my short attention span I can gamble in little spurts and have plenty else to do besides.

Jade888

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:25 pm Click here to edit this post

Kalihiwahinie...

Alright we play stand up tiles as I learned from my mother in law. I had to learn as this was the only way to communicate and get along with my hubby family in the orient...

Eh Kalihi...should we call Didi Ahyo and away we go!

No roadtrip for us...we would have to start paddling today to get their next month..meet you at the Outrigger Canoe Club, maybe we can get the Molokai Ho'e gang to paddle us to LA than we can bus it to Vegas! Two TITA's in Vegas...that should be FUN!

Jade888

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:35 pm Click here to edit this post

Ginap:

On a Princess Cruise in '96, I broke the Bank one night at the crap table and they had to give us IOU's until the next port.

Than I had a favorite slot machine and I told the old ladies not to play as it would only jackpot for me...I get attached to my machines I pick and I hit the jackpot twice on the same cruise breaking their cruise ship record...be careful playing on the cruise ships...as my boys will tell you the average age is 100.

Suziebird7

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 01:54 pm Click here to edit this post

Thanks, Chris. Sounds like I'd like it. I'll add learning to play Mahjong to my list of a gazillion things to do after BB is over!

Jade888

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 09:04 pm Click here to edit this post

Should we start packing our bags...it seems to be getting nasty in some of the other threads.

Gomer

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 09:20 pm Click here to edit this post

Re the AC Vegas thing

Vegas would much rather see you playing the blacks than the nickle machines-but ever since MGM opened the strip's had to adjust.

Seems like Jade's an old timer-and if she is-would like to hear a differing opinion than all the people I know that can't take what the"family"trade has done to this town.

Meals/shows sky high-why-the families and poor gaming management.

BTW-BB hg's would/should be a nonentity in this town-way too many other things going on in the casinos/showrooms,and those seafood buffets are ALL OVER town-along with the champagne brunches.

Jade888

Thursday, September 28, 2000 - 11:46 am Click here to edit this post

Gomer:

Ever since they turned Vegas into KIDDY LAND... family land Vegas has really changed...I can hardly take that Belagio Hotel where they are so stuffy!!! I hear the Paris Hotel is the same.

I love the MGM Grand Hotel because they have GREAT restaurants. THe hotel that has a good time also is that New York New York Hotel.

Now to go to Vegas with no kids it almost seems like everyone takes their kids. Twenty years ago, there were no children in Vegas and it seemed more glamorous. People dresed in the evenings. Now people go to Las Vegas and think they are in Hawaii and they dress like they are on the beach.

But you can not beat the shows in Las Vegas. Entertainment is numero uno Bette Midler and yes..Tony Benett is fabulous there. It is not like the old days when you went to Vegas...and you had to tip the doorman for a good seat and stuff...now they are huge arenas ect. to see the shows and this is what has taken away the personal side of the strip.

VIVA LAS VEGAS!

Jenhavins

Thursday, September 28, 2000 - 12:49 pm Click here to edit this post

I am going in October (with a group of folks) and can't wait! Stayed at the Luxor last year and really didn't like it. We are going to try out the Main Street Station restaurant. Thanks for the tip!

Bad_Murtl

Thursday, September 28, 2000 - 12:59 pm Click here to edit this post

I'm glad to see this thread has come back up to the top. But it worries me what I might have got myself into!

Jade888

Thursday, September 28, 2000 - 01:29 pm Click here to edit this post

Anyone live in Vegas to organize the convention...oh no just like the trekies!

Lazzarus50

Thursday, September 28, 2000 - 05:51 pm Click here to edit this post

I live in Vegas Jade888, mentioned that above.

Charlotteindigo

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 12:48 pm Click here to edit this post

OK so who's doing this road trip?
It sure would be cool to be there when the HGs are...I would even buy Eddie a beer...although I wouldn't want to sit next to him!

Surferdude

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 01:54 am Click here to edit this post

So, when are we going?

Since I do not know anyone personally that will admit to following the show, it would be a blast to hook up with some fellow addicts.

Let me know and I am on my way.