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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
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Anyone been?
One of my closest mates just got engaged. Planning on wedding and stag do some time next year. We used to play a lot of poker. He wants the stag in Vegas.
Now whilst I've been to the Caribbean, I've never been to America, let alone Vegas.
Any tips or pointers?
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jonlumb
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Location: Exeter
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Go see Penn and Teller.
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
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Don't eat the seafood buffet.
Wear a watch. Check it frequently.
Split aces.
Double down on 11.
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E. F. Benson
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:42 am
Posts: 798
Location: land of the free, Bexhill-on-Sea
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when do we leave?
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
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Location: Manchester
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Don't sit down at a poker table in Vegas, be prepared for boobs.
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tombolt
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Always bet on black.
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tombolt
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Always double down on 11.
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
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It's like splitting aces, right?
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
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Location: Manchester
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Don't give your friends roofies.
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
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Location: behind the sofa
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I guess that's generally good advice, along with "don't knife your friends in the kidney"  _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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pcernie
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IIRC, people can now Gmail you money. Just saying.
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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I've been for a couple of days, it was just a stopover en route to somewhere else. I can't understand why people go there more more than that length of time but then I'm not interested in gambling as such. The food was plentiful and cheap though and the hotel featured good live music in the evenings. It's worth having a look at the hotels (especially in the evening) as they are quite unique. You can get a great view from the top of the Stratosphere Hotel at 1,149 feet and they have a small rollercoaster up there too.
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BigRedX
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Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:33 am
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Everybody needs to go once for a couple of days, but no more than that.
As others have said go and look at all the hotels, because they are gloriously splendid in their American tackiness.
If you aren't interested in gambling then the attraction will soon run out though.
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Zippy
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Location: Here Abouts
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Lived in MT for 4 years and went to Vegas quite regularly (cheap flights from Billings) my top tips would be:
- Don't bet unless you don't mind losing
- The house always wins in the end
- Don't even joke about counting cards
- Try to find somewhere on a rooftop to look at the lights at least one night
- Take a walk down the strip to find places to eat and party, look at the pretty, pretty hotels
- (Depending on the time of year) take suncream
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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America in general.
The price you see isn't the price you pay.
They never include tax in the displayed prices like we do here.
Eg. A menu price:
Here it's £10 inc VAT.
The it's $10 plus tax.
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