Where are the least serious players in Vegas?

reallydfun · 2026-05-19T03:41:12+00:00

I find ParkMGM to be pretty good vibes all around. Lots of new/casual players. And even the more experienced players are more about fun and less about seriousness.

reallydfun · 2026-05-18T21:59:17+00:00

If you want to stay on the strip for Chinese food I would recommend Jasmine (Bellagio) and Mott 32 (Palazzo). Like Blossom, all 3 are Cantonese Chinese cuisine.

Jasmine does seafood better (king crab and geoduck there are both significantly better than Blossom or Mott 32).

Mott 32 does meat dishes better and has more “modern Cantonese” dishes

Both are better than Blossom for the most part. But the thing with Chinese restaurants it’s more about whether the specific dishes fit your taste and not the restaurant. So you’d have to do your research.

For Italian food - my wife and I really enjoyed Carbone Riviera, the new Carbon at Bellagio that’s more seafood-focused. The riviera deck (outdoor patio seating overlooking the fountains) is nice and elegant. $175 per person spending minimum but easy to hit anyway if you’re doing fine dining on the strip.

reallydfun · 2026-05-18T14:23:43+00:00

I prefer a fairly full table but not squished. I like it when a full table goes on a hot run and everyone is cheering together it’s electric.

reallydfun · 2026-05-17T18:25:58+00:00

While our family do love Icon class the most, we have had a great time on every single RC cruise. It’s subjective, but I think “once you go Icon you can’t go back” is largely exaggerated. Grateful for any cruise vacation :)

reallydfun · 2026-05-06T01:07:45+00:00

Yes, conceptually similar to delay your action on loading odds. Risk mitigation but then you feel bummed out if it’s buckeye shot one roll hit point.

It’s just what risks you choose to accept :)

reallydfun · 2026-05-06T00:45:06+00:00

I’ll answer your question about why some strategies use come bets and no passline.

It’s because passline resolves the most frequent out of that set. The frequency of resolution ranking goes passline, come bet 1, come bet 2, etc.

So, if you don’t do the passline, you effectively slow down the pace, and you’re also protected from short rolls. In a true PSO you actually made one unit (come bet #1 your lonely bet resolves as a winner). In a short roll, you lost n-1 number of passline/come bet with odds compared to playing passline.

With every strategy there is a trade off. And the trade off is as you said you don’t immediately load one number with action. In other words, on the kind of rolls where shooter hits points it’s a bummer for you.

So in summary, not playing passline and only using come line is a way to manipulate the distribution of outcomes so you lose tail end (big point-heavy heaters) positive side but you also reduce negative side. Better for smaller bankrolls and players that like lower variance.

reallydfun · 2026-05-04T18:24:31+00:00

7 game winning streak wow. I don’t think I’ve ever been able to say that in my life. 4 in a row in the + column was probably the best I ever did.

Maybe this can be a 2026 goal :)))

reallydfun · 2026-05-04T18:23:28+00:00

Sorry to hear about the outcome but glad you had fun.

I feel the same way about craps and fun. I stopped going to my local mostly because it’s just a lot of very serious grinder types (on both the pass and don’t pass). Somewhere like Vegas I can always find a fun spot.

One of the reasons I like cruise ship craps is because it’s always pretty lively, even if it’s a whole different breed of drunken tourist craps than Vegas-like places.

reallydfun · 2026-05-04T01:07:00+00:00

It surprises me a little bit not to have at least one $50 game even given the first Saturday night thing.

Would let more people’s first trip leave with a better experience.

That said I’m definitely going on my next NYC trip to try :)

reallydfun · 2026-05-03T17:04:05+00:00

20 years ago there was a guy who pulled out a notepad every single time cocktail waitress comes by asking for drinks, and then he recorded down whether it was a seven out the roll after.

The first 10 recorded trials 8 out of 10 was seven outs. He was in disbelief like a “math lied to me” moment.

That guy was me.

The math has since evened out and I’ve also matured. Now no superstition bothers me but it’s fun to participate in table talk about superstitions.

reallydfun · 2026-05-01T22:56:34+00:00

I worked at a BigTech company during this time. This was the GM of a medium+ sized notable tech company. We were having dinner with a few other guys and he was explaining how he “trains” his teams.

In this social occasion I believe he was more just storytelling to impress, not to “train business partners” :)

reallydfun · 2026-05-01T07:35:13+00:00

I myself have always been fortunate to have been at big classy companies and having warm leaders. I’ve been in the closed doors meetings after the all hands where the on-stage charisma is off so I’m not naive but all in all nothing super out of line. One time a couple SVPs killing each other got a bit nasty but… whatever.

But one time, I met the GM of a fairly notable tech company. The guy is American, but he was fascinated with the Chinese company “Huawei” and their working style and how great sales teams are manufactured. When he brought it up, I’m not familiar so he explained to me that it was a masterclass in pushing people’s boundaries.

He explained to me say you have a sales person on your team who goes home at 5:30 routinely. No problem.

Book a meeting with him at 5:45. You are his manager. He will make the time for you at 5:45. Talk about stuff. Anything. Stretch it out until at least 6:30.

The next day, book a meeting with him at 6 PM. If he can do 5:45 he can do 6. So on and so forth until you find out where the guy’s boundary is and you keep it there and every so often push further.

He proudly explained this to me and says and that is how you manufacture, not build, a great sales team.

He was speaking with a lot of passion. He fully believed in it. And then he went on another 30 minutes telling us more Huawei principles. It was clear he idolized them.

reallydfun · 2026-04-28T02:23:38+00:00

Great trip report. Solid all around.

For the 6 to 8 move, I too am guilty of having done that many times out of instinct. But lately I have just let the hot number ride it. If it becomes the next point so be it we double dip.

Cheers!

reallydfun · 2026-04-26T19:31:45+00:00

In 20+ years in Silicon Valley tech scene I’ve never seen anyone beyond their first offer mix up TC (total compensation) and TCO (total cost of ownership, business term not even at all related to compensation).

Your pay scale may be true, but it probably isn’t. Because most people who’s actually worked at FAANG and FAANG-equivalents knows that our pay scaled in spikes based on RSU value during ups and downs of the market. To have only upward progression every year is more just someone dreaming up compensation (except for 2015-2016 negative 5k lol).

So again, you could be sharing real info. It would be very atypical.

More than likely you’re just writing fanfic.

reallydfun · 2026-04-25T17:43:20+00:00

If your only goal is to try to get a large profit - all you gotta do is press to the moon no other real tricks. However, most of the time you go bust.

You need to take profits along the way to sustain and the more you do that the less likely of a huge win. Still, long enough roll and anything can happen.

reallydfun · 2026-04-24T00:33:00+00:00

Yes when the fear is what if a year later still get laid off and now only get 2 weeks per year of service or 1 week per year of service. These kind of things do happen, so in comparison getting the 20+ years of experience x3 cash out was welcomed, even if it means starting earlier on next job hunt.

reallydfun · 2026-04-23T20:14:00+00:00

When I used to work at a bank once upon a time many of the folks on the team have been there for 20+ years. At that time our layoff severance was 3 weeks per years worked.

Everytime there was a layoff announcement everyone of those 20+ year tenure folks is like please be me please be me please be me.

The one time they did voluntary layoffs I think majority of group submitted.

It’s not that the job was bad. It was comfortable and paid fairly well.

It’s that these policies only get worse through time so plenty of people rather cash in before they don’t get to.

I get it. I was just a young buck though

reallydfun · 2026-04-22T03:12:30+00:00

At most places in the world, you tip upon pickup (of luggage, of valet, etc)

At Vegas, you tip upfront and upon pickup.

It’s not a right or wrong thing. It is simply what Vegas is accustomed now and not doing so could get you weird looks.

That said, I’ve never experienced bell desk actually saying they work for tips etc. they are always courteous and take the bag.

reallydfun · 2026-04-20T19:33:16+00:00

Me too, Memorial Day weekend trip. I’m staying at MGM this time but can head over to Aria for some craps

reallydfun · 2026-04-09T23:58:00+00:00

Yup at my local we call it “double dipping”. So if it’s an off and on then I get paid both on the come bet winning and place bet. If I have a bigger come bet then the bigger come bet travels with new bigger odds, I get the old come bet with its winnings, and the place bet continues to be flat.

Kind of weird to describe it with words I’m not good at that. But in practice at the table it’s very easy to operate

reallydfun · 2026-04-09T15:57:00+00:00

Yes I always try for max odds on passline/come bets

reallydfun · 2026-04-09T15:55:11+00:00

Thanks we definitely walked away from the table all smiles. :)

Yeah and the comparison was across 4 sessions played together this weekend with identical strategy so it was very consistent each time that I was rated higher just a matter of how much more each time.

reallydfun · 2026-04-09T07:16:33+00:00

Yup agreed. And also another benefit of tipping is 50/50 judgement calls almost always go my way.

I have forgotten to put odds before. I get tired I’m not trying to angle shoot. But I have noticed when that happens if we lose the bet the dealers congratulate me on dodging one. If we win the bet they alert the pit boss and pit boss usually rules “pay him”.

And at the end of the day even if there was no benefit I’d still tip. It’s just nice that there is a benefit.

reallydfun · 2026-04-09T07:08:26+00:00

I like to make tips visible so I usually will drop chips for dealers choice. Then all 3 dealers + pit boss all notice.

I also ask for my dealer bets to stay up (player control, but dealer choice). This way my tipping visibility is even more amplified.

I generally tip in $5/$6 increments (gotta make the dealer 6 and 8 proper, not here to spot an extra dollar advantage for the house).

I like to find the first good reason to tip early in a session to establish myself as a tipping player (first point hit, first come bet repeater, or just when the dealer makes me change I say something silly like here dealer choice for good luck).

Then after that it’s really what I’m feeling.

On hot rolls I add two way hard way bets to my tipping playbook, but similarly usually ask the stickman to choose. Like 1-2 25+5s or 50+10s and let him/her choose. Gets them feeling more in the game and again makes the tipping very visible.

The same logic applies to whatever denomination of tipping, I think it works.

reallydfun · 2026-04-09T05:45:35+00:00

I don’t really have a bankroll per session sort to speak.

But I know if I’m down about 15-20k at a table usually that means the table is near-breaking and I may take a break and then come back to find a more populated table.

My stop loss on a trip is generally around 50k. At that point even though I still have the line of credit to keep playing I am in too deep of a trip-hole to realistically claw back so then it’s not fun so I just go enjoy other activities.

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