Only 36 minutes from end of the line to food. We'll worth it!
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Zombies in Vegas 2021 - The Pandemic is Over! (1 Viewer)
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Grandmasturkey
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OMG EGG SLUTTTTT ARE YOU IN ARIA!?
In the Cosmo, a couple hours ago.
Grandmasturkey
Flush
Oooo yes my mistake!
Grandmasturkey
Flush
Jealous 
Thanks for these fun reports!
moose
4 of a Kind
I guess the Bellagio-Crystals-Aria-Park MGM tram is closed for covid19?
Not a clue. We get a lot of steps when in Vegas.
slisk250
Straight Flush
I love these zombie threads!
chrismurda
Flush
Love the trip report so far!! Reminds me so much of all the 2+2 adventures!
OP
OP
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
Meet Up: T-1 Day
In Vegas, we typically eat only two meals a day. Gotta save room for those alcohol calories. Therefore, we usually skip breakfast. However, today we have lunchtime plans, so we take a morning stroll down to the Cosmopolitan for Eggslut.
In culinary circles, a slut is someone that puts an ingredient into every dish. Could be yoghurt, eggs, whatever. What were you thinking it meant?
Post-breakfast (or brekkie for @Perthmike ) we stroll by the sportsbook, where they have one of those sandy shuffleboard tables. There's no sign, so we just start playing. Gamers gonna game. Apparently it's free because nobody chased us out.
We lost absolutely no money on this game. That's not how Vegas is supposed to work. So Mrs Zombie heads to Qua for a massage and pedicure, while I head over to the Flamingo's poker room to see who can return with less money.
I sit in the icebox the Flamingo calls a poker room. It's easy to tell who the regulars are. It's 111° (44° C) outside, and they come in wearing flannel. Chips are either super worn, or the cold has caused shrinkage.
I run pretty deep in the tournament, finishing 16th out of 59. A decent showing means less money lost in the cash game. I'm not good at poker, but I know bankroll management.
Mrs Zombie finds that much of the spa is still closed due to COVID protocols, but she was able to get her treatments. It just meant she could wrap up quicker. That also cuts into my EV and I only manage to cut this stack in half.
After donking off half my stack, I start heading back to Caesars, but find myself in the Cromwell. I've never played here, because they lack a poker room. Also, their table game minimums are high. So I briefly stop by the Open Face Pai Gow, as recommended by @Jonesey07 . It's $25 minimum, so once I am up $25, I tip dealer and go. Hit and run for the win!
We hang in the suite for a bit and start getting things ready for tomorrow. Cannot get the TV to connect to the laptop which is sad because it would have been nice to have the tournament timer on a big screen and some music playing through something better than tinny laptop speakers.
Time to get ready for dinner.
This is how you are supposed to get ready for a buffet.
Once we are ready, we head down to the Bacchanal Buffet. The line is like 2 hours long at 8 pm. We stroll right up to the hostess. We have reservations. I hear a woman say "oh so can I make reservations now and skip the line?" Hostess chuckles and says "We are booked solid thru August." I have no reason to doubt her. We made our reservations in April, and we couldn't get a time earlier than 8pm - on a Thursday.
This is our first time at Bacchanal. I think Wynn has a better buffet, but this one is pretty spectacular. It also has stuff that I cannot identify. Perhaps @RocAFella1 or @toothpic can identify...
I don't need to be a Marylander like @krafticus to know CRAAABBBBBB!
Oddly, the only thing I didn't finish was the meat plate. The "Wagyu" certainly didn't look marbled like Wagyu. and no red = overdone. The lamb was cooked to well done, and the burger was drab.
In fact, the burger was so bad I made it sit in a corner and think about what it's done.
Nice thing about a buffet though, if you don't like it, move on...
Desserts
At some point, you just have to call it quits...
I ate so much I can feel the food bursting out of me. I wonder it they have anything for that.
Um... yep?
Bacchanal Buffet. The wait can be long, and not everything was good, but it will fill you up. With wine, my wallet was a couple buy-ins lighter. Me not so much...
...and @WedgeRock , you can now tell everybody that you have a photo of me without any clothes on.
In Vegas, we typically eat only two meals a day. Gotta save room for those alcohol calories. Therefore, we usually skip breakfast. However, today we have lunchtime plans, so we take a morning stroll down to the Cosmopolitan for Eggslut.
In culinary circles, a slut is someone that puts an ingredient into every dish. Could be yoghurt, eggs, whatever. What were you thinking it meant?
Post-breakfast (or brekkie for @Perthmike ) we stroll by the sportsbook, where they have one of those sandy shuffleboard tables. There's no sign, so we just start playing. Gamers gonna game. Apparently it's free because nobody chased us out.
We lost absolutely no money on this game. That's not how Vegas is supposed to work. So Mrs Zombie heads to Qua for a massage and pedicure, while I head over to the Flamingo's poker room to see who can return with less money.
I sit in the icebox the Flamingo calls a poker room. It's easy to tell who the regulars are. It's 111° (44° C) outside, and they come in wearing flannel. Chips are either super worn, or the cold has caused shrinkage.
I run pretty deep in the tournament, finishing 16th out of 59. A decent showing means less money lost in the cash game. I'm not good at poker, but I know bankroll management.
Mrs Zombie finds that much of the spa is still closed due to COVID protocols, but she was able to get her treatments. It just meant she could wrap up quicker. That also cuts into my EV and I only manage to cut this stack in half.
After donking off half my stack, I start heading back to Caesars, but find myself in the Cromwell. I've never played here, because they lack a poker room. Also, their table game minimums are high. So I briefly stop by the Open Face Pai Gow, as recommended by @Jonesey07 . It's $25 minimum, so once I am up $25, I tip dealer and go. Hit and run for the win!
We hang in the suite for a bit and start getting things ready for tomorrow. Cannot get the TV to connect to the laptop which is sad because it would have been nice to have the tournament timer on a big screen and some music playing through something better than tinny laptop speakers.
Time to get ready for dinner.
This is how you are supposed to get ready for a buffet.
Once we are ready, we head down to the Bacchanal Buffet. The line is like 2 hours long at 8 pm. We stroll right up to the hostess. We have reservations. I hear a woman say "oh so can I make reservations now and skip the line?" Hostess chuckles and says "We are booked solid thru August." I have no reason to doubt her. We made our reservations in April, and we couldn't get a time earlier than 8pm - on a Thursday.
This is our first time at Bacchanal. I think Wynn has a better buffet, but this one is pretty spectacular. It also has stuff that I cannot identify. Perhaps @RocAFella1 or @toothpic can identify...
I don't need to be a Marylander like @krafticus to know CRAAABBBBBB!
Oddly, the only thing I didn't finish was the meat plate. The "Wagyu" certainly didn't look marbled like Wagyu. and no red = overdone. The lamb was cooked to well done, and the burger was drab.
In fact, the burger was so bad I made it sit in a corner and think about what it's done.
Nice thing about a buffet though, if you don't like it, move on...
Desserts
At some point, you just have to call it quits...
I ate so much I can feel the food bursting out of me. I wonder it they have anything for that.
Um... yep?
Bacchanal Buffet. The wait can be long, and not everything was good, but it will fill you up. With wine, my wallet was a couple buy-ins lighter. Me not so much...
...and @WedgeRock , you can now tell everybody that you have a photo of me without any clothes on.
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@Poker Zombie … that’s not a real crab. There’s only 1 REAL crab
WedgeRock
Royal Flush
Heading to Yellowstone next month and looking forward to this same thing...
First time hearing this phrase... I like it!
Pass.
Hard pass. Wait, no, that's not what I meant.
@everyone, please stop trying to derail this poker meetup thread with food talk!
Jonesey07
4 of a Kind
@Poker Zombie @Mrs Poker Zombie I played on the table to the right of yours last week and it leaned so bad to the right we couldn't get the pucks to stay on the table. Played a game of pool as well and they did not level the table. What can you expect for free, though.
You haven't lived until you're betting $200 hands of face up Pai Gow just hoping to get back to even!!!
You haven't lived until you're betting $200 hands of face up Pai Gow just hoping to get back to even!!!
you gained 16 pounds at the buffet? holy shit is that really possible? i am not a small man by any measure, but i don't think there is any way in hell i could eat 16 pounds of food. i don't know whether to be skeptical or impressed, but either way i feel like maybe i should go do a sympathy purge.
Looks like salted mackerel, maybe Korean fried chicken wings. Possibly braised pork belly over rice? Not sure what the dish on the top right is but looks like yellowtail sushi/sashimi maybe?
detroitdad
Royal Flush
Shut your mouth. That's why I'm here!
Also, looks like they put a burger on a steam bun? Odd choice indeed. Braised pork belly would go better on the steam bun with a bit of hoisin sauce and green onions.
Freaking awsome trip report, like always.
Second best thing after being there IRL, thanks Zombie family
Second best thing after being there IRL, thanks Zombie family
OP
OP
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
Firehouse slogan. Eat till your sleepy, sleep till your hungry.
moose
4 of a Kind
If you go back, I believe Cromwell used to have a $5 craps table. It filled quick so it was more like a feeder to the higher limits after they got you in the door.
ekricket
Royal Flush
16lbs of food! That buffet is aptly named.
WedgeRock
Royal Flush
Is this thread dead? Do I gotta read the other one?
Thread not dead, just the zombies. Tournament finished just past midnight this morning. This was followed by room cleanup, packing, and about an hour of sleep, so that we could be up at 3:00 am to fuel the rental, return the rental, shuttle to the airport, check in bags, and get on our flight. I can't speak for PZ, but I could really only doze, then I'd read, then back to dozing. Now that we are at home, we are doing the final actions for tonight's home game with our club. I know we have more to post and it will come.....
WedgeRock
Royal Flush
I was hoping the others would post here...
I didn't keep up with the other thread.
I didn't keep up with the other thread.
Pretty sure the others are posting in the Meet threads, since this one is more Zombie specific. There is some good stuff over there, though it'll take you a while to catch up.I was hoping the others would post here...
I didn't keep up with the other thread.
WedgeRock
Royal Flush
Redbelly
Flush
Thanks for this! Cracked me up! Obviously the airline is suffering in my absence as I'm on vacation.... I'll make some calls! Nothings changed? Just wait longer!
Looks like you are both having a ball! LOVE these trip reports! Nobody does it better!
pokerplayingpisces
Full House
Damn! The Zombies keep the party going!! Different Night! Different State! Same Zombie Party!!
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