zengrifter
Banned
I had to sit on the "rest of the story" until the Wynn's bi-weekly surviellance video was purged. zg
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My Evening at The Wynn
Entering with VIP media 90 minutes prior to the midnight floodgate, I was of course impressed with the 6-star opulent splendor of the property.
Different inside than previous Wynn creations, it nonetheless has a distinct similarity to the 'big B' while encompassing and out classing the best elements of the top joints - Caesars, Mandalay, B, V, etc.
Of course I was looking for BJ info and all that I initially found was CSMs! Oh no!
Then I found some shoes. Did I mention that the CSMs are h17? Well so were the shoes, with mediocre pene to boot. I immediately wrote the whole joint off like I did the Venetian in '99.
Oh, look, a 2D @ $10 min! Sitting down, I'm about to buy-in when I realize that its a 6/5 game (BJ pays 6 for 5), the bastards! F**K Wynn!
By the time the midnite gates open I find myself near the back, no longer looking for BJ. Suddenly I almost miss them - two entire pits of s17 games, including 2D w/DAS $15 and $25 minimums.
I sit down with a table to myself and the PCs are falling over themselves to glad-hand me, a lowly greenchipper (at that moment anyway) - she shuffles, I cut, the deck, its returned to the discard tray for a notched shuffle-card insertion... WOW, ITS OVER 75%!! YAAAA BABY YAAAA!!!
I played 2.5 hours spreading $25 to 2x $75 with the requisite off-the-top cover bets (I know that my bets were small, but I was alone for most of the first hour), etc. and won $1700.
I noticed a lot of familiar faces on the floor from GN, HShoe, Hilton, etc. - this place is NOT to be taken for granted. zg
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Fw: The part that I couldn't share publically...
... was that while I was alone at the table I was telling the dealer and PC that my associate, "Mark Burnett" had me scouting the premises for employees who would be regulars on a new reality show called 'Wynn's World' - no sooner did I say it that I noticed someone appraching my dream heads-up game from behind and I turned and looked up over my shoulder - Sir Richard Branson and his wife!
Not missing a beat I said "Sir Richard, I was just telling them about the new reality-show Wynn's World and there you are, the new undisputed king of reality-based TV!
He was humble and flattered and then reiterated to his Mrs that "I really need to get my $80 back, darling." Branson' Virgin Airlines just spent more money on Airbuses than it cost to build The Wynn, mind you.
Sitting down beside me he pulled a few greens and blacks out of his pocket and asked me in a friendly and humble manner if I knew how and when to make the plays, "The splitting and the hitting and such?" I leaned to his ear and told him that I was an expert card-counter and would be his advisor for this session and he replied with a knowing smile "lovely!"
He quickly lost the few chips he had then pulled a small stack of hundreds out and bought more blacks, then things quickly turned in our favor.
I had the three of us and the dealer/PC in stiches while whispering the plays and bets. Sir Richard would shake my hand each time my call worked.
He won $2000 in 15 minutes and was very pleased, giving me $300 along the way. When his last and biggest bet of $600 produced a 16 vs 7 he didn't want to hit and asked twice in a shaky tone - "Hit it? Are you sure? Hit it?" - I told him with a smile that he would probably bust but that percentage-wise was riskier not to hit - He then resolved, "Then hit it we shall," he caught a 4 and won and promptly hugged me and kissed my cheek to the awe of the dealer and PC and a few onlookers - I proclaimed to all - "I was just kissed by Sir Richard Branson, do you know what this means!?... It means that I am no longer a ... VIRGIN!!"
The (ex)wife is a big fan so I promptly dialed her as he colored up and handed him the phone to say hello - he told her "I don't know what he was doing but it was absolutely marvelous!" Then he smiled at her response - The (ex)wife informed later me that her reply was that "[ZG] really is a top expert."
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My Evening at The Wynn
Entering with VIP media 90 minutes prior to the midnight floodgate, I was of course impressed with the 6-star opulent splendor of the property.
Different inside than previous Wynn creations, it nonetheless has a distinct similarity to the 'big B' while encompassing and out classing the best elements of the top joints - Caesars, Mandalay, B, V, etc.
Of course I was looking for BJ info and all that I initially found was CSMs! Oh no!
Then I found some shoes. Did I mention that the CSMs are h17? Well so were the shoes, with mediocre pene to boot. I immediately wrote the whole joint off like I did the Venetian in '99.
Oh, look, a 2D @ $10 min! Sitting down, I'm about to buy-in when I realize that its a 6/5 game (BJ pays 6 for 5), the bastards! F**K Wynn!
By the time the midnite gates open I find myself near the back, no longer looking for BJ. Suddenly I almost miss them - two entire pits of s17 games, including 2D w/DAS $15 and $25 minimums.
I sit down with a table to myself and the PCs are falling over themselves to glad-hand me, a lowly greenchipper (at that moment anyway) - she shuffles, I cut, the deck, its returned to the discard tray for a notched shuffle-card insertion... WOW, ITS OVER 75%!! YAAAA BABY YAAAA!!!
I played 2.5 hours spreading $25 to 2x $75 with the requisite off-the-top cover bets (I know that my bets were small, but I was alone for most of the first hour), etc. and won $1700.
I noticed a lot of familiar faces on the floor from GN, HShoe, Hilton, etc. - this place is NOT to be taken for granted. zg
------------------------------------------------
Fw: The part that I couldn't share publically...
... was that while I was alone at the table I was telling the dealer and PC that my associate, "Mark Burnett" had me scouting the premises for employees who would be regulars on a new reality show called 'Wynn's World' - no sooner did I say it that I noticed someone appraching my dream heads-up game from behind and I turned and looked up over my shoulder - Sir Richard Branson and his wife!
Not missing a beat I said "Sir Richard, I was just telling them about the new reality-show Wynn's World and there you are, the new undisputed king of reality-based TV!
He was humble and flattered and then reiterated to his Mrs that "I really need to get my $80 back, darling." Branson' Virgin Airlines just spent more money on Airbuses than it cost to build The Wynn, mind you.
Sitting down beside me he pulled a few greens and blacks out of his pocket and asked me in a friendly and humble manner if I knew how and when to make the plays, "The splitting and the hitting and such?" I leaned to his ear and told him that I was an expert card-counter and would be his advisor for this session and he replied with a knowing smile "lovely!"
He quickly lost the few chips he had then pulled a small stack of hundreds out and bought more blacks, then things quickly turned in our favor.
I had the three of us and the dealer/PC in stiches while whispering the plays and bets. Sir Richard would shake my hand each time my call worked.
He won $2000 in 15 minutes and was very pleased, giving me $300 along the way. When his last and biggest bet of $600 produced a 16 vs 7 he didn't want to hit and asked twice in a shaky tone - "Hit it? Are you sure? Hit it?" - I told him with a smile that he would probably bust but that percentage-wise was riskier not to hit - He then resolved, "Then hit it we shall," he caught a 4 and won and promptly hugged me and kissed my cheek to the awe of the dealer and PC and a few onlookers - I proclaimed to all - "I was just kissed by Sir Richard Branson, do you know what this means!?... It means that I am no longer a ... VIRGIN!!"
The (ex)wife is a big fan so I promptly dialed her as he colored up and handed him the phone to say hello - he told her "I don't know what he was doing but it was absolutely marvelous!" Then he smiled at her response - The (ex)wife informed later me that her reply was that "[ZG] really is a top expert."
