Hi,
Believe it or not, I couldn%26#39;t wait to get home and write this report. I won a lot of $$ last year, but this trip was amazing.
Amtrak was thankfully uneventful and for the most part on time both ways. Thank God, because I sure didn%26#39;t need that aggravation again. Paula picked me up %26amp; we had a relatively clear trip into AC. We both heard that morning the story on the news about the couple in New Zealand who accidentally had $6 mill deposited in their account %26amp; cashed it out and took off with the money. We both got quite a good laugh out of that. I had to make a very important business call that ended up going quite well so we arrived at the Borgata pretty happy. Yes, welcome to our Happy place.
We get our rooms %26amp; go up %26amp; unpack %26amp; then hit the floor to see what we had for mystery slot $$. We both got the minimum $100 and I went thru mine on QuickHits pretty quick. I spent a couple hours losing (Paula%26#39;s details are hers to tell) %26amp; we headed to Old Homestead for dinner. Both the restaurant %26amp; the casino were surprisingly busy. I think a lot of people decided to do what we did-come down on Thursday nite %26amp; take Friday off for a nice long weekend.
We had a great dinner at the Old Homestead (as usual). I have never had a bad meal yet. This was a new menu-the prices had increased for each entree by a few dollars, and they had also added a veal parm type dish to the menu. I thought that was interesting. It took about 30-40 mins between our salad %26amp; our entrees, something I have not experienced there before, but we were fine. We never run out of things to talk about!
After dinner, we brought our leftovers to our rooms %26amp; hit the floor. Paula went off to play cards, %26amp; I went back to QuickHits. The only machine open was the Stars%26amp;Bars machine on the end. I rarely play this one. It%26#39;s never my first choice. I sit down %26amp; put in a Benjamin %26amp; the machine is doing pretty well. I have a lively group of older ladies in the 4 seats next to me, and there was also another group of older ladies behind me that were making a lot of noise %26amp; having a good time. And the craps table had a really rowdy group of younger guys, so this area was very noisy.
This machine I don%26#39;t care for was doing pretty well. I got a couple of good bonus rounds %26amp; had the machine up over $800. I had hit the $25 bonus a few times, the $125 once when I had hit the button %26amp; noticed the screen was filling up with QuickHits. WINNER flashed across the top in the $2500 spot! WHOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! The women next to me started yelling %26amp; that prompted the group behind me to turn around %26amp; they started whooping it up and clapping. Then, OMG a young guy runs over from the craps table and I swear he must have just graduated from Ridgemont High-he had the hair %26amp; the vocabulary - ';Awesome, wow, that%26#39;s RAD!'; as he stood admiring my machine, head bobbing up and down ';totally awesome, man'; and then he wandered back to the table, ';Dude, she just won $2500 bucks. How come we haven%26#39;t won $2500 bucks?'; I really think this might have been his first time in a casino.
So I call Paula on my cell %26amp; tell her about the win. I said you gotta come over %26amp; see it-because she does play QuickHits with me %26amp; it%26#39;s really quite something to see all those blinking lights on the screen. So she arrives a few minutes later, very happy for my win (I haven%26#39;t had a W2G since Feb) tells me how she%26#39;s doing %26amp; then goes off to another VP machine. The guy pays me %26amp; of course my $800 plus is still in the machine. He says are you done %26amp; I said No, I%26#39;m gonna keep playing. Where else was I going to go? I do like the game that%26#39;s why I play it. So he resets the machine, slams the door %26amp; off he goes. Me %26amp; my bulging purse sit back down %26amp; the waitress delivers me another drink. I%26#39;m liking this machine now %26amp; I%26#39;m going to settle in for a bit. I hit the spin button. Nothing. Well, to be expected. Hit it again. Nothing. Hit it again. It takes my brain a few seconds to comprehend what I am looking at on the screen. Thank God they have those bells that go off-I knew they were there for a reason. My machine is flashing WINNER--again. And my machine is flashing winner in the second prize $2500 spot AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I jump out of my chair %26amp; scream OMG!!!!! The entire row I was sitting in AND the entire row of people behind me go nuts. This prompts another fast run from the craps table by Mr. Fast Times at Ridgemont High-- ';DUDETTE!!!!!! What NOW?!!'; OMG !!!'; By this time I have fallen back into the chair leaning into the woman next to me because we are laughing so hysterically %26amp; at this point I can barely catch my breath.
I grab my phone %26amp; dial Paula. She answers %26amp; I scream into the phone OMG!!! I just won twenty five hundred dollars!!! She says I know, I was there with you! And then she hangs up on me!! At this precise nanosecond my host comes around the corner - he was just making a random stop to say Hi %26amp; his eyes bug out of his head. Wow! he says. I said Dave, will you please go %26amp; find my friend Paula %26amp; tell her I won again?! I just called her %26amp; she hung up on me! I could tell he was perplexed by this %26amp; I say Dave, this is my SECOND $2500 win on this machine they just paid me about 5 minutes ago!! Now the attendant who paid me 5-10 minutes ago comes around the corner %26amp; he goes-didn%26#39;t I reset this? I said oh yes you did! and his eyes bug out of his head. And off he goes, along with Dave who will hopefully find Paula.
I%26#39;ll let her tell that part of the story, it%26#39;s pretty funny-well, it was to me. So I continued to play my new all-time favorite QuickHits machine %26amp; cashed out with a $1300 plus voucher. Dave comes back %26amp; tells me where Paula is located %26amp; I go find her. We have a relatively brief conversation %26amp; some laughs %26amp; off I go to the room to dump out my purse.
I spent the rest of the night wandering around playing games I always want to play but never want to part with the cash to do it. I played all nite on my $1300 plus voucher, not really winning anything big, but not spending any of my stash either. I went to bed at 5 a.m.
The next morning I awake %26amp; open my eyes %26amp; the mirror on the wall registers in my brain %26amp; I go, Oh, Borgata.....and then a smile comes across my face %26amp; my brain registers, OH......BORGATA.........and then my stomach chimes in %26amp; goes OH!! too much wine %26amp; I roll over %26amp; drift in and out of consciousness until I hear the cellphone ringing somewhere-is it in the bathroom? Wow-it is AND it is attached to the charger on the wall! How did I manage that?!
It%26#39;s Paula. This is amazing to me because it%26#39;s 10-something in the morning. I forgot that she has to check out by 11. We discuss her evening, %26amp; agree to meet at the Metropolitan. I need food. The leftover steak %26amp; salad in the fridge is not on the morning menu of what my stomach will allow. I check in with the office, manage to pull myself togther %26amp; head off to the Met. The food hit the spot.
On Friday, I could not hit the broad side of a barn gaming-wise. We went to Showboat, I lost there, I lost on every machine I hit at the Borg, but it didn%26#39;t hurt as much. I got in for a pedicure at 5:30 and I was so tired my feet weren%26#39;t even ticklish. Note to self-always get a pedicure on the brink of exhaustion-much easier on the girl who is giving me the service. I decided to go to Wolfgang Puck%26#39;s for dinner as I had never been there in al the time it%26#39;s been open. I had the ricotta gnocchi with bolognese sauce %26amp; shaved Parmesan %26amp; italian parsley. It was excellent %26amp; the food that was delivered to the guys sitting at the bar with me looked excellent also. I would definitely eat there again.
Good thing I am not 30 and do not have the bounce-back ablity I had in those days or I could have probably lost all my winnings based on the way things went during the day! I went to bed immediately after dinner, tried to watch Howie, but my eyelids were lead weights and nothing was going to keep them open.
Saturday I awoke at 7, so I had a good 11 hour nap. I went downstairs %26amp; was able to get on the new Wizard of Oz machine. That was certainly interesting. I went from $145 to $290 in the blink of an eye %26amp; back to zero just as quickly. The max bet is $3.20 so it doesn%26#39;t take long to get there! Saturday was my spa day so I had a massage %26amp; a facial booked and both were wonderful as usual.
After that I hit the boards revived %26amp; refreshed. I thought it was very busy, there were a lot of people out. I walked from the Boat all the way down to the Trop weaving in and out of shops %26amp; casinos along the way. Dropped some $$ in both. I spent a couple of hours in the Trop playing Stinkin Rich and the machines were actually quite good there. The way they used to hit everywhere. That was fun. I was disappointed to see that the TinderBox in the Trop has closed. I%26#39;m surprised that a wine/cigar shop failed in there. They had great wines that were reasonably priced. I was looking to buy one, and I don%26#39;t know where else you can buy a bottle now that that and the WineBar at the Borg has closed. Any suggestions anyone? Needs to be something you don%26#39;t need a car to get to.
Saturday nite (3 nites for me this was a long visit!!) I dined at the Amphora %26amp; then had a brief visit with Sue %26amp; Al %26amp; then went back to the QuickHits. I went up %26amp; down on these for a few hours, playing on the same machine I won on. I finished up down %26amp; went to bed at 1. Took the early train home and can hope and dream of a repeat performance on my next trip!
And Jerrysnj--yes, I am going to Vegas at the end of July so the timing was perfect!! :)
My most exciting win ever!! TR 5/21-5/23
Wow! I can feel the excitement of your trip in our writing. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
My most exciting win ever!! TR 5/21-5/23
Wow! What a great TR. Congrats on your wins! I was wondering if you could let us know Where exactly at the Borgate are these QuickHit machines that you always hit on? Are they .01 or .05? I think you once told us but I don%26#39;t remember and would like to try them on my next trip.
Excellent!
Every time I read one of your TR%26#39;s, I feel like I was with you when it happened.
Congrats, you had some nice hits on the quick hits.
Bill
Wow, what great hits, they must have been going wild around you. Congrats!
Thanks for the great report as usual. No wonder AC has supposedly been raking in a little less these days. Or, is it that us who lose $500 here and $500 there don%26#39;t feel very motivated to post many reports? Yet, I have a feeling we are in the majority!
wow! thats a nice trip report-wonderful wins!! I%26#39;ve never had a trip like that but would sure love it!!
Congrats!
Hi,
Thanks everyone! These are penny quickhits-they are located outside the B-Bar near the craps tables. They are always busy except early in the morning.
When I got my daily email from TA giving me the list of new posts I saw the title of your post and logged in to see who had the most exciting win ever!! Then I see it%26#39;s from you and I just said to myself, it figures, I%26#39;ve should have known it.
Congrats and hope you have a great time in Vegas.
I%26#39;ll be spending a night at Borgata before heading to Casears for a couple of nights. This stokes the coals a little. Congrats!
Lots of nice ideas heading into a trip! :)
TC
thats great! i agree with you on sticking around after your handpay. ive only had a few in my lifetime but ive always managed to add to my winnings sitting there and playing on the credits i still had in the machine after getting paid. never got a 2nd handpay but more often than not ive hit for more than what i had remaining,sort of a bonus
