But for the last 2 weeks I’ve been doing 50 to 60+ hour weeks, so really, taking 5.5 days off is basically just balancing out the overtime, right? #GamblerLogic

This week’s schedule of events…

Staying at the Rio, with $100 Frioplay and $25 food credit, from the 22nd to the 25th. This is just a regular renovated room, nothing fancy here. But I am excited to check out the Rio again now that some more stuff has opened up.

Then moving over to Aria, in a corner suite. I’ll have $500 resort credit, and I should have $1900 Freeplay and the $800 bonus Freeplay. Staying at Aria from the 25th through the 28th.

Then I am moving over to NYNY. We have the room booked with my GF’s offers, and we’re gonna try and get her to Platinum. The room is booked from the 27th to the 30th, but we leave on the 29th. Good to have the backup night just in case though. This room is a Marquis Suite, and this will be my first time in a renovated Marquis Suite (although I assume it’s the same as the spa suite, like pre-renovation). The GF’s offer is only $300 Freeplay and $450 resort credit, sadly.

So in total I should have access to $975 of food credit, $3100 of Freeplay. The food credit at Rio will be used for the following delicious dining plans…

• Luckley Tavern
• Hash HouseA Go Go
• Kang’s Kitchen

I’m pretty hyped for Luckley Tavern, that style of food is my jam. Plus Rio got some new games up and running (right after I left last time too!), so that’s fun.

I also have a reservation at Mother Wolf, at FontaineBleau. But CVP, why go back to FB when you hated it so much? Because I should still have that dining credit for matching! (Unless they revoked that from me, lol)

And back in MGM land, I have 2 new places to try.

• I have a reservation at Cathedrale and one at Carama, both new to me restaurants.
• Bavette’s with the GF on Saturday night, of course (and maybe a friend, made the reservation for 3 people)
• Nine Fine Irishmen
• The rest will be decided on the fly

Oh and on Tuesday, I’ll be attending the craps meetup ( https://www.vegasmessageboard.com/forums/index.php?threads/craps-meet-up-tuesday-july-23rd-10am-el-cortez.207693/ ) where @EastCoastVegasFan! will be providing me with ice cream, so that’s neat.

This is gonna be a very gamble-heavy trip, so let’s get those stats posted…

Rio stats
Starting tier credits: 5398
Current Rewards Points: $3.98

My goal for Rio is to at least get to Azul status, which is only 4602 points away. Of course if I could get another 6 royal flushes this trip, that would help….

My MGM stats
July coin in: $20,104
YTD coin in: $1,648,540.26
Current tier credits: 1,643,244
Current slot dollars: $280.17
Current MGM Rewards Points: $2714.28

GF’s MGM stats
YTD coin in: $196,493.63
Current tier credits: 140,074
Current slot dollars: $1.56
Rewards Points: $283.56

She also has this challenge being offered to her…

Yeah, that’s not happening!

The goal for the GF is to get to Platinum before August 1st, and redeem the $600 flight credit as cash, instead of Freeplay. The best way to do that, of course, is if she gets 40,000 TC in a day. I doubt that will happen, so it may be two days of 20k and a day of 5k, and redeem the airfare on Monday. We’ll have to see. It may not happen this trip, but it’s best to do it now while the TC accelerator is still running.

My goal is to get around 70,000 to 80,000 base tier credits for the trip. I would like to do that in two days of 40k, to maximize my chances of Noir, but I don’t think that is happening. I guess it depends how gambled out I am by the end of the week!

Since I have so much gamboolin planned this trip, I made sure to beef up my bankroll a bit. Plus, ya know, it’s a week long and I have the craps meetup…

Starting bankroll is:
$7528 cash
$546.59 in TITOs. A lot of that is from a single Bellagio TITO I didn’t cash last trip on accident…
Total starting BR: $8074.59

I can also get some extra cash mid-trip if I run low. But surely I’ll win a lot at the craps meetup, guaranteed profit!

Usually I would start this TR tomorrow, but I’ll be in a class a majority of the day tomorrow, so I figured starting it a few hours early is ok.

Vegas awaits, hope some of y’all will follow along!