I just Fontainebleau all my money Oct 25

Been on VF for a number of years now. Never posted. I gotta say. I thoroughly enjoy reading your trip reports. We were always an MGM family as well, until we tested out FB last year. Excellent high limit room, very clean, not so crazy on Friday and Saturday nights, and very convenient walk for my daughter to Circus Circus. I agree though that it doesn't have the Vegas feel and variety of shops and attractions that the MGM properties do, so we always have to mix in a stay at Mandalay Bay and Aria during the year as well. FB's rewards program is excellent. I only play in high limit, and they have a large high limit room with a large variety of machines, and you're not fighting to get onto a machine like at Aria and Cosmo. I went solo this trip as well, specifically for the same slot tournament and the freeplay. I also played at the 11am time, earned 16 tickets for the 19th hole drawing, and didn't win a thing. It was funny though, I sat next to a small Asian gal for my 2nd and 3rd round play. Both times she scored 2nd place, and she said she scored 1st, just above you, for the 1st round. It was just odd because she had a low score both of those rounds for the first 3 minutes and then repeatedly started getting x3x4x5's back to back. Just found it a little odd, since these tournaments always "randomly" assign your machines from a computer screen after you handed them your card and ID to check in. Makes you wonder how random these tournaments truly are. Keep up the great work! Looking forward to the next trip report!

 

Thanks as always, Grid. Love your old school trip vibes mate.

 

I ended up at my usual spot in these slot tournaments, somewhere around the bottom 10%. I got the $250 consolation prize. I rarely do these anymore. Just went because I had free play associated with it, and I wanted to get a little payback from my last trip there in September...which I did, left up $51K. Yes, you will frequently find me playing that Noah's Ark machine just outside the high limit room, and especially the one in the high limit room. I'll play just about everything in the high limit room except for any of those damn 3 coins/3 pigs/3 hens/3 pots/3-whatever fucking games every manufacturer keeps putting out. However, the old-school IGT machines are the ones I'll typically be rotating around. Will look out for you the next time I'm there. I'll be the one that can nearly fit into your shadow like a glove, 5'11", 260#!

 

Thanks for an excellent trip report, the FB looks like a great place

 

Great read of a trip report as always...congrats on the comeback...Thanks for posting.

 

Ha! He's not stupid. Not on this thing anyway - no raccoons here in the UK. We do have foxes though, especially in London. Loads of them. Gorgeous, they are.

Side note, pretty sure I was sitting next to you on a row of Buffalo Gold machines at TI maybe 4-6 years ago! Hope to run into you some time, mate.

Dan

 

Jim Gray? You got to meet Jim Gray!!
I used to really like him back in the 90's for reasons I forget. In the last however many yrs of Brady's career they did a weekly interview which probably explains his ties to Excellence. You couldn't pay me to listen to that and I'm a Pats fan
Anyway, great stuff as always. What a win that last one was. Congrats!
I share your aversion to stand alones. My local is either Mohegan Sun or I used to go to MGM Springfield. You get up or worse, down and there's nowhere to go and if I enjoy a couple pops can't even drive home. I still go couple, three times a yr.
Gonna check out your 4 WInds report now.
I was out in Chicago for the marathon, not me, wife. Saw Bally's Chicago. No time / opportunity to check it out. Is it worth it?

 

Sorry late to the game but just saw another Grid Trip Report! Cant wait to read it.

 

Great report always Grid! I’m trying FB for the first time next week. Kim is my host also. It’s nice to see you had some luck. I’m hoping for the same!