Listener feedback and James's Zorkfest trip report!

We answer questions about:

• North-strip VP crawl
• Finding Vegas rooms with specific amenities
• Straight draws vs. flush draws
• Massive Double Super Times Pay jackpot

Jack's super simple VP strategy can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pVvNh2-opBaqjZagcfNYcZNi_FvAB-99bea-u0qnU74/edit?usp=sharing

the NJ law about 100,000,000:1 odds can be found here:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-69E-1-28A

Adam, Jack, and James go over their 2025 year-in-review, and then move on to their goals, dreams, and ambitions for 2026.

• Handpay threshold for W2-G going up to $2000
• Best meal
• Best session
• Biggest surprise (positive)
• Biggest shock (negative)

... and more!

We hit some listener feedback:

• Bartop vs floor paytables
• Dream Card
• Josh is Wrong!
• Double-Up cheating article is here: https://www.wired.com/2014/10/cheating-video-poker/

Then we get right back in to the final installment of the Formula 1 trip saga:

• Wicked spoon buffet
• Working 9 to 5 at the Chandy
• Carbone Riviera dinner
• DEFCON video poker?

Check out James and Kim's VP tracker sheet here!

Part 3 of 4 of our XL Formula1 trip report!

We cover:

• Bouchon brunch
• F1 disqualification
• Questionably-legal Wynn group slot pull
• The first handy at the Chandy of the trip
• Slot technician prowess
• Bazaar Meat dinner
• VP bar betrayal!

and more!

Part 2 of 4 of our epic Vegas Formula 1 trip report! We address some listener feedback and then dive back in for more trip report action. Adam is impressed by Roy Choi Best Friend, Jack enjoys a forbidden cocktail, and James has one tequila shot too many at Omnia nightclub. Also we may talk about the F1 race?

We're back from Vegas! This is the first installment of what is sure to be a fantastic four-part fiesta.

Adam reviews the room and board at Waldorf Astoria, James makes back 0.04% of his gambling losses by choosing Lyft over Uber, and Jack packs a brown bag lunch for his Friday night flight. Formula 1 qualifying round, On The Record afterparty and more!

A quick F1 primer and then lots of extraneous details about our upcoming vegas trip for F1 weekend!

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We chat about a lot of little bits:

• Are we getting enough use out of our casino status perks?
• Gambling on your own vs. with friends
• Something about hockey or something?
• VP for beginnners (see Jack's simplest strategy here)
• Getting excited to win big early in the trip
• Corrections on past errors!
• Jack's takeaways from last trip

What are we plugging?

• See Josh and Rachael's videos at https://www.youtube.com/@joshrachael

• Listener feedback on comp drink tickets, and on craps callouts
• Bet your bottom dollar on the next vegas trend
• James left his money in the machine
• Adam won't get MGM platinum
• Jack doesn't like slot APs
• Oops a royal is worth about 2% of a VP game's return, not the 1% Jack said in the episode.

Come see James at ZorkFest!

You can email the show at [email protected]

We converse long and hard about Jack's trip report!

• Mark's celebration of life video is here

• Oh, FYI: buying the 4/10 is slightly better odds than placing 6/8 if you're doing a $25 bet with $1 vig, but slightly worse than placing 6/8 if you're doing a $20 bet with $1 vig.