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Listener questions and feedback are back!

We tackle:

• Adam's children's alchohol fund clarifications
• Favorite card in the deck
• Palms non-smoking room
• Casino Royale nostalgia
• Blackjack player AWOL
• Roll-your-own Ultimate X
• Vegas portions and also wives who eat your food :(
• Dedicated video poker room

You can email the podcast at HandyAtTheChandy@gmail.com

Adam is back from Vegas with a nautical trip report!

You'll get to hear about:

• Stinky Cosmo
• Petite breakfasts
• Card show at Rio
• Spooky ice cream
• Escape rooms
• Ghost Donkey
• Superfrico shenanigans
• Destroyer Naval Strike!
• Pisces

And more!

On Hour Two we delve into listener feedback and questions!

• What multipliers might you leave on the machine if you go bust?
• Can you benefit from not taking the best offered comps?
• Best and worst vegas experiences
• Helicopter flight times
• Dissapointing DEFCON hands
• Tier credit earning in Canada
• Taking a 21-year-old to Vegas
• Bets tied up in a Craps machine
• When to tip at the Bell Desk
• Must-dos at Venetian/Palazzo
• Re-booking an MGM offer to get more freeplay

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to give us money at https://patreon.com/HandyAtTheChandy

We're back with no trip report and we still yap for an hour. Specifically we yap about:

• What in Vegas now is better-than-ever?
• One Good Thing! about Linq, Harrah's, and Casino Royale
• If we ran the casino...
• A trip where you cannot gamble
• Adam's upcoming trip to Vegas

and really not much much more!

Listener feedback and questions continue to dominate hour two!

• Never-forget gamlbing sessions
• Vegas with a twelve-year-old
• When a Vegas favorite dissapoints...
• The craps dice know how and when to screw you?
• More Fontainebleau praise
• Tiki bar showdown
• Resorts World offers are generous?
• Switching up your routine and rythym to trick the video poker machine into giving you the big hit beause youre totally not gonna get it without some sort of gimmick
• Vegas if no alcohol was comped?

Table Games James is back with a trip report! 

• Cote: the best dinner deal in Vegas?
• L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon
• Planet Hollywood high limit
• Early morning Chandy
• Rampart two-bedroom suite
• $25 squeeze bacc
• Getting kicked in the nuts repeatedly

... and much more! 

It's a packed listener feedback show!

• Ultimate X pay table considerations for a new player
• Video Poker Yahtzee!
• Downtown Vegas gambling crawl
• If you could earn money each day you avoid gambling...
• Adam says "Guy Fieri"
• Lots of Fontainebleau feedback
• Etiquitte on waiting for a bartop machine

And we discuss plans for our upcoming Handy meetup December 5th!

Thank you to everyone who supports us at https://www.patreon.com/HandyAtTheChandy , or just join for free to see the occaisional post from T. G. James.

You might be entitled to compensation if you listen through the entirety of this trip report!

Boring Jack is back from Vegas and reports on:

• El Cortez
• Okinawa Onigiri
• Vue Bar
• Gjelina
• Details from the brand new bar in Venetian High Limit
• Gymkhana Disaster!
• Bar Luca still the best?
• Cantina Contramar
• FB HL and Solo Lounge changes

and much more!

No show notes here... I'm in Vegas and can't be bothered!

Oh but I did say I'd include this link here:
https://lvgp-transportation-info-lvgp.hub.arcgis.com/pages/pre-race-static

No show notes here... I'm in Vegas and can't be bothered!

It's another listener feedback show!

• Penalty cards in video poker
• Staying an adittional night beyond your comp offer
• Favourites from our back catalogue
• Best strip club for early-fifty-something couples
• Vinny Chenz's quickfire questions
• Do I have to book through my host?
• More Spin Poker UX
• Over- and under-rated VP bars
• Royal-eligible hands

Come see what James is cooking at https://www.patreon.com/HandyAtTheChandy 

No trip report this episode? I guess we'll have to talk about Las Vegas

• OYO being shady
• Video Poker tournament ideas
• 99% House Edge
• Getting money to Vegas
• Cashless gaming
• Vegas bygones
• One Good Thing about Caesars, Vanderpump, and Flamingo

We go over some listener questions and feeback on:

• Showing adaquate play under time constraints
• Buying a souvenir photo
• Optimizing tier earning
• Check out the Chasing Even podcast!
• What's the second-best video poker hold?

Then we (attempt to) name One Good Thing about Paris, Horseshoe, and Bellagio

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Handy meetup will occur in Vegas the weekend of December 4th!

Adam is back with a fraudlent trip report!

• Libertine Social review
• Tom Brady's card vault
• Gambling across the south strip
• F1 Karting experience
• Adam's return to Pai Gow
• AC/DC and the Champions Club
• Hazel live music
• Downtown excursion
• Chin Chin at NYNY
• BJ surprise

90 minutes is the new 60.

Listener Questions:

• Random vegas items around the house
• Stolen Handy valor
• Ideal day of Vegas eats
• 6 days in vegas with a non-gambler
• UX Spin Poker
• Blue box quads

Adam's upcoming AC/DC trip and more!

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Its a James and Jack double-barreled trip report!

• You wanted it longer and more boring so we obliged?
• Plaza mini-suite downtown
• 8 East and Barry's
• El Cortez barbershop
• Our build-the-pot side bet 
• Bellagio conservatory and new Cosmo high limit chatter
• Tacos El Gordo and Resorts World high limit
• Cote Korean Steakhouse
• Gymkhana
• James wins so much money we no longer like him

And much more!

We answer listener questions on:

• How we find the VP we want to play
• Where else to get a good cocktail while playing
• Our most unpopular Vegas opinions

Then we tackle One Good Thing about Aria, Cosmo, and Planet Hollywood, and talk about Video Poker side betting.

Edit July 22nd: Merch pre-order is available! https://bettormerch.com/products/preorder-handy-at-the-chandy-logo-tee 

As always email the pod at HandyAtTheChandy@gmail.com or support the pod on Patreon.

Its a Table Games James mega trip report featuring dad-of-the-pod Dad!

Check out James' appearance on the Neon Lounge Podcast in this free preview!

Or go straight to the Neon Lounge Patreon!

Can you believe that all of the following is in this trip report? I can because it's over 90 minutes long!

• Circa room with a Stadium Swim view 
• Saginaw's breakfast
• Statdium Swim party couch
• Victory Burger
• Low-limit carnival games at Flamingo!
• Vanderpump Hotel
• Erroneous handpay
• Kenney Chesney at Sphere
• VP conditions at El Co high limit bar
• Allegiant Stadium tour
• Lago
• Bellagio Fountain View
• Is In-N-Out the deal on the strip?
• High Roller at dusk

Listener Questions on:

• starting off at Ultimate X
• 26 losing sessions and 3 winners
• Vegas easter eggs
• Breaking The Slot Code
• Eating at the VP bar
• Humidifiers
• Four-of-a-kind 2s,3s,4s

Then we jump back into the last day of Jack's trip report, and hear from James about his upcoming adventures.

Support the show at patreon.com/handyatthechandy 

It's a Boring Jack Boring Trip Report from the WSOP!

• Craps is a success!
• Vdara bell desk is a bust
• La Fontaine's coffee is a bust 
• 2nd-Best Hold 'Em is a success!
• Gymkhana is a success!
• Baccarat is a bust
• Block 16 food hall is a success even though the nitro sencha is bust!
• The WSOP is a bust
• Top-knot don't player guy is a bust... because craps is a success!
• RW bill acceptors are a bust
• Stealing someone's slot ticket at the Chandelier Bar is unfortunately a success

Listener questions and feedback plus a quick Jack poker preview!

• Apple easter egg
• Something you don't do in vegas anymore
• Comps thought process
• Can you ever get ahead at Video Poker?
• Slot machine reel "randomness"
• What's the World Series of Poker all about?
• How about a poker-based casino?

Table Games James is back with another trip report!

• Palazzo/Wynn double-book
• Arts District adventures
• Vinny Chenz is a bad influence?
• Too touristy?
• Luxor Pyramid Suite

We deftly handle listener feedback and questions on the following topics:

• Smallest bet you can still enjoy
• Biggest gambling win ever
• 4th of July fireworks
• How to use your free play
• How to plan for Vegas after a long absence
• Vegas anticipation and frictionless vacationing
• Ideal time to arrive in Vegas
• Legitmiately good gambling Downtown
• What slots we would play

Support the show and get nothing to show for it at https://patreon.com/HandyAtTheChandy !

In this Vegas-packed first hour we go over One Good Thing about...

• MGM Grand
• NYNY
• Park MGM

...and discuss some fun facts about each property.

Then we tackle important topics such as:

• Legionnaires Disease At Wynn
• Hard Rock Guitar Progress
• Favorite Free Things To Do
• Gambling With Strangers
• Notable Items On Your Vegas Pack List?

As usual you can email the show at HandyAtTheChandy@gmail.com !

We answer listener feedback and questions on the following!

• Dinner with a Big Player
• Various different types of video poker
• How do we play craps?
• Check out The Neon Lounge podcast
• What Vegas content do we want to see?
• What's most imporant to us about a VP bar?
• Could it be OK to play triple-zero roulette?
• Should I get my own card or play on my wifes?
• How do you manage bankroll for a VP session?
• Most common video poker errors
• Favorite non-casino restaurant

Neon Lounge Podcast is at https://neonlounge.vegas/ and probably everywhere else too!

Our Patreon --  where you get nothing -- is at https://patreon.com/HandyAtTheChandy !

It's a Boring Jack Boring Trip Report! 

• Vegas Playlists
• BYOHoney
• Mott 32 Unlimited Brunch
• More Wolf Run Keno Talk??
• Vegas Duffy Report
• Bouchon Menu Shake-Up
• Cote Butcher's Feast
• Last-Ditch Double-Up Efforts

We chat about various listener-submitted topics:

• Marking down the days til Vegas
• Terrbile Blackjack
• Making and breaking travel rules
• Overlooked downtown eateries
• Vegas pool vacation
• Trip report from HatC favorites
• Using your player's card on a work trip

And Jack has an upcming trip to vegas!

And thank you to all our new patrons!

On this action packed Hour 1, we chat about: 

• Vegas Pet Peeves
• "One Good Thing"
• Video Poker Gimmicks
• Standalone Properties
• "Where can I Find?"
• Tipping

We start with some listener questions:

• Best spots downtown?
• Bellagio worth the hype?
• Vegas before consuming Vegas content

And then we talk about some:

• Outdoor dining
• Premium economy
• Vegas airport
• Continuous shuffle machines and other blackjack ideas

Also we have a Patreon! Give us money if you so choose.

We've got a lot of Vegas packed into hour 1!

• Guessing trends in the 2025 Visitor Profile Summary
• First-time vs. repeat visitors
• NBA Expansion All-But-Confirmed
• What's worse: worse payouts or worse odds?
• All-inclusive deals

You can find the 2025 stats and report here: https://www.lvcva.com/research/reports/post/las-vegas-visitor-profile-studies/

It's the listener feedback hour!

• Where are we under- and over-comped?
• Betting smaller for longer?
• North end of the strip woes
• Playing someone else's freeplay
• Chandy blackjack investigation
• Winning too big too soon
• Giving unsolicited advice
• Lessons learned from group trips

We wrap up James's 40th!

• M Resort
• Wynn
• Rampart at The Resort at Summerlin
• The Strip Club
• The Strip
• Lots of winning?

Hour two is packed with goodies, we start off with listener feedback:

• Enjoying vegas with a non-vegas-enjoyer
• ADT miscellany
• Putting in a "big day of play" at VP at a new casino
• Sending money to us, your hosts

And then we jump back in to the trip report!

• Guy Fieri's
• Slot Golf
• Vegas Knights
• Can you get drunk off Busch Light?
• Chandelier red-light/green-light controversy
• Simultaneous Handy

We go over the finer points of the first weekend of James's 40th birthday party in Las Vegas.

• PHo High Limit
• Pier 17 Yacht Club
• Wynn vs Bellagio
• Palazzo Cigars
• Cosmo Barbershop (music venue)
• The Point of No Return
• Cosmo Barbershop (haircuts)
• Roy Choi Best Friend for 10 persons

And we end by answering the age old question: "is it better to win early in the trip or at the end? (or in the middle??)"

We dive back in to listener feedback and questions:

• Checking casino websites for deals
• Service consitency
• Casino credit rules and guidelines
• Bartender's questionable choices
• Swim-up VP bar?
• What matters most when picking a hotel?
• Face-up vs. traditional pai gow poker

You can email the show at HandyAtTheChandy@gmail.com

The three of us are going to Vegas! We preview the whole James 40th Birthday Ganza and talk about planning for:

• Palazzo cigar lounge
• Pier 17 Yacht Club
• Haircut date
• Roy Choi Best Friend
• Guy Fieri all-you-can-eat brunch
• Slot Golf
• Vegas Golden Knights Game
• Steak dinners
• Cabanas

And more? Maybe actually thats it. 

Listener Feedback:

• Playing the same machine
• The official podcast of Malört
• (No)where to find the Louis Theroux documentary
• Sharing win/loss and budget details publicly
• Talking to your kids about vegas

We also chat about:

• Top-end service and hospitality
• Cheating, angleshooting, and dealer mistakes

Table Games James is back from Vegas, and he regales us with stories of:

• Trapping A Fly
• Gambling
• Epic Sax Guy
• Gambling
• Using the Women's Room
• Gambling
• Super Bowl Party

and more!

We're plugging Mike E in Las Vegas: https://www.youtube.com/@MEinLV

His fantastic blog is Vegas Snob

You can email the show at HandyAtTheChandy@gmail.com

It's a Boring Jack Boring Trip Report!

We somehow mention:

• Imperialism
• Personal Injury Lawyers
• 93% Payback VP
• Promotional Gifts For Locals
• Classic Rock vs EDM
• Hiking at Red Rock

And also we talk about what Jack actually did on his trip.

We discuss listener questions:

• Does your significant other gamble too?
• Would you have gotten the same hand if you switched VP games?
• Private car service from the airport
• Picking a low-variance game

And some trademark quick-fire topics:

• Daiquiri bars
• Environmentally-conscious shower heads
• Feature bets at the craps table
• Fremont Street canopy
• The Deuce
   

And you can email the show at HandyAtTheChandy@gmail.com !

In hour 1, AdamTF, BJack, and TGJames discuss:

- Low-cost airlines and upcharges in the hotel
- Breakfasts in Vegas and the value of all-you-can eat deals
- Whether you need to feel like you can win to get into gambling as a hobby

All listener feedback all the time!

• What are some reasons your comps might not stack up compared to what others are getting?
• How about 100-play video poker?
• How about Powerhouse Poker and Lucky Suits Poker?
• If you couldn't play VP, how would you spend your days in vegas?
• Where's the handy merch?
• Is Adam a fraud?

Adam the Fraud, Boring Jack, and Table Games James share some little things we do to augment our gambling experience. Then we dive face-first into a Boring Jack trip report from his most recent 48-hour stint in vegas.

• Walking from the aiport to the strip
• Fontainbleau Solo Lounge
• Cosmo Chandelier Bar (duh)
• Genting Palace dinner
• Airport McDonalds?

James and Kim's printable 4OAK tracker is here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGjQiKj5Sg/oBHoM9qBvkWh2e2v_cLbwA/view 

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!