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yolfer:
This might be a long-shot (or maybe not, since MMM has a sizable techie following). I'll be at the Amazon Web Services conference in Las Vegas next week. Just curious if other Mustachians are attending, and/or maybe some Vegas locals want to meet up?

I once read a thread here about Vegas, but most of the tips were "drive here" and "drive there". I'm staying on the strip (thank you, work!) and won't have a car.

Can Vegas be done up Mustachian style?

DoubleDown:

--- Quote from: yolfer on November 19, 2012, 11:18:38 AM ---
Can Vegas be done up Mustachian style?

--- End quote ---

Yes, it can. Although perhaps not in the typical way of "not spending." But I would say that Vegas can be a really fun place to just take in the sights at the casinos/hotels for free. Places such as the Bellagio water fountain are great and cost nothing.

But if you really want to take advantage -- and I do mean take advantage -- of what Vegas can offer, then in all seriousness, go read a book about card counting and learn it over this next week. Any card counting strategy will do. I used this book, I highly recommend it:

http://www.abebooks.com/BOOK-CASINO-BLACKJACK-Tulcea-C-Ionescu/7723040801/bd

It takes about 2-3 hours of practice to be able to count cards quickly enough to follow a dealer in Vegas. In another 1-2 hours you can memorize blackjack "Basic Strategy." With some more hours, you can memorize the tables of numbers for winning playing strategies (start with Hit/Stand, then Doubling, then Splitting). You don't have to memorize every single table of numbers to start, just the most common situations will suffice.

Card counting is a truly proven, winning strategy that will MAKE you money at gambling rather than losing. In addition, by playing at the tables the casinos will "comp" you for just about everything -- food, lodging, shows, you name it. With just infrequent trips to Vegas, I've added at least $30,000 to the 'stash through card counting, and I'm a very low-budget player! (i.e., $10 minimum bets whenever I can find a table that low). What could be more MMM than making money, having fun, and having everything paid for at the same time?!

yolfer:

--- Quote from: DoubleDOwn on November 19, 2012, 11:42:00 AM ---But if you really want to take advantage -- and I do mean take advantage -- of what Vegas can offer, then in all seriousness, go read a book about card counting and learn it over this next week.

--- End quote ---

Thank you for the suggestion, that hadn't occurred to me! I guess I was under the impression that card counting was the domain of savants and movies. I downloaded an e-book from my public library and I'm reading it right now! I'll let you know how things go...

igthebold:
Not AWS re:Invent, since I don't deal directly with AWS tools much. I do occasionally go to other tech conferences, though.

Re: Vegas (sorry arebelspy) I avoid it very studiously, so I can't give any help there.

kudy:
I've played blackjack a handful of times and I feel like the game needs to be second nature (not even have to think about how to play any hand) before I even attempt to keep a count going in my head. I'm certainly not a natural, but I think it takes a lot of practice to be able to do it and keep everything straight.

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