23. Talk about gambling. What's a "Well"? What's the appeal of Vegas to you?
I assume you meant to ask "What is a WHALE", right?
Those that know me well know that I am a man with little will power when it comes to my vices. When things first started going really well for me some friends were pushing me to join them in Vegas to gamble at stakes that we never could before....and I liked it
For several years I would go to Vegas and gamble more and more and more. It finally got to the point to where I was not happy about a trip to Vegas unless I won or lost six figures. I woke up one day and said to myself "this is ridiculous" and gave it up. Now, I will play blackjack when we are all in CUR or somewhere like that where the table maximums are $500 per hand because I can't lose too much money at those stakes
A whale is something that is WAY more than me.....there are something like 7-8 whales left in the world. These are guys that will come to Vegas and will be willing to win or lose more than a million dollars on a single trip. I know that the #1 Whale is Australian Kerry Packer. There are several Asians on the list and the only American I can think of is Larry Flynt.
Vegas is like no other town on earth. It is the only, true 24x7 town in the world. I think the biggest reason that I like it is that I have made so many friends out there in the nightlife that it is like going home. It is funny, but it has been too many weeks since I have been there last and over the past 2-3 weeks I have been getting calls from Vegas friends wondering if I am OK.
--T