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Handy At The Chandy — A Las Vegas Podcast

Hobbies, Leisure, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

You need more Vegas content; we're here for you. Trip reports, strange opinions, odd advice, and interesting tips!

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Episodes
70
Releases
Daily
Typical length
1 hr 1 min
On air since
2025
Latest episode
1 day ago

Episodes

70 episodes, newest first

  1. E35P2: Absentee Bozo

    Episode 35

    Show notes

    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

    37 min
  2. E35P1: Admiral Fraud Strikes!

    Episode 35

    Show notes

    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!

    1 hr 5 min
  3. E34P2: Currency Conversion Tier Credit Arbitrage

    Episode 34

    Show notes

    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

    52 min
  4. E34P1: If We Ran The Casino

    Episode 34

    Show notes

    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!

    1 hr 1 min
  5. E33P2: The Off-Hand Draw

    Episode 33

    Show notes

    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?

    1 hr 1 min
  6. E33P1: Go West, Young Man

    Episode 33

    Show notes

    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!

    1 hr 8 min
  7. E32P2: Fontainebleau For Me And You

    Episode 32

    Show notes

    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.

    51 min
  8. E32P1: Injured In A Las Vegas Hotel?

    Episode 32

    Show notes

    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!

    1 hr 9 min
  9. E31P2: Growing Bankroll Growing Bets?

    Show notes

    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

    47 min
  10. E31P1: Table Games for Newbies

    Show notes

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

    1 hr 4 min
  11. E30P2: Table Dance James

    Episode 30

    Show notes

    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

    50 min
  12. E30P1: Good To Go

    Episode 30

    Show notes

    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

    1 hr 6 min
  13. E29P2: I Guess I Liked HL Blackjack for $25 Fifteen Years Ago

    Episode 29

    Show notes

    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

    Join for free at our Patreon to see free content at https://www.patreon.com/HandyAtTheChandy

    Or give us money.

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

    46 min
  14. E29P1: Craps Pipeline

    Episode 29

    Show notes

    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.

    1 hr 24 min
  15. E28P2: Backsplash Backlash

    Episode 28

    Show notes

    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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    40 min
  16. E28P1: Moving Parts

    Episode 28

    Show notes

    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!

    1 hr 22 min
  17. E27P2: Vegas Hot Takes

    Episode 27

    Show notes

    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.

    40 min
  18. E27P1: Popping Parachutes

    Episode 27

    Show notes

    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

    1 hr 35 min
  19. E26P2: A Fine Fiji Mist

    Episode 26

    Show notes

    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 https://patreon.com/handyatthechandy

    45 min
  20. E26P1: Wistfully Hanging Dong

    Episode 26

    Show notes

    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

    1 hr 12 min