Podcast
Handy At The Chandy — A Las Vegas Podcast
You need more Vegas content; we're here for you. Trip reports, strange opinions, odd advice, and interesting tips!
- Places & Travel chart
- #72
- Episodes
- 70
- Releases
- Daily
- Typical length
- 1 hr 1 min
- On air since
- 2025
- Latest episode
- 1 day ago
Episodes
70 episodes, newest first
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37 min
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 roomYou can email the podcast at HandyAtTheChandy@gmail.com
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1 hr 5 min
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!
• PiscesAnd more!
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52 min
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 freeplayThank you to everyone who has signed up to give us money at https://patreon.com/HandyAtTheChandy
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1 hr 1 min
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 Vegasand really not much much more!
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1 hr 1 min
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 8 min
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!
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51 min
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 machineAnd 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.
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1 hr 9 min
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 changesand much more!
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47 min
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
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1 hr 4 min
E31P1: Table Games for Newbies
Show notes
No show notes here... I'm in Vegas and can't be bothered!
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50 min
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 handsCome see what James is cooking at https://www.patreon.com/HandyAtTheChandy
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1 hr 6 min
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 -
46 min
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!
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1 hr 24 min
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 surprise90 minutes is the new 60.
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40 min
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 quadsAdam's upcoming AC/DC trip and more!
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1 hr 22 min
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 himAnd much more!
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40 min
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 opinionsThen 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.
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1 hr 35 min
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 -
45 min
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,4sThen 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
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1 hr 12 min
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
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