Hayden Patriquin has been competing at an elite level long before turning 21. For fans, watching “Big H” grow up on tour has been part of the appeal.

Now, he’s officially hit that milestone, and he marked the occasion in fitting fashion.

Patriquin celebrated his milestone birthday in Las Vegas, just days before the Rate Las Vegas Open. Not bad timing.

Joined by fellow pro and close friend Gabe Tardio, along with friend Hayden Shepard, the group took on the Las Vegas Strip, soaking in everything the city has to offer, especially now that Patriquin can fully partake.

Scrolling through Patriquin’s birthday photo dump is entertaining for one main reason: it’s completely unfiltered. There’s not much left to the imagination.

One clip shows Patriquin and Tardio at a hotel beach club, surrounded by a crowd of bikini-clad partygoers, singing and dancing with drinks in hand. Another snap captures him mid-shot with a mystery brunette, while a separate post shows him posted up at a blackjack table. Hopefully the damage at the tables wasn’t too bad.

Fellow pro Wyatt Stone also made an appearance at the beach club to celebrate.

And if the posts are any indication, Patriquin made the most of turning 21. He looks fully in the spirit of the night in just about every clip.

With the tournament in town, his birthday lining up perfectly, and fall break crowds adding to the energy, Sin City was about as fitting a place as it gets for Patriquin to mark the occasion.

You could make the case that maybe Patriquin shared a little too much.

A lot of us grew up being told to watch what we post online because it could come back to affect our careers.. But for a young pro athlete, that equation looks a bit different. If this is how he chose to celebrate and it doesn’t spill over into his performance, then it’s hard to really fault him.

At the end of the day, everything he shared was legal. And let’s be honest, most people probably went a little overboard on their 21st birthday too. Add Las Vegas into the mix, and that tends to happen.

The only real concern? Hopefully Patriquin didn’t wake up the next morning with an unexpected wedding story to go along with it.

Still, the replies from his friends and fellow pros are pretty funny.

Parris Todd asked, “You alive???”

To which he said, “Girl, I’m thriving.”

Alix Truong said, “All grown up.” And the St. Louis Shock official page commented, “Hayden Patriquin is the life of the party, baby!”

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