- Mike had just returned from his first year in Japan with his Australian friend Murray. We flew to Vegas and met Murray's friend Guy; Guy had started in India and through a series of connecting flights arrived in Vegas about five minutes before we did.
- Mike and I got on an incredible roll at the 25-cent crap table at Silver City and ended up winning about $330.00 each. We started betting pass line and come for $1.00 with full double odds, and by the end of the roll those bets had been pressed up to $10.00. The guy with the dice rolled for about a half hour, but Mike and I were the only ones at the table that made any real money. No one else was pressing, and in fact we were the only ones using five dollar chips at the end; everyone else was using dollars and quarters*.
- Saturday night we had an insane cut of prime rib at Sir Galahad's at Excalibur.
- I played 9's Up for the first and last time in a casino and found out the hard way that the player can never win with a zero in one of his hands. (For example, a dealer's 8-2 beats a player's K-Q.)
*As in 25 cents.
