49. With Mike Stefanidis and Paul Huyser - The Four Queens, November 26-28, 1993

• Down, down, down, down, the whole trip until the very last craps session at Luxor. I made all my money back. Unfortunately, Mike walked away from the table before the hot roller.

• We knew there would probably be heavy traffic due to the Thanksgiving holiday, but we didn't realize how heavy. It took us eight hours to make the drive from Vegas to Mike's house. To make matters worse, Mike was sick the second half of the trip. He got so sick he didn't go to work the next two days.

48. With Mary Thrasher

• It was the weekend after the previous trip, and I really wanted to go to again since I was up. Mike couldn't go so I invited Mary Thrasher. We just went for the day. She turned out to be bad luck.