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- Hey! We only stayed in one hotel this time! Mike got a comped room at Wynn Las Vegas. It was the first time either one of us had stayed there.
- This was sort of a last-minute trip. I had an $80.00 credit with Southwest Airlines from our last trip, and it was due to expire on October 11. So, we threw something together on short notice. (With the credit, I only had to pay $37.20 out of pocket for the round-trip airfare.)
- Our flight to Vegas was delayed by five minutes, so we were able to get on the previous flight at no extra cost. (Had our original flight been on-time, they would have charged us to switch.) The change got us to Vegas at least an hour earlier.
- Along with the comped room, Mike got some free slot credit (somewhere around $200). He was able to convert it to around $400 in real money thanks to a straight flush in Jacks-or-Better Video Poker.
- Craps was up and down, mostly down. The only monster roll was one Mike had at Wynn; I turned $300 into $1,300. Unfortunately, after his roll we walked over to Encore, where I dropped $500 and Mike dropped $1,000 when we played at a table where we didn't win a single bet. That's not an exaggeration. No repeat numbers, no naturals on the pass line or come. Nothing.
- The final day was dismal at the tables. We couldn't catch anything.
- Before we left, we played a little more video poker. On one hand, Mike inadvertently held onto a pair of 9s when he should have held four to a flush. His mistake paid off as he drew to quad 9s.
- Once again, this was a "Room at Venetian/Room at Harrah's" combo trip. Mike got a $200 slot credit for his reservation at Venetian and a $750 gift card for Dillard's at Harrah's.
- I was even able to take advantage of a $25 slot credit offer I had received for the Venetian. The offer indicated that I had to be a registered guest at the hotel, but the woman at the players club desk made a phone call and was able to approve the offer because Mike had listed me as an occupant of the room on his reservation.
- I cashed out for $41.50 on my free slot play; Mike cashed out for $106.25.
- At Flamingo, we were able to play craps and watch the go-go dancers in a special party gaming area.
- While playing craps at Encore, the dealer accidentally paid me $50 on my $10 pass line bet. The mistake probably occurred because Mike was betting $50 on the line. Still, we were the only two players at the table with a full crew working. I waited a bit before picking up the payoff, figuring someone would catch it. No one did.
- During that same craps session, two very drunk, very skanky women stepped up to the table next to Mike. It was around 9:00 in the morning, and they said they'd been up all night. They reeked, they were vulgar, they were loud, and they were annoying. But the dice were hot, so we put up with them for a while. Once the table cooled, we got out of there as fast as we could.
- Friday night we ate dinner at Carnevino, Mario Batali's Italian steakhouse at Palazzo. Mike and I split a porterhouse steak called "La Fiorentina." It was the best steak I've ever had. It better have been. Price tag: $140.
- Gambling-wise, the trip was one of my best. I didn't post my biggest win, but with only a few exceptions, all craps sessions were winners.
- The only craps hand that even came close to being a monster was one of our last at Caesars Palace. A shooter rolled a bunch of 4s and 10s, followed by a bunch of 6s and 8s. I made about $800 on him, playing pretty conservatively.
