57. With Mike Stefanidis - Harrah's, October 1-2, 1994

• Mike and I left his house at 11:15 on Saturday night (October 1). We got to Vegas at 3:30 a.m. and played at Imperial Palace and Harrah's until about 8:00. Then we slept until 11:15 a.m.

• At Harrah's, Mike had a $5.00 hard four. It hit, and Mike told them to parlay (so the bet became $40.00 on the hard four.) A little while later, it hit again. He was paid $280.00, and he tossed an additional $60.00 onto the hard four so now his bet was $100.00. The very next roll was another hard four; payoff: $700.00.

• It was up and down like crazy until, on our way home, Mike lost a ton at Stateline. He was down about $3,000.00 and ready to leave. I convinced him to come with me to the McDonald's next door and have a burger. He sat there in the restaurant fuming, but it gave him a chance to consider going back to the casino to try to win his money back. He decided to take $300.00 and make two $150.00 place bets, one on the six, one on the eight. Well, Mike parlayed those bets into the $3000.00 he was down. When we left Stateline it was 10:30 Sunday night.

• The table limit on the crap tables in Stateline was only $500.00, and at one point Mike had a $600.00 place bet on the six.