Thursday, December 30, 2010 – Day Seventeen of Nineteen
[This is part seventeen of a nineteen day trip report. If you would like to start at the beginning, please go here.]
I wake up at the Riviera this morning at 6:00 am. I am out by 7:00.
Quarter Double Double Bonus video poker:
$20-$80 Jacks
$20-$0
$20-$0
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 – Day Sixteen of Nineteen
[This is part sixteen of a nineteen day trip report. If you would like to start at the beginning, go here.]
I unintentionally slept until noon today. I am finally sleeping in and my trip is coming to an end.
I am at the Riviera. I need coffee. I planned to play $60 and get coffee, then come back and get dressed. That did not happen.
I did get an iced coffee. Then I put a $20 bill into a progressive Double Double Bonus video poker quarter game aaaaaaand…
Wait for it…
Okay why am I making you wait for it? I am sorry. Without further adieu, I hit the $552 progressive for Aces with a kicker! EEEEEEEEEEE!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 – Day Fifteen of Nineteen
[This is part fifteen of a nineteen day trip report. If you would like to start at the beginning, go here.]
Up at 8:30 at the Imperial Palace. Breakfast is at their buffet. There are people out there who will swear that you will die if you eat here. I always get so annoyed at how ridiculous these people are. But today when I took a bite of a chocolate chip pancake only to discover the chocolate chips were raisins, I started leaning towards joining the boycott.
I went next door to Harrahs for some Starbucks. I miss having a Dunkin Donuts nearby. I came back to the Imperial Palace to play Ultimate X video poker in nickels:
$20-$0
$20-$35
$20-$0
Today I am moving hotels again. This time to the Riviera. So many people hate this place and rant and rave about “THE SKY IS FALLING. IT IS A DUMP. SQUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK” I happen to love the place. First, it gets my vote for Las Vegas casino with the best exterior visual. Continue reading
Monday, December 27, 2010 – Day Fourteen of Nineteen
[This is part fourteen of a nineteen day trip report. If you would like to start at the beginning, go here.]
Awake at 7:00 at the Imperial Palace. I am in a bad mood, despite having actually won money yesterday. Maybe it’s because my trip is almost over no no no no nooooooooooo.
I actually ate Burger King for breakfast. It cost more than any other option because any other option would have been comped. But I just did not feel like having to deal with any person today so that seemed to be the easier option.
After breakfast, I go back to sleep and wake back up at 1:00. I’m going to shower and then go out and collect all my leftover free play and random cash back.
On my way out, I cashed in a 95-cent Imperial Palace TITO and it shorted me a quarter! I am losing money today without even having gambled yet.
Sunday, December 26, 2010 – Day Thirteen of Nineteen
[This is part thirteen of a nineteen day trip report. If you would like to start at the beginning, go here.]
I wake up at the Orleans at 9:30 and an hour later I am downstairs for my last few hours here before I move to the Imperial Palace.
My quarter Double Double Bonus video poker machine is free so I give it $40 as a going away present. Sigh.
I have a comped meal at the Orleans coffee shop for breakfast and then get going on a Carnival of Mystery slot machine:
$10-$20
$10-$15
$10-$20
$10-$30
$10-$0
I put all the winning tickets back in to play off the change. I cashed out for $80 in the end.
Saturday, December 25, 2010 – Day Twelve of Nineteen: Merry Christmas!
[This is part twelve of a nineteen part trip report. If you would like to start at the beginning, go here.]
I wake up at The Orleans with my huge $35 win from last night in tact. I go downstairs with $170. This is a sure sign of degeneracy because The Orleans is off strip so there is nowhere for me to go. Thereby, I do not need that much money in ONE casino.
I managed to get it up to $220 and played back down to $170. See? I told you I was degenerate.
Quarter Double Double bonus video poker. I hit four of a kind eights into sixes and back into eights.
Friday, December 24, 2010 – Day Eleven of Nineteen
[This is part eleven of a nineteen part trip report. If you want to start at the beginning, go here.]
All I want for Christmas Eve is my first quarter royal…
I wake up at the California hotel. I am out at 9:30 and bee lined it to Dunkin Donuts at Fremont for some iced coffee and some SuperTimes Pay video poker at my most favorite SuperTimes Pay machines in all of Las Vegas.
$20-$30
$20-$45 – hitting four of a kind sevens with a 2x multiplier.
Thursday, December 23, 2010 – Day Ten of Nineteen
[This is part ten of a nineteen part trip report. If you want to start at the beginning, go here.]
It’s official! My trip is more than half over. This is bullshit.
After my ordeal of moving rooms at the California hotel last night, due to my room being flooded, I actually manage to sleep until 10:30. That is a record for this trip.
I head out at 11:45
Lost $15 Keno.
I found my glasses case in my bag from when I moved last night. I broke a $100 bill and went back to my room to get rid of the glasses case and to put lucky glitter on my new bills. Back out, I made it halfway to the Golden Gate before I realized I hadn’t put on deodorant. Back to room AGAIN. Oh it is going to be one of those days, eh?
Wednesday December 22, 2010 – Day Nine of Nineteen
[This is part nine of a nineteen day trip report. To start at the beginning, go here.]
Up at the El Cortez at 9:00, out 9:45. I have one last meal at Cafe Cortez to use up my dining credit here.
Cleopatra Keno: $5-$0
Four card Keno:
$25-$55
$25-$0
$25-$0
Quarter Double Double Bonus video poker: $80-$120 by hitting four of a kind too-blurry-to-post-a-picture-of-sixes and a dealt Straight Flush!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 – Day Eight of Nineteen
[This is day eight of a nineteen day trip report. To start at the beginning, go here.]
This trip is going by way too fast. Sigh.
I wake up at the El Cortez at 9:00 and I am dressed and out by 10:15.
I stop at the El Cortez coffee shop for breakfast and charge it to my room to use up some of the dining credit that came with my offer. I write in my notes that I am only going to play a little and go back and watch movies. Let’s see if I do that.
I have a 2x points multiplier from a mailer. I get it activated at the slot club booth and get going.
Cleopatra Keno:
$5-$0
$5-$10
$5-$10
$5-$10
$5-$0
$5-$15
$5-$10
$5-$0
$5-$10
I return to the room at 11:30, up $20.
