Tuesday, April 28, 2009 – Day Five of Eleven

[This is part five of an eleven part trip report.  If you want to start at the beginning, go  here.]

I am up at the Golden Gate and out before 7:00 am today.  My bathroom sink is still full from yesterday afternoon.  I stop at the front desk to let them know.

I revisit Wizard of Oz after last night and yep, nothing.

There is $5 free play on my card so I use that on a Viva Las Vegas slot machine. The first spin gives me $6.90, second gives me a $69 bonus.   The bonus lasted so long my player’s card kept timing out.

I cash out at $80 and put another $10 in. This time I get a line pay of $33.  I cash out, put in another ten and get $36.60.  Put in another ten get zero.  I have to try one more five and I get zero.

I leave up $100.

I walk over to the Deuce bus stop to head to the strip. As I’m waiting for the bus, my cell phone alarm goes off.  I didn’t plan to be up this early, obviously.

I get off the bus at The Fashion Show Mall, walk through Treasure Island and plan for Starbucks, some Slingo and the tram to the Mirage.

Well the line for Starbucks is way too long so I play Slingo, did okay and left up ten bucks.

I walked to the tram and realized it doesn’t start running until 9:00 am, which isn’t for another half an hour.  So I walk the Strip.  I am telling you, the way they position these hotels is brilliant.  Despite being a Las Vegas veteran and knowing better, I still found myself walking all the way up to the Venetian and having to walk over the “balcony” while trying to get to Harrahs, rather than remaining on the Strip.  Everyone knows I would NEVER deliberately walk that close to the Venetian.

Once at Harrahs, I get the buffet for breakfast using a $5 off coupon I got for checking into the Imperial Palace.  I am planning to get my reward credits down to zero on this trip.

After eating, I play eBay (why) and I lose $20.  As I’m waiting to cash out my last forty cents, the community bonus hits and I win $8.80.  Ss I’m writing this down, someone behind me watching said “Look at her, she’s taking notes!”  Yes and you are now in them.

I lost $25 on a the Price is Right slot machine.  Why am I playing these stupid games??

I walked over to the Imperial Palace where I still have my room that I did not sleep in last night.  I planned to shower here today, since I don’t like my shower at the Golden Gate, where I did stay last night.  This ended up being a bad choice since there was no hot water coming out of the shower.  It worked for the tub, but not for the shower.  So I had an ice cold shower.   At least I’m awake?

I chill here for a bit until it’s time to check out.  I should have kept this room for two nights and then I could have taken a nap.

I go downstairs and lost a bunch of money on things like Kitty Glitter (I hate cats, why am I playing this game?) and quarter Double Double Bonus video poker.

I walk over to the Flamingo and play a Happy Days slot machie.  The two women next to me were friends.  The one on the left end gets the mystery spins bonus and the one in the middle whines about how her friend has now gotten in three times and she has gotten it zero.  Then I get the mystery spins and two seconds later, the woman on the left gets them again.  The woman next to me now really whines and says “I better get the diamond spins to make up for this.”  I glance over and see she is only playing one credit per line and I think “yeah lady, that’s not very likely.”  About ten seconds later, she gets the mystery spins diamond level – 60 spins, playing one credit per line.  I’m glad to know that this is possible.  Gives me something to hope for.

At the Flamingo I attempt to play Press Your Luck and the community spin hits as I am putting my money in. I hate that.  I lose $15 here.

I go back to my room to watch some television.  I am now only down $95 since I left my job on Friday.  This is unprecedented for me.   Will I actually have a winning trip??

I go back out and aim for that $298 bonus.  First ten gets me $20.  second ten gets me $90.

Then degenerate hits.  Not on this wonderful machine.  I decide to leave the Golden Gate to prevent degenerate from kicking in.  Smart right?  But I hit Binions and lose $100.  I didn’t write what I lost it on and I sure don’t remember.

Fremont, lose $35.

Back to the Golden Gate, lose some more.

I crawl to my room and see I have only lost $130 tonight.  given how degenerate I was tonight, this isn’t that bad.

Want to read more?  You can find the rest of the chapters here: six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven!