Posted by misterKeno on 01-11-2005

Had a good buzz going by then. Was going to TRAM it back to MB, but decided on a little roulette. Bought in for $100...down to 71...down to 30....down to 17. Put all 17 chips on a split. Nailed it for 17 times 17 for $289. Remember that number, please. Table got choppy for a few minutes. Two girls sat down....age-wise--prolly an hour over 21, lol. They only wanted to bed REDS on black/red. I lost. They lost. I lost. They lost. Then, i finally won---then one of them says 'that guy knows what he's doing----watch him'. So i figured, heck i better pick a red or black (which i never do), but plopped 10 chips on black, they followed me. It hit. Next stpin was a repeat----except, i had 17 chips split between 10 & 13. Nailed it for $289 (again!). Dealer named Ernest (good guy), says 'that 289 sounds familiar'. So, now i was a hero to the girls. Girls switched to red, lost, lost, lost, left, poof. Table got choppy--i colored out w/ a $473 profit.

Of note--drink svc @ the Luxor was good @ the table-----mind you, i didnt order one while at roulette, but plenty of offerings.

TRAM'ed id back to MB. Holy crap--its 1:44am. Oh well, who cares. I couldnt remember if the vending upstairs was ice only or soda machines as well---so stopped in the gift-stop for a 20oz pepsi for $2.50.

Back in my room--wake up call for 7:30--into bed, watched tube for just a few minutes, had a pretty good headache. Fell asleep quickly. Woke at 3-something w/ a STRONG headache. Stomach felt funny. Ummm, not food-funny. But, alcohol-stomach-funny. I'll be honest with all of you, in my entire life, ive probably been drunk 5 times & that's it. Well, anyhoo, i used the facilities (okay, enough of that). Slept for 12 minutes, woke up with a STRONGER headache, and i was sweating. Somewhere in the room were kleenex, but i was too 'goofy' to know or look. Called housekeeping for a box of kleenex. This was at 345am. They were upstairs in less than 1 minute. And, somehow i managed to find some 1's for a nice tip. Changed my wake up call from 730 to 9. Fell asleep. Woke up at 855. All better. All systems go.

Okay---i guess 'somehwere' in here i need to use a HEADER that reads 'Day 2'.... but, well, stuff spilled over. LOL.

Day 2
Mon Jan 10, 05

855am, took a long hot shower. Nice. Fell back asleep. Woke at 1005, took another long hot shower. Damn good water pressure & enough fancy soaps and hair stuff to make a contestant on survivor belly-ache!!

The plan was to meet Steve at Venetian at Noon sharp. I was thirsty, but not too hungry. Stepped out of the elvator right into this little coffee/pastrie thing (wasnt the starbucks, but the other 'one'). $4.20 for a plastic cup of ice cold milk & a choc donut. That did me just fine.

Walked around the MB casino.
BJ 10 min
Craps 10 min
Baccarat 10 min
Roulette $5 chips w/ a $25 min per spin

yuck.

Figured the only thing MB was gonna get out of me was a flash bulb. I walked right up to an OPEN, but empty craps table, asked the lady working the box.

May i take a pict of the table?
"I dont mind, but hold on a sec"
she asks the pit-boss.. he comes over "I dont mind, but hold on a sec"
he asks the floor manager "he says, yes, but dont shoot the dealers". Floor mgr instructs the dealers & the stick to back up a couple of feet, i got a good clean shot. But, with my brain-cells, i set the camera to LOW-RES for that shot. DOH!! I think that's the only pict i took that trip on LOW-RES. Oh well. Well, i wont lie---all the other picts are Room PIcts--i didnt wanna take my cam out in the rain (parlayed w/ im forgetful and a bit lazy, lol).

Back upstairs. Tried to figure it out in my mind how to get a cheapie cab ride from MB to venetian, i thought to myself that if i get to the OTHER side of the strip--then the cabbie wont have to do a U-turn somehwere.

((( i shouldnt of done that thinkin )))).

I TRAM'ed it from MB to Lux to Excal. It was raining off & on, figured i'd go across to the Trop & cab it from there----great!!! Nooo, overcrossing. Oh well...i overcrossed to NYNY--then overcrossed to MGM. I had 33 mins before i had to be @ venetian @ noon sharp!!! Bought in at roulette...got NADA for 7 spins, yuck. The MGM is doing some construction. Terrible construction in their casino---the part that's where studio 54 is, ummm like the part of the casino that's under a cloudy-foggy-skylike dome? They had a makeshift particle board fence around that. Hard to walk thru, heard the LOUD LOUD LOUD echo of air-guns.

Went to get a cab. The line was at least 125 people long. Line did NOT MOVE. DAMMMMIT. This sucked. Some kind of headquarters for 'something' must of been goin on. People with tote-bags, i dunno. Walked back to NYNY for my cab. Line was 1 person long. Cabbed it to Venetian for 7.00. Go to the Venetian at 12:21 sharp. Steve wasnt there. He actually got there at 12:45, he was on the CATbus 3? While waiting for him, i got 'offered' a massage. Well, those were the words the girl used to phrase her 'idea'. I kindly declined. Cute girl though.