OK, so this is what the VP tournament at Aladdin was like.

We leave Phoenix on Friday afternoon. This time we take Donna’s (DJ) Mustang instead of the truck. It was faster but it still sucks driving over the Hoover Dam!!! We make the haul through the mall and up to VIP check in. I am getting used to this VIP stuff, check in is a breeze and we need to register for the VP tournament. So up to the room, it was not a strip view…I was almost pissed but it was close to the elevators and thats what really matters i guess. Back down to register and I get machine 33 and 6 first day 18 and 20 the next. When you walk in they have very pretty girls holding lots of drinks. I am a beer drinker so I thought the drinks were way to strong. Nice touch though!!

Down we go to start what we are really here for, after a stop at Spice Market for crab legs and shrimp of course. So it’s gambling now. DJ carried us…I was getting my head handed to me. It went that way all night…thank god for DJ.

Saturday we get up and I try to practice for the VP thing (practice, what was I thinking)…..so I thought this was like a slot thing. Play fast, play very, very fast. It;sa not like that at all. You have to play quickly but not stupid fast. The first round I played stupid fast. It’s hard to judge those cards and then just drop it. Did i mention the pretty girls with drinks were there again? I did what you would expect in the second round so I didn’t finish in the money. After that it was just gambling all day long. DJ was still carrying me when out of no where ….bang…..I get a ROYAL..never saw it coming, just pow. Now Iamb not playing .25, it”sa dollars for me all the way. You can lose a lot of dollars fast. This is when something that has never happened to me did. DJ says your drunk and your going to bed. I say it’s Vegas and its only 9 what are you thinking?? DJ says your going to bed….so I did….at effing 9.

Sunday, it’s up for round two of the VP thing. DJ was right, you should see my eyes, these are some serious beer goggles. Can some one actually see out of those things? Don’t know the result of day 2 of the VP thing but my scores were lower than day 1 so I don’t think we are going to get anything.

At check out I asked about comps (like you guys always demand..thanks). We got $90 taken off the bill on first ask. Then I asked why DJ was not getting any offers since she plays just like me? The gal takes her card and bang the rest of the bill is comped, I think she got lost in the system some where. I think DJ will start getting offers very soon. Well that’s it, like always it was a blast. TA- what? Not soon enough.