Did much more gambling than normal this trip.

Pai Gow the first night at the GN. Broke about even.

Lots of VP day 2 at Green Valley Ranch Station. I really liked this place. Very open, clean and quiet. Small loss at VP. Made it all back plus some playing dueces wild hold-em, fold-em. This isn't a real good expectation game but if you can hit a little streak you can make some money and run.

Played 3 card poker Monday night at the Cal, lost a bit. Moved to MSS and we played several hours of VP. Hit several quads. Broker about even but got LOTS of play. Moved to Pai Gow which was a blast. Dealers hadn't dealt with a player banking before. Turned out the pit wasn't real sure about this either. Ended up teaching them how this worked. Staff were all very friendly so I had a great time as well as winning some money.

Got beat up pretty bad playing 3 card poker Wed at the NUgget. Pai Gow helped a little bit. Treid to beat the 3 card game again with bad resulst. Not my game I guess.

Observed high limit slots getin a LOT of play. One litle old lady played the $100 slots for SEVERAL hours one night. Got to thinking about this and realized every 12 to 1 payout was going to require a w2. That's got to be a pain in the butt. Later saw four people sitting at a little table inside the high-end slot ares with a bottle of Dom.

Was able to get one session of poker in at the Orleans, made a few bucks.

Overall losses stayed in 3 figures which I was quite content with considering the amount of gambling we did. Anxious to see what sort of offers this generates.

[ 15 February 2002: Message edited by: senatorjm ]