Day 3
Sunday June 14, 2015
Once we were ready it was off to the casino for some video poker action. We stopped off at Caffe Bottega for a quick breakfast of a muffin for me and a bagel for Dee.

We chose the triple/five plays and 8/5 bonus poker. Things were not good here. Notable hands were me hitting aces after holding three of a kind 5 different times. Dee hit quad queens on two hands. The dealt winners were sparse and I was getting low paired to death. By the time we ran just 5k through we had dropped $500. I know it was five play but losing at a 10% rate is unacceptable.

I had my $25 in free play so for fun ran it through a new Flintstones slot machine. This was one of the worst games ever. We had one winning spin that we won more than we bet. All other “winning” spins were losses. The $25 in free plat was $3 in cash just a few minutes later.

I stopped off at the slot club to do a scratch and win promo. For every 500 points earned you get a scratch card (up to 4). The four cards I drew were $5 free play, 5,000 points ($5), 10,000 points ($10) and 20,000 points ($20). While it offsets some of the losses it certainly wasn't enough.

We took a short break and then I went out. I was off to the Pinball Hall of Fame for a while. Dee stayed at the hotel and read her books. It was too early for the Pinball Hall of Fame to be open so I stopped off at the Hard Rock to see if any of the old crew was there. I haven't been here in years and this place is totally different than it used to be.

None of the old crew was there but I bought in at a craps tables like old times. This worked out well because other than my initial bets, I didn't need any of it. There was only one other shooter and myself. This guy did excellent hitting lots of points. This was also a come bettor's table. Lots of repeaters and very few other numbers. I got the dice and did ok but not as well as the other guy. When he got the dice back he rolled for about 20 straight minutes which, on a dead game is a long time. During this roll I won over $1000 and I wasn't even betting like a maniac. This guy colored up because he had to catch his flight home so I took the dice and did ok one roll and popped a 7 right away on my next. I decided not to push my luck and colored up with exactly $1500 in profit putting us up $1000 for the day and $100 for the trip so far.

I got the hell out of the Hard Rock and went over to the Pinball Hall of Fame. I always enjoy my time at the Pinball Hall of Fame and today was no exception. I get good bang for my buck here and it's also cool to see the history and the classic games that are still available. One thing I can say is since they moved closer to the strip and as time goes on this place gets busier and busier. I played lots of games here and over 4 hours spent under $10.

When I was done playing at the Pinball Hall of Fame it was time to return the rental car. I had to pick up the new one that we'd be keeping for the rest of the trip. Returning the car to Dollar was no problem and everything went well.

Next was a walk to Alamo where I'd be picking up the new car. With the rates a little higher than they've been in the past we decided to splurge a little bit and rent something a bit nicer and larger than we normally get. I got a decent rate on a full sized SUV from Alamo using a Costco discount code and a coupon from the Entertainment Book. By decent I mean it wasn't much more than the mid/full sized cars. I got the rate down to about $178/week. The extra couple of days were a killer and I'm sure the gas will be too. Picking up the car was easy as I had already checked in and pretty much had to choose my car and go. I chose a Chevy Tahoe with 13,000 miles on it. This SUV was in great shape and had a ton of bells and whistles. While I didn't need them it will be fun to play with them!

From here I made a quick stop at 99˘ Only to grab a few things and then came back to the Tuscany. We had dinner at Marilyn's Cafe. I got the turkey and stuffing and Dee got the Chef's Salad. Mine was excellent and Dee liked hers too.

It was still early but we had already gotten enough play in here today. We decided to play penny games for a while for some fun. We got quite a bit of play but hit very few bonus rounds. I also had a $10 match play so hit the roulette wheel with it. I chose black and red 14 came up.

We came back to the room for our final night here and wrapped things up with some TV.

Total win/loss for the day $50
Total Comps for the day $129
Room $65
Cash/Free Play $30
Food $34