Day 8
Friday June 19, 2015
We got up early today so we could enjoy the morning at the pool but it was closed. Instead we went to one of the whirlpools for a while. It was nice being out that early with no one around.

Today is moving day so we came back to the room to finish up packing and get cleaned up.

Once everything was in order I was going to go down to the casino and meet up with my host to see about getting the room charges comped. I checked the TV and saw that everything was comped off. We only had one buffet and the $99 rate for the first night. I was happy about this as it saved me from tracking him down. I look forward to returning here if the offers continue.

We headed out of the JW Marriott at Rampart. I can say that it was nice to stay at a new place for a change and we really liked it here.

For a quick lunch we stopped at an Arby's for a couple of Beef 'N Cheddars and then it was back on the road.

Today's move takes us on a lengthy drive to Laughlin. As if the drive isn't long enough, we had to add the additional 20 minutes to get there from out in Summerlin. Even though the drive was longer it wasn't a bad drive and it actually went fairly fast.

We pulled into the Aquarius at about 3:00. We'll be staying here for the next 5 nights. We checked in in the VIP area and everything was in order. We were given room 18104. This is a handicap room with 2 beds, a nightstand, dresser, dining table, 32 inch flat screen and a view of the pool and river. The bathroom is a little larger than the regular rooms with safety bars in the shower and around the toilet. This is the same room we had back in December and last summer. I guess it's become sort of our “regular” room at this point.

I booked this through my host here and she's comped all 5 nights up front. Also included is my mail offer for $475 in free play, Dee's mail offer for $250 in free play and a $50 offer from my host for Dee's birthday and $100 for our anniversary giving us a total of $875 free play just for showing up. Our food will be charged to the room and evaluated at check out. Typically I despise having to do that but my host takes care of me here and we've never paid for a meal. Based on my card level I'll also be getting some buffets and vouchers for the Cove and Duet.

We got our things up to the room and then it was off to the casino for some video poker action. Today we decided to play on Dee's card. We usually play one day on Dee's card to keep the offers coming. We started off with triple/five play and in the first 10 minutes I popped a royal flush on line 4 which was much needed. I continued to do well ramping the meter up with some bonus quads and a set of aces but then things turned and all the additional profit was gone and then some. Dee was hitting lots of quads early on but then struggled to hit anything. She actually lost her initial her $200 buy in and added another $100. It got better for her and she ended up only down $50 for the session.

We were getting hungry and went to get something to eat at Cafe Aquarius. I got the turkey dinner with a small salad and Dee got the turkey BLTA (bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado) and a milk shake. Everything was good and our server did a good job.

Now it was time to play again. We chose to play quarter super times pay this time around. Things were streaky for Dee and I was hovering. It didn't seem like we were getting enough multipliers and when we did we struck out on them. I did manage to get an 8x multiplier with dealt trips and turned one of them into a full house scoring 120,120 & 320. Dee best hand got a 3x multiplier with a dealt high pair and she turned one of those into a quad for 15,15 & 375. I also got dealt quad 10's with no multiplier. We did well here holding close to even most of the session until about the last 30 minutes when we got our asses handed to us with me dropping a all my profit and then some and Dee just bleeding out what she started with and then some.

When we were done playing we ran Dee's $300 in free play through a variety of penny games. Probably not the best way to go but the last few days of running free play through VP has netted terrible results too so I figured why not. Things weren't too bad and we hit a few bonus rounds. Nothing to make a huge profit but to limit the losses as much as possible. By the time we were all done we turned the $300 into $276.

It was getting late and it was a pretty long day between packing and making the drive down here so we called it a night and went to the room to watch TV and then get to bed.

Total win/loss for the day $800
Total Comps for the day $415
Room $90
Cash/Free Play $300
Food $25