Day 21
Thursday July 2, 2015
This morning we went over to the Gold Coast. We started with some muffins for breakfast from Java Vegas. The we hit the gym and pool area for a while with the cousins. We stayed here until we had the consistency of a French fry and then wen tin to get cleaned up.

We had lunch plans with my friend Gary at the Noodle Exchange. Dee had Chinese vegetable lunch special. I went with the lemon chicken lunch special that came with egg drop soup, egg roll, fried rice and crispy chicken with lemon sauce. We had a great time with Gary and a good meal. There was one strange thing that happened. This lemon chicken is typically 2 thin slices chicken breasts coated in panko and fried. When they are done they are sliced and stack on top of each other. I ate them as chicken fingers dipping them into the sauce. When I got to the last 2 pieces they looked a little strange. So I broke on up a bit and it was flaky. It looked like fish and a smell of it confirmed that it WAS fish. How the hell do 2 pieces of fish end up on a plate?

We hit the casino for some video poker action. This was one of the better sessions we've had this trip. I was instantly up $100 by hitting 2 quads. Dee hovered and then started hitting quads too. I was getting lots of dealt straights, flushes and full houses. I even got dealt quad threes. Dee started to tank a bit but I continued on. Dee hit a few more quads to keep alive but then ended up cashing out even. I cashed out with about $300 up. It was actually good to have a winning session without hitting a royal for a change.

I made a quick stop at the slot club to get my $15 free play added to my card. We tried a new slot machine with this. Things were not good here and we hit little. I turned the $15 free play into $12 cash.

Based on play I earned 2 entries to the free video poker tournament so went over to the Tournament Alley to play. My first session was not good only scoring 900 points. When I do these tournaments I play aggressive for kicker quads and royals and nothing was working out. My second session I hit fours with a kicker on my first hand and just like that already had 800 points (compared to 900 for the whole previous session). I didn't hit much else other than quad kings and ended up with 1900 points. We'll see tomorrow if it holds up. I know from past experience playing in this tournament that you usually need aces and a kicker to make the money.

We met up with the cousins and were off to Planet Hollywood. My host set up tickets for the 4 of us to see Jeff Dunham. But, when we got to the box office there was no record of this. I was NOT happy. After a lot of punching around on the computer and numerous trips to the back to talk to her supervisor a girl named Becky managed to get us 4 great seats to the show. We were in the front section Row G seats 109 – 112. The show was non stop laughs the whole time we were there. These seats were a little bit pricey but it was a fun time and we all enjoyed seeing the show.

For dinner tonight we chose to go to Planet Dailies. We just had some appetizers instead of full meals. Dee got chicken fingers and fries and I got a small macaroni and cheese. We shared these items and we full when we left.

We left Planet Hollywood and went down to the Luxor. The cousins never saw it before and wanted to check it out. They also walked over to Mandalay Bay to check that out while me and Dee stayed back and put $20 into a penny game. Welcome to the strip. We got very little play for the $20.

We wrapped up the night with gassing up the car and stopping at Jack in the Box for milkshakes. This effing Tahoe is a gas guzzler and still having ¼ of a tank left it still took over $60 to fill it! The milkshakes from Jack were really good though!

Total win/loss for the day $250
Total Comps for the day $703
Rooms $212
Cash/Free Play $15
Food $92
Shows $370
Other $14