Day 17
Once again it’s moving day. This is the last move for the trip. The next move is back home. It’s hard to believe I’ve been in town 2 weeks already. Today’s move is just across the street to Bally’s. Another hotel stay booked on the Harrah*s website and 4 comped nights. Bally’s is actually one of my favorite hotels but I haven’t stayed or played here in over 4 years.
When I left Caesars the valet area was a zoo but my diamond card got my car in less than 5 minutes while everyone else waited. I was over at Bally’s about 5 minutes later checking in at the diamond room at Bally’s.
I was assigned room 1856 in the north tower. This is a basic room and it’s a tough transition coming from the nice Augustus room at Caesars Palace. It has 2 queen beds with a nightstand, a very small sitting area with 1 large armchair and small table. There is a work desk near the windows, dresser/TV cabinet and a make up table. The bathroom is very small especially in comparison to the bathroom I just came from. I have a view of the lovely Ellis Island Resort and in the distance the Hard Rock. I got everything settled in and took a short break before heading out.
Today I went over to the Hard rock again to play some more craps. Yesterday’s ass kicking wasn’t enough for me. I bought in and other than my initial bets I was never into my original buy-in. I had a few decent rolls and everyone was hitting numbers. Quickly I was up over $1500 and bumped my bets. This didn’t work out and I don’t think I got paid 4 times after doing this. The dice got cold and I got out of there was a $1050 win. While I was in line at the cashier Heather Locklear and David Spade came out of the coffee shop. I didn’t get a good look at her though other than the back of her head. A guy in line said she was being a bitch to people.
For lunch I made a quick stop at Jack in the Box for some tacos but they ran out. I had a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger instead. Ho dare they run out of tacos!
After lunch it was back over to Bally’s to hit the room and rest for a while before going to the casino and hitting the 8/5-bonus triple & five play machines. These machines I was on are fast and fun to play. I was doing good from the beginning. There weren’t a lot of dealt winners but I was pulling hands and got the meter up. Then the quads started coming. I was up over $100 and thought I’d take a shot at DDB. This worked out well because I got dealt 3 aces and hit aces with a kicker on line 2 for $500. I kept playing and hit a few other quads and got dealt a full house 3 times. Then I got dealt 3 aces again. I did hit them on line 4 without a kicker. The machine cooled off after this and I cashed out with the $500 from the aces with a kicker and my original $100.
It was about dinnertime so I hit the diamond lounge here at Bally’s. I’ve never been to this lounge before but my guess is they’ll have those same old sandwich wraps that they all have! I was right. Sandwich wraps, cheese & crackers, some pasta salads and fruit. There were 2 hot items. One item was chicken wings and the other was some puff pastry with a chunk of crap in it. It appeared to be meat of some sort but it smelled nasty so I didn’t eat it. There was also a nice selection of desserts.
After “dinner” I hit the five plays again. This session I wasn’t hitting much of anything at all. I got to play for about an hour and ran 4k through the machine but a lack of dealt winners and quads killed me and I dropped $300.
While I was playing I got a call from Rich and he’s back in town so I went over to the Palms to meet him. We hung out at the bar and played VP and drank for most of the night. I started with $100 bill and it lasted for about 5 hours. I was doing well hitting a lot of quads early on but then things cooled off and I ended up losing. We hung out a little longer and next thing I knew it was after 5am. Time to get a cab and head back up to Bally’s for bed.
Total win/loss for the day $1100
Friday July 14, 2006
Total comps for the day $259