Tuesday, January 16
Here we are,
last full day in Vegas, where did the time go?
We were originally planning on driving up to Valley of Fire and doing some
hiking, but my back had been bothering me the whole trip, and somehow during
our walk around town on Thursday, I developed a blister on my toe, so hiking
seemed out of the question. Plus we had
The D play to do, plus we had laundry to do!
We didn’t have a good time to do it over the weekend, and we spent too
much time running around on Monday, so we had to fit that in for sure!
I woke up
around 8ish and went to the shower.
While I was in there, I realized that I had forgotten to check in for
our flight tomorrow! Afterwards, I
immediately went on the Southwest app and checked in, B43, not too bad. I immediately texted Kip and she said she had
forgotten too, but even after we checked in about an hour and a half after
check in began, she was B47. We figured
the flight would not be too full.
We were
going to have breakfast at The D Grill, since we both had comps there. Before heading over, we checked out the video
poker at the Vue Bar, since we heard stories that they had removed the good
games. Rumors of their demise were
greatly exaggerated, and we found the 8/5 BP Progressive still there, and now
in new shiny machines! Happy day!
We headed to
The D Grill around 10:30 and got seated.
Kip said there was someone she knew from one of the old boards and they
were having breakfast there as well.
Turns out, they were sitting just across the room from us! He came over and joined us and we had a nice
talk. He was going out couponing, but if
we had time, he’d catch back up with us in the evening. Breakfast came to $37.32, which Kip used her
$25 food comp, plus the $5 we got at check in, and used comps for the
rest. I left an $8 tip.
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| More steak and eggs! |
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| Mini meet with Dave! |
We got seated at the Vue Bar, and the new machines were really nice, and fast! No sticky buttons and the screen was nice and clear. Unfortunately, we did not hit the progressive royal, which was around $1,215, but Kip did hit a straight flush for $144.75, and I followed up with one for $88.75. But despite hitting 5 quads (no bonus) and that straight flush, I still ended up down $100. Kip had a decent run, hitting 4 regular quads (with an average payout of $36.25), two bonus quads, and the straight flush, and cashed out up $80.
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| My straight flush! |
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| Jacques favorite bar top! |
Around 4:30 PM, we decided to go do our wash. There is a place just down the street called, “Busy Bee.” I had used their fluff and fold service a few years ago when I was downtown, but Kip wanted to do our laundry ourselves. I also needed to run to the credit union to make that deposit, so we started our laundry and I ran out while Kip stayed. It only took around 30 minutes round trip to get out to North Las Vegas and back, and the Credit Union was open, so I made the deposit inside (also since there was a line for the ATM). The teller told me that they would be moving in a few weeks, and I told her that didn’t matter to me, since I was from out of town.
Afterwards,
we headed back to The D to finish up our play.
Eventually Dave joined us at the bar and we were all playing, drinking,
and having a good time. We were thinking
about dinner, and Kip’s friend told her he was going to come by and we were
going to Andiamo’s. I had mentioned that
in our plans, that we could go there if we were running well, which we
were. Kip had another good run, she hit
5 regular quads (averaging $33.50) and three bonus quads (no aces though). I only mustered two regular quads (at $39.50)
and two bonus quads. I ended about even
and Kip was up. We played a little more
until Kip’s friend arrived and we went to Andiamo’s around 10:20.
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| There were a lot more of these, like on the first day. . . |
Now, they
close at 11:00, so our service seemed a bit hurried, but we had an excellent
meal. I had the lobster bisque and the
rib eye. We also ordered truffle fries,
just because. I’m not sure what the
total bill was, but Kip’s friend had comps to cover most of it, I had a $25
comp to throw in and tried to use my $5 comp, but that was only good at The D
Grill. We were going to try to use comps
on our player’s cards, but the system wouldn’t accept the transaction, so we
had to come out of pocket for the remainder.
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| Lobster bisque |
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| Rib eye! |
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| Truffle fries. |
It was late, so we got our Free Play from the ACG/LVA coupon we used. Apparently there are different parameters for the coupons; the LVA is only good for that gaming day, whereas the ACG coupon was good for 24 hours. Interesting. We had played 650 points, which meant that we had $65 in Free Play, plus the FP from our offers ($30 and $40). Although Kip did have an issue when she went to the booth, the person there told her she didn’t have 650, even though the machine told her that she did. Eventually, the person gave her the slot play for 650. When I went down a few minutes later, the person agreed with my total, and told me that a woman who was just there had an issue with her play.
We can’t use
the FP on the bartops, but there is a separate 8/5 BP progressive by the sportsbook,
so we went there. Kip proceeded to hit
aces and I hit two quads and we cashed out tickets for $150 and $200! Yay free play!
We still had
our match plays to use, but we decided only to use the ones from our monthly
offer, which we split on roulette and won/lost.
I was going to put a straight up bet on some numbers, but didn’t get my
money out in time, and of course, it would have hit.
It was
around 2 AM, and we had an 8:05 AM departure time, so it was going to be
another short night!
The D Grill: $8 tip
Drink
tips: $16
Busy Bee
laundry: $5.50
Andiamo’s:
$34, tip unknown
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