Strike Day 40 Wednesday,
Vegas Baby left on Alaska Airlines flight 602 in the morning arriving at about 11:20 AM and returned on flight 613 that left at 8:30 PM getting home at 11:00 PM. Any time you return home from Vegas with more money than you left with is great if not surprising. My whole goal was to play in a poker tournament at the Tropicana which I did. Took two weeks “strike pay” $300 dollars kept a record of all the expenses see the break down at the bottom of this post.
When you arrive skip the taxis and the shuttle vans take the city bus ask for an all day pass $2.50 and off to the transit center. Transfer to the Deice bus that runs on the strip costs 50 cents more took me about 20 minutes from the time I got off the airplane to the time I was in the Bellagio. Walked around a while registered for the 2:00 PM tournament at the Tropicana $50 + $10 for extra chips. To the buffet for lunch $11.67 plus a tip for the waiter he was not so good so only $1.00. Went down to the pool and lounged for a while in the sun yes I said sun.
Went over to the roulette table and got $30 in chips played only the 17 black and the sides, the 2 for 1 rows, and odd. Guess what 17 black hit now I received $103 for the chips on the inside and $35 for the bets on the outside after playing a while had $164. Got up and left cashed $125 and tried my luck at black jack with no luck. Off to the tournament bottom line fourth (no money) played for 2 and ½ hours. After the tourney walked around back on the Deice bus 50 cents transfer to the 109 bus and back to the airport in 15 minutes. Bottom line came back with more than I left with $14.83 Profit and had a good time.
Expenses
$ 3.50 City Bus
$11.67 Buffet Lunch
$ 1.00 Tip at the Buffet (Small tip I know)
$60.00 Poker tournament
$ 4.00 Drink tips at the poker table
$30.00 Chips
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$110.17 Total Expences
Income
$125.00 Cashing in Chips
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$14.83 Profit
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