Vegas Report - Sunday - The Morning After

Of course I wasn’t able to sleep in again and was awake by 7am. Since I crashed “early” after the fight I actually got a decent night of sleep. This wasn’t the morning after I was expecting, but it was now Sunday. I was up and out to Payards, again, for coffee and a croissant. For some reason I was extremely messy with my croissant on Sunday. After cleaning my mess it was time to gamble.

I eased into the day playing my new favorite 1/2/5/10 cent Top Dollar slot machine. My $20 lasted a little while before it expired. I also played 8/6 Bonus Poker progressive. I put $100 in and came out with $8o.

I finally headed to the sports book. I needed to make some sports bets. It never takes me 3 days to get to the sports book. I looked on Saturday, but the lines were long for the Kentucky Derby. I bet $55 on the Hawks -5.5. That was too low of a bet. I knew this would be a winner, but decided to make a baseball parlay as well. The bet was a winner and I made $50. I also made a $50 parlay on the Reds and Cardinals. The Cardinals game was rained out so I only won $37 there. Not a bad bet but I could have, and should have, made more.

I sat at the bar by the sports book and watched the Hawks game while putting back a handful of Kettel and Soda’s. It was a nice way to ease into the day and I had a great time watching the Hawks continue to expand their lead. I played more 8/6 Bonus Poker and, again, only lost $20. Not too shabby.

After cashing my tickets I decided that it was finally time to explore the Forum Shops. On the way to the shops I lost $20 in a 25 cent Top Dollar slot and won $7 in some kind of 777 slot. I was so confused as to what was happening that I needed to just cash out. On to the shops. I saw the typical high end stores. There was some kind of of Greek God coming out of the water. I was digging the cool fish more than the Disney type show.

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The ceilings were painted to look like the sky. Casinos might want to try this since there’s never any sunlight. Then again, seeing a sky may encourage people to want to go outside.

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We walked to one end of the shops where I was surprised to find a Cheesecake Factory. I’ve never been, so I was curious. I was more buzzed than hungry so I ordered the sliders. I’ve had better. I didn’t like that the only rest room was on the second floor either. I’m lazy and impatient and want to go when I want to go. Cheesecake Factory gets my first failing grade of the trip. It might not be a fail if not for the great restaurants everywhere else in Las Vegas.

I walked back towards the casino and by the time I got through the people I wasn’t in the mood to explore the other half of the shops. It’s too bad that I missed the spiral escalator. Next time. For now it was back to the casino.

I went back to the $5 Jacks or Better video poker machines and lost $3oo again. I never have luck like this when I play Jacks or Better. This is now 2 failed attempts with nothing positive to show for it. I won that $300 back on the $5 Top Dollar slot machines. I was up more but got greedy and lost a little.

I decided to head back to the room when I decided to plop down at the $1 Wheel of Fortune slots. After a few spins I walked away up $100 and then went back for a nap..