{"id":324,"date":"2005-05-07T12:03:03","date_gmt":"2005-05-07T18:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joewhite.com\/2005\/05\/07\/vegas-baby-vegas-day-3\/"},"modified":"2005-05-07T20:12:37","modified_gmt":"2005-05-08T02:12:37","slug":"vegas-baby-vegas-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joewhite.com\/ramble\/2005\/05\/vegas-baby-vegas-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas, baby, Vegas: Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the nap didn&#8217;t really materialize last night; instead, had a late dinner across the street and was in bed by 11:30.  Slept in &#8217;til 9 (I think I may have been behind in my sleep bank deposits, nicht war?), then read until Greg called at 10, saying he caught an earlier flight and had just landed.  I got cleaned up and checked out, then took the bus to Luxor.  Big mistake: almost 45 minutes to travel the Strip.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/images\/images\/IMG_2262.JPG\" onclick=\"window.open('\/images\/images\/IMG_2262.JPG','popup','width=2272,height=1704,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/images\/IMG_2262-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"133\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Img 2262\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/images\/images\/IMG_2264.JPG\" onclick=\"window.open('\/images\/images\/IMG_2264.JPG','popup','width=2272,height=1704,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/images\/IMG_2264-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"133\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Img 2264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Met Greg in the lobby, but couldn&#8217;t check in for another hour, so we had lunch at the caf\u00e9, where I settled on my old House stand-by, the Monte Cristo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/images\/images\/IMG_2266.JPG\" onclick=\"window.open('\/images\/images\/IMG_2266.JPG','popup','width=2272,height=1704,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/images\/IMG_2266-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"133\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Img 2266\" \/><\/a> Gotta give props to the real strawberry preserves.<\/p>\n<p>Dropped our stuff off at the room, then I went to get my line of credit re-established (since it was almost six years since I used it, they had closed it down).  Played some BJ while waiting, and, unfortunately, quickly squandered a lot of my winnings; luckily, I managed to work my way back to even after a few hours.  Got the credit line re-approved, then met up with Greg and we headed over to Mandalay Bay to meet a buddy of his who was in town for a bachelor party.  They watched the Wizards game, while I played 4-8 Hold&#8217;em, and managed a $20 win.  Back to the Luxor, where I played round-robin at the tables, trying to find a lucky spot, but failing for a good hour and a half, before finally just settling down and hitting a streak, almost doubling my win for the trip!  Greg was up a bit, too, and around 10 we ventured over to the poker room and sat down at different 2-4 tables.  After 3 hours, eked out a $7 win (woot), and found out that if we averaged 5 hours of poker between us each day, they&#8217;d knock 25% off the room rate.  After all the coffee with cream and sugar at the various tables, I wasn&#8217;t really hungry, and decided to call it a night, while Greg worked his Poker Magic\u00ae.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the nap didn&#8217;t really materialize last night; instead, had a late dinner across the street and was in bed by 11:30. 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