Day 3
Wake up super early, before sunrise...
I dust off several thousand pretty quickly; can't remember the exact amount but I think 4k? I know at some point I stepped down to 5 lines. I've done very well with hitting 2k hands, but I've had a serious shortage of 4ks. With that thought, clearly I make
Sweet. First royal of the trip!
Move back to spin, give back 2k, then make another 4k hand!
One ace into 4AWAK!
Now I'm up 2k for the day. Spin cools off a bit, so I switch back to 10 lines at my old usual and pick up THE monster draw-
Third 4k hand of the morning?
Result-
ASDFUSDV
Head upstairs for breakfast up 1k for the day. We get room service again, and once again I forgot to take pics. Got eggs over easy again, which went excellently with the croissant I treated myself to. After breakfast, my wife has a double spa session (two treatments + she's going to use the amenities afterwards). We figure it'll be right about 1pm before she's ready for lunch. I've got potential for a LONG AM session.
My mom and I head downstairs. I dump some more money at spin, and win some back at non-spin:
10 lines cools off, I switch back to spin.
Wait, what?
Nice! Second royal of the trip!
Spin must have cooled off, bc I switched back to 5 line. Definitely gunshy this trip, I've got more to lose and I know I've already hit my likely only huge hand of the trip.
OK, that helps a bit. Nice and fat on the bottom line too.
I manage to book another 2k winner for that session, so I'm up 3k for the day. I figure I'd better take a break, so I head to the spa as well. I hit the sauna, then the hot tub/plunge pool/deluge showers and alternate between them for a while.
Couple of shots from the lounge area.
We're planning on Red8 for lunch. I make it downstairs a bit early and play some more 5 line while waiting for my mom. My mom makes it a bit late (had a few bonus games to play at penny slots apparently), but still no wife. Weird. I call her, and she's dealing with some minor work issues and will be down soon. Suddenly, I see my third dealt quads of the trip!
AND THEY'RE PREMIUM! 3s are HOT this trip!
Immediately realize I should wait for my wife and let her draw. I wait. And wait. WTF where is she??? I can see the auto-shuffler just getting pissed and skunking us on the kicker draw. Call her again- she answers in a semi-annoyed tone. I tell her to hurry up and she'll get it when she comes down. Finally she makes it down and starts telling me about her random work thing- MEH I DON'T CARE WE'RE DRAWING AT 4 THREES HERE!!!!!!
I explain the situation to her, and tell her to draw well...
Result-
Damn. At least we got one. Given I've been skunked before (including on a 4 ace/10 way draw), I suppose I'll take the 3.6k.
GREAT lead in to lunch. I'm up 6k for the day!
Red 8
We get a smattering of the usual.
Wife always gets the oxtail soup. 6/10, don't bother ordering this until the evening folks- the soup needs a lot of cooking time.
Shu mai, chive dumplings, ma po tofu.
Baby bok choy and rice noodles.
The post lunch session is just a disaster. First, my wife and I play and hit absolutely nothing. I think we threw in some Walking Dead 2 as well; irrelevant, as we didn't hit the grand. I think we lost 4k when my wife decided to head upstairs. I of course stupidly keep playing, and lose another 2k, 3, 4, 5, SIX!!!!!!!
So sick. -10k in the afternoon. -4k for the day! So dumb too. I go upstairs to take a nap; should have done this hours ago.
We're supposed to eat at Mizumi for dinner at 7pm; I wake up at 6, still tired and potentially able to sleep more, but my wife comes in and tells me "she's bored" and wants to play. Huh, don't hear that from her very often, I suppose I'd better get up.
We hit spin, and I tell her we're not losing any more than 2k before dinner. The machine zaps 1k almost immediately, then we see the jackpot screen-
Nice. Pair into a premium hand is always needed.
We switch to 10 lines, give back another 1k, then-
Once with kicker and once without.
Play off the odd amount, and finish that pre-dinner session up 2k, only -2k for the day now.
Soft shell crab and spicy tuna hand roll. 7/10
Spicy tuna roll and soft shell crab roll. Obv we didn't order this, they messed up the order and rather than bringing my wife her hand roll, they basically gave us the cut roll version my hand roll order. Whatever, we told them it was fine and don't bother bringing the original order.
Wife ordered this- can't remember exactly but some kind of scallop roll? It was good- 7/10.
Post-dinner, we hang out with my mom and play penny slots for a bit. Play the lightning link progressive forever on a hundred bucks, then rapidly dump 3 or 4 hundred at Walking Dead. Bored with this, we head back to VP which is completely cold. I think we lost 4k inclusive of all the penny slots, so now I'm down 6k for the day. My wife decides to head upstairs- I tell her I'll probably be right behind her. We leave tomorrow so of course I want to play more, but I'm also down 6k for the day, 7k overall. I decide just another 1k and go to work.
SWEET. Premium quads twice. Really needed that.
Text my wife the pic and keep going.
BANG- really needed this one as well.
Last hit of the night.
Of course, I shoveled in money pretty fast during this session as well, but overall it was great. I stopped when I was completely even for the day- so it was a +6k session. What a crazy, swingy day- so many 4k hands, such long periods of ice, another dealt 3's... and LITERALLY no net change.
Day 3 result- 0!!!!
Overall- -1k
Final day coming soon...