Current Trip stats:

Day 1. 2 sessions, final results: Buyin 2x$50, Cashout $53. Luxor poker room. ($50 min/max $1/$1/$2 NL) Comps: $4 food coupon, offer for $70 off hotel room, many free energy drinks (Sobe), hot chocolates, bottle water. 5PM-2:30AM (9 1/2 hrs) Hourly rate: $4.94 loss / hour

Day 2. 1 session final results: Buyin $80, cashout $585 + slot machine ticket for $0.01 Imperial Palace ($60min-$200max $1/$2 NL) Comps: Bottled Water, Hot Chocolate, Donuts, Poker Room Manager let me charge my sidekick. 2AM - 9:30AM (7 1/2 hrs) Hourly rate: $67.30 profit / hr

Day 3. 1 session final results: Buyin $60, cashout $113. The Rivera ($40min/$200 max $1/$2 NL) Comps: Free energy drinks (Monster), bottled water. 10:00PM - 3:30AM (6 1/2 hrs) Hourly Rate: $8.15 profit / hr

Overall +$508 for poker Other Gambling:

-$20, 1 hand of blackjack @ The Rivera, had 17 vs dealer Ace up, dealer has 2 aces, draws a 7. Was only player on table and the 7 would have busted me anyways had I hit the 17 vs dealer ace.

-$20 video poker @ Rio. Played for 2 hours while World Series of Poker was on dinner break.

Got 7 cans of Red Bull and 3 bottled water free, while playing.

-$10 playing 5cent wheel of fortune slot machine cause aparently the Rivera doesn't have 50 or 100play 1 cent Jacks or Better video poker.

Other gambling total -$50. Value of comps: $17 wholesale / $41 vegas ($5 Red Bull prices @ places that have actual Red Bull)

----------------------------------------------------- $21.61 average hourly profit when playing poker


--Chris Falco