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part 2

i head over to harrah's, which is only a mildly annoying walk from ballys. it's kind of cold outside, but i'm doing pretty good from my 5 or 6 drinks on the plane.

i do all that i can to avoid stopping along the way to gamble(i think i might have been asian in my former life. as of this life, i'm 24 y/o, 1/4 mexican and the rest some mixture of whities, and on my 5th trip to vegas).

...and then i see it....that siren that is o'sheas. o'sheas is my first love since i've been coming to vegas. my first trip, the day i turned 21, i enjoyed this place b/c you could gamble for relatively cheap. i think it's the only place that i've ever had a good run at craps in vegas. i stroll in, but come to find out that most of the tables are 10 and up. i finally see a $5 bj table, but i'm too impatient to wait on a seat, or to squish in between 2 rather large people. i only have about 15 mins to make it to harrah's to register, so i just head over there.

i get up to registration and see a huge gathering of people. there are free drink places set up, a buffet, and a huge line of people waiting to register. i'm surprised at how nice harrah's has made this thing. i register and find out that i'm not playing until the 4 o'clock round the next day; this makes me pretty happy. i decide that it'd be kind of smart to just get water this go 'round(maybe the last good decision i make this night), grab a couple of egg rolls, and finally feel the itch hit me. i decide i need to find the fastest way to get into a poker game.

i head downstairs to harrah's poker room, and the place is packed. virtually every table in the room is going (maybe 15 or so), and there is a decent wait. screw that. there are 100's of games running all over this town, and i'm not about to wait so that i can play at harrah's.

moving along, the next place i see is imperial palace(IP). i played there once a few trips back and swore i'd never play there again(this was back when it was upstairs). it was just kind of this depressing place, and i decided that i just didn't get a good vibe from this room. oh well, i really want to play, and any room will do at this point.

i see that they have their new room in a lot better spot, but only have 2 or 3 tables running. i ask if i can get into a 1/2 game, and the guy tells me that they'll put me on a list and see if they can't get another game rolling. i tell him i'm going to go over to the craps table for a few minutes while i wait.

i get to the craps table and drop a quick 40. i want to say that i had 200 in cash on me along with 2 $50 gift traveler check things to start the night. nothing interested happens at craps. pass line with double odds, placing the 6 and 8 for $6, yadda yadda.

i go back to the IP "poker room" (i.e. roped off section of casino floor), and see that my name has not moved up the list. i again decide that i'm not waiting to play somewhere that isn't even that nice or special, and move on to the next stop.

...coming up in part 3...caesar's palace and late night bally's action.