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[WTMHouston]

Spent Wednesday night to Sunday afternoon last week in Vegas at the Venetian.

First, the Venetian is a very nice place. Their standard room is called a Luxury Suite. It is about 600 square feet and has a fairly large living area. We got a group rate on the rooms at $179; normally they are in the $250ish range. They have some larger suites, but unless you are planning on having a cocktail party in the room, the Luxury Suite is plenty big enough, especially since the next largest Suite cranks up at $400 a night. Lots of restaurants in the Venetian (25+). It would be very easy to never leave the hotel.

Gambling. Came back a winner, and a pretty decent one at that. Only played for about 8 hours, but made it count. Had about 15 total gambling sessions and only lost money at two of them: one was my weakness and was too large. The other one I cut off at a $300 loss. Played blackjack and craps and one short session (read small bets for fun) of Let it Ride. I used the 2-1-2-3-4-5-6 money management system at Black Jack, but only got to 5 once and never got to six. Had one very weird session. Dealer went through three shoes with 0, 2, and 2 busts respectively. Made money on all three of those shoes. The next two shoes, the dealer busted five and six times and I lost money (gave back winnings) on both of those shoes. I found a great bet at craps that I really like. Lay $30 on 4 through 10 on the come out roll. Costs $180 plus $4 juice. If a seven is thrown, you win ~$120. If 2-3-11-12 is thrown, the bet pushes. A 4 through 10 roll results in a $30 loss -- a loss of the bet on the number thrown. Made lots of $$ on this bet.

A group of us went to the Orleans and got a private 1-4-8 Hold'um table. Played for about five hours and was the table winner at +$400. It was a very weird game. $4 is just not enough to bluff anyone out of the hand, especially before the flop. We had a couple of very inexperienced card players which made for some interesting hands.

Comps. I enjoyed the Venetian, but the comps were not great. I got a whopping $75 food credit. They expect an 4 hours a day at $150 average bet at craps for food credit and $300 average bet for room credit. At blackjack, they expect 4 hours at $50 for food credit and 4 hours at $150 for room credit. My eight hours at $125 over four days did not get me much.

Walked over to Treasure Island. Lots of construction and they have a new, very cheesy sign out front. Lots of remodeling going on. There is a flower display for Roy in front of the Mirage.

For those of you going this week, good luck.