sunday started with an unpleasant morning for some. we headed over to this buffet called cravings which was a multi-ethnicity buffet. it was quite good and pretty cheap. i was surprised.

afterwards, people wanted to do some shopping, but i wasn’t so enthusiastic about it so i opted to gamble instead. i went to a bunch of places but liked harrah’s the most. they had single deck blackjack with NO ONE at the table. i probably went through more hands of blackjack at that table in an hour than i would have at any other place in 3 hours. it was great.

the mirage’s player’s club completely sucks. they require you to play a minimum of $25 hands, but will let you use the cards to accumulate points at the slots. how ridiculous is that? i was so offended by this, i played one hand and left. the mirage is nice, but it is not SO NICE that it can be snobby like that. the wynn? paris? bellagio? the venetian? ok, maybe i’ll accept it there. but, seriously? the mirage? you’ve gotta be kidding me.

i talked to the pit boss and he said that that was there policy. i told them that it was ridiculous and the two ladies at the table asked what the player’s club card was. i told them that you can get comps if you play enough with it. they told me that they’ve been playing at the mirage all week, but only $10 hands. i told them that they would easily have gotten free meals and maybe even a free room at other places. i told them that i’m leaving this table because i thought the casino was being snobby. they said it would be the same at any table here. i told them i am leaving the casino and then they said, “so are we!” i think the pit boss was glaring at me as i left.

we all met back up in the evening and flew back to san jose to end our trip.