Our adventure starts with your heroes meeting at one of their old stomping grounds, Imperial Palace. We instantly get into a 1-2 nl game. For those of you who don't play the IP here is what they have. Six or seven tables with pictures of the cocktail waitresses on them. High hand jackpots. And on Sunday's, the IP mixed game made famous by LVM. Its a fun room with great music.

I played near perfect poker and lost $48. Mike played well and won $180. Is it his fault they used his "personal" deck of cards at the table? After the IP I needed a more luxorias (no way I spelled that right) poker room. So off to Bill's.

Bill's is home of the $20 nl hold'em game. The blinds are $.50 & $1. Mike knew many of the dealers and ended up winning $24. I again played perfect and lost $75. Curious!?

After Bill's Mike and I went to the Paris for a quick meal. We sat outside at the cafe and had a romantic dinner over looking the eifle tower. Then it was off to the tables. At that point we remembered that the Paris has no poker room and went to Bally's to play round three.

Bally's is a very busy 12 table room. They even have a new Aces cracked promotion every weekday morning. We instantly got into a 1-2 nl game. I once again played perfectly but Mike's "luck" was too much for even a skilled veteran like myself to overcome. I won $87. He won $219. My frustration started to show as I put a bounty on the annoying player to my right.

At this point in our competition I am behind by $387. But I had to go on. (You know, for you fans) So on to Mandalay Bay. I figured if any place could get me back into the fight this would be the place. It has always been known for great games with loose players. But when I arrived, they only had one game with 5 names on the list.

So we called an audible and went to the Orleans. At this point its 4am and I can't see straight. When you are tired and can barely stay awake what better game to play than Omaha 8 or Better! This was not a bright idea. I lost $107 and Mike lost $62.

So I ended the night down $143. Mike ended up winning $361. He officially wins the diamond tiara and the title of Miss Excellant Adventure. I couldn't be happier for him.

The EA's started out as a way for us to see all the different rooms in town. After 20 Excellant Adventures, we have played in nearly every room in Vegas and most of the rooms in Loflin. We have been to beautiful rooms like Red Rock and Hard Rock. We have been to large rooms like Ceasars, MGM & Mirage. Small rooms like Hooters and Bill's. Local's hidaways like Club Fortune and the Bellagio. And a couple of now closed rooms like the Trop and the Paris.

Through it all I have enjoyed bringing these reports to you. And meeting AVPers who are out playing poker. I would like to open this hobby of mine up to any ideas you guys might have. I encourage all of you to send me or Mike suggestions for future EA's.

sincerely,

SouthPointPerry