The Aladdin gets cheaper

Had another email from the Aladdin with Great Summer Rates. Only this time it's $59/night for our dates. Seems uncanny that we get this within hours of finally booking the place. I need to call and try to get a price match.

It was hard enough making the decision on where to stay as it was. Claire has a fully comped three night stay at Sam's Town that we can use for one room, which includes two buffets for two people. But the rate they quoted for Steve's room was unusually high for Sam's Town. Overall it was still less than half the price of paying for the Aladdin, but we decided to go for the Strip experience for the first few days.

The Stratosphere and Las Vegas Hilton also featured; the Strat because we stayed there a lot in the past and it just opened up a poker room with an 8am tournament and the Hilton because we had a good deal from the Las Vegas Advisor.

I hit a royal flush on 25c video poker at the Hilton last trip, from holding only an Ace. This was my first royal, and I was a bit disappointed that there was no jackpot tune or hand pay - they all just print an EZ-Cash ticket now, whether you win $10 or $1000.