WSOP 2008 - Back home

A quick retrospective on my week in Vegas.
Railbird seems to rather like the place - she has stayed on for the last 3 nights at the Wynn - I hope she will be well behaved without me to keep an eye on her.
I tried a few table games - there were several different ones and got a couple of flukey wins to make me a $1000 winner on them overall.
I played a couple more tournaments - Thursday $550 at the Venetian - unfortunately my Aces were cracked by Jacks - so Aces 4 times this week. One time I picked up the blinds, once I tied with another pair of Aces and the other two times they were cracked. The other tournament was at the Wynn a $200 60 runner affair. I got trapped with a big blind special - one of those typical flops where my hand of A6 of diamonds looked like it had turned into a monster when the flop came 642 with 2 diamonds. However my opponent had limped with 53 and I did not improve. This knocked me down to 600 chips with the blinds at 200/400. I went all in with Q6 on the button after one limper - I was called by the BB and the limper. They had A7 and AT but I hit my 6. A round later I went all-in again on the button with J7 and the BB thought forever before calling with AK - and was suprised I has such a poor hand - clearly a cash game player. I got luck again to hit my jack. So now I had 3000 chips and when I limped with AK under the gun had 2 limpers followed by a raise from the cut off I was happy to go all-in. He called with 45 and got a straight - ironic.
So on poker tournaments I was $1000 down.
On my last night I decide to try a cash game - 2/5 no limit. Got KK quite early so was up to $700 after buying in for $500. However I got involved in a limped pot with 34 in the BB. When the flop came 34K with 2 clubs I led out for $20 pot bet and got 2 callers. Turn was a 7. I bet $75 and one caller. River was T, and now there was no flush. I bet $150 and he reraises me all-in. Oh s**t. I should have folded but somehow the word call escaped my lips - oh dear - he had turned a straight.
I was down to $250 and hoping to get involved with a crazy drunk Serbian who was raising everything and the very next hand I get AT spades in the SB. The serbian raises to $50 (his usual opening bet) in mid position. One call from beardy on the button who has had a few run-ins with the serb. I reraise all-in. The serbian of course shoves over the top for $500. Beardy thinks and calls eventually. I am not surprised to see the serb table T8 but when beardy shows 87 it is a bit of a shock. The dealer, of course, flops QJ9 and no get out for me. I should have reloaded but I had just had enough and slunk off to bed.
So my total gambling loss was $500 for the week - perfectly acceptable.
I would be very happy to return to the Wynn - but not sure whether I will be able to afford it.
...and finally a tip if you fly to Vegas - check in online a few hours before flying back and turn up at the airport about 1 hour and a quarter before your flight time and you won't have to queue for ages.