June 3, 2016: In The Books

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I know I’ve said this before, but writing this blog on my iPhone is rough. My thumb is killing me, so I’m switching to my index finger; lots more typos to be spell checked will lead to an even longer posting time. But I’ll suck it up…boo hoo for me.

This was/is a family vacation, so all this gambling stuff comes in 2nd.  Like I said, the priorities were different, so when my brother in law was encouraging me to hit the floor, it was tough. The fact that he showed up late probably saved me some money, but now that he was here, I knew this would definitely be the night we do some gambling.

Before that, and after another wasted $20 in the slots, I had another stop to make. Some guys from my real job were arriving on this final day; I wanted to spend a little time with them. This time would be at the blackjack table in Paris.

I was rolling. Up about $300 at one point, I thought this could parlay into something really big.  The dealer change didn’t make a difference at first, until that 2nd round. I started bleeding chips. I finally had to get up before I lost everything I had just won. +$125 put me in the positive for the trip.

Next I rolled back to that $60 tourney, which didn’t go well. A few hands in, after losing with pocket 9s, I was dealt 10-9. I called the $800 big blind, before someone raised. I thought the raise was to $1600, which would have been logical, so I called. Problem was, that one chip was $5000, not the $500 I had assumed. Yep, the raise was to $6,100, and I just called with 10-9. After the flop paired my 9, which gave me middle pair on the board, he raised me all in; I had to call. I was down to my last $1000 or so.  He flipped over pocket kings, and I was crushed.  Game set match.
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On to the next stop, which was roulette with my brother in law. It was a fun table. Lots of talking led by his… our screaming. He hit big on 24 and me on 22. Sweetness hit a few times, along with Jordan. The chip stack was raising.  I eventually pulled out up $125.  I’m winning…I’m winning.

I ended the night at the paigow table and a couple more slots. I woke my wife up, as she came down to join me at about 230am. Ended up breaking even on paigow and down another $40 on slots. That left me up $30 for the trip…I had some final bets to make.

To the sportsbook with our luggage the following morning. $10 on the Cubs at 5-2; the best odds on the board. $10 on the Bears at 40-1; not the best odds. Finally, $10 on the Sharks who were down 2-0 in the Stanley Cup Finals; they were plus +400.  Yep, so with $30 of tickets in my wallet, I left Vegas even. This was definitely not a normal trip.

Yes, there have been other ‘even’ trips, and maybe 1-2 winning trips, but far more losing trips.  I was glad this wasn’t one of those.  I made it out alive!  And had a pretty good time doing it.  Now to Cali…

  1. MK

    Nice final night hitting all of the games: bjack, paigow, roulette, holdem, and a slot. Good feeling leaving vegas even or up a bit. Like the san jose bet, especially after a win last night to get them into the series, down 2-1. As for the Cubbies, the blue train is rolling and headed for another sWeep with jake on the mound 2day. As for the sox, like the trade for shields…only thing this, their offense is struggling, but it is good to see them trying to better themselves to stay in the race…not sell off time just yet!

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