This past weekend I spent at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe for a free skiing weekend with my daughter and her college roomate. We arrived on Friday and did a snowmobiling tour through the state park. It was great because they had lots of fresh powder and we were able to play for a while. They said the tour was going to be 28 miles, but i don't think it was more than 15 miles or so. The snowmobiles were very basic, but perfect for first time riders like ourselves.
Friday night I wanted to play a little blackjack but most of the tables were full so I ended up in the high limit room playing the $100 minimum tables. I played for about 90 minutes and ended up $380 ahead for the session.
Saturday I took the kids up the mountain for skiing, dropped them off, and headed back down to the casino. At my age skiing is no longer a priority. I just don't heal as quick as I used to.
I goofed around both Harrah's and Harvey's casinos looking for new video slots that I hadn't played before. Everytime I ran into a new game I put $20 in and played until I lost the $20 or made it through a bonus round. At the end of the day I was down $180 on the video slots.
Sunday morning I was up at 4:30am and back in the casino while the girls slept. I managed to lose about $860 playing a bad DBL DBL video poker game and some Blackjack. I was back in the room by 7:30 waiting for the girls to wake up (It turns out teen girls don't wake up til 10:00am).
Weekend Result: -$660
Year to date: $45,020
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
I got a little back today
I stopped after work at one of the Village Pub bars and managed to play for about two and a half hours and come out ahead. A had quite a few hits and was up over $7000 at one point. Unfortunatley, I didn't quite and lost a lot of it back. I got home with $4,200 more than I started with.
Daily Result: +$4,200
Year to date: +$45,680
Daily Result: +$4,200
Year to date: +$45,680
Grand Disaster
On Saturday I went to the MGM to meet a friend and play some video poker. I decided to play the $1 50 play 9/6 Jacks or Better game. I started by playing only 25 hands to reduce wait time for W2G's when being dealt a full house. Playing 25 hands a dealt Full House Pays $1125 which is under the $1200 W2G requirement.
My luck started bad and continued that way with me losing my $5000 bankroll in about an hour. I was never dealt a pat hand greater than Three of a Kind. I think I put about $24,000 coin in through the machine.
Luck me, when I got home I found a hundred dollar bill in my pocket. Therefore I only lost $4900.
Daily Result: -$4,900
Year to Date: +$41,480
My luck started bad and continued that way with me losing my $5000 bankroll in about an hour. I was never dealt a pat hand greater than Three of a Kind. I think I put about $24,000 coin in through the machine.
Luck me, when I got home I found a hundred dollar bill in my pocket. Therefore I only lost $4900.
Daily Result: -$4,900
Year to Date: +$41,480
Friday, February 15, 2008
Back in Vegas
I am now back in Las Vegas after a three day business trip. Sadly, it appears that being away for a while didn't change my luck.
I played the Bonus Deuces game at Village Pub today and managed to lose $5,000. The session started out very bad because I didn't hit any handpays in the first two hours. I was down about $3500 before I finally hit a wild Royal for $1,250. From there it was up and down for the next two hours when I finally had a bad run and lost the remainder of the money I had budgeted.
I did happen to hit a couple of natural straight flushes which were bonusses for a promotion they were having. Each natural straight flush earned me an additional $600 in free play. I currently have about $2000 in free play on my account but they only allow you to redeem $100 per day. At that rate I don't imagine I will realize that money anytime soon.
Daily result: -$5,000
Year to Date: +$46,380
I played the Bonus Deuces game at Village Pub today and managed to lose $5,000. The session started out very bad because I didn't hit any handpays in the first two hours. I was down about $3500 before I finally hit a wild Royal for $1,250. From there it was up and down for the next two hours when I finally had a bad run and lost the remainder of the money I had budgeted.
I did happen to hit a couple of natural straight flushes which were bonusses for a promotion they were having. Each natural straight flush earned me an additional $600 in free play. I currently have about $2000 in free play on my account but they only allow you to redeem $100 per day. At that rate I don't imagine I will realize that money anytime soon.
Daily result: -$5,000
Year to Date: +$46,380
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Ely Again
I am travelling again this week and I am currently in Ely Nevada.
I played the high stakes Blackjack game today ($25 maximum bet) and managed to continue my losing streak by losing $40 whole dollars.
If anyone is looking for low stakes blackjack, all tables have $2 minimum. I was happy to see that they recently changed the rules to allow doubling after splits. This gives 0.14% back to the player.
Daily Result: -$40
Year to date: +$51,380
I played the high stakes Blackjack game today ($25 maximum bet) and managed to continue my losing streak by losing $40 whole dollars.
If anyone is looking for low stakes blackjack, all tables have $2 minimum. I was happy to see that they recently changed the rules to allow doubling after splits. This gives 0.14% back to the player.
Daily Result: -$40
Year to date: +$51,380
Sunday, February 10, 2008
A quick loss
I stopped by Yorky's today and managed to lose $3,000 on $9,500 coin in (or 190 hands).
I drank about half of my coke in that 25 minutes and then went directly home.
daily result: -$3,000
yEAR TO DATE: +$51,420
I drank about half of my coke in that 25 minutes and then went directly home.
daily result: -$3,000
yEAR TO DATE: +$51,420
Friday, February 8, 2008
Poker tournament
Well the evening started out well because I received an email from an online poker site that reminded me that I still had $45 in my account. About two years ago I cashed out most of my online poker account because I had some concerns about being able to get licensed in Nevada.
Well today I jumped in a $22 45 player poker tournament. The game lasted about two and a half hours and I finished in first place for a payout of $280.
Later that evening I went to the Village pub to cash in a $100 bounce back certificate. I played about $25,000 (about 500 hands) and never hit a hand pay jackpot. This is the first time since they started this promotion that I didn't qualify for another certificate. Not only did I not gt the certificate, but i lost $2,500. I guess I was overdue for this couple day losing streak.
Daily result: -$2,242
year to Date: +$54,240
Well today I jumped in a $22 45 player poker tournament. The game lasted about two and a half hours and I finished in first place for a payout of $280.
Later that evening I went to the Village pub to cash in a $100 bounce back certificate. I played about $25,000 (about 500 hands) and never hit a hand pay jackpot. This is the first time since they started this promotion that I didn't qualify for another certificate. Not only did I not gt the certificate, but i lost $2,500. I guess I was overdue for this couple day losing streak.
Daily result: -$2,242
year to Date: +$54,240
Thursday, February 7, 2008
I got stupid today
Today I had a dinner meeting scheduled at the Wynn for 6:00. I got there early at about 4:30 and decided to kill a little time on the Five Play poker machines. These machines have both 9/6 Jacks of Better (99.5%) and 9/6 Double Double at 99%.
I started playing on the $1 denomination betting five hands at five coins per hand ($25 a hand). Before I knew it I was down about $300 when I realized i was on the Double Double game instead if the Jacks game. Instead of changing games I decided to continue on this game hoping to hit a Bonus four of a kind to dig out of the hole (This was really foolish and not something I normally do). Before I know it I am in $1500 before I hit a few good quads and got ahead $500. Normally I wouldn't be playing a 99% game at these stakes unless I was trying to accomplish some goal (maybe a tournament invite or some special complimentaries). Foolishly I lost most of it back and cashed out at $500.
I still had about 2o minutes before my meeting so I jumped on a Blackjack table and lost $470.
I started playing on the $1 denomination betting five hands at five coins per hand ($25 a hand). Before I knew it I was down about $300 when I realized i was on the Double Double game instead if the Jacks game. Instead of changing games I decided to continue on this game hoping to hit a Bonus four of a kind to dig out of the hole (This was really foolish and not something I normally do). Before I know it I am in $1500 before I hit a few good quads and got ahead $500. Normally I wouldn't be playing a 99% game at these stakes unless I was trying to accomplish some goal (maybe a tournament invite or some special complimentaries). Foolishly I lost most of it back and cashed out at $500.
I still had about 2o minutes before my meeting so I jumped on a Blackjack table and lost $470.
Daily result: -$1,470
Year to date: +$56,482
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Back to reality
Yesterday ended my big win streak. I played for about an hour at the Village Pub and kept feeding in $100 bills as fast as the machine would take them. I finally hit a wild royal for $1250 after being down $4,400. I played a little longer without hitting anything at all.
I guess all good things eventually end. I think I am going to slow down a little for the rest of the week. Hopefully I will get an opportunity to play in a poker tournament at the Venetian this weekend.
Daily Result: -$5,500
Year to Date: +$57,952
I guess all good things eventually end. I think I am going to slow down a little for the rest of the week. Hopefully I will get an opportunity to play in a poker tournament at the Venetian this weekend.
Daily Result: -$5,500
Year to Date: +$57,952
Monday, February 4, 2008
Dug out of a hole
After work today I decided to stop at a Village Pub that I haven't been to in about a year. As soon as I got there they informed me that the tracking system was down, I should have turn around and left. Instead I stayed and redeemed my $100 bounce back certificate, lost that, and dug into my pocket for another $2,500 while enjoing one Diet Coke. With no luck at all I decided to leave and go to a different bar and hope the tracking system be back up by the time I got there.
I arrived at Yorky's to find that one of the machines I like was out of order, and the only other one was being played. I decided to playone of the new machines (short pay on the Straight Flush by one coin) just long enough to earn myself another bounce back certificate, and then I would leave.
I was in about $1,500 when it dealt me three deuces and I was fortunate enough to pull the fourth deuce. Four Deuces pay $10,000 (and a bounce back certificate) and I still had some credits left on the machine.
By the time they arrived to pay my jackpot, only about 20 minutes, the full pay machine had opened up. I changed machines and hit many small jackpots for $1,250 and $2,000. By the time I left about two hours later I was ahead about $13,900 at this stop. Also, I forgot to mention that I hit a natural straight flush and was awarded $600 in future free play.
Daily result: +$11,400
Year to Date: +$63,452
I arrived at Yorky's to find that one of the machines I like was out of order, and the only other one was being played. I decided to playone of the new machines (short pay on the Straight Flush by one coin) just long enough to earn myself another bounce back certificate, and then I would leave.
I was in about $1,500 when it dealt me three deuces and I was fortunate enough to pull the fourth deuce. Four Deuces pay $10,000 (and a bounce back certificate) and I still had some credits left on the machine.
By the time they arrived to pay my jackpot, only about 20 minutes, the full pay machine had opened up. I changed machines and hit many small jackpots for $1,250 and $2,000. By the time I left about two hours later I was ahead about $13,900 at this stop. Also, I forgot to mention that I hit a natural straight flush and was awarded $600 in future free play.
Daily result: +$11,400
Year to Date: +$63,452
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Super Bowl XLII
This morning I woke up early and headed over to Barley's to make some bets on the Super Bowl. I didn't care for either side or the total so I settled on just making some proposition bets. I made ten bets for $20 each.
After Barley's I stopped at Yorky's to cash in my $100 bounce back certificate and another $100 in free play. I lost those very quickly on the $5 Bonus Deuces game and started feeding hundred dollar bills into the machine. After putting in $900 I started to build up some credits and was able to play for a while. I was fortunate enough to build my credits up to $1850 when I finally hit a jackpot (I was going to continue to play until I hit one so I could get another bounce back certificate). I hit a Wild Royal for $1250 and also got my certificate. I played a few more hands and cashed out when I got to $2000 on the credit meter giving me a net win of $2,300.
After Barley's I stopped at Yorky's to cash in my $100 bounce back certificate and another $100 in free play. I lost those very quickly on the $5 Bonus Deuces game and started feeding hundred dollar bills into the machine. After putting in $900 I started to build up some credits and was able to play for a while. I was fortunate enough to build my credits up to $1850 when I finally hit a jackpot (I was going to continue to play until I hit one so I could get another bounce back certificate). I hit a Wild Royal for $1250 and also got my certificate. I played a few more hands and cashed out when I got to $2000 on the credit meter giving me a net win of $2,300.
I went to Putter's to watch the football game and participate in their many football pools. I ended up losing $200 on their slot machines and another $95 on the football pools.
My football bets started great with me winning the first three on the Giants first possession. I had bet the Giants would score first, first score would be a field goal, and first first down would be by the Giants. These three bets alone recouped the $200 for all of my football bets. I ended up winning four of the remaining seven football bets for a net profit of $167.
Daily Result: +$2,172
Year to date: +$52,052
My football bets started great with me winning the first three on the Giants first possession. I had bet the Giants would score first, first score would be a field goal, and first first down would be by the Giants. These three bets alone recouped the $200 for all of my football bets. I ended up winning four of the remaining seven football bets for a net profit of $167.
Daily Result: +$2,172
Year to date: +$52,052
Saturday, February 2, 2008
A cup of coffee and a Jackpot
I stopped by Yorky's to redeem my $100 bounce back certificate that I got yesterday, lost that $100 and a $100 in free play that I had before I even got my cup of coffee.
I dug into my pocket and played $700 before hitting a wild royal for $1250 (and another bounce back voucher for $100). I was going to cash out and leave but I decided I had time for one more cup of coffee. I ended up putting about $800 back in before it gave me five "Fours" for a $2000 handpay.
I finished my cup of coffee and headed out the door with a $1600 profit for twenty five minutes of my time.
Tomorrow I will get up early and head over to Barley's or Green Valley Ranch to make the rest of my Superbowl proposition bets.
I dug into my pocket and played $700 before hitting a wild royal for $1250 (and another bounce back voucher for $100). I was going to cash out and leave but I decided I had time for one more cup of coffee. I ended up putting about $800 back in before it gave me five "Fours" for a $2000 handpay.
I finished my cup of coffee and headed out the door with a $1600 profit for twenty five minutes of my time.Tomorrow I will get up early and head over to Barley's or Green Valley Ranch to make the rest of my Superbowl proposition bets.
Daily result: +$1,600
Year to date: +$49,880
Friday, February 1, 2008
A slow day
I took the $100 bounce back voucher I got yesterday to Yorky's to hopefully follow up with another Royal Flush today. It didn't quite work out that way.
I played for about ten minutes before hitting five Fives for another bounce back certificate. This one was also only $100. I am pretty sure they told me that they averaged $200 but all three I have received so far have been for $100.
I played another ten or fifteen minutes before cashing out for a $1750 profit.
Next stop was Putter's for some play on the progressive $1 dbl dbl game and a few hands of Video Blackjack. Overall a $120 loss here.
I played for about ten minutes before hitting five Fives for another bounce back certificate. This one was also only $100. I am pretty sure they told me that they averaged $200 but all three I have received so far have been for $100.
I played another ten or fifteen minutes before cashing out for a $1750 profit.
Next stop was Putter's for some play on the progressive $1 dbl dbl game and a few hands of Video Blackjack. Overall a $120 loss here.
Daily result: +$1,630
Year to date: +$48,280
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