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
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