The Serious Business of Winning.
I was beaten but not broken last week in AC but Sundays 7X RC at Bally’s along w/ a 3 day weekend sounded like the right thing to do so off I went knowing the ECLVA would be there for me.
Hare-brained?
Degenerate?
Desperate?
Or Intuitive?
The movie going down was an oldie but a goodie: Planes, Trains and Automobiles- it was wicked cold and 50-60 MPH winds. In other words; brutally freezing.
We landed early. ECLVA had plans to be group playing by 5:30am.
This time, I had made a conscience decision to only use twenties- not hundreds.
I cruised by that area right after swiping my HET card for the promotion. Only one guy hitting a 8K Royal on that aisle.
Hmmmmm…
I put my $30.00 voucher into Stumerrian’s boring JOB $ draw poker as the progressive was 600.00 higher than my bonus poker. I got 2 4OAKs (screaming” please! no aces or 2/3/4’s!”) and many 3OAKs as Cathy & Bigfus found me- but they needed air and a stretch after group playing for hours.
I TITO at $200.00 even w/ my heart pounding. Stu would be so proud.
My first win; heady business.
As I came there to “play for advantaged comps” (heehee) I decided not to play too many nickels and dimes but swallowed hard in my throat and approached the quarter STP. For my experience, the middle machine pays so I choose that one.
I was ahead $200.00 I reasoned, trying to tamper my fear down.
It wasn’t paying on DDB so I tried Joker, JOB and 5-play. I must admit I enjoy 10 for 2 pair but 125 for quads is a real turn off. I was hitting, getting dealt straights and making money or holding my own.
Then I moved back to D.D.B.P and was dealt 3 aces.. Sure enough the bottom line filled in the other ace and a 4. I TITO a ticket for $750.00, slipped it in my pocket.
I played 4 twenties into that machine after, moving around but it was done giving and I wasn’t in the mood to give back.
I cashed my ticket, vowing not to use those hundreds.. I hadn’t pre-glittered at home my twenties for nothing…
What to play. What to play, that is the question. I cruised some penny area to smoke a cigarette, enjoying a hot shot blazing sevens w/ cheese. I won until I lose a twenty./ fine, Bally’s- that’s all you get. Roamed over into the Super Triple Bonus area, checking the time. We had agreed to meet in the DL at 2:30. Bigfus texted me they were all drinking in the Lobby Bar.
Sure, enough , Bigfus,Cathy&Rob and RowanB are camped out there drinking Cosmos and other heady drinks- popping pretzels.
I asked why they’re eating pretzels when we’re going to eat.
The answer was : To soak up the alcohol
Oh. …
…or, you could not drink I thought to myself but I’m use to being Alice through the looking glass at a Mad Hatter tea party. Sometimes, I’m even the Hatter.
Big was kindly explaining what they were doing but it went over my head. Something about RFB.
I gathered, cajoled my group to eat.. to move…Mama was hungry and was only there a short time.
D.L. had rich hot chicken soup, bowtie pasta w/ clams, Teriyaki chicken breasts, green beans / yellow carrot slices, roast beast sandwiches, salads and roasted Yukon potatoes.
Food good.
Cappuccino w/ whipped cream, ginger ale- we sat by a fireplace. Bigfus was thrilled to find an active giant gumball machine and I delighted in soft-serve Ice-cream w/ caramel sauce.
Burp.
Bigfus wanted to leave a twenty as a tip for all of us. Cathy reminded her she lost. I wouldn’t let her leave $20.00- fifteen was generous. Heck the waitress would’ve been happy w/ $10.00.
Bigfus asked me to glitter her and her bills.. I did in an elaborate ceremony. Sues Dave always said the glitter worked best if I applied it.
Rob got lost/ditched us (Probably at a hot craps table) Row came w/ the girls as we settle into a row of Dreamcard and Ultimate X. Being loud, we chased the others off the row- soon Row was playing Ul. X. w/ me when Bigfus screamed “Dreamcard!” and filled in a Royal in spades on the middle line! Cathy took her photo. Next she got 2/2/2/2/3 for 800, then she got dealt 3/3/3/3/4 for 6,000—Fear the Lucky Glitter!!!
She TITO for over $500.00 shaking her head about losing that much on dollars and now she was back!!! Yea! I had some luck getting many 800 credit hits but soon it was gone, Bob left. I went w/ Bigfus to the TITO machine and needing a smoke, back to the dollar Bonus Pokers- she had very little time until meeting her Al for Bobby Flay steak so we hugged goodbye and I made another $200.00 on a twenty dollar bill. I cashed out.
wash/rinse/repeat.
Having 30 more minutes myself I choose those Super triple bonus machines, sitting to the left of my usual favorite one.
A pair of fives turned into 2 500 dime credit hits. Yay!
(I moved to 5 and 10-play so dimes was the way to go..not quarters.) On Super triple-play bonus aces w/ any 2/3/4 pays 4,000.
Yes!, I got it for $400.00. Thank you gambling gods!
Now, I got my phone in one hand watching the clock while I push play max speed playing--- minutes tick by so fast- Good Grief, I’m having a wonderful time… at 5:59 I make myself cash out- my bus leaves at 6:10.
As I race through the casino,
I spot a water bottle which looks like Bigfus’s (she refilled it by the Ocean daylight in the DL so I got a good look at it) by a penny machine aisle end- lime Day-Glo green w/ a black rubber top… I think about it 3 times hesitating a second until my Kleptomania wins out and I scoop it up, cash my ticket and fly to the bus station area.
I turned most of my twenties into hundreds. Came home $1,100 richer w/ my stake intact and don’t forget the 7X RC’s.
Note: I e-mailed Bigfus this morning and she did indeed leave her bottle there so – what are the odds I’d spot it?!?
Your humble reporter,
Noahcat
I was beaten but not broken last week in AC but Sundays 7X RC at Bally’s along w/ a 3 day weekend sounded like the right thing to do so off I went knowing the ECLVA would be there for me.
Hare-brained?
Degenerate?
Desperate?
Or Intuitive?
The movie going down was an oldie but a goodie: Planes, Trains and Automobiles- it was wicked cold and 50-60 MPH winds. In other words; brutally freezing.
We landed early. ECLVA had plans to be group playing by 5:30am.
This time, I had made a conscience decision to only use twenties- not hundreds.
I cruised by that area right after swiping my HET card for the promotion. Only one guy hitting a 8K Royal on that aisle.
Hmmmmm…
I put my $30.00 voucher into Stumerrian’s boring JOB $ draw poker as the progressive was 600.00 higher than my bonus poker. I got 2 4OAKs (screaming” please! no aces or 2/3/4’s!”) and many 3OAKs as Cathy & Bigfus found me- but they needed air and a stretch after group playing for hours.
I TITO at $200.00 even w/ my heart pounding. Stu would be so proud.
My first win; heady business.
As I came there to “play for advantaged comps” (heehee) I decided not to play too many nickels and dimes but swallowed hard in my throat and approached the quarter STP. For my experience, the middle machine pays so I choose that one.
I was ahead $200.00 I reasoned, trying to tamper my fear down.
It wasn’t paying on DDB so I tried Joker, JOB and 5-play. I must admit I enjoy 10 for 2 pair but 125 for quads is a real turn off. I was hitting, getting dealt straights and making money or holding my own.
Then I moved back to D.D.B.P and was dealt 3 aces.. Sure enough the bottom line filled in the other ace and a 4. I TITO a ticket for $750.00, slipped it in my pocket.
I played 4 twenties into that machine after, moving around but it was done giving and I wasn’t in the mood to give back.
I cashed my ticket, vowing not to use those hundreds.. I hadn’t pre-glittered at home my twenties for nothing…
What to play. What to play, that is the question. I cruised some penny area to smoke a cigarette, enjoying a hot shot blazing sevens w/ cheese. I won until I lose a twenty./ fine, Bally’s- that’s all you get. Roamed over into the Super Triple Bonus area, checking the time. We had agreed to meet in the DL at 2:30. Bigfus texted me they were all drinking in the Lobby Bar.
Sure, enough , Bigfus,Cathy&Rob and RowanB are camped out there drinking Cosmos and other heady drinks- popping pretzels.
I asked why they’re eating pretzels when we’re going to eat.
The answer was : To soak up the alcohol
Oh. …
…or, you could not drink I thought to myself but I’m use to being Alice through the looking glass at a Mad Hatter tea party. Sometimes, I’m even the Hatter.
Big was kindly explaining what they were doing but it went over my head. Something about RFB.
I gathered, cajoled my group to eat.. to move…Mama was hungry and was only there a short time.
D.L. had rich hot chicken soup, bowtie pasta w/ clams, Teriyaki chicken breasts, green beans / yellow carrot slices, roast beast sandwiches, salads and roasted Yukon potatoes.
Food good.
Cappuccino w/ whipped cream, ginger ale- we sat by a fireplace. Bigfus was thrilled to find an active giant gumball machine and I delighted in soft-serve Ice-cream w/ caramel sauce.
Burp.
Bigfus wanted to leave a twenty as a tip for all of us. Cathy reminded her she lost. I wouldn’t let her leave $20.00- fifteen was generous. Heck the waitress would’ve been happy w/ $10.00.
Bigfus asked me to glitter her and her bills.. I did in an elaborate ceremony. Sues Dave always said the glitter worked best if I applied it.
Rob got lost/ditched us (Probably at a hot craps table) Row came w/ the girls as we settle into a row of Dreamcard and Ultimate X. Being loud, we chased the others off the row- soon Row was playing Ul. X. w/ me when Bigfus screamed “Dreamcard!” and filled in a Royal in spades on the middle line! Cathy took her photo. Next she got 2/2/2/2/3 for 800, then she got dealt 3/3/3/3/4 for 6,000—Fear the Lucky Glitter!!!
She TITO for over $500.00 shaking her head about losing that much on dollars and now she was back!!! Yea! I had some luck getting many 800 credit hits but soon it was gone, Bob left. I went w/ Bigfus to the TITO machine and needing a smoke, back to the dollar Bonus Pokers- she had very little time until meeting her Al for Bobby Flay steak so we hugged goodbye and I made another $200.00 on a twenty dollar bill. I cashed out.
wash/rinse/repeat.
Having 30 more minutes myself I choose those Super triple bonus machines, sitting to the left of my usual favorite one.
A pair of fives turned into 2 500 dime credit hits. Yay!
(I moved to 5 and 10-play so dimes was the way to go..not quarters.) On Super triple-play bonus aces w/ any 2/3/4 pays 4,000.
Yes!, I got it for $400.00. Thank you gambling gods!
Now, I got my phone in one hand watching the clock while I push play max speed playing--- minutes tick by so fast- Good Grief, I’m having a wonderful time… at 5:59 I make myself cash out- my bus leaves at 6:10.
As I race through the casino,
I spot a water bottle which looks like Bigfus’s (she refilled it by the Ocean daylight in the DL so I got a good look at it) by a penny machine aisle end- lime Day-Glo green w/ a black rubber top… I think about it 3 times hesitating a second until my Kleptomania wins out and I scoop it up, cash my ticket and fly to the bus station area.
I turned most of my twenties into hundreds. Came home $1,100 richer w/ my stake intact and don’t forget the 7X RC’s.
Note: I e-mailed Bigfus this morning and she did indeed leave her bottle there so – what are the odds I’d spot it?!?
Your humble reporter,
Noahcat
