ok poker fans, we're back in
las vegas where the sun still comes up on sunday morning even after
"black Saturday" where we didn't show down a single winning poker hand all day or night before getting absolutely BURIED in casino gambling at that toilet
planet Hollywood.
there are still two casinos to go on our quest and I kick off the gambling over at
paris.
I start with blackjack where I put in a good session with a table of high rollers.... or at least I
think I do. I've ground out $80 of profits but when I stick my total rewards card in a slot machine I've only earned 14 tier credits for my play.
I don't know poker fans? I just don't know.
so I return to the pits and at a $15 table I just get DESTROYED. I win maybe one or two hands, but i'm QUICKLY down $240 at the table and (still having to play slots) I stop and ask the floor if they know how many tier credits I got for this loss.
answer: not a lot.
just then, however, a pit boss comes in from the clouds, asks if i'm "on the quest," and has mercy on me. I think he's my guardian angel or something?
"you WILL make it," he tells me. and I do.
over at the slots I now have 62 tier credits and a triple diamond-- bar-- triple diamond gives me a $65 win; my best session yet on the one arm bandits.
for poker, I spend the night down at the
Excalibur.
I grind out $25 of no limit profits and probably should've stayed in this loose game but end up taking my 2/6 spread limit seat when my name is called.
at 2/6 I flop a flush with KJs from late position and make a mistake when I continue betting against multiple opponents when another diamond turns.
of course the ace is out there and this costs me an extra $12. maybe I've played too much at casinos where the king is usually still good or maybe i'm just coming unhinged due to the daily beatings? probably both.
I rally back in back to back blinds when I beat a nice girl on my right. with A8, her A2 flops two pairs on me before I river an eight. then my J6 outkicks her J5 on a j23 9j board. of course she shouldn't be playing J5 though, so....
i'm looking good in a crucial splash pot when QTs flops top pair and a flush draw. the flush doesn't come though and Q6 beats me with two pairs and it's back to even followed by HOURS of misery.
kk is cracked heads up by a steelers fan and AJ and AT flop aces but lose to A7 and A5 which make two pairs. eventually I get tired and quit at -53.
thank you for reading.
quest -95 (-78)
poker
--Excalibur 1/2 +25
--Excalibur 2/6 -53
----trip -629 (5-10)
