So I drove up yesterday, just for the day, since there was ABSOLUTELY
no rooms to be had in either Carson or Reno (for less than $100).
Stopped in at GDW Carson City for our usual Saturday free slot
play...nothing spectacular on my part, however my mom was dealt AA,
and drew the other two for AAAAx (we were only playing a quarter
though) So we stepped it up to max bet...went for a while, but nothing
on max.
After that we drove up to Reno and went to John Ascuaga's Nugget in
Sparks.
Started out playing 10/7 DB for a quarter..hit 4444x right off the
bat, stepped it up to max, went back down to original stack. Back to
playing 1 quarter..hit JJJJx, back to max...nothing, back to 1
quarter, then nothing to get me above original stack. Only lost $20 there.
Moved machines, still 10/7 DB, put in a $20, this time playing max
from the start, hit 9999x, got it up to $80...was going to cash out,
but kept playing going for a clean $100 up (what we originally took
out of the bank) No good...lost it all (another $20 down for me)
Went over and had the Rotisserie Buffet (used our points).
After stuffing our guts to the max, went over to another bank, of 10/6
DDB. This time I started with $100, playing max. Was getting a fair
amount of fullhouse's to keep me going. Dealt 33, was able to draw 33
for 3333x (no kicker) for $100. That was nice...kept playing, about 10
minutes later, was DEALT 2222x (no kicker; couldn't draw it either)
for another $100. Next hand I had 888, amazingly I drew another 8, for
8888x for $62.50. This was good...kept me going well.
My mom came back over from Silver Club where she had played craps for
a while..about two minutes after she came over, BAM! Dealt me
xTJAQspades, I said "Well, hopefully THIS 4 card Royal will turn out."
Hit draw, YES! In came the King of spades!
Played a little more on the machine to get it down to an even $1200,
then cashed out and drove home.
$1000 up, not too bad for a small day trip.
Will post the link to the picture once it's on the Jackpot page..