Agree, Skip. Before my son was born I had no problem spending weeks
at a good play. The pleasantness of the locale was never an issue.
The only thing that would give me pause was if there was significant
danger involved.
In 1993 I went to Poland several times for 3-weeks at a time for a
superb blackjack game I'd discovered. Warsaw isn't the most
beautiful city in the world, but I was mostly playing and sleeping
anyway. When I did take a walk, I rather enjoyed my surroundings.
In the late 90's I spent most of a month playing another excellent
blackjack game in Natchez, MS. Not a heck of a lot to do in
Natchez, but it was pleasant enough. I probably averaged 10
hours/day of blackjack.
Now I try to limit my trips to one week, though for a great play I'd
somehow find 2 weeks!
--Dunbar
Everybody has different goals and preferences. I remember when
Doug
wrote a really great article in Dan's VP Times about the life of a
pro.He works very hard and for long hours. Few people here would
do it.
Most of the folks here (regardless of how skilled) play for
enjoyment
first and profit second (at best) and they wouldn't enjoy a month
in
Ely, I imagine. But if I was young and unmarried (or even old and
unmarried) , I would have been happy to camp out in that town for
a lot
longer than a month. Like Doug says, there's plenty of hunting and
fishing for those who like that, a great VP play seven days a
week, Low
crime rate, no smog, starry nights.. Not exactly hell on earth.
Thanks,
Skip
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dougreul wrote:
>
> A month in Ely weasn't really that bad. It was worth about
> $12-15K/month and until recently I could also make money playing
poker
> on the internet, although the U.S. government put an end to
that. The
> hunting and fishing in Ely is also excellent. I drove highway 50
many
> times and in fact there was a great play in Eureka. The bar at
the
> Owl Inn had two $1 Draw Til U Win machines worth about $150/hr.
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vpFREE%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "hamstockman" <AB6PQ@> wrote:
> >
> > I would imagine that fewer than 5% of the people on this forum
have
> > ever been to Ely. I stopped in for lunch last summer, and was
overly
> > unimpressed with Ely. I drove from Wendover to South Lake
Tahoe on hwy
> > 50 which is known as the lonelest highway in America. I looked
at all
> > the old Game Kings at that Hotel thinking to myself there
might be a
> > gem in there, never thinking to look at the spinpokers.
However, even
> > if I found one I sure did not want to spend any time in Ely. I
remember
> > driving through Eureka, Austin and Fallon wondering what gems
might be
> > in those small casinos. I don't care how strong the play was
in Ely, I
> > would not want to spend more than a few days in that town. You
say you
> > spent a month at a time in Ely? I hope you made good money.
> >
> > --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vpFREE%
> "dougreul" <dougreul@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vpFREE%
> skip hughes <skiphughes@> wrote:
> > > >I could be wrong about the spin poker machines being there
in 1995
> > > but I have a W-2 from there that I got on September 6, 1996,
for
> > > $1,800. I usually stayed a month when I played there and
played 5
> > > cent rather than 25 cent because the hourly return was
almost as good
···
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, skip hughes <skiphughes@...> wrote:
> > > and created little attention.
> >
>
>