Hy, great TR Mark,
Last trip to Reno, buddy played in slot tourney, won $25. At the
awards buffet, XCELLENT as always with best garlic mash potatoes, a
late 20 somthin couple sat at our table & asked how we did.
She looked & acted like a high school cheerleader, all smiles &
PERKY!!!! He an italian kid that looked like he still lifted weights 3
time a week
When we asked her she said "I got 58 thousand points, is that any
good?
Most tournaments 48k to 50k wins. I looked on the screen & 50k was
20th. Hmmm might be somthin . But THEN it gets strange.
The more we talked the more it was obvious they really did not have a
clue.
1. it was there first trip,
2. they really did not want to come to reno, his dad gave him the room
they wanted to go to frisco.
3. they were not entered in the tournament, they only got in because
their room was a smoking. Let me explain please.
They booked non smoking , was giving smokin & quoting her, " I pitched
a fit" went down & got it changed but got lost & wound up on the
second floor & ask the people at the sign up table for the tournament
for directions to the front desk.
"They said it would be an hour wait& I started crying" she said. He
said "Lets go enter the tournament" to make her feel better.
Now tournaments sell out QUICK at Atlantis & when they said "sorry
sold out" per her "I lost it , here i am not in frisco, I did not know
we were going to reno until we turn on the reno exit & passed the San
Francisco one, got car sick, still draggin my bags because we cant
find bell desk, & now i cant play in the free tournament"
Free?? I asked, she replied "I thought so, while i was trying to keep
calm, they got a call & somebody cancelled but i almost did not get to
play" Why?? I asked, "My boyfriend did not want to play the $199 fee
but he changed his mind" as she smiled at him.
She showed up 2 minutes late for the first round, started to leave but
the tourney people helped her, showed her how to play as "I did not
know" and got 17 thousand points.
Was not going to go to the awards buffett as " I never win" but "the
line was too long at the Pink Parrot" and they got lost AGAIN.
It took a while but as they announced the top 15 winners & scores it
SLOWLY dawned on them that they might win somthing.
"I hope i get a thousand dollars" she said.
Like I said SLOWLY.
I got the biggest kick & laughs from them as they went down the line &
everybody but them at the table knew they got it. Name after name
called ,scores announced & when they announced the second place winner
the light came on ALMOST, She said "maybe they skipped my name" I fell
out of my chair in laughter. "No sweety the 10k is yours "I told her.
They announced her name she came undone, shaking so bad she cant hold
her hands still long enuf to get the cash, they gave her a check.
Kristin & Mike wherever you are, thanks for the memory. Hope we meet
again
I LUV seeing people win. Makes me feel good. Her hugs made me feel
good ; )
i never seem to have trips, always adventures . i like my life
M J
PS. He works in construction, she is a 2nd year 5th grade teacher.