Hi Gang:
Hedy and I are back home after a seven-night stay at Harrah's in New
Orleans that was climaxed by a Seven Stars Signature Event last weekend wrapped
around Jazzfest. Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate last Sunday so
we didn't get to go to the Jazz Festival at the Fairgrounds, but we did
have the best trip of our lives in the casino, finishing ahead just over
$12,000 after being up over 20K at one point.
It all began to unfold on Tuesday after we flew in from Newark. Playing
exclusively 9/6 DDB at the dollar level and above, Hedy kicked off an amazing
day when she held four to a royal on one of the three end progressive
machines and drew the queen of hearts for a $4,800 score.
I was playing a triple line machine and hit aces with a kicker for $2,000.
After getting my handpay, I quickly hit 4's with a kicker and aces without
for $800 each. But, that was just the beginning.
About 15 minutes later, I was dealt the A-Q-10-K of spades. It's always
exciting when you have three shots at a $4,000 royal, so I held the four
royal cards ... and my breath ... and hit the draw button. Suddenly, there it
was. A beautiful jack of spades on the first line. Yippeee! But wait, what's
this, another one on the top line? Yes, indeed, I had drawn the jack on the
first and third lines for a pair of $4,000 royals! It was the first time
that either Hedy or I had ever gotten a royal card on more than one line and
came as a total shock. Later, while playing single line DDB at the $2
level I got aces again for $1,600 and this dizzying day came to a close with us
winning a single-day personal best $14,000.
Wednesday and Thursday we added three more sets of aces with a kicker for
$2,000 each but the best was yet to come on Friday. After breakfast, Hedy
was having a good run on one of three machines facing the poker room that
give bonus points. She had aces again for $800, two straight flushes and two
dealt quads when she decided to bump up her play to the $2 level. After
about a half hour of up-and-down play, she held the Q-10 of spades and,
unbelievably, the K-J-A filled in for an $8,000 royal! At that point, we were
ahead well over 20K for the trip and shaking our heads at this incredible run
of luck we were having.
But, of course, the inevitable turnaround happened and the next three days
were a struggle. We made our hits along the way, but playing at the level
we were playing, and with no more handpays (we had eight on the trip!) the
pendulum swing drained off over half of our profit.
But, hey, after all was said and done, the trip was still an amazing one,
gambling wise, and we enjoyed a number of events during the Signature
weekend. One of them involved riding on a Mardi Gras float and throwing beads
to passersby as we traveled to Mardi Gras World for a wonderful dinner party
Friday night. We also loved attending Chef Paul Prudhomme's cooking
exhibition and dinner party in the Harrah's theater on Saturday afternoon.
To sum it all up, the accommodations were wonderful, we had some fabulous
meals with some dear friends and the gambling Gods were definitely good to
us, so it turned out to be our best trip ever, by far.
Regards,
CoachVee & Hedy
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