Well, with all my bragging about my positive experiences at the
Peppermill, karma snuck up on me and kicked my butt. Between the
Peppermill and the Atlantis, I lost about $7k on my 3 day trip. Still
positive overall but a definate wake up call. I must practice more and
stay away from the $5 VP. On the plus side, the day after I returned
home, my Peppermill host call and asked if I would like to come back on
the following Thursday (4-17) as he had front row Van Halen tickets!! I
mentioned that I had had my butt kicked and he replied, "Hence the Van
Halen tickets." I will go back in July and both properties have
promised me some "special" treatment.
Ohhh, crap!!
Gotta give you some of that smarmy 'poker sympathy' Jonathan. It is
tough to post anything about a losing trip. And them $5 VP games - I
know how fast they can suck out the bankroll. Punishment for being
under-bankrolled to even play them in the first place is what I
attribute it to. But I been there brother. My trip reports begin the
scary sequence <and cue the scary dramatic music> when I write, "Then
I went into the high limit area...." NOOOoooo. Those $5 denom 4 part
RFs are agonizing.
After my last trip to Reno Pepps with the nice profit due to 5 RFs in
5 days, I traveled for work training to St Louis. Stayed at Harrahs
and played in the casino every night. Hit a Royal on 25c 9/6 DDB for
1000 but gave it all back the same day. Another highlight was quad As
(+600) followed closely by quad 3s (+300) on 50c TB+. My last night I
began down 500 and chased the loss playing 50c & $1 denom for another
-1500 by night's end. The bank that got most of my money was the $1
9/5 DDB on the Mardi Gras side with the progressive RF @ 4200-ish and
the Prog SEQ RF @ $143,000+. Yes, 4 RFs appeared. A visit to the
promo desk got me an upgrade to Platinum on the Total Rewards card.
Whoop-de-do.
I awoke at 4:30AM Friday when my 5th floor hotel room bed was
oscillating dramatically. I recognized it as being an earthquake, but
got back to sleep within 10 minutes. Pretty rare I found out later.
I too am returning to Reno in July, got my twice-a-year Scrabble
tournament at Nugget, but I think I'll split my lodging for the week
between Pepps and Silver. Pepps has got BOSTON playing on July 4, I
think I'll see what my host can do for me for that one.
Pace.
~MARK
--- Jonathan wrote:
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Well, with all my bragging about my positive experiences at the
Peppermill, karma snuck up on me and kicked my butt. Between the
Peppermill and the Atlantis, I lost about $7k on my 3 day trip. Still
positive overall but a definate wake up call. I must practice more and
stay away from the $5 VP. On the plus side, the day after I returned
home, my Peppermill host call and asked if I would like to come back on
the following Thursday (4-17) as he had front row Van Halen tickets!! I
mentioned that I had had my butt kicked and he replied, "Hence the Van
Halen tickets." I will go back in July and both properties have
promised me some "special" treatment.