Windsor Casino, across the river from Detroit, is currently giving
not only cash back on your normal points, but cash back on your
Reward Points also. Reward Points are used to move up in you card
rating so you can get special benefits such as private parking,
special gambling rooms, etc.. But through September you can get money
back on them also. Plus on weekends they now have double cash back
points. This in effect is like getting triple cash back points on the
weekends in September.
So off I go to play some dollar Pick'Em. Bad decision! Got killed.
Lost a grand in about four hours play. This 99.95% game is usually
very nice to me. I normally can play with about 400 credits for quite
awhile. Not this time. I had numerous 15 to 20 hands in a row where I
got nothing at all. Not even pairs.
"The casino can, and will, grind away at your wad of cash because
their bankroll is enormous in comparison to your bets. Before long
you're out of cash. A casino fatality Armagadden style."
--Mark Pilarski
I try not to get too emotional, win or lose, as it all evens out
in the long run, but $1,000 is still a lot of money to lose in one
session. This time the bear got me...but next time I'll...
VP PAPPY ON LOSING
"Small losses are headaches. Big losses are heartaches."
--VP Pappy
"Losses "grow" fast with poor play, and ignorance is the
fertilizer."
--VP Pappy
"I ask my wife not to speak to me when I'm losing in a casino. We
haven't spoken to each other in years."
--VP Pappy
THE FIVE STAGES OF LOSING
1. Shock
2. Denial
3. Anger
4. Acceptance
5. Remorse