Saturday and Sunday were spent exclusively at the Eldorado. We walked
around a little bit and checked out the NSUD at the Silver Legacy. The
listing is accurate. We had been invited to a special "Sock Hop" party
at the Eldorado on Saturday night. Essentially, it was a "thank you for
being a loyal player" dinner thrown by one of the hosts. When I say "we"
I meant to say "we" and about a thousand other players. It was held in
their convention center and very nice. Some cash give-aways and a
(allegedly) 50s/60s band. The "band" consisted of a drummer, a base
player, lead guitarist, and a women who played the flute. As we were
walking in they were playing a Beatles tune. Go ahead. Guess which one.
Take all the time you need. Of all the Beatles tunes they could have
played, which one do you think they played? Ehhh, ehhh, I'm sorry, the
buzzer has sounded. It was "Norweigean Wood". I think because it was the
only Beatles song the flutist could play. They continued to play songs
from the 80s (NOT 50s or 60s; it WAS a "sock hop"). Turns out the leader
of the group is a personal friend of the host and was doing him a favor.
Overall, it was just OK. If invited again we probably won't go since we
heard that the band had played three years in a row. Let's get back to
gambling. Ah hell. VP play was NOT good for either of us on Saturday. We
lost LOTS! Sure we were playing on house money by this time, but still
it is never fun to see winnings going back to the house. Kept chasing
and hoping and praying that the losing will turn around. It didn't.
Prompted my wife to say one of her favorite sayings. "It is so easy to
accept the wins and so difficult to accept the losses". Still, we know
that VP is an up and down game. Hopefully, a random walk with an upward
trend. It got so bad and all the psychological beliefs kicked in... I am
playing a losing game and we are now going through the point where
things "even out" for earlier winnings. I even switched to 50 cents so
that my daily allotment would last. Afterall, I would rather play for
less money than not play at all. In the last hour of play, I hit a set
of deuces for $500, but that didn't begin to make up for the rest of the
day. Oh well, tomorrow is a new day and a fresh start.
Sunday I decided to start playing dollars, but lost $300 in less than 15
minutes. Since it was our last day, I decided to drop back to 50 cents
and if I hit deuces, I would take the $500 and go back to dollars. I
immediately hit deuces again and went to dollars and played dollars the
rest of the day. Called it quits about 7:00 PM and had dinner at their
steakhouse. We needed to get to bed early cuz the flight left EARLY on
Monday AM and flying East, we lose two hours. It would be after 5:00 PM
by the time we would get home.
Monday morning, the limo was waiting to take us to the airport and head
home. All in all, it was a very nice weekend. Both my wife and I needed
the R&R. We had been working hard at work and dealing with other issues.
Fleeing reality for a few days is exactly what we needed. Sure Tuesday
morning hit us hard, but we were ready to take on the world. We will be
back soon, Reno. Until you run out of chips, Las Vegas isn't even on the
radar.
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