The plan for Wednesday was to visit Red Rock Casino and play some poker and maybe a bit of blackjack. After Helen and I had breakfast, I rolled over there about 9:30 or so. It's a 10 minute drive from our new apt. here at Shadow Hills at the foot of Lone Mountain.
When I arrived, there was a 8-name list for $1-2 no limit, so I added my name to the list and went off to find a blackjack table. Sat down at a game and in about 15 minutes I was up $60, so I took a break and went back to check on the poker room. They had opened up a new table and I got a seat right away. I was seated in the 4th seat from the dealer, right next to a guy from England.
No big hands for awhile, then I looked down at 4-6 of diamonds. I was the big blind, so my $2 was already in the pot and when everyone else just called, I was able to see a cheap flop. To my surprise, the flop came 3-5-7 of different suits. I had flopped a straight! One guy bet $10 and only one other guy called before it came to me. I just called, not wanting to chase them out with a raise. The turn card was an Ace. Good for me, because anyone with an Ace would like that. The original raiser bet $30 and the other guy folded. I sat and pretended to think about it, before just calling. I put him on a hand like A-K or A-Q. The river card was a harmless 2. The guy bet his last $40 and I called him. He showed his A-Q and I flipped my 4-6 for the winning straight. It was a hefty pot of almost $200.
I had another nice hand when I hit a full house, but the pot was not nearly as large. I also had a winning flush hand.
Overall it was a very good poker experience. We did have a loudmouth guy at the table who was the self-appointed play=by=play announcer. He would analyze very hand, spouting off odds of hitting a hand, explaining how he would have done it, etc. His expertise was fueled by a never-ending supply of Coors Lights and I think a good chunk of his stack went to waitress tips.
Between BJ and poker I won $232 and also bought a $20 money line basketball parlay ticket. That one lost when Wisconsin lost to Duke. The other two legs won - Virginia over Maryland and the Washington Wizards over the Lakers. That 20 would have paid me $35 if it had hit.
Got home about 4:30 and Helen had set up our Luther Tree. It's our Christmas tradition and really brightens up our apartment. I whipped up a dinner of Middle Eastern food - hummus, lebni, pita bread, Kalamata Olives and Greek feta cheese. We watched some hoops and other TV before retiring for the night. Today our LV Adventure continues...
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