Blackjack, Dinner out and a Concert

Sunday was a busy day for Helen and me.

I started the day with a trip to the nearby Suncoast where I made a basketball moneyline parlay bet. Indiana, U of D and Ohio State. It went down when U-D lost. I also played some 2-4 LIMIT poker with a table full of Geezers. I usually don't play limit, but thought I'd give it a try. And I was reminded why I don't like the game.  After about an hour of playing, I lost $24 and here's an example.

I hold 3-6 of clubs and decide to see the flop for $2. Flop comes 3-3-6. Flopped a full house. But because of the game, I could only bet $2 and four players call. Turn is a 10 and I bet $4, again the maximum bet. Three guys fold, but an elderly woman calls. River is another 10 and I bet $4, she raised to $8 and I call. She shows a K-10, a bigger full house!

In a NO LIMIT game, I would have bet $20 or 25 when I got the full house and either took down the pot or driven her out of it.  Frustrating to lose like that...

So between losing the $30 hoops bet and the $24 at poker, I was down 54 when I headed home about 1 pm to make lunch. After a turkey sandwich for Helen and some bean soup for me, we relaxed a bit before heading down to the Strip. We parked at MGM and walked over to New York, New York. It's not one of my favorite casinos, but I wanted to show Helen the Hershey store where they have literally TONS of candy! She likes Jolly Ranchers and they a wall of dispensers that allow you to pick out your favorite flavors. She chose grape and cherry, so we bought 1.3 pounds of them, plus some Hershey's chocolates.

Then we drove north on the Strip, letting her enjoy the sights. When we got north of Wynn, we headed back south, then turned west on Tropicana to get to The Orleans where we had tickets to see Kenny Wayne Shepherd, a blues guitarist from Louisiana.  Before the show I played some BJ, winning $30, some video BJ winning $22 and we had dinner, spaghetti & metballs special for me ($6.99) and a chicken quesadilla for Helen. Bill came to $15, but I had enough comps on my players card to get it FREE!

The concert began at 8 p.m. and it was great! Two solid hours of blues classics and some new tunes. Man, that boy can play the guitar!! It's our third time to see him at The Orleans and I hope we'll do it again next winter. Tickets were only $30, a real bargain for a Vegas concert.

Today, I'm heading down to Bally's to play poker and log some time toward their Thursday freeroll tourney that I scored $300 in last week. Hopefully I can cash again this Thursday. And so, our LV adventure continues...