And that's exactly what I did on Wednesday at the Red Rock casino.
The morning started with me working on an article I'm writing for the Northern Express. Then I took off to run a couple of errands and make my first visit of the winter to the Rampart casino. I played blackjack there for about 90 minutes and dropped $40.
Then I headed home to make our lunch - vegetable rotini soup for Helen and bean soup for me. We've been eating soup for lunch for a few weeks now in an effort to drop a few pounds.
After lunch I rolled over to the Red Rock to play poker and get some football action on tomorrow's games. Since the first game - Lions vs. Vikings - kicks off at 9:30 a.m. I wanted to get the bets in early. Settling into the poker room, I quickly got a seat at a 1-2 no-limit game.
On my first hand I got dealt K-Q and the flop came K-Q-4. I took down that pot and 3 of the first four. I was on a nice roll, raising bets and taking down pots. On the fourth hand I was dealt 5-7 both hearts and the flop came 3-4-6, giving me a straight. I took down a $25 pot with that one. Anyway, I built up a profit of over $100 and just coasted along after that. When things cooled off, after a couple of hours, I left with a profit of $115.
I had seen people walking around the casino toting pumpkin pies, so I stopped by the players club to ask about how one might receive one of these Chef Pierre beauties. I was told I needed to earn 300 points on my players card. The lady ran my card through their computer and said, "Oh, you earned 2,000 points in the poker room! You get a pie!"
As a point of reference, in the poker room you earn $1 (1,000 points) per hour. So I played a bit over 2 hours and logged 2,000+plus points.
I bought a 3-team parlay ticket on tomorrow's games. My $15 wager is for the Vikings -3, Chargers -1 and Redskins -7. When it hits, it will pay $90.
After snagging my FREE pie, I headed home where Helen was on the phone with Anna. They talk daily, just touching base about Anna's life in Texas. I prepared us scrambled egg wraps for dinner, sort of a breakfast dinner, but tasty and easy to fix. Now we'll watch some TV and relax.
Tomorrow we'll have Thanksgiving Dinner at the Red Rock buffet as our adventure continues...
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