Losing Streak

The past few days have included an ongoing losing streak at both poker and blackjack.

It started last Thursday, the7th, when I dropped $90 playing poker at the Mirage. On Friday I changed venues, but lost $100 playing BJ at Red Rock. I finally posted a win on Saturday, squeeking out a $45 victory at Mirage.

I took Sunday off from playing cards and spent the morning at The Rampart, watching football. It was a fun morning, but my $25 in bets went down without a win. I was seated between a Chicago Bears fan and a New York Giants fan during the games. We had some good talks about football and when halftime came, the Giants fan offered to buy hotdogs for all of us. We each had 2 dogs and enjoyed the second half of the games.

Also on Sunday, we learned that Helen's brother Norman and his wife Lorraine will be coming to visit us on Thursday. They're staying at Ballys, so I called there and got us a room too. It should be fun!

On Monday I did an interview for a Northern Express article. Talked with a guy who, six years ago, launched a business selling glassware to wineries and breweries. He started in a small garage and now runs an operation with six production lines and 100,000 glasses in stock. His company sold just over 1,000,000 pieces of glass last year. Wrote the story yesterday, too.

Then I went to Red Rock and played some video poker, dropping $20.

Today, Tuesday, I headed back to Mirage to change my poker luck. But my losing streak continued when I dropped $90.  It was especially frustrating because I was up $20-25 after about two hours of play, but during the third hour things went real bad real fast.

Key hand came when I was dealt 5-5 and the flop came A-A-Q. Three of us checked it around and the turn card was a 5, giving me a full house. It seemed like no one else had much, since we had all checked, so I bet $25. One guy folded, but the other guy called my bet. The river card was a 3 that didn't change things. I went all in for my last $40 and the guy called me, showing Q-Q. He had flopped a huge full house and it cost me my stack.

My only condolence was that on the way home, I stopped by Paris and, using my club points, picked up a deluxe pizza for dinner. And so our adventure continues...