Went to Vegas, Followed Wesley Snipes' Advice, and Lost it All
Was in Vegas with a friend this weekend. Didn't do too much gambling, mostly saw a couple shows and watched a lot of anime on laptop. (Only true geeks would go to Vegas and spend half the trip in the room watching anime.)
My last hour in town I did my only real gambling. I laid down $100 at a roulette table. I followed a couple of ad-hoc strategies like splitting between two numbers across the board and selecting birthdays and anniversaries (which I hit on a few times).
After the dealer told everyone zeroes kept coming up at her previous break, I denied my instinct to bet on them, and of course they came up. After that I kept laying a stack across zero and double zero every spin. Finally 0 hit and my pile of chips was up to $165.
It was at this point I decided to place the most exciting bet of my life thus far. The entire time I was at the table red came up 3 times and black about a dozen, and every time I bet on red I lost. So to the dealer's dismay I enjoyed slowly pushing my entire enormous pile over to black. I wanted to vote red the whole time, but it just kept failing me.
It was a calculated risk and I had no delusions about any magical ability to entice black to come up. (Though I was stupid in thinking that there is some kind of a trend to consider. I reminded myself later: It's completely random, stupid!)
So as you can probably tell by now, that little ugly ball landed on red. I wasn't shocked, nor upset. I simply had a big smile on my face as I stood up and walked away knowing it was a great gambling experience to look back on. (At least I lost to red instead of a zero!)
Roulette's really fun. I can't wait to go back and play some more, but next time with Charms so I can really have some fun.
(I missed her terribly. 
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My last hour in town I did my only real gambling. I laid down $100 at a roulette table. I followed a couple of ad-hoc strategies like splitting between two numbers across the board and selecting birthdays and anniversaries (which I hit on a few times).
After the dealer told everyone zeroes kept coming up at her previous break, I denied my instinct to bet on them, and of course they came up. After that I kept laying a stack across zero and double zero every spin. Finally 0 hit and my pile of chips was up to $165.
It was at this point I decided to place the most exciting bet of my life thus far. The entire time I was at the table red came up 3 times and black about a dozen, and every time I bet on red I lost. So to the dealer's dismay I enjoyed slowly pushing my entire enormous pile over to black. I wanted to vote red the whole time, but it just kept failing me.
It was a calculated risk and I had no delusions about any magical ability to entice black to come up. (Though I was stupid in thinking that there is some kind of a trend to consider. I reminded myself later: It's completely random, stupid!)
So as you can probably tell by now, that little ugly ball landed on red. I wasn't shocked, nor upset. I simply had a big smile on my face as I stood up and walked away knowing it was a great gambling experience to look back on. (At least I lost to red instead of a zero!)
Roulette's really fun. I can't wait to go back and play some more, but next time with Charms so I can really have some fun.
(I missed her terribly. )
10 Comments
MarineGunrockWho goes to Vegas and misses a woman!?!
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
I've never played roulette, but I really enjoyed the craps table the couple of times that I went to Vegas. Mainly just for the energy and buzz when the table was hot. Supposedly craps is the bets odds game on the floor. (I'm sure someone knows differently)
dystopianfuturetodayWhen Issy and I stopped in Vegas on our way back home from Montana, I actually had a 200% net gain while gambling. Of Course, when you only bet one dollar, a 200% net gain doesn't amount to much.
SarzyI believe, when considering games played against the house (ie: not poker), blackjack is your best bet, as your odds are essentially 50-50 against the house assuming you play properly.
rottenseedhahaha no way! I was in Vegas this weekend too! Didn't gamble though...I chose drugs, clubs and pool parties.
>> ^MarineGunrock:
Who goes to Vegas and misses a woman!?!
I'm glad I brought my woman to Vegas. It game me something to do after looking at all that scantily clad eye candy.
Farhad2000You went to Vegas and didn't snort cocaine off some strippers butt?
Wait...
lauraI recommend Zumanity if yer gonna pay for a show,
betting purely on instinct, (even if it leads 'ya to the penny slots, it's more fun that way),
not getting on the strip at all in a car, (gotta walk up and down the main areas just to say you did, of course...)
and don't be those people who sit and push buttons for hours breathing in the oxygen-enriched canned air and downing drinks, losing track of time for hours and hours.
There's so much more fun to be had in Vegas!
Then again, there's just as much fun if not more to be had at home if yer creative...
lauraoh, and talk to people. Anyone and everyone. Leads to all kinds of unpredictableness, and that's where you start...
rottenseed^ I agree. I always meet people in Vegas. Maybe I talked to you, Lucky and I didn't even know it
laura^yeah lucky, remember that Pakuni? This should help you figure out what he said:
http://members.aol.com/PyrateScum/pakuni.html
(God, I'm such a nerd...)
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