Friends,
I'm still here, barely. Since my
May TR , I've basically been beaten like a 2 dollar whore.
Part of the reason for this thread is to keep everyone updated on what's been going on. Part of it is b/c I like telling the story. And part of it is b/c I'm almost felted, and the last few times I've done a write up it's made the losing less painful, and the wins more satisfying. Since all I may have soon are distant memories, I'd better take the opportunity to make my remaining play count.
So, I'll update this in installments to begin, and then post new pics/hits as they happen. If I still have a bankroll when the next Vegas trip rolls around I may make a separate post, or just dump it into this thread. Hopefully this thread never dies...
From May until now- generally...
Awful. Only word to describe it. I returned from Vegas in May with a 30K bankroll and a spring in my step- I've got blood again, and I can play whenever I feel like it. Hell, at my "normal" 50c credit level, I shouldn't ever go bust again, right?
Of course, somewhere in the back of my mind I remember having a near 50K roll in Sept 2015, and THAT was almost felted by May 2016, so...
So I visit my local casino. A lot. And run bad. I play a mix of 50c and 1$ credits, and can recreate basically none of the magic I had in Vegas. It pretty much doesn't matter what I play, I can't win (or at least, I lose far faster than the hits make up for). Here are a few of the hits- sadly, you're not missing many pics (I'm saving my ultimate X and some other hits for another post)...
Spin poker, first hit back from Vegas. Since spin was so good to me in Vegas, maybe it'll continue?
Just enough to make you think every small pair or pair of aces has hope...
These hits USED to be routine. Now, they're rare as hen's teeth.
Another issue with the way I've been running the last few months- I can do stuff like this just enough with quad 2, 3, 4s, but the aces have well and truly dried up. No 4 aces w/kicker = dead.
I get so frustrated at some point, drawing over and over at premium draws and missing, that I decide the only solution is Dreamcard. For those who don't know, the dreamcard feature requires you to bet double. Supposedly 50% of the time, the 5th card (Dreamcard) shows up, and becomes the best possible card for the situation. Ex: you get dealt a pair, and the dreamcard. The Dreamcard automatically becomes a 3 of a kind (you can then draw at trips). You just bleed money on normal hands, but get to draw at trips CONSTANTLY. Dealt quads happens pretty often. And of course, I have visions of a dealt royal- hell, all I need are FOUR royal cards and the dream card, right? I get 4 to a royal (and miss) all the time!
There is only one casino in the local area with Dreamcard. The biggest credit denom is 25c. The best game is double double bonus- no TDB. The paytable is crap (8/5 full house/flush). Who cares- I NEED a score. My confidence is boosted with this on the first session-
3 aces... then the dream card. Exactly what I'm looking for. But, it's double double (as opposed to TDB). And it's only 25c credits. I'm left thinking of what this could have been...
My wife leaves town for a long weekend, and our nanny volunteers to take the kids for basically the whole time. Great! I'm free to gamble pretty much every day! And... I proceed to lose > 10K in a weekend. F me. I make a few of these, not that it's enough to stop the bleeding (you pretty much need dealt aces w/kicker or a royal to get the full effect of Dreamcard).
I NEED THIS ON TDB!
After that weekend, and bc the casino is REALLY ghetto, and the paytable is REALLY bad, I come to my senses and stop with Dreamcard. I'd play if they offered TDB, or if the paytables were better. I've been back less than a month and I've already lost >50% of the 30K I came home with.
To be continued...
Last edited by leon; 09-14-2016 at 10:28 PM.