Day 4 part I
Woke up around my usual time, headed down for my usual caffeine and gambling.
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Jeez. Finally.
I can't recall much from this session, but if memory serves that last hit put me slightly ahead. I remember it being generally cold, I only picked up those two draws as show- luckily the second one came in. I head back upstairs for breakfast and put on Thor- Ragnarok. Much like with Kingsman 2, I watched the majority of the movie before putting it on hold for later. I'm proud of myself for spreading around the play and taking more breaks as planned; I could definitely do better but any reduction in gambling is theoretically good for the roll.
After the movie, I think I played a bit more then went and grabbed my mom at the condo. The plan was to run to the bank (more on this in a bit), lunch at Charlie's at the Wynn, then play until movie time at The Orleans! I had bought my mom and myself tickets to see Black Panther. After the movie, it's back to the Wynn, walk to Palazzo for dinner at Carnevino.
So... the bank. Not much to tell other than a small story which anyone who has had issues accessing their own money might find interesting. Essentially, my mom's Taiwan ATM card no longer works in any gambling establishment. We've confirmed this at multiple casinos in LV and SD- she can withdraw money just fine anywhere else, but for some reason it won't work in a casino. As near as I can tell, it's bc the Taiwan bank is affiliated with the government, so there's probably some backend issue in which the Taiwan government won't allow money to be drawn at a gambling establishment. She's called them multiple times and they have no idea what she's talking about (of course), but the facts remain. So periodically she's had to-
- go to the bank, get 20s from ATM
- repeatedly use ATM since each individual max draw is lower than daily max
- line up and change 20s to 100s
- rinse, repeat
I help her with this, of course. It's amazing how one can be at a bank in the middle of the day, simply getting your own money and yet somehow feel like a criminal. There's just something about making multiple ATM withdrawals, then standing there with a wad of money, which you then immediately exchange for bigger bills...
I ran into something like this recently when I tried to withdraw 10k for my dad at my bank- I was given the run around, told they needed 3 days to get that many 100s on hand, etc! WTF- this was at a Bank of America. I don't believe that they don't have 10k in hundreds readily available 24/7/365. Whatever their motivation, it's just ridiculous how much of a hassle they can make it to get YOUR OWN money.
Anyways, after this annoyance we head to the Wynn. Neither of us are particularly enthused about eating at Charlie's, but we feel compelled to use up some comp, and I'm planning on getting something relatively light since we're going to Carnevino later. We arrive with about an hr to play before lunch, and I start plugging away again.
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Clearly at some point I got bored with 5 play and switched back to 10, with the same crappy results. Goal for next time- stick to 3 and 5 play better.
I need to take a break from this machine. I head to hi limit to play on the UX machines, but wisely choose to just play a regular game (ie, not bet the full 10 credits per hand but rather 5, still a full pay game). I can't remember if I would have ended up with a multiplier on the following hand, but I don't remember being super pissed so memory says no
I think I went into lunch down about 1k on the day. Food at Charlie's was standard/almost bad. I got a Caesar salad (standard) and the garlic-parm wings, which sounded better to me than traditional buffalo wings. Generally I'm not a fan of too much sauce and prefer drier wings, and I was picturing this here- relatively dry wings, dusted with garlic and parm. Big mistake- it was SLATHERED with sauce, far more than the regular wings. The taste was fine but basically it was the exact opposite of what I was looking for. Pretty gross.
I head back for more play after lunch. I remember it was icy.
Took this pic just bc of the ridiculous. Pair into quads in two spots. 8s, of course. Never happens with premiums.
Oh thank god.
At some point I clearly got bored and switched to 10 play, again...
Arrgh so close from a singleton ace.
And, I must have gotten so bored with TDB that I switched to deuces wild bonus.
Wow, ok this is a good result.
That clearly wasn't getting it done either, bc I switched to spin poker. Very early on, I pick up the 1/47 shot at a lightning bolt!
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UGH. That comes in on spin it's almost certainly for multiple lines.
Getting frustrated. Back it back down to triple play.
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Jesus.
Another bolt of lightning! Just enough motivation to go BACK to 10 play. Yep, I'm an idiot.
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And... back to 5 play.
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Whew. I don't remember this session being this long- it obv wasn't bc we didn't have THAT much time between lunch and when we needed to leave for the movie! Yet, it was obv an action-packed session. So many draws. So many misses. I recall being completely even on this post lunch session, so still stuck 1k for the day.
It's time to head to the movie. I managed to score matinee tickets to Black Panther at the The Orleans with reclining seats, etc for 11$ a piece! LOL so cheap. I'm looking forward to checking out another casino and actually seeing a movie in a theater, something which isn't very easy with kids...
To be continued...