Day 17
Thursday July 1, 2021
Happy Canada Day To My Canadian Readers
Took it easy this morning and then went out to gas up the car for tomorrow's trip back to Las Vegas.

When I got back I had lunch at Brew Brothers. BBQ Bacon Burger. Pretty tasty burger that came with French fries.

Next up it was time to hit the casino. I decided that since video poker wasn't working I'd play craps. The table at Silver Legacy was packed so I walked over to Eldorado. I wasn't thrilled about it being a $25 game in the middle of the day in the middle of the week but that's the way things are now. I bought in for a grand and never needed more than my initial bet. Thanks to a shooter by the name of Rasheed and myself, the rack was filling up. We both hit a bunch of points with no effing around We'd set the point and then hit it the next roll. Most of my money was made on line bets with odds but a few shooters were rolling lots of numbers but not making the points. I was placing the inside numbers and pressing up a unit each time it hit.

I had almost tripled up before the table turned. We're talking set point, go out Set point, go out. It was my turn to shoot and I decided, nope, not this time. I've cut my own throat too many times in the past and colored up with a win of $1025.

After this I wandered through the casino excited about my first win in 5 days and played some penny slots. I won a few more bucks but nothing big.

I came back to Silver Legacy to play video poker. I had my mind made up I would not lose more than 1k to guarantee a positive day although the goal was NOT to lose it all.

I chose 100 play for nickels. This was a really smooth session. The smoothest of the whole Reno trip. Lots of trips and 2 pair and a few straights, and flushes. I was hovering right around +/- $100 the whole time and then I hit a royal out of no where. I continued to hover and a few more dealt straights kept me alive and a dealt flush. I was getting ready to quit for a dinner break when it happened. I was dealt the ultra dreaded A2345 straight flush for a $1,250 hand pay and a dreaded w2g. After the last few days I've had, I'll take it even though I'm aggravated that of all the straight flushes it could have dealt me, it was a backwards royal. $1,250 instead of $20,000.

I cashed out of the machine for a dinner break with the credit meter dead even, plus $1,250 in my pocket.

For dinner I went to Cafe Central one last time and got the wor won ton soup since it will probably be a year before I have it again.

After dinner I hit the machines to get in a little more play. I decided to bump up to dimes with a $500 loss limit. This was another smooth session with lots of high pairs and two pairs dealt to me. I was getting close to having my action done and I got dealt trips 3 times in 5 hands and a dealt flush. It was sure nice not having to keep reloading the machine. I cashed out once I had my play in and took another $400 profit. If only the last 4 days were half this good.

They were doing a drawing for 7* and diamond Elite players with 20 players getting $500 cash as part of their 4th of July weekend bash. While I waited for the drawing I played some penny games with a few small wins and a few small losses.

It was not time for the drawing. They started calling names and the emcee was more interested in doing a commercial for the place than calling names. Finally he started calling. I wasn't called in the first set or the second set. There's 30 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

I finished up playing my July free play of $90. I ran it through quarter five play and turned it into $96 cash.

I wrapped up early tonight and came up to the room to pack up and get ready for the trip back to Las Vegas tomorrow.

Total win/loss for the day + $2866
Total Comps for the day $299