Woke up about 7, then came down and played some blackjack. The first round was incredible: I had one push, and the rest were wins! I should have just stopped then, but, alas, I did not. It was nothing but ugly from then on. Over the next four hours, I proceeded to have my worst loss *ever*. Nothing went right. I’d have 20, she’d draw a 6 card 21; I’d double down with 11 versus her 6, and I’d invariable get a 2 while she drew to 18. After brunch, drove over to the Stardust, where I played to even after a couple of hours (thought it really hurt when I had split and double to four hands and didn’t win a wn. Went on downtown to the Plaza, where I proceeded to lose some more. Headed over to Binion’s to play some Omaha, got on the list, and decided to play while waiting…bad move…lost some more. Game never developed, so drove back to Luxor. Played for over 4 hours, hovering around even for the most part, then took another dive south. When I was really starting to despair, I managed to split\/double out to 7 hands and won them all!, which brought me back to even (for the session, not the day, obviously). Came back to my room to find a very nice gift basket from Chris, my Casino Host. Made the day a little better. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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