Vegas 2011

Our first Super Bowl trip was no different than the March Madness visits: Vegas won. On the bright side, we did get phenomenal seats to UFC at Mandalay.

Word of advice: Never bet the community betting pot on hockey and especially the Colorado Avalanche.

The Queen 1-14-11

Tony's turn with the pot lasted about 35 seconds. Blackjack was the game at $50 a hand. The 1st two hands were great as we hit BJ and had a nice dealer bust. Unfortunately, we did not quit while we were ahead. Tony lost every hand after that so we made a nice donation to Illinois public schools.



In a final kick in the nuts moment, Frank had the genius idea to switch slot machines and not 5 pulls later by his lucky neighbor, they hit this...

Lumiere is Evil

Hit some cold slot machines on the morning of 12/5. First I struck out on the $1 machines. I then decided to take it up a notch and play the $5 Wheel of Fortune machine. Vanna White & Pat Sajak are assholes and owe us $100.

Vegas trip for Super Bowl XLV February 4-7.

11/7 Harrahs

After getting his ass handed to him in $25 a hand Blackjack, Brad tried his hand at Roulette. I guess every blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while because the Club hit 2 numbers paying 35-1. We cashed out $400 then watched as the remaining money in the pot disappeared.

The pot stands at $620 which should pay for 2 flights. Still have 3 months to win the rest. Next Book Club meeting December 5.

Another Strong Day for the Book Club

We were due

June 2010, Kicked in the Nuts

Another month, another casino game the Book Club made a donation to, this time at Harrah's. This turn was Dominic, our final member to get a chance to play with the money. His game of choice: $5 Video Poker. We started off on a bit of a run. After 10 minutes or so of play, we were up to 95 credits. Being up $175 was not enough, Dominic decided to push our luck. After slowly dwindling down to 25 credits, he decided to bet $125 on one hand. Needless to say, the Royal Flush that paid $20k did not hit. About the only game we have yet to lose the pot on are War and How Many Finger Behind my Back.

Next Vegas trip: September 24-26.

River City

Roulette is an evil game and 11 is just a terrible number. We were short a couple guys today so Tony only got to play $200 and chose to play $25 spins on 11. There were a couple moments we thought we hit, but as usual the Book Club goes home with a goose egg. On the bright side, we almost ate enough at the buffet to offset our losses.

Vegas Wins Round 2

The picture really says it all. We played $5 slots with our pot and this was our final pull, just barely missed the jackpot. At least Tony earned some comp with the play.

Frank attempted to get some luck by feeling up Elvis outside the Hilton. I doubt it worked.

Even with our losses, it was a good weekend and a successful Book Club meeting, certainly better than that BS one that involves actual books.

Always bet on black

The Vegas pot now stands at $291, pretty pathetic after 3 visits to the casino. I made the bets today & put it all on red only to watch Black 2 come up.

Next meeting TBD.

Vegas trip locked in for the weekend of 3/26.

2010 starts off OK

While the highlight of the day was watching Tony consume about 10k calories at the Ameristar buffet, Mike banked a nice jackpot. Current nest egg: $3191.

January 2

The next meeting of the book club is 1/2/10 at 11AM. The casino is TBD. Everyone needs to bring dues at this time instead of Christmas.

Casino Saturday

Much like the Rams, Frank laid an egg. Hopefully no one believes that Casino Queen line of loosest slots in town. That's all BS.

Current Vegas Pot: $1 ($101 if we get our last 2 members initiation fee)

1st Bet

Against the advice of Joel & Tony, the group chose NYG -4.5 tonight. Through 3 quarters, this looks like a really retarded bet.