Lol Turningstoneaments

So, contrary to what you might believe from reading the most recent entry, everyone made it home from Turningstone safe and sound. We were probably saved by the ridiculous lack of alcohol on the reservation and the fact that Bach and I didn't count on the unmatched drinking capacity of the class of dymz and Sam. The liter of Captain's was gone very quickly, and the 18 quality beers (saranac and yuengling) quickly followed.

So, what could there possiby be to do at a casino when you're either drunk (like billy and tirrell) or buzzed (myself, bach, and sam and jason). Play table games! GOGOGOGOGO BLACKJACK.

Now, Billy and Tirrell went busto from poker pretty early in the day. So they were naturally more excited to win their money back. The problem being that they didn't have any money left. So somehow Billy and I got separated from the rest of the pack and decided to sit down and play blackjack. I lent him 10 bucks. (its not real money, its red chips)

10 minutes later, I had turned my $150 that I allotted for table games (of my $465 poker profit) into 60 bucks and Billy had turned my 10 into about 90. We then met up with the rest of the crowd and announced how good Billy was at blackjack.

His trick? We rarely stayed more than 4-5 hands at the same table. We would win a few, then lose one and get up and leave. We went by feel and I was quickly back around even. I can't even really document the rest of the tabling gaming experience because its all a huge blur. I do remember Bach putting $86 on black, hitting, and then being way too much of a pussy to let it ride.

To say that we were a loud, probably obnoxious group is probably an understatement. We especially attracted the attention of one blackjack dealer, Lacy. She said she hated us because we were loud and obnoxious, but we all knew that she really loved us. We kept coming by her tables, but we knew that she was destined to deal for us when we moved to a new table, and she showed up. She cooled our streaks for a while, until she finally met her match.

Teddy Bach.

Bach's little brother knew the right things to say to get under Lacy's skin and make her bust. A highlight:

TBach-- "So, Lacy, do you want to go out to dinner with me?"

Lacy-- "No."

Tbach (looking at his watch, seeing that it's 3:17am)-- "Well, that's convienient, because it's breakfast time. Do you want to go to breakfast?"

So, aided by Lacy's busting, we quickly built a profit on Blackjack. Then we spotted Sam's wild-eyed stare at the craps table.

[ninja-edit] Now, for most of the night, Sam spent the time alone. After he busted at poker, he went off on his own and made around 300 bucks at blackjack, putting him up for the night. After he started drinking, he took a liking to craps.

I'm not really sure what happened but it culminated in Sam losing all his money, except for 60 bucks he had hidden in the room. We'll just say, with Sam's attitude, its a really good thing that he left his ATM card at home, and he came back to the room around 6:30am with six dollars.

Now, if you asked me before I left what time I thought I'd be going to bed, I would have said definitely by 1 or 2. My plan was to lose my money, go buy alcohol, and then drink until I went to bed. Now, winning almost 500 bucks in the first 4 hours kind of took away these plans.

So, there I was at 4am, still near the blackjack tables with $250 in 25's in my hand. I was tired, but not ready to go to bed yet. I look around and theres a $10 min table right there. I sit down. Play one hand at $25 cause that's the smallest chip I have. Win. $275 (up $125 in table games). Play another hand. Win. $300 (up $150). I turn around and see Hanrahan there. "That was an easy 50 bucks." He observes. And I quit right there.

[ninja-edit] We woke up at 10:30 and checked out at 11.

If my calculations were right, we were up as a group, both overall, and against the house (table games).

Bromfield & Friends: 1
Donkingstone: 0

Pwnt.

-Arak