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Winnersbank 200, revisited

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As promised… I said before that I would review the WinnersBank200 after returning from Vegas. And as I predicted, I have nothing but great things to say about it.

(check out how it works here before reading on)

I first used the WinnersBank200 on day 1 of my trip. A co-worker of mine was also in Vegas and he hadn’t been to Fremont before so we decided to go over to the Golden Nugget and get some lunch. After eating the $20 buffet (which was only mediocre) we decided to play some 3 card poker. We found a $5 table and started playing.

Dave had won several hands and I wasn’t having much luck. I told Dave “I’m not having any luck so it’s time for me to go…….. ” and after about a 3 second pause “but first I’m gonna do this” and I upped my bet from $5 to $10 on each (in 3 card poker you can make between 1 and 3 bets). It was then that I hit my straight flush (which pays 40 to 1 in the pair plus bet and I’m not exactly sure what the 2nd and 3rd bets pay out)… this was good for over $500. Immediately, I put that $500 chip in the winners bank200. With the key safely placed in my hotel room back at the Luxor, there was NO WAY I could lose that $500 profit during this outing. I would need to go all the way back to my hotel room to get into the handy little safe.

My budget was $500 per day while in Vegas. This would include food, tips, and gambling. I would use the WinnersBank200 on each of my 7 days while in Vegas. On day 2, I won two $300 jackpots on the slots and would immediately put that money in the WinnersBank200 and therefore had $500 essentially to blow.

Later, I would win $1000 on a slotslotwin.jpg and that too would go into the personal safe.

Even while playing craps, I would “go south” (going south means to take winnings off the table and put them in your pocket, this is generally not acceptable in poker but ok in games where you play against the casino like blackjack, craps, and other table games). Everytime I won another hundred I would put more chips into the bank. EVERYBODY wanted to know about the Winners Bank200. The pit bosses would give me an akward stare as I safely stored green chips in my handy little safe. Had I taken 50 of those banks with me I could have easily made $40 a pop right there in the casinos. I explained to curious onlookers what the bank was a minimum of 20 times during this trip.

I cannot stress enough how much I recommend this little invention to ANYONE planning a trip to a casino. I am sure that I will be buying a few as gifts for my family and friends.

Go get yourself one………..

Vegas Trip: Day 1

Friday I woke up at 10am because I had a 12:30 test to take. The test was at 12:30 and lasted an hour and a half. I immediately went into work at 3 and was there until around 1am. Because I had been studying all week I did have a chance to prepare for my trip. Therefore, from around 2am to 4am I packed. At 4:05am I laid down, at 5:05am I got out of bed and showered. At 6am Josh came to pick me up and we went to the airport.

Rule number 1: Fat guys should never fly Southwest Airlines.

After 3 hours of the most uncomfortable ride I’ve ever experienced we arrived in Vegas. Because it was only 9am here, we couldn’t check in yet and decided to make a stop at Harrah’s to play in the 11am tourny. After getting our luggage and picking up our rental car we had just enough time to make it to the 11am tourny.

We arrived around 10:30 and bought in for $50. With about 30 minutes to kill we decided to get some grub. The closest restaurant was the Toby Keith’s I Love this Bar and Grill inside Harrah’s. I gotta tell ya, the marketing genius that decided that a Toby Keith themed bar and grill would be a good idea in a Vegas casino, should be promoted. Then, beaten and fired. That place eats ass.

Anyway, poker didn’t go well. I busted out of the tournament relatively early on a bad beat. Was eligable to rebuy as an alternate, and then busted out AGAIN on a bad beat. My buddy Josh did place and made a little over $100 profit.

Because I hadn’t slept in over 24 hours at this point I was starting to feel a little crazy. I needed water and sleep fast. We checked into the Plaza downtown on Fremont and I was able to take a 4 hour nap.

After getting some winks we decided to grub at the Plaza’s buffet. Not bad for $6.99.

Still being tired from not getting a lot of sleep, Josh and I bullshitted in the hotel room until around 1am. Binion’s had a 2am tourny so I decided to walk downstairs and across the street. The tourny was $70 plus an optional $40 rebuy. I got knocked out in the first round. Yet another bad beat.

Day 1: Loss of $500