Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:50:03 -0800
From: David Low
Subject: [BARGE] Embargo Trip Report

I am going to somewhat cheat on my trip report. I write a private blog for
my dad about my life which helps him keep connected with my life. I will
paste a snippet from it that relates to Embargo. I do my best to try and
keep things straight in my brain but I may not have remembered all of the
details correctly.

Some personal thoughts/feedback from Embargo:
Dealer's Choice - I love the way it was run this year. Having a limited
number of DC games to play where it was voted on in advance made it a LOT
more fun
Chowaha - This is a tough tournament if you are card dead. I would really
like to see this tournament change to rotate between different chowaha
variants (2 card, 4 card, high/low, etc) over the course of the tournament
(think ToC)
Heads Up Tourney - This was by far my favorite event. Sure it was a bit
more expensive, but I got a ton of play (though I only played 3 matches).
It allowed me some great time 1:1 with other players and allowed me to
learn about a part of the game I don't normally get to play.

The best thanks I can give the organizers and BoD is this long trip report
which is a small window into my life. You guys are awesome for the time and
patience you put into the Barge community.

-dave


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This year is the 3rd Embargo which is another gambling gathering in Vegas.
This year we moved back downtown to Binions for the event which is also
used for the larger ARG event in the summer called Barge.

I had booked a late morning flight out of SFO. I had a number of different
choices on how to get to the airport. I could get up and take the early
morning shuttle to the office and then take BART from there to the airport.
I could take the morning Caltrain to BART. I could also drive and park at
the BART station near the airport.

The early morning shuttle was the cheaper option but I wasn't sure what I
would do with my car. I don't know if I can leave it at the parking lot for
4 days. Similarly, if I parked at the BART station near the airport, it
would cost me $30 to pay for 5 days of parking (which is much cheaper than
the $90 it would cost me at airport long term parking).

I decided to take the easy option and walk to the caltrain station which is
about a 20-25 minute walk from the house. There were a number of trains I
could take, all of them would get me there easily on time.

Excited for the trip, I woke up a bit early and tried not to wake Tracy up
too much before I left. With my new job, I am getting up about 20-30
minutes before Tracy needs to be which means she is waking up a bit earlier
than she wants to.

They have a new mass transit payment system called the Clipper Card which
is accepted in all of the different systems (we have many in the region). I
had quickly glanced over the help page which explained how to use it on
Caltrain. I knew I had to scan it on the way in. I didn't know if it was
going to give me a receipt or anything. I

As I was getting on the train, there was someone checking for tickets
(briefly). Most people seemed to be carrying their clipper card in their
hand, one woman looked like she had some sort of ticket with hers. I
suddenly had a guilty feeling that I was cheating the system. The ticket
checker either didn't see me or I had the right thing so I was on the train.

I figured this would be a learning experience either way. At the end of the
ride, I was getting off and noticing that some people were scanning on the
way out. Unsure of what to do, I chose not to do that. Apparently that was
a mistake. The way that it apparently works is when you get on the train,
they charge you the maximum fare for the ride you could take from where you
start. When you scan on the way out, they refund you the difference. This
cost me an extra $1.75 on the fare. Obviously I am still figuring things
out.

Doug was meeting me at the airport as he was coming in from the East Bay.
We ended up on the same BART train just at different ends. As he gets on at
a really busy stop, he tends to ride at the back of the train where there
is more room. By the time he reached the airport which is the 2nd to last
stop, he had the car to himself.

The flight out was uneventful. A recent change in Las Vegas for United is
the establishment of their own terminal. They were always in their own
terminal which you had to take a train to but now they have built a new
train which goes to the new arrivals area. It doesn't really speed things
up as you end up walking the same distance.

After waiting for 10 minutes for the rental car shuttle to arrive, we
figured out why. There was an older gentlemen driving who made us felt like
he was driving Miss Daisy around. I don't think we broke 25mph on the way
to the rental car garage.

We then checked into our hotel and found some lunch. Though we were playing
downtown, we were staying on the strip as Doug had a completely free room
and I had 2 of my 4 nights for free at Planet Hollywood. This was
considerably cheaper (including a rental car) than staying where we
normally do. For lunch, we kept it simple as we were planning to eat again
before our evening tournament. We enjoyed a sandwich at Earl of Sandwich
which is one of the better spots at Planet Hollywood.

Normally on this weekend trip we have been able to get our "Chinese New
Year" limited edition players cards. We stopped at the Total Rewards center
at Planet Hollywood and the person didn't even know what we were talking
about. We then made our way over to Paris and they told me that they didn't
come in yet. We found out later that because Chinese New Year was over 2
weeks away, they hadn't received them yet.

I had a work call to do at 3pm so we stopped to play a bit of Asia Poker at
Paris. I managed to catch some cards early and cashed out for a win as I
went over to my call. Doug didn't do as well and ended up with a loss while
I was finishing up my call.

We then made the trip downtown to Binions. We found Ryan in the poker room
as we sat down to join the fun. I splashed around a bit and broke more or
less even by the time we went to dinner.

The first day of any ARG event for me is tough. I feel like I am converting
myself from my normal life to my gambling life. I feel a bit hazy and I
definitely am not in game shape. I think it takes me a little while to
relax. I like that we have a somewhat established routine of getting there
early, enjoying a nice meal before jumping into the chaos.

For dinner, we went to one of our favorite spots, the Chicago Brew pub in
the Four Queens. We quickly made friends once again with the staff
requesting that they change the basketball game to hockey (also helped that
the Black Hawks were playing). We enjoyed our usual meal and I managed to
break even on video poker which resulted in free beverages.

That evening was the Dealer's Choice tournament. Last year, this was
chaotic due to the sheer number of games that could be selected. To help
alleviate that problem they reduced the total number of games in play.
Prior to the tournament they did a vote for all participants on what game
they wanted. The most popular games would then be played during the
Dealer's Choice.

The tournament went well. Doug made it about half way through the field
before busting out. Ryan and I ended up at the same table. I saw a variety
of games including Super Stud, Two or Five Omaha (my personal favorite),
and Murder (see http://www.barge.org/rules for information on the games if
you are interested).

One of the traditions during tournaments is to give out bust out gifts. One
of the guys that I busted from the game gave me a Chinese New Year red
envelope that had Hello Kitty! on it. It contained a new $2 bill (yes, you
can actually get these). As Doug is a huge Hello Kitty! fan, I gave him the
envelope.

Side story: If you haven't heard some of the stories about $2, you should
read this story from Woz (an Apple Founder):
http://archive.woz.org/letters/general/78.html

With about 10 people left in the tournament, we were playing Hold'em
(what?, I know, right). I got into a monster pot with 2 other players for
about 1/3-1/4 of the chips in the tournament and my AQ lost to 99
(effectively a coin flip). The guy who won the pot, Ron, went on the win
the tournament. It seemed that he was unstoppable as the deck hit him hand
after hand.

Ryan went on to the final table and ended  up cashing for a nice win. Over
the weekend, this was the only cash that any of the 3 of us had. Ryan made
a stab at the final table on a big hand, but Ron also drew out on him in
Badugi (drawing a 6 high badugi while needing 2 cards).

By the time that Ryan busted out, it was 1am. We went in search of food.
FukuBurger was supposedly close by. They park out front of a night club a
block off of the Fremont Street experience most evenings. We went up there
but were unable to find the food truck.

The next morning I tweeted them to wonder what happened. They responded
saying that it was really quiet so they left early but said if I showed
them the tweet they would give me a free burger.

We ended up stopping at a new hot dog restaurant at the front of the D
which is the renovated Fitzgeralds Casino. The food was ok, but not great.
Enough to satisfy my hunger minus the fact I burned my tongue on the french
fries.

The next "morning" Doug and I met Ryan at Binions around 11am and we went
in search of brunch. We ate at Hash House a Go-Go at the Plaza. Food is
consistently good and our stomachs were happy.

Last year at Embargo we started the "Math is Hard" Pentathlon of Casino
Games. I ended up winning in the 7th game after having a 3 way tie after 6
events. This year was much different. I couldn't seem to get anything to
work.

Doug pulled off the biggest coup of the pentathlon by selecting electronic
craps (which would have sucked) and then agreeing to change his pick if we
excluded craps from the pentathlon. Going forward, we have banned all
electronic versions of games from these events and craps will definitely be
an event this summer during the decathlon (mark my words).

The games in this year's pentathlon were: 3-card poker, single deck
blackjack, roulette, pai gow, ultimate texas hold'em, and 4 card poker.
Doug started strong this year and didn't falter towards the end thanks to
my inability to win anything.

I had never played single deck blackjack before. With 3 of us playing
against the dealer, we could play 3 hands before a shuffle. This gives you
a surprising amount of information. What was even more surprising is the
amount of conversation we could have about it while at the table. This
reminded me of the many stories about the start of card counting and it
felt just like that. I ended up messing up while playing this and bet the
wrong amount on the last hand and finished 2nd to Doug by a few dollars.

The last event was interesting. We ended up at the Golden Nugget which is
considered the "nice" hotel downtown. We sat down at the 4 card poker table
where an older couple was playing. The dealer was an older (likely in his
60s). During one of the hands, the dealer had showed an AKTJx hand. While
he was evaluating his hand vs the first hand of this couple he thought he
had a straight and mucked her hand. Ryan pointed out that he didn't have a
straight and he started to back the cards up. In doing so, he then mucked
their other hand which he thought he beat where he was incorrect again. The
pit boss was standing next to him and talking to him at the same time. The
dealer who was looking at the woman who he had messed up on first and
exclaimed: "Well you try dealing this game". The woman thought it was
directed at her and became upset. She demanded to cash out of the game
right away. I didn't hear about this but Doug told me the story later,
which of course lead us to joke about it even more going forward.

We paid off Doug and made our way back over to Binions. We had a bit of
time before dinner so we gambled some more. I played craps for a while with
Ryan and we made back some of our losses from the Pentathlon and then
played some poker after that until it was time for dinner

Over the summer, Tracy and found a Hawaiian restaurant called Aloha
Specialties in an adjoining casino. For whatever reason, Islanders love
coming to downtown and staying at crappy hotels and bet a bunch of money.

One of the Bargers, told us about him playing craps. It was him, another
Barger and a polynesian. The Bargers were both betting the table minimum,
$5, on the dark side. The other guy had about $30K with him and was betting
several thousand on each role. The dark side was paying off. This guy gets
upset and says that their betting the dark side was messing up the table
(superstitious anyone?). It's not like they were celebrating, the dice just
weren't doing what they were supposed to. The casino immediately steps in
and gives this guy a comp meal somewhere. The funny part of this story is
the pit boss should have identified this quickly and comped the 2 Bargers a
cheap meal somewhere and they would have gone away. They could have closed
the table for this guy so he could privately waste away his $30K instead of
having him leave and eat for free on their dime. I guess not all pit bosses
are economics majors.

Friday evening was the time for the World Chowaha Championships. I don't
really like the way this tournament plays because I learned to play it 4
card, high/low split. This tournament is 2 card, must play 2, high only. I
think for future Embargo events they should make it a rotation between the
various Chowaha variants. I am sure this will infuriate the purists, but
create even more action.

I did ok in the tournament. I outlasted both Doug and Ryan for the $10 last
longer. I ended up busting out in 12th place which is about 2/3rds of the
way through the field. I don't think I was able to do anything dramatic
during the tournament but I had a really good time.

After busting from the tournament, I met up with Doug and Ryan. It was time
for my free burger. It was raining in Vegas, so we opt'd to drive down to
pick up our food instead of walking. I happily collected my free burger
(surprising to show someone a tweet on your phone and getting a free burger
out of it). I tipped about the price of the burger as a thank you.

We decided to eat in the parking garage. Doug had ordered the burger with
an egg. The egg was runny and Doug has a history of shirt fatalities
related to burgers with eggs. To avoid a repeat, we ate outside of the
vehicle. Doug managed to avoid the run of egg on himself but was nice
enough to splash it all the hood of the vehicle. The rental car shop didn't
ask, I didn't tell but it was still there when I returned the car.

With food in our stomachs, we sat down to play some cards. We found
ourselves in the tail end of a 2/4 limit game. I sat at one end of the
table while Doug/Ryan sat at the other. There were a number of Barge games
going on around us.

Shortly after sitting down, an fairly drunk guy stumbles into the seat next
to me. He turns to me and points to the table next to us and says: "I don't
know what they are playing, but I don't think it's poker". I ask the table
what they are playing and they say "Badugi". I am happy to have someone
bring money to the table, please sir, grab a seat.

He joins the game and we happily extract money from him over the next few
hours. He works on sobering up, but it is not a fast process.

30 minutes after he sits down, a Filipino guy sits down on the other side
of me with his wife/girlfriend sitting behind him. They are in the mid 30s
and both dressed up. Drunk guy leans over and says to the woman: "That's a
really nice jacket you are wearing". He then looks to the right to the guy
and says: "Sorry, sorry, I am married, I didn't mean anything of it"

A little while later, he leans over again and says to the woman: "You know
you are a beautiful woman". At this time, I am trying to control myself
from laughing. He once again apologizes to the guy right away and we move
on. The seat on the far side of the table opens up and the Filipino guy
immediately asks for a seat change. We end up busting him out of the game a
short while later and he leaves.

The drunk guy's antics are still not done. A little while later, he turns
to me and asks me: "Are you autistic?" I am not really sure how to answer
that. I say: "I don't think so" and start looking around for help. I make
eye contact with another Barger Red Bird who is sitting at the adjacent
table and give the "help me" look to her.

She comes over just as drunk guy continues his inquisition about my
potential autism. He then asks if I have aspergers. I tell him I didn't
think so. Red Bird jumps to the rescue and diverts the conversation in a
different direction and we start talking about people working in tech
having hints of aspergers and ADD/ADHD.

We stop playing around 3am and call it a night as we have our next
tournament starting at 11am the next day. As it had been raining, I was
reminded on the drive back about how west coast people don't know how to
drive when its wet. We saw a number of cars that had spun out on the
highway on the way back to Planet Hollywood.

The Saturday tournament is a Heads Up, Double elimination tournament. I
have never played heads up and I was really looking forward to this
tournament.

My first opponent was a Barger known as Un. The night before he suggested I
stay up really late and drink as much as possible. Though I didn't get to
sleep until after 4am, 5 hours of sleep is more than enough for me.

We arrived at Binions with enough time for Doug to grab some breakfast at
Starbucks. I had brought a breakfast bar with me, so I was covered also. We
allowed a number of the other matches to start before I sat down for mine.

Ryan was paired against my nemesis and favorite to win the tournament
Patti. He played a fairly long match but unfortunately ended up losing.
Doug also drew a tough first round opponent and lost.

My first round was interesting. I received presto (55) on the first hand
which I ended up winning without a showdown. I gave up the chip lead after
laying down some decent hands and got all of the money in with AK against
99. This put me ahead in chips. I managed to finish him off when he had AQ
and I had 55. He moved in and I paused a moment. I explained that I had 55
and he started to publicly chastise me for trying to lay down presto
(considered by Bargers as the unbeatable hand). I ended up calling and
winning the hand. My match lasted about 10 minutes from beginning to end.

My next match was against Nolan. Nolan is a long time Barger who started a
great blog this past year. He has a big personality and a great
conversationalist. His first match went really long and we were holding up
part of the tournament, so we got going quickly.

The match was a real seesaw battle. We also had an on-going conversation
throughout the match which covered a variety of topics. Nolan is a well
informed individual and a great conversationalist which made this even more
fun.

After 40 minutes, Nolan had a 2-1 chip lead on me and the blinds were quite
large. I found myself with 3 big blinds in chips when Nolan moved all in
and I had 57 suited. I decide to lay it down knowing that sometime in the
next 2 hands I would need to move in. On the next hand, I received 36
suited so I decide to move all in. Nolan calls and I got no help on the
flop/river and I received my first loss.

While this was happening, both Doug and Ryan won their 2nd round matches.
Ryan then ended up losing his 3rd round match. Doug's third round opponent
was Redbird. I would end up playing the winner of that match. Doug won a
match. It sounded like a fun match as the two of them were happily chatting
throughout.

Though the cost of the tournament was quite high, the quality of poker and
interaction with others I had with this tournament reminds me of CHORSE.
There were a ton of opportunities to watch others play and of course learn
about one another.

Doug and I then started our match. The winner would move on to the next
round, the loser would be out of the tournament. I never seemed to get
myself going. To help off-set my losses, I did manage to win 2 hands with
72 which is our bonus hand. If any of the 3 of us win a hand with those 2
cards in a hold'em game, then the other 2 pay them $5. I even got one in a
walk where Doug folded pre-flop. Doug eventually ended my run and he moved
on.

The games then moved to the main poker room. Nolan and Patti were having a
spirited match. After a little Nolan river magic, he made a request to the
entire room along the lines of "Bring me some real competition". There was
a collective: "you are a dead man" feeling from the rest of the room. Patti
then mopped up the rest of Nolan's chips and moved into the semi-finals.

Doug lost in another great bout which gave us an opportunity to get some
lunch. We went back to the Chicago pub at the Four Queens where we enjoyed
another great meal and watched some hockey.

As all of the "official" events were complete for Embargo, it gave us a
good opportunity do have fun. We started with some additional table game
play. It seems that the world is against all of us. Even a slow bleed game
like Pai Gow, the dealer is hitting boats against us. We pick up before we
lose any more money and head back to the poker room.

We arrive just in time for a mixed game to start. I get a seat next to Dan
and Nick. We have a fun time splashing around. The cards and chips were
swinging in my favor several times. I river a few boats to pull some large
murder pots. Dan is the victim of my many suck outs. Over the next few
hours, I give back most of my winnings through tips and general fun play.

Sometime around 1 or 2am the game breaks after several laps of the table.
The game that I chose to call was a 2 or 4 card Oklahoma game. You can play
2 or 4 cards out of your hand This makes being dealt trips (or quads) an
awesome hand. Similarly 4 low cards is also good when no low is visible. We
also play a number of murder rounds.

The three of us then head over to the Binions snack bar for a burger.
Doug's slot play easily pays for our lavish meal. We have a table next to
the electronic version of the big wheel where Doug notices a lack of the #6
appearing and a high rate of 12s. He resisted the urge to go play (that's
how they suck you in!)

After our big meal, the three of us were at the craps table. On the first
lap, we had one guy go on a nice run to help make us back to even. On the
second lap, this Asian guy who was obviously a craps virgin decided to
roll. He goes on a monster roll that helps everyone out. After hitting his
third point, he picks up all of his chips and walks away. I guess he had
made enough money.

The pit decides to pass the dice to the next shooter who quickly 7s out.
The pit then makes an interesting decision. They tell the guy to move his
chips over one slot at the table and then he can shoot again. It doesn't
really help us all that much.

We decide to call it a night. Doug and I say goodbye to Ryan as he is
flying out the next day and we head back to Planet Hollywood. We decide
that we are still pretty awake so we go off in search of some sort of slot
machine to play. We end up locating the 50 play and 100 play video poker
machine.

I am still learning to play these games. Doug shares some hints on how to
play properly. After an hour or so of playing, I cash out a small loser.
It's 5am and time to grab some shut eye.

I get up the next morning around 10:30am. Doug said he would text me when
he got up, so I head down to the casino. I don't normally play on my own,
but I figured that I needed to kill some time and I couldn't get back to
sleep.

First I start by playing some video poker. Continuing our run from the
night before. After an hour, I am up about $25, so I cash out. Just before
I use the redemption machine, I try out a "Breakfast at Tiffany's" themed
slot machine. My 3rd spin, I start a bonus round where I win another $16. I
use that as a sign to get out early.

I then sit down at a progressive 3-card poker table. As I sit down at the
table, the pit boss takes my players card. A minute or two later (and 3
non-playable hands later), she comes back and asks for my players card
again. She tells me she signed me into the other table. I should have seen
that as a sign as I then lose another 10 hands and decide that enough was
enough, this is just not meant to be.

While I am sitting, I get a text from Doug that says he is up (it's now
around 1pm). I tell him I am in the casino and he says he will get himself
together and join me. I leave the disaster of a 3 card poker table and head
over to the craps pit.

After some good early roles, I go on a cold streak and lose a bit of money
by the time that Doug arrives. He realized his phone didn't charge
overnight so he goes back upstairs to drop it off to charge while we have
lunch. By the time he has come back, my luck hasn't turned around which
gave me even more of a reason to have lunch.

We had our eye on a new burger restaurant in PH. It was run by Gordon
Ramsey called Burgr. It has a young vibe and is quite hip. We both order a
burger, some fries to share and a couple of gourmet milk shakes. My shake
was a banana shake with butterscotch pudding on top. Doug has one which was
chocolate with hazelnut coffee on top. The shakes were definitely the
highlight of the meal. The burger was ok, not nearly worth the $15 they
charged. The fries had potential but were under cooked which made them a
bit limp. The best burger place in Vegas is still Burger Bar at Mandalay
Bay.

Doug follows Gordon Ramsey on Twitter. Ramsey was making the rounds of his
Vegas restaurants that day and hadn't been to PH that day. We didn't see
him while we were. there. By the time we were done lunch, it was almost
4:30pm. We wanted to go hit the strip to check things out so we were going
to miss the Embargo Hangover Party. One of these years we will make it.

Doug had a couple of gift cards for Tommy Bahama that he wanted to use. We
walk into the Miracle Mile which is the shopping area at Planet Hollywood.
We try and find where the store is and find that it had moved to the other
side of the casino (ironically steps away from where we started from).
After a lap of the casino, we find the store.

Doug couldn't find anything he liked for himself. After the kindness of a
female shopper who tried on a sweater, he bought a great sweater for his
wife.

After a successful shopping trip, Doug drops off his gift in his room and
then we head out for a stroll around the strip. We check out the Chinese
New Year's display at Bellagio along with their SickBo table. We then walk
over to Caesar's Palace on another failed mission to find a Year of the
Snake card.

It's time to take a break, no better place than in front of a video poker
machine. We find this interesting machine where you are dealt 8 cards. If
you have a qualifying hand, you can then arrange the cards and collect. The
interesting part of this game is it makes you think. You need to create a 5
card hand and a 2 card hand. Depending on what the cards are in both hands,
they may multiply. For example, if you make a straight with your 5 card
hand, it's worth 2 credits. If you 3 card hand is a flush, then you
multiply that by 4, so you win 8 credits. There is a ton of thinking you
need to do to maximize your hand. We have a great time even though we both
lost a money.

We then head over to Paris. As it had rained this week, the outdoor
escalators were closed which mean we had to walk up and down the stairs to
use the overpasses to get over to Paris. We sit down to play some more Asia
Poker. I am not sure what it is on this trip, but the gambling gods are
against Doug. We dealer even tells us we should stop playing. We then go
over to play a combination blackjack/3-card poker mix game. We don't find
much luck there either so we decide to go back to Planet Hollywood.

We sit down to play a bit more video poker. I am playing a 10 play machine.
I am doing really well and get dealt 4 cards to a royal flush. I get Doug's
attention who takes a vine video where I make the royal for a $200 win. We
play for another hour or so before it's time to eat.

As Doug has had a rough gambling weekend, I ask him what he wants for
dinner and he says burrito. I wanted to fill the car with gas before
turning in for the night so we can drop off the car without having to stop
in the morning. I find a Mexican restaurant about 10 minutes off of the
strip.

The place is has great traditional food. They even have a birthday party
going on with a live band. Doug's burrito is the size of my forearm. I have
a slow roasted pork in coke. It reminds me of a mole but made with coke
classic. We also split guacamole which is made table side (and awesome).

With full stomachs, we return to the hotel around 11pm. Doug heads up to
his room. As we had just eaten, I decide to go back to the casino to allow
my food to settle.

I take a final run at the craps table. I am standing next to this young
Asian couple. The shooter at the far side of the table goes on a nice run
to help turn around my bad start of being down $150 to being slightly up.
During the guys run, the Asian couple is starts betting the field (win on
2,3,4,9,10,11,12, lose on everything else). It works out ok for them so
they are a bit more engaged in the game.

The dice then get pushed in their direction. I explain to them if they want
to shoot, they just need to put money down on the pass line. The girl puts
down the money on the pass line while her boyfriend continues to bet the
field. By the 4th role, she makes her point only hitting the field once.
Net they are losing money because of the field bets, but I am doing great
(aren't virgins awesome?).

She picks up all of her money and I say if she wants to continue rolling
she can, she just needs another bet down. She does that and continues
rolling. She is rolling great for me (and the rest of the table), but they
are getting killed on the field. In the middle of her rolling, her
boyfriend picks up the dice and rolls a few times (winning for us one
again). The pit realizes what happens and makes her start throwing again.
She hits her 2nd point.

Because of the boyfriend's field bets, they are busted except for the money
they have made off of the pass line. She is reluctant to continue shooting,
so the boyfriend starts shooting. He 7s out after about 4 rolls and the
virgin craps experience comes to an end. I throw once but don't make much.
I cash out with a nice $100 win thanks to the virgin run. I break even on
the day which was good compared to some of the other bad runs I had over
the weekend.

We get up early the next day and fly back. Our flight was a bit delayed on
the way back and I paid for a cab to take us from the airport to the office
so we could make our 11am meetings. Overall, it was a great weekend and I
am looking forward to Barge this summer.