Xmas at the Borgata
Today, we woke up and thought about driving to Atlantic City to do a few hours of gambling. I was not feeling too well last night though and was not sure. We decided not to go and bought tickets to the 1:40 show for the new Nicholson movie. I had left my knitting at WoolWinders so I drove over about 8:30 to get it. I had some live Springsteen in my CD player and started re-thinking the plans for the day. When I returned home, I said to Jacqui that we should flip a coin to decide if we went gambling. Heads we go to AC, tails we stay home. I flipped it and it came out tails. Home. Jacqui said we should do two out of three but I declined, saying it was an omen. Fifteen minutes later, Jacqui said she really wanted to go to AC. So we showered, dressed and got in the car about 10 in the morning.
I had been listening to The Company by Robert Littell on my Ipod which I downloaded using Audible. Using ITunes, I broadcast the reading of the book to an unused radio station. The book was about 42 hours in length. I had about 8.5 hours left and thought I would listen to it on the ride to AC. Jacqui started knitting and I turned on the IPod. Within a few minutes, Jacqui was sucked into the book and 3 hours and 15 minutes later, we pulled into the parking lot of Borgata Casino.
We walked into the casino, took about a half lap around, and soon Jacqui planted a kiss on me and said she would find me later. She was off to the slots. I walked through the gaming tables for about 15 minutes, looking for a spot at the blackjack tables. They were quite crowded. Apparently, lots of Asians and Jews had the same idea we did. I passed tables with minimums of $25, $50, and $100, looking for a $10 table to warm up on. I did not find one. So I sat down at a $25 table. After about 20 minutes, Jacqui was behind me, beaming brightly. She had hit a 1600 coin payout on a 50 cent Wheel of Fortune slot machine. All of a sudden, she was up $800. I asked her if she wanted to go home but she said no. I asked her if she wanted to go shopping at one of the hotel stores, telling her that way she would not put her purchase back into the slots while we stayed. She decided to put $500 away and keep playing. I hit a few hands and was up about $200. Then lost several hands in a row. Two hours passed and Jacqui found me saying she was hungry. I walked away about $62.50 in the black. Jacqui still her $500 plus another $165.
We had our Christmas dinner *burgers and fries) t the coffee shop since the nicer restaurants were closed until 5PM. The pit boss gave me a comp for lunch for two, or so she said. It really was a comp for $15. Still, it was a nice gesture after only two hours of play.
After lunch, I sat down at the Three Card Poker table. Jacqui went back to the slots. While playing at this table, I got cold and was down to my last $25 chip of my first $400 bankroll. I managed to get a straight with that hand, which paid about $175. A few more winning hands and I was up a bit over $200. Jacqui appeared at the table saying she had lost the $165 and was done for the day. She went to the bar, ordered a drink and started knitting. They probably don't see that too often there.
After a few hours of Three Card Poker, I was getting bored and when Jacqui swung by, we walked over to the craps table. Fifteen minutes later, I had dropped about $200. I still had half my original bankroll but was losing interest in gambling so I suggested we leave.
We drove home in about 3 and one half hours, listening to The Company. Slightly over twelve hours after we left home, we pulled into our driveway. Jacqui was ecstatic with her win of $500; I thought that only losing $200 while playing for about six hours was pretty damn good.
Overall, the Borgata was better than any other AC hotel we had been to and closest in feel to Las Vegas. We plan to drive up again next Christmas.
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