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Me and my girls! Celebrating mine and Bob's 70th birthdays at Winstar September 2015.
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Bob celebrating with all his girls. Not the best pic, but . . .
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I don't think they're toasting Bob and me!! I just think they're toasted, period!!!
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How nice to have my brother, Allen, and his wife, Linda, join us for a lovely breakfast. Allen's 2 daughters, Lisa and Annie, are in the middle.
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Ahhhh, that after-breakfast glow!!
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I think we're on our way to another casino. On the right, Lisa's saying "Look, Ma, no braces!!"
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Nice family picture! |
Annie does love her Uncle Bob!! |
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Lisa loves her Auntie Shar. Love all around!! |
This is why we came! Me, Jen and Lisa playing our little hearts out. Jen drove all the way from MS to be with us for a couple nights. So great to have her there. |
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Jen and Lisa sharing a bottle of vino. Two cuties. |
Our favorite breakfast venue at
Winstar! |
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Just me bonding with the animals. We were at another casino at this point. Won big, too!!! |
I said I won big, ha ha! On one machine, too - Quick Hits - one of my favorite games.
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Another group of our favorite machines. You either lose big or win big on them! |
Following are a few of my good casino hits. Had such a great time gambling, but, alas, no royal flushes for me.
Above is Double Double Bonus (DDB) Aces - kicker. |
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Another DDB Aces - kicker for me, first day! |
DDB Aces - no kicker |
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DDB 2s - kicker for me
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DDB Aces - kicker for Bob -- note that he held one Ace!
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What? Not sure why, but the Winstar Gift Shop has a huge
selection of YETI coolers, which according to Bob are the
Cadillac of coolers. Expensive but none better if you can
afford the best.
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Here's an interesting game that Bob found, an 8 way WMS penny
slot. You select a game for each of the 8 sets of reels from
among a small selection of WMS games. Bob tried it and shown
above he selected Black Knight for all 8 games. There are
bonuses involved as well. A fun game for sure.
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Another fun penny slot that Bob found (and showed to all of
us) is FU DAO LE. Though you can wager as little as $.38,
$.88 was the most popular bet. Bob did well the first time
he played it, never wagering more than $.88 per spin.
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One
of Bob's favorite Video Poker games is Super Star Poker, a
multi-game, multi-denom machine that includes some triple and
five play games as well. Not to be confused with Super
Star II VP, different selection of games.
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Not
much of a payout, but Straight Flushes are hard to get,
especially one like this, a double inside draw where you need
two specific cards to complete the SF.
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Bob
had the hot hand with Triple Double Bonus VP this trip -- here's
a set of 4s kicker for 500 clams.
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Actually
Bob had the hot hand during the whole trip! Last year,
same machine, he hit a quarter progressive for $1581. This
time, same suit, AND he needed the King of Clubs again for about
$1400!
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OK,
did I say Bob had the horseshoe this trip? Two card Royals
are kind of uncommon, statistically about 1 in
16,000. Yet, they do happen.
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Of
course, we've all gone up for the night when Bob visits one of
his favorite VP machines (he keeps notes on this stuff) to play
some Triple Double Bonus VP. So he holds a single Ace and
draws the rest of Aces - kicker for cool grand! According
to the timestamp on the photo, it's just before 11pm. Many
people would finish their drink and move on or cash out for a
very successful night. NOT! He sits there, adding a
twenty once in a while (keeping the credit meter from dipping
below 4000 quarters). A few drinks later and 1 minute
before midnight he holds a queen (!) and draws the rest of his
third Royal Flush of the trip! Holding one card and
drawing the other four happens about once every 178,000
hands! What a night. What a trip!
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