Let's have a flutter

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I went to Palm Beach last Friday with friends after a night out at a resturant. Don't know why we ended up there or who suggested going to a casino (ahem!) but it seemed like a good idea at the time following a good meal at a good nearby restaurant and after lots of good wine.

The place was heaving. I bought £100 worth of chips and looked for a table; a pointless venture since all £10 min tables were full and I was not prepared to play any of the open spots available at the £25 min ones. All I had was the cash I had managed to draw from the ATM at the casino and I wanted to make it last.

I circled for a long time checking out the games, listening to the drunken arguments as to whether some guy should have doubled his A,7 versus dealer 6 or whatever and checking out the other games hoping a spot would open up. All this to no avail; it was a busy night.

I finally picked up a whiskey (Talisker, 10yr old, excellent value for money IMO) and chatted to my friends for a while, looked in on how they were doing at roulette and generally enjoyed the buzzing atmosphere. Alas, before long, it was time to go.

So I went to the cage to cash in my untouched 10 * £10 chips, but there was a queue and as I waited I noticed £25 table behind me with only one gentleman at it.

"What the hell," I thought, "lets have a flutter."

I figured, hey, I can double my money and if I lose it won't be much. It had already been an expensive night. Hey! It's a bit of fun.

I approached and put 3 chips down. Dealer gives me a 3 (hmmm) pulls a 6 (yes!) and hands me another 3 (interesting!).

I put down another 3 chips and split. She places a 6 (yes!) on my first 3 for a 9 and a 10 (hmmm) on my second for a 13. I put down another 3 chips to double on the 9, she gives me a 10 (yes! - that's good enough, she's gonna bust anyway) and wait for her play. The flutter had become quite exciting and my non-gambling wife had joined me at the table by then. I'm standing through all of this btw it was just a quick bet.

So she playes. She pulls a 10 on her 6 (YEEES!) and the uncovers a 4 (NOOOOOOOOOOOO!) for a 20.

Cashed in my remaining £10 and left.

Moral of the story? Buy Talisker at Waitrose supermarket, they have a good deal there and offer the 15 yr old for £40.

One good piece of news though (for my wife, that is). The next day, while talking about what a fun night we'd had, she told me that she should not have stood at the table as she is unlucky for these kinds of things. "I could have bought a handbag with what you lost in that hand". It quickly transpired that she had thought my £10 chips were £100 chips. She had been under the misapprehension that I had laid £900 down in a flight of fancy (come to think of it she had seemed a bit quiet in the cab on our way home).

So she went and bought herself a new handbag that very same day with her £810 windfall! Happy days!
 
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