Vegas!
So as you have heard I spent a weekend in Vegas. We hit up most the casinos, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, New York New York, Monte Carlo, Bellagio, Planet Hollywood, Paris, Treasure Island, Encore, Wynn, Rivera, and Circus Circus.
So the big question you hear when you get back form Vegas is, “Did you win?” No, not even close. I went in with images of MIT kids from Bringing Down the House, or Mike McD and left with my pockets almost empty. I did ok on Video Poker and Slots, but other then that nothing.
Jamie had fantastic luck. We both knew basic strategy for Black Jack. So we sat down next to each other and played. First 30 minutes I was knocked out, Jamie was doing good. I figured I’d stand behind her and give her some help until her luck ran out and then I’d leave. Well 3 hours later we were still playing and she had made roughly $150 playing $5 hands.
I told her later “I felt like I was playing, but with your luck!”
Oh well, I could still lessen my losses of the trip by $65 if both my future bets hit.
NBA Championship:
Odds 2/1
The Cleveland Cavs.
I know, not the best odds, but I figured there are four teams that can win the title this year; Lakers, Celtics, Spurs and the LeBrons. Lakers have the best odds to win, then Celtics Spurs and Cavs all had 2/1 odds. I don’t want to sleep on the Spurs, they are good and, probably my second choice of who I would pick, but I am not sure if they can come out of the West. The Celtics and Cavs will most likely have a fantastic series. I feel the Celtics can beat the Cavs, but if they play a close game, I don’t think anyone on the Celtics can go basket for basket with LeBron.
So I think LeBron and the Cavs will meet Kobe and the Lakers in the final. So I took the team with longer odds even though the Lakers have always played LeBron tough. The main reason I made this bet though was to give me a reason to care about the NBA playoffs.
(Sadly when I originally wanted to make the Cavs bet they were closer to 5/1, oh well)
AL Pennant
Odds 9/2
The Chicago White Sox
No explanation necessary. I do wonder however if they odds have increased since baseball prospectus picked the Sox to finish last in the AL Central. If that’s the case then I was just a few days too early.
So as you have heard I spent a weekend in Vegas. We hit up most the casinos, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, New York New York, Monte Carlo, Bellagio, Planet Hollywood, Paris, Treasure Island, Encore, Wynn, Rivera, and Circus Circus.
So the big question you hear when you get back form Vegas is, “Did you win?” No, not even close. I went in with images of MIT kids from Bringing Down the House, or Mike McD and left with my pockets almost empty. I did ok on Video Poker and Slots, but other then that nothing.
Jamie had fantastic luck. We both knew basic strategy for Black Jack. So we sat down next to each other and played. First 30 minutes I was knocked out, Jamie was doing good. I figured I’d stand behind her and give her some help until her luck ran out and then I’d leave. Well 3 hours later we were still playing and she had made roughly $150 playing $5 hands.
I told her later “I felt like I was playing, but with your luck!”
Oh well, I could still lessen my losses of the trip by $65 if both my future bets hit.
NBA Championship:
Odds 2/1
The Cleveland Cavs.
I know, not the best odds, but I figured there are four teams that can win the title this year; Lakers, Celtics, Spurs and the LeBrons. Lakers have the best odds to win, then Celtics Spurs and Cavs all had 2/1 odds. I don’t want to sleep on the Spurs, they are good and, probably my second choice of who I would pick, but I am not sure if they can come out of the West. The Celtics and Cavs will most likely have a fantastic series. I feel the Celtics can beat the Cavs, but if they play a close game, I don’t think anyone on the Celtics can go basket for basket with LeBron.
So I think LeBron and the Cavs will meet Kobe and the Lakers in the final. So I took the team with longer odds even though the Lakers have always played LeBron tough. The main reason I made this bet though was to give me a reason to care about the NBA playoffs.
(Sadly when I originally wanted to make the Cavs bet they were closer to 5/1, oh well)
AL Pennant
Odds 9/2
The Chicago White Sox
No explanation necessary. I do wonder however if they odds have increased since baseball prospectus picked the Sox to finish last in the AL Central. If that’s the case then I was just a few days too early.
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