In 2009, in the heart of the financial crisis we decided to go back to the Palazzo, which it seemed like it was subpar. Complaints about the dealers, the players, the pit bosses, the TV’s, and the restaurants were pretty common. I do remember that they closed down a portion of the casino and had higher limits, so we started to travel over to the Mirage to play cheaper craps and UTH as well. Its also funny to see that we always complained about the quality of the UTH dealers…even our beloved Gary. Ha! Anyway, this trip introduced us to Ira and his pervy older friend Pete, the little blue books, and the Be Be Aggressive saying. And apparently we ate a Pastrami sandwich underneath a UTH table.
But for this trip, it seemed like it was dominated by craps play. I clearly remember the below story from Eric on this one craps session that really summarizes our trips out to Vegas:
Played craps with Wiz again later - and we started to use
basketball terminology on our rolls. Wiz was being the coach calling plays
("The Diamond Press") looking for numbers; I would be the ref calling
the end result of the roll. If the point was made, I did the "swoosh"
of the basket, counting the bucket and giving the foul. Harmless fun.
Well, we went to the Mirage later that day to play craps
(again). (Wow, that's a lot of craps in one day). This is the scene of the hot
roll that Layup talked about - this lady (and, in fact, it started with the guy
before her) just hit point after point and point. And we were getting drunker
and drunker and drunker. And I was getting more and more emphatic with my
calls.
On the 5th point made - another hard way - I called the block. I
slammed my forearms to my waist 2, 3 times. Thought nothing of it. Another
point was made. I did it again - maybe even harder. My fists were now pounding
into the front of my stomach. This repeated another 3 or 4 times. I went up to my room. For some reason, my
waist felt sore.
I took my shirt off - and uncovered the big welt on my left
waist.
"How did I get....oh, no way....."
It looked even worse the next morning. The picture in the
previous blog post was how it looked on Monday afternoon. It still looks bad -
although there's no pain whatsoever. It was fun trying to describe this to
Janice.
"What happened to you??"
"Well, I got injured"
"Injured how? At the cabana? Golf?"
"Um, no. This is a craps injury."
"How? Did the dice hit you?"
Only Eric could injure himself while playing craps. This was also the start of Eric betting the Horn high ace deuce bets that Ira convinced him to do with him. Those two playing craps together is just total chaos.
Onto the games
Jags 17 @ Bengals 24 (-7.5): Thought the Jags would keep it close. Bengals coach is just so bad.
Skins 28 @ Falcons 24 (+1) Skins offense is underrated while their defense isn’t that good. No clue what is going on with the Falcons. Ryan looks old. But I do think that both teams will put up some points here in a shoot out.
Lions 10 @ Bears 17 (-3)
Everyone is loving the Lions spirit.
Everyone is hating on the Bears. Lions are not good. Love
this spot for the Bears.
Titans 20 @ 17 Jets (+7)
Titan’s have a bunch injuries and Tannehill doesn’t look right. Jet’s D playing actually pretty well. Getting 7 points at home is tasty
Browns 23 @ 28 Vikings (+2) I don’t get this line and its
probably a trap. No way Vikings should
be getting points at home against the Browns.
Vikings are a different team at home as we just saw. Who have the Browns beaten again?
Colts 14 @ Dolphins 10 (-2.5) Amazing cover by the Dolphins
last week, but injuries are piling up on their offensive line.
Chiefs 28 @ Eagles 13 (+7) No way the Chiefs lose 3 games in
a row. They will come out on fire. The
play calling by the Eagles last week was simply horrendous.
Panthers 24 @ Cowboys 17 (-4.5) Love that I get another week
of people undervaluing the Panthers.
Panthers D is legit, plus they added a piece this week against the
Cowboys coming off of a primetime game. Yes
I know that I’m taking Darnold on the road
Giants 21 @ Saints 23 (-7.5) Giants on the road for some
reason are a different team on offense. And
I’m waiting on a Winston blow up
Texans 3 @ Bills 21 (-16.5) Such a big spread but without
Taylor I don’t see how they will score.
Cards 20 @ Rams 24 (-4.5) I want to take the Rams here because
I just want to keep fading the Cards. But
this is a divisional game and there has to be a let down. I’m staying away
Seahawks 27 @ 49ers 28 (-3)
Both these teams have subpar D, with strong offenses. Divisional game will
be close. Will take the underdog in a
must win game
Ravens 19 @ Broncos 17 (-1) Who have the Broncos played? Teddy Covers only does that on the road. Still believing in Harbaugh and that run
offense.
Steelers 26 @ Packers 20 (-6.5) This is the classic Tomlin game. Big underdogs on the road. And its against a really bad run D, which
will help Big Ben stay out of trouble.
Bucs 21 @ Pats 10 (+6.5) Who knows. I guess the Bucs D will shut down the Pats
run game. But I’m scared that this is the Pats superbowl.
Raiders 16 @ Chargers 24 (-3.5): This might be the last week I fade the Raiders. Not too sure
Best Bets 23-20-1
Skins Over
Bears
Jets
Vikings
Vikings Under
Dolphins Under
Chiefs
Panthers
Panthers Under
Giants
Ravens
Steelers
Pats Under
Cards Under
Chargers
Vikings
Panthers
Giants
Ravens
Steelers
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