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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Also on Saturday

The Princess and a whole bunch of her friends (about 9 of them) went together to a Spa for the day. It's one of those places where you have all the massages done, and lay around in jaccuzis, and drink fancy cocktails, and have your nails done, and all that feminine crap. And pay through your nose.
Anyway, we arranged that some of the husbands would meet them back at Monte Casino (where they had left their vehicles and caught the Spa bus), and we would have dinner together, and then go back home. Needless to say, I wasn't going home till I had done a spot of gambling.

off to the smoking area, and across the room to the poker table. it was full, but I hung around watching the hands play out, and seeing how the dealer was.
Eventually one player left. I sat down and changed ZAR500 for chips. This is river poker. You get 3 cards dealt to you. Dealer gets 2. The combined cards make up your hand. You play against the house, not the other players.
Anyway, I got dealt 15 straight losing hands! Not even a pair. On my last bet, I actually stood up to get ready to leave, and I got a pair of Q's. Dealer flipped a pair of A's! great. Next hand I had pair of 10's, dealer flipped pair 7's. Eventually the table had turned, and if I knew my luck, I would win a couple of grand over the next hour or two. And the phone rang!
Princess, calling to say that the other couples who were travelling home with us wanted to leave.
Damn!
I took my winnings, cashed them in and left with ZAR350 in my pocket.
What a bummer.
next time, no one rides with us.
Salagatle!

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