Someone Pull the Horseshoe out of my....

Above: Me and my winnings!

.....:-). My winning streak continues...Paul and I went to Vegas over the long MLK weekend. Paul's softball team, The Pups C, had a tournament in Vegas so I tagged along. Out friends Will and Ryan also came with us and we all stayed at the "Rio." I think this is like the eighth time Paul and I have been to Vegas and I never really gambled much because I was not confident in my skills, I dabbled on the craps tables and made some money- lost some money in the past but that has pretty much been it. This weekend was different. I have been itching to play blackjack but I was always a bit intimidated to play.

Above: Paul and Ryan at the worst restaurant in the world.
Our order was wrong, food was cold and the chicken wings were still clucking.

Will, Ryan and I casino hopped while Paul played softball on Saturday for a good six hours - I am not sure how he did it. So us boys went to a couple "low-end" casinos to play cheap tables and cheap slots. All of us did pretty well and didn’t really lose much money on Saturday. It was a blast tramping through the casinos and playing the different games. I taught Will and Ryan how to play craps and I think I turned Will into a young "Jedi" craps player :-) Later that night we all headed to this really cool club called Piranha and enjoyed the music and danced for hours.

Above: No that's not a young Peyton Manning, it's my fellow softball mate Will.

Sunday was our last full day in Vegas so we decided after Paul was done playing a few more games of softball we would head over to the host hotel where most of the other softball players were staying. The place was called the Tuscany and it was off of the Vegas strip. We watched the Pats graduate to the Superbowl once again!! Will, Ryan and I met up with our friend Joe, Mark and hopefully a future Pups player, Kent after the Pats game. We all sat down at a blackjack table for a few hours. Most everyone left the table with a bit more than they started but I walked away with a whopping $800!!! So after cleaning house at the blackjack table I thought let's try roulette, I had played a bit the previous day and did well. So Will, Ryan and I decided to go a few tables over at the Tuscany and play Roulette. We all ended up winning at that table; I left with making $260.00 at Roulette! So now I was up past the $1,000.00 mark and was feeling the luck! So I decided to cap it off with playing craps - by this time the small casino pit bosses were giving me the evil eye and I was waiting to be escorted out of the casino. Craps was a blast and I walked away from the table winning $200.00. So my total winnings at the Tuscany were over $1,200! I was celebrating and all the other gay boys at the casino were witness of my uncanny luck.

Above: Flamingo Road in Vegas!

We are planning on hading back to Vegas in March for March Madness...hopefully the horseshoe stays put!:-)