Another Great Trip To The Peppermill Reno

As mentioned in my tiny post from yesterday, Mrs. P. and I went up for a quick trip to the Peppermill Reno.  Let's see if I can work up a quick summary. 

We arrived around 4pm and immediately hit up the VIP Services area.  I must admit, the check in was potentially the fastest I've ever experience.  This was impressive because it was actually quite busy when we got there.  Our phenomenal casino host/friend had upgraded us to a Tuscany Tower suite, which was awesome, but when we checked in we were told we were on the 17th floor.  Mrs. P. immediately said, "Oh, I think the bigger suites are up there."  Sure enough, we had a large suite with a full extra sitting room!  So great.  It was a type of suite that we had never stayed in previously, so it was another awesome thing we got to check off our list at the Pmill. 

We made dinner reservations for 8pm and decided to gamble a bit to kill some time.  An interesting situation came up immediately after sitting at a Roulette table. 

Mrs. P. had some Free Play chips to bet and I sat with $100 to play with.  The first few bets didn't go our way, but Mrs. P. eventually won a bet with a Free Play bet.  The dealer forget to pay her and we questioned that and the pit boss said, "I saw that coming," meaning he knew the dealer had missed that bet.  Mrs. P. was paid- no harm, no foul.

A few spins later, I bet $10- $5 on black, five $1 bets on 4, 9, 24, 29, and the split of 22 and 23.  23 came up and I looked at the table, saw my chip and was patient while the dealer paid everyone else (I was last in the payment rotation.)  She had cleared the table and cleared my chip of the table.  I looked at her and said, "What?!  I had the 22/23 split.  I am not getting paid." 

She replied, "You didn't say anything when I cleared the chips." 

I said, "I have to tell you every time I make a bet and make sure you're paying out correctly?" 

The pit boss got involved and I said, "Can we check the tape?"  I was absolutely sure I was not wrong in this matter.  The pit boss was pretty flippant about things and said, "It would take 30 minutes."  I didn't back down, so he just paid me the money.  Mrs. P. then demanded to color up and leave the table.  I followed suit and the whole rest of the table cleared out as well.  It was odd because we are used to better customer service than that at the Pmill.  I'm hoping that dealer was new.  When confronted with another mistake she made, she tried to throw the customer under the bus.  Definitely not the best tactic, so we took our talents to the Craps table. 

Immediately, we were up cash rolling dice, so our decision to move tables was the correct one.  The dealers were friendly, and I placed bets for the them accordingly.  I was up $130 and Mrs. P. was up $80 as we left to get ready for dinner. 

Dinner at Chi was damn amazing.  We had a nice romantic table, a server we knew (Miriam), and Patrick the manager came over to say hello.  Just like Cheers, it is nice going to a place where everyone knows your name.  Phenomenal dinner as usual, and we went to play some Video Poker to digest our food.

While playing, we witnessed the most dysfunctional older couple playing next to us.  The woman was emasculating  her husband for "picking the wrong machine" and "making awful decisions" while playing whatever game they were playing.  We witnessed these people lose all their money.  Then the husband looks at Mrs. P. and tells her, "You should play the Crazy 7's game."  Mrs. P. looked at him like he had three eyes and said, "It's ok- we'll stick with our Double Double Bonus Poker.  We're doing just fine with that." 

After ignoring the awful advice, each of us hit 4 of a kinds to build a bit more disposable income, and we went back over to the Craps table.  After getting destroyed initially, the dice started heating up.  A few good rolls brought us back up a little, then I took the dice...

Things got crazy.  I probably rolled the best I have ever rolled in my life.  I made at least 8 passes, plus some Come Line bets along the way.  I started "WOOOOing" like Ric Flair and eventually got to some "Stylin' & Profilin'."  It was sick.  Unfortunately, the destruction early and late in the session put me at even, but what are you going to do?  It was definitely another exciting time rolling dice. 

Last on the list, we had a quick late night meal at Cafe Milano to soak up some of the cocktails we had had earlier in the evening.  After getting one number away from a $500 payout on Keno, we finished up our meal and retired to the suite.  Another fantastic trip in the books. 

Tonight I have my very first auction fantasy football draft.  I just hope it is not a train wreck.  We'll see how it goes...