So today was the big day ! Having been up until around 6:00a.m. playing poker, I did not roll out of bed until around 12. At that point, I headed down to the swimming pool/spa where I worked out a little and tried to prepare for the afternoon party I'd been invited to by the casino floor manager I'd met in the high limit blackjack area.
By 2:00 p.m., I was ahead a total of about $ 6,000, so I took $ 1,500 and bet in on the Bears to not lose my more than 7 AND the total points to be less than 47. It sounded like a good bet and felt right and I was playing with the houses money so wasn't too stressed. The game started at 3:30, and the venue was very nice as it had a movie theater sized screen. Just as soon as the game started the Bears score a touchdown and this in rapid succession was followed by yet another. I could not believe my good fortune.. here they were underdogs with a 14 point lead !
Needless to say, anyone who watched the game can after the fact tell you that "it ain't over until it's over". The Colts rallied and the short of it was that I lost the bet with the final score being Colts 29 Bears 17. Iguess that why they call it gambling !
The only silver lining, was that I'd purchased $ 40 of charity auction tickets, and ended up winning a signed print of Magic Johnson (one of only 32) from when he was on the Olypic team in 1992. The list price on it was $ 1,750, but I honestly have no sense of what it is TRULY worth.
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