Gamin' In Deadwood

Back in July at the Black Hills Round Up Rodeo, my friend, Amy, and I had won some money to use at the Deadwood Gulch Gaming Resort. We had totally forgotten about that money until we were sitting at her house on Saturday night when we realized that the cards expired on Monday! So, we made plans to head up to Deadwood on Sunday afternoon. We got up there and headed to the casino and got our official players club gaming cards with our money loaded onto them and we were ready to go. They also put an extra $5 on our card just for signing up so I was armed with $35 of money that was not mine to probably give back to Deadwood! We decided we would play the machines and then whatever we won on them, we would use for the blackjack table. The machines were pretty fun (maybe because it wasn't our money!) and we both ended up with $20 bucks to use for blackjack. I have NEVER played at a live blackjack table so I had no idea what to expect. Well, let me tell you, it's quite intimidating because they go so fast and you have to make quick decisions. Luckily, the guy sitting next to me knew I was a rookie and was nice enough to help me out. And it didn't help that our black jack dealer was NOT a nice person! But maybe this was due to the fact that we really wanted to get a picture of our blackjack experience and apparently it's against the law, but we kept trying and she was not very happy about that. She ended up telling me that I could be thrown in jail for taking a picture at the table so then I stopped. :) Anyway, the house was winning big time and Amy left the table pretty quickly. I stayed a bit longer and ended up winning $16, but then I lost $1 of it trying to win $4 more on the machine so I could leave Deadwood with $20. All in all, I left with $15 and used it to buy dinner at one of the casino buffets. It was such a fun night (again, it helped that we didn't use any of our own money!) and I hope we can go again soon! Thanks for a really fun night Amy!