Well, things are not looking too good at the Gaming Club Casino for my chances of escaping with any sort of profit.
From my initial deposit of $100, plus the bonus of $200, I have a $119.37 balance. Damn you, video poker. The playthrough requirement for this is $3300. My current playthrough amount?
$78.50.
Eek.
So yeah, unfortunately it looks like we won’t be able to follow up last weeks excellent win with King Solomons, with another win. Still, I still have $119.37 to blow – let’s see what I can do with that.
Oh yeah – I should note that you can check the playthrough requirement in real-time which is excellent. Just go to Cashier-Withdrawal and it lists it there. Really handy.
I decide to hit up the Classic Slots, and choose the game Bulls Eye which is a bonus slot which I really enjoy. Here’s how it looks:
At $3 a spin, this’ll either make a real man out of us or bust us pretty fast. Oh dear variance, please be on our side tonight.
5 spins in, we finally hit a cherry to give us our wager back. Wheee. The 13th spin gives us two cherries for a payout of $6. Alas it doesn’t seem to be our night, as it takes until the 22nd spin for us to pick up anything else, which is just yet another lame cherry. We do manage to hit cherries on our 23rd and 24th spins, however at $86.37 already, I’m ready to call Bulls Eye “Bull Shit” at this stage.
After 10 more spins and nothing, I’m about ready to call it quits. As I go below $70 I hit one last spin, and BEHOLD:
I unlock the bonus round.
It looks like a very simple bonus round – not as fun as some of the bonus rounds you find in video slots. Still I’m not complaining – I’ll take anything at this stage. Although given the choice, I’ll take $1,000 over $20 any day, thanks.
We spin the wheel and……………
$100! Back in the game baby. God I love bonus rounds.
I decide to push my luck a little with Bulls Eye, but after losing $40 I leave. Balance is currently at $138.37.
I just realize I haven’t even hit the Blackjack tables yet during this blog. Time to do that, as we go play some Atlantic City Blackjack – Gold Series. This is 8 decks, Blackjack 3:2, Insurance 2:1 and Dealer stands on a soft 17.
As always – very easy to bet. Click the amount you want, then click the “click here to bet” option, then choose “Deal”. Nice and easy. I decide to start flat betting $5 because hell we got a long way to go, might as well go for broke.
Here’s the layout of the table – dare me to split?
Yeah – I don’t think so.
Oh, haha. Oops. I wasn’t paying attention and accidentally clicked split. And hilariously:
I win! Yay! That one I most certainly enjoyed. Plus being online means when I split that by accident I don’t have someone yelling in my ear about how I’m losing them money.
I float around the $150 mark for awhile, then finally hit my first blackjack after about 30 or so hands:
Always a pretty sight, I must say. After a few more hands, I pick up those cards against the dealers cards that always give you a warm fuzzy feeling. Dealer has a 4, while I have 11. Oh you better believe I am bashing that “double” button, and well hello there Jack:
I decide to up my bet to $10, and promptly start losing those hands you just hate to lose. Where you basically pull a miracle out your ass and turn a 16 into a 20, only for the dealer to flip up 13 and turn it into 21.
I do manage to fight back, and get the bankroll up to about $180, however it doesn’t last and I leave the table with a whimper, with a $90.87 bankroll.
I check the playthrough requirements and it’s still not good – about $2900 left to wager. With $90. Yeah, I need a miracle.
On Friday the 13th.
Be sure to tune in tomorrow, as I go busto at The Gaming Club!
