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Neglecting the blog, and the beauty of baccarat plaques

5 commentsPublished Wednesday, February 25, 2009 by baccarat_guy.

So, I've been neglecting the blog lately.

But, can you really blame me? Well, maybe... but, the ice storm of December 2008 set me back a bit, and now I'm super behind on my stories. Yes, it was a pretty great run at the end of the year. Some of the highlights I promise to talk about further :

- The Caesar's baccarat curse of 2006 is broken, and broken in style. It was destined to happen, and I must happily report that it did happen in the lovely Palace Court at Caesar's Atlantic City. The triple tie at the end of the first shoe was definitely a sign; but I was unstoppable (for a bit) while dealing from very close to the top of my second shoe. Harv witnessed it all, and I predicted that I'd be betting purples! It was amazing, but... you'll have to wait for some details.

Actually, my inspiration to finally get my lazy ass going, and actually post something was a text from Rob C. this evening, from the lovely Eldorado Casino in Reno, Nevada. Seems, that the Eldorado didn't get the memo that it is currently 2009; and that baccarat plaques haven't been used in mainstream casinos (in lower than $5,000 denominations) since the lovely 1980's.

But, plaques are alive and well at the Eldorado in denominations of $100 and up. Rob sent me a text message about the oddity, and was able to snap some pics.

These are used instead of chips for wagers at the Eldorado baccarat tables. The $500 is a little difficult to see, as the color is pink. Rob will have to chime in about the other denominations available at the tables. Pretty sure this was at a mini-baccarat game, which makes it even more odd.

So, now that I've finally posted something,
what I have in store for my upcoming blog posts :

- The epic November baccarat and dice trip to Atlantic City, and a step back into yesterday with dinner at Bacchanal.
- The early December Vegas Palazzo trip, with the most amazing dinner of 2008 at Alex (Wynn) thanks to a most awesome friend
- The final Atlantic City trip of 2008, and also the rush to re-qualify for harrah's diamond. 2+ days, 21+ hours of rated play -- it was a whirlwind
- Back to Vegas again, the first trip of 2009, and the "Pimp-Daddy Suite" sans disco ball

and... well, next week, the super crazy one day trip to Vegas (don't ask!)

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