CitySolve Seattle W/Dad 7/12

This was part race, part weekend with dad...I got off work late and we didn't even leave for Seattle until after midnight! I think we were literally in our room in Bremerton at 545 am Saturday morning, with the race starting in a matter of hours! Rather than go to sleep, Dad went to the complimentary breakfast buffet, the minute it opened at 6:00am. I got a few short hours of sleep before meeting Dannel in the lobby to take the ferry over to Seattle. It was a nice ride, and a very nice day but that didn't change the fact that I had about three hours of sleep! Well, by the time we got to 88 keys, I was definitely ready to go, and Jason Hoffsess even gave us some props as the number 2 team from Vegas. We would hope NOT to disappoint. The race was actually going fairly well until we were directed to a weird part of town which was way off the beaten path by Hans, which is not unusual in a Citysolve race. Up hills, down the road, more hills, until we found ourselves in the middle of nowhere. Apparently, when giving directions to someone, don't forget to type the North, South, East, and West at the end of the address! At this point we realized there was no sense in continuing, and we walked back to the starting point. Having said all that, and taking a one hour penalty, we still finished in 27th place. Had I known we were so close to top 25, I would have ran, and qualified us for New Orleans. Now Dannel will have to do it on his own this August in Portland. Well, shortly thereafter we parted ways, I took the ferry back to Bremerton, and me and my dad had pizza at a Red Sox themed pizza place around the corner from the hotel. What was funny was the Yankees were in town and the place was a ghost town! We took the ferry back AGAIN, this time with vehicle, and me and my dad played some poker for the one hour ferry ride to Seattle. He once saw two men playing poker on the ferry and was so jealous. So we played some cards, and had some fun. The town was buzzing being a Saturday night, the Yankees being in town, and the Mariners having won in dramatic fashion. We parked, and had some beers at the Hotel 1000 with Jonathan and Melissa. We were supposed to see a reggae show but we had some beers at the bar next door, the green light or the green room or something. Well, at the end of the night me and my dad had the decision to drive back to Portland (3 hours) or drive to Bremerton to our paid for hotel (1 hour) and have the free breakfast buffet again. You can guess what we chose. We drove back the next day, actually Dad did, and I slept the whole way considering I had to work later =)

Casino Wins of $100+

This is why you do what you do! Not to get rich (although hitting a huge progressive would be nice!) but do hit a jackpot of over $100 on a 60 cent spin while enjoying all the free drinks the casino provides! I have been fortunate enough to have a lot of good hits through the years, and I will share them with you, some I remember, some I forgot, but if I get one from here on out you bet your ass I'll be posting it! Call this the Hund+ Home.
$140 January 2013.  Down to $2 on Treasure Chess, I was max betting and I lined up five diamonds.  That paid a hundred, and I got the bonus for forty more.

$180 July 2012.  After taking a beating all week in Vegas, Ryan suggests we go play at Harrah's and we started off the evening hot, hitting bonuses, and a few dollars into Alladin, on a 40 cent spin we get something comparable to the Glinda bonus and it made the right two and left two columns wild with a wild in the middle and some other powerful symbols to end the trip off on a winning note.

$4000 Memorial Day, 2012.  The Big One.  Was playing Zeus with Greg at Pub 181 and after already starting off the evening hot we lined up five jackpot sympols starting from bottom bottom bottom middle top on an 80 cent bet, it paid the four grand.  We were in disbelief at first but after it all registered, I signed the back of the ticket and drove to Salem the next morning to collect the winnings.

$320 March 2011 Was at Spirit Mountain with Greg and at about 200am he was finishing his food and on my second to last spin I hit the Glinda bonus and it made the right two and left two columns wild with a wild and another top symbol in the middle, and went on to hit a couple more bonuses even after that.

$200 Jan 2011 Hit the $200 on the Big Wheel of Fortune yet again with Ashlee at Circus Circus in Reno

$170 Dec 2011 After attending the Brian Setzer concert, I decided to play some Time Machine, I got the bonus which is similar to the Glinda bonus on Wizard of Oz, I got 3 reels scratched wild, and two wild symbols in the middle.

$325 Feb 2011 Using Free Play on a 75 cent spin, hit the bonus on 5 Dragons Reel Play, and got five fish with a ten times multiplier for $300, total bonus was about $325!

$160 January 8th Tacoma, WA Emerald Queen Casino, Lobstermania Bonus on a $3 max bet and 4 buoy picks, three way chop with Rocky and Taylor.


$194 November 28th, 2010: Gigantic Dragons, 70 cent spin, during free spin bonus hit multiple gold dragons across the screen twice.

$174 November 28th, 2010: Pompei, 50 cent spin, four bonus symbols, and retrigger with more more bonus symbols and the X3 AND X5 multiplier.

$205 October 2011 On the night of the Reno Zombie Crawl I was at Cal Neva and I threw some money into Buffalo, hit the bonus, and filled up the screen with Aces. I didn't realize how much I won until someone pointed it out to me. BUFFALO!!!
$250 August 28th, 2010: 25 cent diamond mine, at the bar, max credit spin of ten quarters. I had actually won about $140 on this machine a year ago, and fortunately for me it treated me well again!

$255 July 4th 2010: Five Cent John Wayne, Aria Casino in Las Vegas. Hit the Bonus only after realizing it was nickels, and not pennies!

$200 June 2, 2010: Big Wheel of Fortune at Silver Legacy, hit the highest slice of the Wheel. Split with Ashley who hit the winning button!

$170 May 29, 2010: Kitty Glitter! Cal Neva, Reno. Kicked the crap out of the glitter bonus, with a re-trigger, which is how to really make money on this game.

$100 April, 2010: Green Machine! Silver Legacy, Reno. Ash once again works her magic and we hit the hundred. This is the ultimate fiend game, and it paid off! Probably a five way chop, but it provided plenty of excitement!

$144 April, 2010: Hee Haw! Grand Sierra Resort, Reno. Hit the bonus, and got five or maybe six ears of corn. Yes I just said Hee Haw, and ears of corn. Brittany and Peer were partners.

$100 September, 2009 Deal Or No Deal, Luxor. Was playing with $20 in promo money and pulled out a $100 so basically a clean profit with no risk.

$220 2009: Lucky Fountain, Spirit Mountain. Me and Jonathan each threw in ten dollars and hit the hundred free spins. About a half hour later we cashed out $220.

$400 July 4th Weekend, 2009: Jungle Wild, Caesars Palace. Hit the bonus with four bonus symbols, and filled up the screen with wilds, all but two spots. Game goes absolutely bananas, took winnings and got a booth and bottle service at Pure. This is also the photo for this blog.

$1100 February, 2009. My biggest casino win ever. Again, I was playing NL Hold Em, not even in the hand, when the Bad Beat hit. Four sixes lose to a straight flush. Jonathan was sitting next to me and he got $1100 too. We were about to leave in five minutes. Instead we went to the bar and had jaeger bombs.

$200 2008: Pompei, Spirit Mountain. Another nice Aristocat hit. I got the Vini Vidi Vicci bonus, and hit it pretty hard. I then realized it was 2 cents instead of pennies, and that I won $200 instead of $100

$225 2008: Geisha, Spirit Mountain. I accidentally hit the max bet, hit the bonus, and the stars aligned and I got a huge payoff.

$100 March, 2007: Dollar Texas Tea. Silver Legacy. Thought I would try my luck and put a $20 in, and hit four cows for a cool hund.

$200 March, 2007: Double Double Bonus Poker, Silver Legacy. Four Aces, no kicker. Oh well.

$500 September 17, 2006. High Hand at the Stardust playing NL Hold Em. No, not a slot machine, but the date and place are significant! Four Queens, and a Nine Kicker that played. Held up over 10 hours!

$500 March, 2006. Triple Play, Double Double Bonus Poker. Circus, Circus, Reno. Was dealt 3 Aces, and not only hit the 4th Ace, but the kicker too. We wouldn't have even been here had they not closed the roads to Tahoe.