Well, I guess I have to start somewhere. We've been going to vegas twice a year for several years. I got the idea from my sister-in-law, Diane. I was never a slot player like Diane, I prefered poker.
On our first trip there I got into a $40(?) 2-4 limit tournament at the Orleans. I think there were about 60 players. I didn't know it at the time, but it was also a bounty tournament. I didn't even know what that meant at the time and when a player busted and someone at the table would yell "BOUNTY on 6!" I had no idea what was going on.
Being as it was my first real tournament I was quite nervious and I guess I played really tight. Eventually I busted my first player and again someone shouted "BOUNTY!". Shortly after that the tournament director tossed me a $5 poker chip. I wound up getting 4 or 5 more before the tournament ended. We finally got down to 3 playes and one of the other remaing players suggested we chop the prize money. After they explained what it meant to chop the TD said we would still have to draw cards to determine an official winner. I drew a jack and that was enough to win the tournament. From then on I was hooked on poker.
After the TD payed us our prize money he turned to me and said they were all out of jackets and he would have to mail one to me. He took my name and address and I felt sure he would lose it five minutes after I walked out of the poker room. To my surprize a few weeks later I did receive my jacket in the mail.
So that's how my poker career began. A chance finish at an off-strip casino, a lucky draw. No strategy, no bluffs, no tricks. I sure wasn't good, but I guess I was lucky.
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