Chapter 6: Git Gud
I mentally thanked him and cursed him at the same time. Because he already left while I was staring at the golden card like a stupid kid.
So I was back at square one, but with +$50 and a golden fucking card. Yippee Yahoo...Well, I only spend like..let's check the watch. HOLY FUCK! It's 2 PM I stayed playing at this casino for almost 6 hours. Jesus fuck, I was like of this addicts.
I decided to stand and went to the cafeteria and grab some sandwiches and some orange juice to pump my energy levels. While I cooled down and thought about all the mistakes I made while I was playing the last couple of hours.
I borrowed a pen from a desk from the cafeteria and started writing on my napkin. It was somehow a process to me. To gather my thoughts and focus. After one hour of writing tiny letters of mistakes on the napkin. I returned the pen and went again to the beginner poker table.
But this time with more confidence, somewhat more experience, and more refreshed and clearer minded. Doesn't help to rush in a poker table, they can detect your impatience and play with you like a toddler.
Yes, I was on tight schedule, but they didn't have to know that. Maybe some of the guys that saw the gold card would know. But I don't think they would stay ALL day at the casino right? RIGHT?
Well even if that was a case, I was more reserved and calm this time.
I came back to the beginner table, said a few polite greetings to some of the people I recognized. And continued to play.
In a short few hours, nobody would sit with me in the beginner table, I was like a wolf stripping poor little lambs.
It was already 10 PM it was a Thursday so tomorrow is gonna be a big day, a lot of drunk and young little lambs to plunder. I realize that I was getting too confident, and decided to take a eat and take a rest.
So I went to the same cashing chip station and to my surprise, the same girl was there I eagerly went to her and said "Hi again! It seemed that you are also a hard worker like me! Working so many hours! HAHA" I tried to be as smooth as possible while making a conversation.
She lazily stared at me, maybe she already heard that cheesy pick-up line? fuck! better step up my game! She then opened wide her eyes and said "Oh! You are that kid from the morning! You already gained some chips? Congratulations! And I didn't stay all day like you. I was at the end of my shift when I met you and I just began my turn! Anyway, how many chips you would like to change for money? $100? $200?"
I widely smiled and said "$11.000, and your phone number please!" crossing my fingers to a vain intent to make my luck stat compensate my average charm stat.
She stunned asked me "You really gained $11000 dollars? If I find you were just ordered form, someone, to exchange chips in his place to get my number I will ignore you completely!" she said meanly.
I perplexed asked, "That happens so much that you include in this kind of situation?"
She nodding said "It wouldn't be the first time, someone son of a big player or something like that boast to the chips traders that they gained that money themselves to get in bed with them. Obviously, I'm not someone like those gold diggers, I'm working here for the flexible hours and being near my university and apartment"
I vigorously said "I'm not like those scumbags! I gained the money myself from the ground up! Ask around Texas hold'em poker tables. Mainly the beginner tables since I was teaching there a lot" I said proudly while trying to make a cool but composed pose. But I think that didn't work out because she started to laugh.
When I losing all hope to have a cute girls number she gave me a huge stack of money with a piece of paper attached to the top of the stack that said: "Emily <3, XXX-XXX-XXXX call me, maybe?"
I read it and goofy smiled lost in the moment when she interrupted my mentally dancing and said "Hey poker professor, now that you got what you were looking for...Move! So another customer can cash their chips"
I looked behind me and saw 3 big guys wearing cowboy like hats. Excused me and rushed out while hearing laughing and whistles from behind me.
This was the first time in my life I have so much money in my hand! I looked really proud and smug with that whole brick of money in my hand, I felt like some rich Arab dude!
I went to the dealer with this huge stack of money and asked him "There are more advanced tables on the second floor right? How can I get over there? "And gave him a $100.
He looked at his pocket and smiled "Just walk and go upstairs, the minimum for joining them is $10.000 and the minimum bet is $1.000" and kept dealing cards.
One of the middle age men shouted at me "Kid, next time ask around, this information is well known HAHA you just got played $100 dollars HAHA"
I cursed mentally but kept smiling while walking to the reception area of the casino. Of course, the casino has rooms for costumers to stay. I asked a booked a room for $60 a night. Was good enough to sleep and rest for the next day.
I arrived in the room. And called from the phone of the room to my mom to tell her that I didn't need more food this 3 or 4 days. Since a cool neighbor shared me a lot of their leftovers. Since I lived alone my mom usually would come on the weekends to leave me some food in the fridge since she knows I'm a terrible cooker. I burnt rice, twice.
Wait a minute Fergal you live alone and don't have a single penny at your name right now? How do manage to do that? Teach me, master! Hold your titties young grasshoppers! I live in a desolate place with no transport nearby and had to walk a lot. My mom has her car so it's no problem for her. Besides this was an old complex apartment that I exchanged the title for my whole weed plant back in my high-school day. I even heard that that bastard is doing really well while I only got this crappy apartment. Also, I took a credit and with that, I pay the bills and the day by day. A credit not less than $100.000. But I made an arrangement with the bank to them to handle my money, so they debit my expenses and food but I don't have any pocket money left. Why I didn't go to the bank to regain control of my money? HA! Had you gone to a bank to do anything at all? It will probably take days or even weeks to regain the control of my money.
Well, one more thing to pay I guess. In the future.
Anyhow, I told her to not come to my apartment because I wasn't going to be there and I didn't want her to worry her. And you would be crazy if you think about telling your mother that you are going to stay 3 whole days gambling like mad to be ABLE to gamble in a poker tournament.
Anyhow after that, I took a good refreshing shower and finally feel sleep while thinking of what was waiting for me tomorrow.
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KoFu_ Slowly trying to build some romance but not forcing up on the story.
PS: 6th Chapter of the day!
Note: Edited 21/09/2018
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