Monday, April 12, 2010

MGM Grand - Detroit

Opening Day in Detroit was this past Friday. You might remember previous adventures of mine. This year was just as fun, although I'm still a little hazy on all of the details. Needless to say, the Tigers won, many beers were consumed, there were a handful of "whoops" and it was worth a million. Also, I got this chip from the MGM Grand Detroit. The casino was pretty full after the game and I thought I was pretty lucky to score a seat at a $15 table. Because I was operating with 20-25% alcohol in my bloodstream, I neglected to see the actual name of the game - "Double Exposure Blackjack." Oh boy. So, the dealer deals both of her cards face up. Cool, huh? You lose pushes. Not so cool. Three hands in, I get 21, the dealer gets 21 and she scoops my bet. I stand-up and yell something about stealing my money, before the pit boss comes over and tells me to learn the rules. Or something. Grrr. Not fun. I got wiped out in seconds. It was ugly. But I did get this new chip.
Now, I know what you are saying. You're saying "Hey, that looks just like the other house chip you have. Are you sure you didn't get a duplicate chip?" No, idiot. I didn't. Who do you think I am? Do you think I run a highly successful blog and can't even tell the difference between two chips? Of course not. Here they are side by side.










As you can see, the differences are very distinguishable. One has a second line under the MGM Grand in the middle. One's lion is a little bigger. The outer markings are different. Clearly two different chips. How did I know this whilst drunk enough to not even now what game I was playing? Ummm... lucky?

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