My wife, Beth, and I went to Lake Tahoe and had the most amazing experience that I just have to share.
We are financially strapped, so when the company I work for wanted to send me to Lake Tahoe it sounded great. I had always wanted to go there.
The company paid for Beth to come with me and paid for a rental car. The rental car was good because, Beth planned on driving it to Sacramento to visit a friend while I had meetings.
The first night we met three guys who were gambling. They looked like they could have been GQ models if you know what I mean. They were in their late 30's and the black guy, Carl, looked like a young Danzel Washington, but with more muscular arms. Beth thought Gary looked like Matthew McConahey after he had been lifting weights.
We sat down at their table and played blackjack. We did not know much about gambling. I think they felt sorry for us because we were loosing. Then they started giving us pointers. Each time they gave us a pointer we won. These guys were really good. I had always thought that gambling was just about luck but with their help we won more and more. I was fascinated and got kind of excited. Beth thought it was OK but still believed gambling was mostly luck.
She started hitting it off with them in a friendly way. Carl, Gary, and Bill were very friendly and fun. I could tell they were impressed with Beth, and how would they not be. She is a stunning 36 year old who still gets carded at clubs. She is 5'8" and weighs 125 lbs. People say my wife looks like Claudia Schiffer.
Well on with the story. Beth got bored with blackjack even though we had won a few hundred bucks. Looking back on it, I think she was a little impatient with me that I was playing for so long. She went back to the room and I stayed with the guys.
They were sharing with me all the points on blackjack and I was eating it up. Then they decided to play craps and invited me to go with them. I did not know square one about craps but after a couple of hours with their help, I thought I was a pro. I had won several more hundred dollars and was getting hooked on gambling.
Finally, I realized how late it was, so I excused myself and went back to the room. Beth was watching TV and gave me the silent treatment. I didn't notice at first because I was so thrilled with my winnings and wanted to show her. As I laid over a thousand dollars on the bed, expecting her to be impressed, it hit me like a ton of bricks. Beth was mad at me, which kind of irritated me. However, I decided it would not be wise to start a fight so I asked her what was the matter? She was upset that I was spending the night before she was going to Sacramento gambling. I tried to explain that this was really fun tonight and asked her what I could do. She just said it was late and wanted to go to bed. I was hoping to hook up with Carl, Gary, and Bill tomorrow after my meetings and so I was happy to go to bed.
First thing in the morning, Beth left for Sacramento and I was a good boy and went to my conference all day. But, as soon as the meetings were over, I headed to the casino to take up where I left off last night.
As you can guess, before the guys rescued me, I had lost everything I had made the night before. Then with their help, I started winning again, and the gambling rush started all over again.
We played craps for a while then blackjack and then roulette. I made back most of the money I had lost. I was really having fun with Carl, Gary, and Bill.
As I got to know them, it was like we had been college buddies. They were very wealthy and liked to travel all over. Gambling was their life and they were kind of playboys too. They told me story of poker tournaments they had won and that 5-card draw was the ultimate poker game. They were playing in a high stakes game that night, and said I could come and watch which I of course did. I couldn't believe how much fun I was having with these three guys that I had just met. They did comment several times how hot my wife was which of course I all ready knew.
The next day I skipped out of my conference early and tried to win some money on my own. I was winning and having fun. I was up over a grand when they arrived. Thanks to them, I now knew how to win. They played by my side until the poker tournament started. As we got to where the tournament was supposed to be they were very disappointed that it was cancelled.
I invited them to my place because I had a luxurious room with a kitchen, food, and drinks. They didn't have anything else going so they took me up on the offer. After we had downed some food and were pouring some drinks one of them suggest we have our own poker game. They were aware I did not have that kind of money and that I didn't know how to play well, but they wanted a fourth player so they spotted me the cash and taught me the art of 5 card draw. It was so awesome to learn the game from them and have money to play like it was my own. They even said that anything I won I could keep. That made the game that much more interesting.
It was about 10 o'clock and we had been playing for about an hour, when Beth came walking through the door. I was not expecting her until tomorrow. She had a really funning expression on her face, like she was expecting something and then suddenly disappointed. She told us to keep playing and not to let her interrupt, which we did. She ate some of the food we had prepared and had a drink.
By the way, the guys had brought some great booze. Maybe that is why I was having such a good time.
Beth came over and started talking to the guys and they told her some of their stories of traveling the world. Beth was way into their stories and seemed to like them, and loosened up. She was really into some of their military stories. Beth was wearing a blue blouse and a halter top. She sat in between the guys as she listened to their stories. I thought I might be able to win more with Beth distracting them so I kind of encouraged the innocent flirting.