Gained a Seat to the Finals of Table Games Tournament

I am so lucky today. I went home very early since I was late for office this morning. Since I knew it would be traffic I took the road less traveled. Nah, it was just a figure of speech. Well, since I was not in a hurry and time was on my side I went to Sta. Cruz through FX via Pasig - Quiapo route, my usual day was MRT-LRT-Binondo way.

At Ronquillo, near Sta. Cruz church, I was invited by a supervisor from Casino Filipino to join their Super 6 Table Games tournament. To those who were not aware of what Super 6 meant, it was similar to a baccarat game (Lucky 9). Since I was familiar with the game and have been playing since I was young I acceded to her request. After the registration, I was introduced to other participants and was told that the tournament would be held at Manila Grand Opera near D. Jose St., Sta. Cruz, Manila.

I was at the venue at exactly 6:30 p.m. and for the first time, I saw a humongous venue for players eh... gamblers on the 2nd floor of the hotel. After getting accustomed to the place I carefully watched the VIP players as they pushed their Skyflakes-like chips worth P10,000.00 bets.

Now back to the topic, I was assigned seat number 6 and as a start, I was given 10K chips (all of the 8 players have the same chips too). It was my first time joining this kind of tournament and I was very nervous. I lost the first four bets I made and I was shattered. While other players were gaining more chips I have been losing mine. On the 5th deal of cards I saw that solid colored sign (is that the big eye?) has been creeping so I put a 2.5K bet on that and I won. Additional 4 bets through that solid thing and I recovered my chips, however, the guy on my right probably saw that solid thing too as he won numerous betting chips.

One by one, players have been ousted because they lost their chips and the good thing was I'm still alive. I counted the players and we are just 5, then down to 4. I could land to the top 3 with very careful plays. Down to the last 3 hidden bets, and I put 2.5K in the banker and the rest put theirs to the players, and know what? I was the only winner and that increased my chances to land in 2nd place! I was able to win the last 2 bets and just won the 2nd prize! Wow.

To conclude this story, I won a 45K pre-bet coupon but didn't convert it all to cash. I went home with an additional P20K in my pocket. Lucky me, I also qualified to the National Table Games Tournament on December 5, 2015. Yeeheey!

Lucky Again!

Whew!  I was so down last Tuesday (October 8, 2013),  I only have Php170 inside my wallet and I am bound to go home.  After reaching the LRT Avenida Station,   I remembered that I have raffle tickets from the Casino Filipino, Ronquillo Branch so I decided to stay for while. At exactly 7:45 p.m. I went to the 3rd Floor of the Ronquillo Arcade where the raffle was being held.   

I have been praying all along.  At 8:00 p.m. the first name was called, a senior citizen went to the stage and wheeled-in a roulette, he won a Php10,000 worth of pre-bet coupons.  I knew all along that only 3 lucky patrons will be called so I continued to hum my request, "Please Lord, please... call my name..."  and the second name was uttered.  My name was called!

I again prayed that I get Php100,000 worth of pre-bet coupons I adjusted the arrow and pointed it to ten times (10 x Php10,000) wishing that I could get the highest prize.  Unfortunately, God did not grant my request.  I only got Php90,000!  Yeheey!  Thank you Lord.

A new dilemma arose, I am not good at gambling and I might lose all the 9 pre-bet coupons without winning any of them.  Luckily, a man offered me to buy all my coupons at 40% cost.  I was now caught between GOOD and BETTER (lol).  I called my wife for a decision and suggestion but she came in late.  I have sold all 8 coupons for Php32,000 and retain only 1 so that I could play  thinking that I would win it at a cost.  Sadly, I lost that bet after I played it.  I told you, I am not good at gambling.  My wife told me that I should have sold it all.   What a missed opportunity.

Anyway, I went home Php32000 richer and was able to immediately pay my bills.  I would like to thank Casino Filipino for the opportunity and of course my friend up there for making impossible thing POSSIBLE!

Lucky Us!

I with my wife, visited Casino Filipino, Pavilion Branch yesterday to witness the raffle draw being held every Tuesday. We have been lucky on winning games through raffle draws before so we thought combining forces would be great for us. You know what? In my college days at University of the East I won the 1st prize during our Foundation Day - a brand new refrigerator. Then, in my working days at DepEd Manila I won several prizes like electric fan, cash, and other items. A year ago, I won an iPod at SM San Lazaro (see my previous post). I will not mention other goods that I got 'coz its not so expensive. Two months ago, at P. Gomez Elementary School Cooperative Meeting I won a television set.

You think I'm lucky? Wait until you heard the story of my wife's winnings!

She also had multitude of jackpot prizes. Like myself, she had had various items in hand. The biggest one, and it surpassed all that I got, was during the Isetann, Recto Branch raffle draw in the year 2006. Hear ye and keep your eyes open! She won the P1,000,000.00 prize offered during the draw (but now all her earnings were exhausted). There were more minor prize winnings that happened after that.

We thought yesterday's visit at the Casino Filipino will bring us more victories since 5 winners will be drawn, however, our names were not called. But we will not rest, next month, we will try our luck again.