Winnemucca. My folks flew in on a gambling junket there a long time ago and I was pretty surprised at the small casinos in Winnemucca. Guess you were trapped at the Red Lion if you flew in. Stayed at Peterson’s Model T but didn’t find any of their old valuable chips under the bed, darn. Played with some of the other truckers laying over while Pippy Longstockings’ sister dealt and related tales of drunks, bikers and mean women BJ players.

Up the street to junketville, the Red Lion. Great table of fun players and a lovely dealer. Only stick-in-the-mud was a young fellow counting cards and losing hundreds of dollars doing it. Didn’t seem to be having too much fun. I am re-reading Barry Meadow’s Blackjack Autumn and managed to keep count about twothirds of the time during my trip. Every single/double deck game seemed to remain at –3 for the duration of the deal for me. Only increased my bet a couple of times and usually lost but did use the count to take insurance once, rescuing $20. Count cards or use basic strat, it helps, but luck is luck is luck.

Finished the night at Winners, a local type place. Legends is handy too, but didn’t desire any of their chips and never stopped in. No player cards in Winnemucca.

Lovelock the next morning, don’t believe there is a table left at Sturgeon’s and located the graveled lot where the Big Meadow Hotel and Club used to be. On to Reno via a detour to Fallon and Fernley. No tables and/or no games. Plenty of people feeding the slot machines and I imagine table games will continue to fade in small town Nevada.