BY RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER
SOME PEOPLE HAVE COMPULSIONS TO GAMBLE, SOME TO AMASS FORTUNES AND OTHER’S, WELL THEY JUST LIKE TO WRITE STORIES. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ME. I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED TO WRITE, NEVER WAS VERY GOOD AT IT; BUT I HAVE DONE IT OVER THE YEARS JUST THE SAME.
IF ANY OF YOU WANT ANY INSIDE INFORMATION ON ANY CASINO THAT I’VE BEEN TO, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW.
REGGIE
CITIES OF GOLD SITS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SANTA FE NEW MEXICO. I WAS ON A MISSION THAT INCLUDED EVERY CASINO THAT SAT BETWEEN LAUGLIN, NV AND ALBUQUERQUE-SANTA FE NEW MEXICO. THAT INCLUDES A LARGE AMOUNT OF CASINOS TWO MANY TO LIST IN THIS SHORT STORY. SO I PULLED INTO THE CITIES OF GOLD AROUND 2-3PM ONE AFTER NOON, I AM PRETTY SURE IT WAS A WEEK DAY. AS I WALKED INTO A RATHER UNIQUE CASINO, I WILL BRIEFLY DESCRIBE IT; IT WAS MOSTLY DESIGNED AS AN ADOBE RANCH STYLE BUILDING, WITH 10” CLAY/BRICKS ON THE FLOOR. UPON ENTERING THE CASINO I ASK WHERE THE POKER ROOM WAS, TO FIND OUT IF A GAME WAS IN SESSION THAT EARLY. AND YES, THEY DID HAVE A GAME, WITH A SEAT OPEN; AS I REMEMBER THERE WAS 6 PLAYERS THERE AND I MADE THE SEVENTH. I AM NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO GUESS WHAT KIND OF GAME THEY WERE PLAYING; BUT, IT WAS MY FAVORITE GAME “HIGH-LOW SPLIT EIGHT OR BETTER.”
I SAT DOWN WITH A HUGE SMILE AND A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL. A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER AFTER PLAYING AND INSPECTING EVERY CHIP FOR FLAWS, AND FILLING MY POCKETS WITH CHIPS THAT WERE NOT GOING TO BE CASHED; I GOT UP AND SAID GOOD BYE TO EVERYONE AND THEN I WENT OVER TO THE CASHIER AND CASHED OUT 2-3 HUNDERED, STILL WITH A BIG SMILE.
THIS WAS A VERY GOOD STOP FOR ME. WON A FEW, FOUND A FEW I NEEDED FOR MY COLLECTION AND STOCKED MY INVENTORY WITH FUTURE TRADERS. WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK. THIS WAS A GREAT HARVEST…REGGIE
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