My Lucky Charm
I use to have a lucky charm. It was a toe ring. I wore it on my
baby toe. An old boyfriend of mine had given it to me. It was a
cheap little thing. I don't know why I even wore it. Call me
sentimental.
The first night I wore it to a casino I won at the roulette
table. I was betting straight-up on 33. It hit 3 times out of
the 10 times I played. I walked away after the third hit.
The next night I wore the toe ring to the casino I decided to
play the slots. I'm not much for playing the slots. Too much
exercise and not enough pay out. But for some reason I decided
to play. An hour into playing I was a hundred dollars down. But
then I hit the 3 cherries. And it was a Progressive Jackpot
machine I was playing. I walked out of the casino after hitting
that jackpot.
The third time I wore the toe ring was to a Poker Party my good
friend Rachel was hosting. Just 5 girls getting together for a
few drinks, a little gossip and a night of Texan Holdem. All of
us were serious gamblers. By serious I mean - we played to win.
And we were very competitive with each other. All 5 of us were
very good players and when we did get together to play poker
very rarely did anyone come away a big winner.
That night I couldn't do any wrong. The cards came my way and
when they didn't my bluffing was impeccable. That evening I
walked away with over 5 thousand dollars.
A short time after that my lucky charm broke. Like I said, it
was a cheap little thing. I'm not sure why I think of it as a
lucky charm. I had won at gambling many times before the charm
and many times since. I guess I am like most gamblers -
superstitious.
But the best lucky charm I have ever had has been my gambling
systems and my brain. I would never give those up for a toe ring
or a rabbit's foot or any other superstitious charm.
Copyright 2006 Pamela Pompeii. All rights reserved.