Day 5
This is our first sea day and of course the first thing that
we did after eating breakfast was go up on the deck and spend a few hours in
the sun. The weather was perfect, with
no breeze except from the ship and not one cloud!
Just by accident we met Brenda while we were out sunning and Brenda became our (mostely Barbs) sun deck friend. A neat person who just seems to enjoy life and we hope to stay in touch with her along the way.
Just by accident we met Brenda while we were out sunning and Brenda became our (mostely Barbs) sun deck friend. A neat person who just seems to enjoy life and we hope to stay in touch with her along the way.
We went to the main buffet lunch and then went to the casino
to play in the blackjack tournament.
Participants were assigned to one of 7 tables with 7 people
at each table. At each table, the top
two finishers after playing only 7 hands moved onto the semi-finals at
8pm.
Barb was given the opportunity to play and was one of the
two winners from her table. She played her
hands perfectly to move on.
Ed played 20 minutes later and also qualified for the
semi-finals!!
The semi-finals consisted of 2 tables of 7 each and the 3
highest scores at each table moved onto the final round. Just by the luck of the draw, Barb was at the
first table and played her hands perfectly and was one of the 3 moving on to
the finals.
Ed was next up and he also was able to qualify for the
finals at 10:30pm.
The finals were very exciting and Barb came in 4th
out of 7. On the last hand, Ed pulled a
blackjack to tie for the tournament win!! Instead
of playing off, we split the money between 1st and 2nd.
All-in all a very successful tournament – that’s for sure.
Night
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| Going out for the day |
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| Now for the evening |
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| The final table |
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| The Casino Manager - Daniela and Dimi, our Host |
