Talk about bailouts: Last-minute Valentine's drawing at Hard Rock
Gamblers who procrastinate on a Valentine's Day gift might do better this year, instead of pathetically trolling a card shop with other uncreative guys, then grabbing a stuffed bear and a heart-shaped chocolate box just as the mall locks up at 9 p.m.
And making a lonely walk to your car in the parking lot, knowing you bought a routine gift that forces your spouse into a fake smile and a half-hearted hug, not that you blame her.
Not that I've ever done that or anything...
The Hard Rock poker room has four drawings for Valentine's Day packages, at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Feb. 13. Talk about cutting it close.
The winner of each drawing gets dinner for two at Council Oak ($160 value) restaurant, a room for two at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and concert tickets to a show in Hard Rock Live.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
