Later I stayed at South Shore with my buddy Pat Berry off Stateline on Sunrise. As an independent player, I had a small bankroll (usually about two grand), and my bets varied from $2 to $20 or $5 to $50.īased on those limits, I made about $10 an hour, which wasn’t bad since a room at the Green Lantern motel was $19, a meal at Monk’s pizza was $6, and my car was paid for. As a part-time member of Ken Uston’s blackjack team, I made good money. I was spending the end of summer playing blackjack for a living. Nothing was more shocking in my gaming career than the bombing of Harvey’s Wagon Wheel Casino at South Shore Lake Tahoe in 1980.
