Bunco Weekend

October 2-4

While playing on the Internet one evening I found that Opryland Hotel was offering a Bunco weekend. Bunco is a dice game that we started playing about a year ago, when we started two Bunco groups. After playing with my friends a few times, I introduced the game to Thomas and my parents, who also found that they liked the game a lot! So, when I found out about Bunco weekend I just had to go! I asked a bunch of friends if they wanted, but nobody really committed to it so I drug Thomas along with me and then my parents said they wanted to go also!

The World Bunco Association hosted the regional championship at Opryland. When booking the package we got a two night stay and all activities, for a very reasonable price! On Friday night, we checked into the hotel and went to check out the events for the night. Here we rolled Bunco's for prizes and decorated a picture frame!

On Saturday the game playing began! Round 1 involved all 150 or so participants! Where we played 4 sets of six in the morning, took a two hour break and then played 4 sets of six again! We played in groups of 12 and played with losers leaving! Usually I have really good luck on Bunco nights, but I wasn't have much of it this weekend!

If you look closely at this picture, you can see a bunch of people behind KG. There were many groups of women from different parts of the country. The ladies wearing Kentucky Derby Hats and sashes were from Louisville, they had a group of about 16. There was another group of ladies from Alabama, other people traveled from as far away as Minnesota, Michigan, Florida and more! It was really fun to hear about other peoples Bunco groups and the rules that they follow, some groups only roll 6's, other groups play with a head table, and others drink a lot more than playing!

Thomas and I waiting to play after one of the breaks!

On Saturday after playing our two rounds, we decided to go to the mall and eat the Rainforest Cafe. Of course, you can't go to Rainforest and not get a VOLLLLLLCANOooo!!!After dinner and some shopping we went back to the hotel and used our free Delta flatboat cruise tickets!

When booking our package I decided to upgrade our room to an atrium view and this was our view from our 5th floor Delta section room.

On Sunday, Day 2 of playing, the contestants for Round 2 were announced. Originally it would only be 48 people who would make it to round 2. Of the 48, the people with the most Buncos and the people with the most wins from game play the day before would make it then they would raffle the remaining spots.

KG, had a great morning on Day 1...he actually won a place in Round 2 with the most wins!The officials started raffling off the extra seats and they decided to play 60 people instead of only 48 and the last spot got filled....by Thomas! Of the 150 playing in the beginning, 3 were male... and 2 made the 2nd round!

Thomas also got selected to play at the head tables on the stage!

After Round 2, we took a quick lunch break and then the players for round 3 were announced. This group included the 5 people with the most wins and the 5 people with the most Buncos from round 2....including KG! He had the most wins from his group, Thomas tied for most wins from his group but lost the roll off!

At lunch, KG had started talking about his luck was running out, he could feel that he just didn't have IT anymore and sure enough, he probably would have won the prize for most losses had their been one!

I have really enjoyed playing Bunco with my friends once a month and wish that a few of them would have been able to come to the Bunco weekend, because we would have had a good time! They were advertising another Bunco regional championship, this time in Destin, FL! Anyone want to go?