Most embarrassing thing to happen at the tables?
July 23rd, 2012 at 12:22:11 AM
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I saw this thread started on another message board and it got some hilarious responses, just wondering what is the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you at the table?
I'll start, when playing Spanish 21, was having a good winning streak. By now I am well and truly oiled, and whilst counting my chips clearly forgot I had my bottle of corona in my hand (some how) and proceeded to turn the full bottle over the felt, it covered bases 2/3 and ruined the dealers hole card. Needless to say I was not so welcome to continue playing there.
I'll start, when playing Spanish 21, was having a good winning streak. By now I am well and truly oiled, and whilst counting my chips clearly forgot I had my bottle of corona in my hand (some how) and proceeded to turn the full bottle over the felt, it covered bases 2/3 and ruined the dealers hole card. Needless to say I was not so welcome to continue playing there.
July 23rd, 2012 at 12:28:50 AM
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I did the same thing with bacardi and coke. Embarrassing, right.
Poker dealer had to wake me up twice in one night (or should I say one morning). I went to bed after the second one.
Poker dealer had to wake me up twice in one night (or should I say one morning). I went to bed after the second one.
July 23rd, 2012 at 8:04:22 AM
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I have probably spent 50 hours total at table games over the course of 4 years and have seen something like you guys described at least twice in that time. You're doing fine.
My friend who is a poker dealer has told me much much worse stuff. And it's usually about drunk women behaving badly! (We're both female.)
My friend who is a poker dealer has told me much much worse stuff. And it's usually about drunk women behaving badly! (We're both female.)
Each of us is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.
Preparing for a fight about your bad decision is not as smart as making a good decision.
July 23rd, 2012 at 8:28:31 AM
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I think I have posted about this before, but it is worth repeating.
I was playing at Lumiere Place. My fingers were a little dry and cracked. Anyway, I drew a tiny drip of blood from my finger and it got on one of the cards. Well, the dealer freaked out, and called for a hazardous material box to come out to fix the problem. Game was shut down for 15 minutes - someone came out in scrubs and put the card in a bag. The dealer was freaking out and kept putting anti-bacterial stuff on her hands.
I played one more hand and left. Very embarrassing.
I was playing at Lumiere Place. My fingers were a little dry and cracked. Anyway, I drew a tiny drip of blood from my finger and it got on one of the cards. Well, the dealer freaked out, and called for a hazardous material box to come out to fix the problem. Game was shut down for 15 minutes - someone came out in scrubs and put the card in a bag. The dealer was freaking out and kept putting anti-bacterial stuff on her hands.
I played one more hand and left. Very embarrassing.
July 23rd, 2012 at 10:23:01 AM
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Dangerous line of work the dealers have! They could have got infected by the zombie virus in your blood
July 23rd, 2012 at 10:26:14 AM
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My first turn to roll at Craps ever resulted in me throwing the dice clear over the rail and off the table, both of them. I added to my embarassment when I trotted over to the other side of the table and attempted to reach under the velvet rope do grab the dice for them, "YOU CAN'T REACH OVER HERE!!!" I explained that I was just trying to help and the rude dealer said I could help by not throwing the dice over the table.
I've used a low roll ever since for fear of a repeat incident, occasionally one still pops off the table, but I know only to retrieve it if it is on my side of the rope.
EDIT: I forgot to mention, when he told me they had to hit the wall on the other side of the table, I assumed he meant in the air!
I've used a low roll ever since for fear of a repeat incident, occasionally one still pops off the table, but I know only to retrieve it if it is on my side of the rope.
EDIT: I forgot to mention, when he told me they had to hit the wall on the other side of the table, I assumed he meant in the air!
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July 23rd, 2012 at 11:08:20 AM
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I was playing no limit hold 'em and sipping hefeweizen. The older asian gentleman next to me was very curious about it and kept asking questions. Finally, I offered him to try some. He had one sip and passed it back nodding that he really liked it. A few minutes later he starts exhibiting symptoms of an extremely drunk person. His face turned red and he started to slur his speech. He kept nearly passing out at the table and falling out of his chair. I started getting super worried he was having some sort of allergic reaction and was shocked at how long the dealer let this continue. Security finally had to come and take him. They wouldn't let me go back with him but I assume he just some how got drunk on one sip and turned out to be ok after a couple hours.
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July 23rd, 2012 at 12:17:40 PM
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I think anyone who's spent any amount of time in a casino has had "one too many" and done something they regret.
Here is mine, after a couple or six beers I felt that I was mispayed on a winning BJ hand. $75 in green instead of the $100 I thought I bet. I made a fuss and insisted the floorman check the video. He was very polite and called up to have them check, but for some reason wouldn't let the game continue until they had a decision. It was a very busy Sat night...It must have taken 15 or 20 minutes for them to check. So a whole table full of BJ players is now peeved at me for holding up the game, then while we are waiting I spilled my beer from 3rd base most of the way across the table, I think I got everyone but 1st base and the dealer. Of course they checked the tape and the dealer had paid me right in the first place...so all that for nothing.
Here is mine, after a couple or six beers I felt that I was mispayed on a winning BJ hand. $75 in green instead of the $100 I thought I bet. I made a fuss and insisted the floorman check the video. He was very polite and called up to have them check, but for some reason wouldn't let the game continue until they had a decision. It was a very busy Sat night...It must have taken 15 or 20 minutes for them to check. So a whole table full of BJ players is now peeved at me for holding up the game, then while we are waiting I spilled my beer from 3rd base most of the way across the table, I think I got everyone but 1st base and the dealer. Of course they checked the tape and the dealer had paid me right in the first place...so all that for nothing.
July 23rd, 2012 at 12:20:53 PM
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I don't believe I have ever simultaneously been drunk and in a casino.
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July 23rd, 2012 at 12:28:17 PM
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Quote: Mission146
EDIT: I forgot to mention, when he told me they had to hit the wall on the other side of the table, I assumed he meant in the air!
That's good! Next time I have a die pop off the table I am going to use that one!
"Hey, you said to hit the wall and it's way over there!!" [g]
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July 23rd, 2012 at 1:13:20 PM
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I have two, one for me and one for a player I saw. The first, that happened to the other player, wasn't so much embarassing, but freaky, but maybe embarassing for the player it happened to.
I was dealing craps and on 3rd base. The player, a guy probably in his early forties was standing next to stick. I had dealt to him at least once before, and he certainly didn't seem like the brightest guy (he had to constantly be reminded what to bet and when, like $6 6/8 instead of $5. Then as another couple bought in on the other end of the table, he put is hands out, palm up, as if the dealer had done something wrong. But no expression on his face, perfectly quiet. He was a nice guy, so at first I just thought he was confused about something. But he was just standing there, his face is just blank and his head tilts awkwardly and I can see what's coming. Soon his face starts twitching, then head starts shaking, and soon whole body is shaking as he falls to the floor and starts seizing. I tried to alert someone before he fell, but it happened so quick I couldn't, I just was sort of stuttering "Uh, Uh, hey, box, he.." then he hits the floor. The player near him yells "Oh my god he's having a seizure!". The pit sees it soon enough and call security and EMT. I could even see his arms sticking straight up in the air. Very freaky.
Once when I was playing, I had had a couple beers before going to play some craps. It was early afternoon and I was the only one at the table. Just two dealers and no box person. Every short roll I would get would piss me off, and I would stomp my feet, and occasionally smack the table. I guess because of the booze I was doing this a little harder and more noticably than I thought. Then a security guard and a DCI agent came up and pulled me off the table to talk to me. I was worried they were gonna kick me out for being drunk (I was on the cusp of intoxication). They just gave me a stern warning to calm down. I try not to pout when playing, but when I'm the only shooter, by the fourth point-seven in a row it starts to get to ya.
I was dealing craps and on 3rd base. The player, a guy probably in his early forties was standing next to stick. I had dealt to him at least once before, and he certainly didn't seem like the brightest guy (he had to constantly be reminded what to bet and when, like $6 6/8 instead of $5. Then as another couple bought in on the other end of the table, he put is hands out, palm up, as if the dealer had done something wrong. But no expression on his face, perfectly quiet. He was a nice guy, so at first I just thought he was confused about something. But he was just standing there, his face is just blank and his head tilts awkwardly and I can see what's coming. Soon his face starts twitching, then head starts shaking, and soon whole body is shaking as he falls to the floor and starts seizing. I tried to alert someone before he fell, but it happened so quick I couldn't, I just was sort of stuttering "Uh, Uh, hey, box, he.." then he hits the floor. The player near him yells "Oh my god he's having a seizure!". The pit sees it soon enough and call security and EMT. I could even see his arms sticking straight up in the air. Very freaky.
Once when I was playing, I had had a couple beers before going to play some craps. It was early afternoon and I was the only one at the table. Just two dealers and no box person. Every short roll I would get would piss me off, and I would stomp my feet, and occasionally smack the table. I guess because of the booze I was doing this a little harder and more noticably than I thought. Then a security guard and a DCI agent came up and pulled me off the table to talk to me. I was worried they were gonna kick me out for being drunk (I was on the cusp of intoxication). They just gave me a stern warning to calm down. I try not to pout when playing, but when I'm the only shooter, by the fourth point-seven in a row it starts to get to ya.
July 23rd, 2012 at 4:19:30 PM
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Well, the worst I've ever done was bet $5 at a $10 minimum craps table.
I'm not embarrassed when I need to be reminded what to wager on a place bet, or when laying odds, or even when I call out "Two-way hard three!" The dealers at the 4 Queens even seemed to expect it after a while. When the point was 6 and I turned to the stickman with two whites, half the time he'd ask "two-way hard three?" And we'd both laugh about it :)
I'm not embarrassed when I need to be reminded what to wager on a place bet, or when laying odds, or even when I call out "Two-way hard three!" The dealers at the 4 Queens even seemed to expect it after a while. When the point was 6 and I turned to the stickman with two whites, half the time he'd ask "two-way hard three?" And we'd both laugh about it :)
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July 23rd, 2012 at 5:50:38 PM
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Quote: ewjones080
I was worried they were gonna kick me out for being drunk (I was on the cusp of intoxication). They just gave me a stern warning to calm down. I try not to pout when playing, but when I'm the only shooter, by the fourth point-seven in a row it starts to get to ya.
Of all the myriad of emotions I have gone through when playing in a casino pouting has not been one of them. At least not on the casino floor, up in the room later with an unco-operative wife, maybe.
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July 23rd, 2012 at 6:23:27 PM
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When I first started playing tables, I noticed another player putting white chips next to her bets. I thought to myself, "I didn't know you could bet in odd amounts like that!" So I put a couple white chips next to all my bets (Let it Ride). Wouldn't you know it, I drew three of a kind and the board hit a pair, for a full house! When the dealer paid me, and swiped the whites and white-winnings, I asked what was happening; I didn't know they were tip bets, because the woman hadn't won any of her tip bets!
It caused a big hubbub, with the dealer calling over the pit boss and all such. I was very embarrassed, apologized profusely, of course the dealer got the tips. I played another couple hands and cashed in, it was bad karma what I did, even unintentionally.
It caused a big hubbub, with the dealer calling over the pit boss and all such. I was very embarrassed, apologized profusely, of course the dealer got the tips. I played another couple hands and cashed in, it was bad karma what I did, even unintentionally.
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July 23rd, 2012 at 7:04:52 PM
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My best friend and I were $2-$5 NL poker at a brand new casino one night ( i think it was the 3rd or 4th day they were open). The gator (where the dealer puts the rake) on the table kept sticking and the floor or the dealer would come by and kick it or shake it a bunch. After a few beers and a couple hrs of playing my buddy who is in the 10 seat decides he is going to help the dealer when the gator gets stuck....
My buddy procedes to kick the box just like the floor had done, except this time the box comes off the table and chips go everywhere...both of us were poker dealers at the time and both yelled "FLOOR" .
We had to wait on security, surv, and casino management. Fianally I suggested we just move to another table.
very very funny to see all the faces, when that box hit the floor and the house's chips went all over the room.
My buddy procedes to kick the box just like the floor had done, except this time the box comes off the table and chips go everywhere...both of us were poker dealers at the time and both yelled "FLOOR" .
We had to wait on security, surv, and casino management. Fianally I suggested we just move to another table.
very very funny to see all the faces, when that box hit the floor and the house's chips went all over the room.
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July 23rd, 2012 at 7:24:37 PM
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Well I have seen all of the situations mentioned already, including the seizure, security carrying someone out- they had to pick him up like a baby as he grabbed on to the table and would not let go . I was playing next to him, and am partly to blame, I had got him and I many shots of patron.
I usually ask this same question to dealers; the best responses I have heard : throwing a drink in the dealers face and pissing on the table .
Now for MY NOT SO great moments !! Not proud of it, but like they say ,shit happens, and it did !!
After good run of bad luck in both BJ/ poker, instead of losing my money the regular way, I just threw the rest of my chips at the dealer and pit boss, in poker at the player that sucked out ! This has happened more times than I care to mention !! - of course I was kicked out.
While at the table I made the worst possible FART you could imagine and cleared the table, including dealer and pit boss, I was the only 1 left. I should have been kicked out !!
Got so frustrated, I threw the rest of my chips in the chip rack . Wish I had got kicked out, as I went to the ATM and lost plenty more!!
Shit myself , while at the table !! Although I think I am the only one who knew, I am not for certain. Went to the bathroom, did what I could do to clean myself, including flushing my drawers down the toilet, then proceeded to book a nice win . Glad I did not get kicked out, nice win !!
Comments or any toppers, and be real !!
I usually ask this same question to dealers; the best responses I have heard : throwing a drink in the dealers face and pissing on the table .
Now for MY NOT SO great moments !! Not proud of it, but like they say ,shit happens, and it did !!
After good run of bad luck in both BJ/ poker, instead of losing my money the regular way, I just threw the rest of my chips at the dealer and pit boss, in poker at the player that sucked out ! This has happened more times than I care to mention !! - of course I was kicked out.
While at the table I made the worst possible FART you could imagine and cleared the table, including dealer and pit boss, I was the only 1 left. I should have been kicked out !!
Got so frustrated, I threw the rest of my chips in the chip rack . Wish I had got kicked out, as I went to the ATM and lost plenty more!!
Shit myself , while at the table !! Although I think I am the only one who knew, I am not for certain. Went to the bathroom, did what I could do to clean myself, including flushing my drawers down the toilet, then proceeded to book a nice win . Glad I did not get kicked out, nice win !!
Comments or any toppers, and be real !!
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July 23rd, 2012 at 7:54:24 PM
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I have one that I just remembered, but it doesn't top any of those...
I was in a Poker tournament, No Limit Hold 'Em, (Finished Seventh in that one and cashed) and I got dealt inside Kings. I raised 10x the Big Blind, but somehow drew three calls.
The flop came Ks 9c, 10c:
The guy who the action was on checked and the following guy bet the pot. The guy after him folded, then I bet 2x the new pot. The guy who checked folded his hand and then the guy who led out (must have been smelling a bluff) went All-In.
His nose was a bit off because I hesitated for a couple seconds, (worried about J-Q) but then called.
It turned out that he had eights wired up for a semi-bluff.
The Turn came in as a six of clubs. The dealer did a good job stalling and making a big production out of the River which came as a Seven of Clubs:
"OH, COME THE F*** ON!!!!"
I started walking away from the table until the dealer shouted at me, "Where are you going?" I announced that I was going home and more than one person said, "For what? You just doubled!!!"
I walked back over and the four clubs were pushed up on the layout...along with my King of Clubs.
I was assessed a penalty of one big blind for profanity.
I was in a Poker tournament, No Limit Hold 'Em, (Finished Seventh in that one and cashed) and I got dealt inside Kings. I raised 10x the Big Blind, but somehow drew three calls.
The flop came Ks 9c, 10c:
The guy who the action was on checked and the following guy bet the pot. The guy after him folded, then I bet 2x the new pot. The guy who checked folded his hand and then the guy who led out (must have been smelling a bluff) went All-In.
His nose was a bit off because I hesitated for a couple seconds, (worried about J-Q) but then called.
It turned out that he had eights wired up for a semi-bluff.
The Turn came in as a six of clubs. The dealer did a good job stalling and making a big production out of the River which came as a Seven of Clubs:
"OH, COME THE F*** ON!!!!"
I started walking away from the table until the dealer shouted at me, "Where are you going?" I announced that I was going home and more than one person said, "For what? You just doubled!!!"
I walked back over and the four clubs were pushed up on the layout...along with my King of Clubs.
I was assessed a penalty of one big blind for profanity.
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July 23rd, 2012 at 7:55:18 PM
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really? you think someone is going to top shitting yourself?
i suppose you would have to barf on the chip rack or die at the table to beat that one.
i suppose you would have to barf on the chip rack or die at the table to beat that one.
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July 23rd, 2012 at 8:01:09 PM
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Quote: WongBoreally? you think someone is going to top shitting yourself?
i suppose you would have to barf on the chip rack or die at the table to beat that one.
I have seen both WongBo. I had a player puke all over my DD game and i actually had a guy have a heartattack on Crazy 4 Poker. The paramedics were doing cpr on him as they wheeled him off. Found out later that day that he was basically dead when he was carted off.
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July 23rd, 2012 at 8:05:17 PM
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Thanks shifty !!
RIP Crazy 4 player !!!
RIP Crazy 4 player !!!
" If I had the money and the drinking capacity, I'd probably live at a blackjak table and let my life go to hell." Don Pedro
July 23rd, 2012 at 8:14:48 PM
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Quote: DonPedroThanks shifty !!
RIP Crazy 4 player !!!
Twice I've seen really old people keel over and die in front of slot machines. Both were wheelchair/oxygen tank people.
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July 23rd, 2012 at 8:21:14 PM
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RIP wheelchair/oxygen tank people.
" If I had the money and the drinking capacity, I'd probably live at a blackjak table and let my life go to hell." Don Pedro
July 23rd, 2012 at 8:22:49 PM
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Quote: DonPedroComments or any toppers, and be real !!
Well, I once got pissed with a guy giving me a bad beat, unloaded the whole cylinder on him, and missed all five times!
Oh hell, who am I kidding.
That said, did you contemplate the possibility of clogging the toilets? I somehow remember the last episode of House. Tell me that wouldn't be even more embarrassing.
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July 23rd, 2012 at 9:08:21 PM
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Playing pineapple hold'em once and forget to strip the third card. On the river, the only player still in the hand mucked his hand.
I showed my winning hand and only then discovered I still had 3 cards. The guy who had stayed till the river started cussing and fussing. If he had not been an asshole, I would have shoved the pot to him. But he was, so I didn't !
I showed my winning hand and only then discovered I still had 3 cards. The guy who had stayed till the river started cussing and fussing. If he had not been an asshole, I would have shoved the pot to him. But he was, so I didn't !
July 23rd, 2012 at 9:49:29 PM
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One time I had gone out and got ridiculously drunk. It was late so after a night of drinking my buddies and I thought the casino was a great idea. Put my name on the poker waiting list and sat at a table. All of a sudden I get instantly sick and feel like I have to puke. I rushed to the bathroom and start heaving.... Next thing I know I am being woken up with a tap on my shoulder.... I had fallen asleep on the floor of the bathroom bear hugging the toilet. The tap was security and apparently I was out for about 45 minutes. The escorted me out and got a cab for me. That was awful. I've had friends also spill multiple beers at one table in the Excalibur and they never even asked us to leave.
July 24th, 2012 at 12:07:45 AM
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Some of these are making me actually laugh out loud at work.
July 29th, 2012 at 9:56:22 AM
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Wasn't at the tables, but my late wife's game was video poker. She had arthritis pretty bad and couldn't walk long distances, so had to use a wheel chair. We went into Las Vegas Club and found her a machine. I saw a small alcove that I thought would be a good place to stow her wheel chair, when I put it in there, I bumped into a electical outlet, and every machine in the bank went dead. I had about a dozen slot jockeys look at me with the same look of surprise, anger, and wanting to kill me. I plugged the electric cord back in, apologized, and all the machines came on right where they left off.
July 30th, 2012 at 8:21:57 AM
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I was at a casino in Illinois, shooting dice. I was on a fairly good roll at the time and had a few players on my end (a couple were co-workers). As I throw the dice, a female observer on the other side stuck her arm out in the middle of the table and said "what's that". The dice hit her arm, dropped dead and seven out. I called her a name I won't repeat here. I stomped off, pissed. Bought in on a blackjack table and threw down a bet. An older male on third base made a comment about me "playing without asking". I retorted with a comment I won't repeat here either. Naturally, the dealer made a blackjack and called the floorperson saying "they're arguing". Later, I apologized for it and we actually had a decent conversation.
I got into another scrape at this same property when security came to ID me for the second time while the cards were "running good". (I don't remember this part), but apparently I cursed them out as well.
Fortunately, neither incident resulted in a warning or getting 86'ed, which very well could (and maybe should) have happened.
I got into another scrape at this same property when security came to ID me for the second time while the cards were "running good". (I don't remember this part), but apparently I cursed them out as well.
Fortunately, neither incident resulted in a warning or getting 86'ed, which very well could (and maybe should) have happened.
August 1st, 2012 at 8:08:38 AM
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I was playing at the Tropicana in Vegas probably 10 to 15 years ago, around 2:00 AM. Throwing from next to the dealer on the boxman's right, and I was tossing the dice into the far opposite corner. A couple was standing on that corner, and she was showing quite a bit of cleavage, of the lift and separate variety. So naturally, about my fourth throw one of the die jumps off the table, hits her just below the chin, and drops out of sight, down the shirt. She turns red and turns away from the table to bend over and fish out the die.
Without thinking, I call out "Same lucky die", and of course the stick yells out " Shooter requests the same lucky die", naturally emphasizing the word lucky. I'm not sure, I don't think she even heard any of that, but she might have. I do remember the whole table was cracking up,and I heard the box say, "Now that is one time I cannot blame the shooter for making that call". Well, I decided her, um chest, um might make a good focus point as I was throwing the dice (not really by my choice of course, the dice had chosen this for me), and I went on a very good roll. Making place numbers and points left and right. After about 20 minutes the girl finally picks up on the fact that I perhaps, allegedly, am looking at her chest as I throw the dice. She watches me the next 3 throws, and then leans in to her male friend/husband. I can read her lips as she says, "He keeps staring at my tits every time he throws the dice.". Uh-oh, is there going to be a problem? He's a pretty big dude, and who knows how much he has been drinking. He pauses for a second, looks at me, and then I see him say, "Who cares, he is making numbers and we are making good money." They had left by the time the dice came back around to me, and she apparently walked away with my mojo, as I did not have any more great rolls that session.
Without thinking, I call out "Same lucky die", and of course the stick yells out " Shooter requests the same lucky die", naturally emphasizing the word lucky. I'm not sure, I don't think she even heard any of that, but she might have. I do remember the whole table was cracking up,and I heard the box say, "Now that is one time I cannot blame the shooter for making that call". Well, I decided her, um chest, um might make a good focus point as I was throwing the dice (not really by my choice of course, the dice had chosen this for me), and I went on a very good roll. Making place numbers and points left and right. After about 20 minutes the girl finally picks up on the fact that I perhaps, allegedly, am looking at her chest as I throw the dice. She watches me the next 3 throws, and then leans in to her male friend/husband. I can read her lips as she says, "He keeps staring at my tits every time he throws the dice.". Uh-oh, is there going to be a problem? He's a pretty big dude, and who knows how much he has been drinking. He pauses for a second, looks at me, and then I see him say, "Who cares, he is making numbers and we are making good money." They had left by the time the dice came back around to me, and she apparently walked away with my mojo, as I did not have any more great rolls that session.
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August 1st, 2012 at 10:54:05 AM
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Good story Raleigh! This happened to me shortly after I had turned 21. I was the shooter and the dice bounced up and disappeared in a woman's cleavage. The whole table, including the woman, burst out laughing. I remember turning bright red and was stammering out appologies. The woman shouted, "If you wanted to see them, you just had to ask!". My face probably invented new kinds of red after she said that.
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August 1st, 2012 at 11:28:54 AM
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Maybe not the best story in this post but I hope you enjoy it.
I was in Aruba a couple of weeks back where the gambling age is 18. I was sitting at a BJ table and this very young girl - who looked more like 16 then 18 sat at the table. In a shy and timid voice she announced to the table that this is her first time playing BJ and she would appreciate any help we can offer. Her very first hand she got a suited Ace-King. It doesnt get any better than that. The whole table congratulated her and as the hands rolled on everyone was offering her advise that was consistent with basic strategy play. She accepted the help and her buy in of $40 soon doubled and you could see from the look on her face that she felt as if she won the lottery.
One thing I noticed about her was she was using her fingers to total up her cards, and she was mouthing the numbers as she was adding the total of her cards. Other people obviously noticed because as she was strugglling to add her cards, some of the players told her what she had and what her next move should be.
So soon after she doubled her buy in the dealer changed and about two or three rounds in to dealing, the new dealer in a somewhat nasty and mocking tone asked the newbie, "Are you seriously adding with your fingers?". Poor girl turned bright red from embarrassment, and stammered out a yes, almost unsure if she was breaking a rule. The dealer got her so flustered that she picked up her winnings and her bet for that hand and tried to leave the table. The dealer then snapped at her telling her she can not touch her bet until the round was over. She put her bet back in play, ended up staying in a situation she should have hit and lost the hand. She left the table after that.
Someone from the table told the dealer he could have been a little nicer but the dealer defended what he did. None of us tipped this dealer for the 20 or so minutes he was with us. But we all tipped the dealer before and after.
I was in Aruba a couple of weeks back where the gambling age is 18. I was sitting at a BJ table and this very young girl - who looked more like 16 then 18 sat at the table. In a shy and timid voice she announced to the table that this is her first time playing BJ and she would appreciate any help we can offer. Her very first hand she got a suited Ace-King. It doesnt get any better than that. The whole table congratulated her and as the hands rolled on everyone was offering her advise that was consistent with basic strategy play. She accepted the help and her buy in of $40 soon doubled and you could see from the look on her face that she felt as if she won the lottery.
One thing I noticed about her was she was using her fingers to total up her cards, and she was mouthing the numbers as she was adding the total of her cards. Other people obviously noticed because as she was strugglling to add her cards, some of the players told her what she had and what her next move should be.
So soon after she doubled her buy in the dealer changed and about two or three rounds in to dealing, the new dealer in a somewhat nasty and mocking tone asked the newbie, "Are you seriously adding with your fingers?". Poor girl turned bright red from embarrassment, and stammered out a yes, almost unsure if she was breaking a rule. The dealer got her so flustered that she picked up her winnings and her bet for that hand and tried to leave the table. The dealer then snapped at her telling her she can not touch her bet until the round was over. She put her bet back in play, ended up staying in a situation she should have hit and lost the hand. She left the table after that.
Someone from the table told the dealer he could have been a little nicer but the dealer defended what he did. None of us tipped this dealer for the 20 or so minutes he was with us. But we all tipped the dealer before and after.
August 1st, 2012 at 11:38:46 AM
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One more reason why I try never to play at a casino where tips are pooled !
August 1st, 2012 at 12:19:03 PM
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Actually, at this casino (Marriott Stellaris) the dealers keep what tips you give them. Each dealer carried around their own little clear plastic box with their name on them. Each dealer was free to decorate their box anywhy they liked.
August 1st, 2012 at 12:46:52 PM
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Good. At least the rude dealer did not personally profit while being an ass.
August 1st, 2012 at 1:02:58 PM
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Quote: mgreicheSo soon after she doubled her buy in the dealer changed and about two or three rounds in to dealing, the new dealer in a somewhat nasty and mocking tone asked the newbie, "Are you seriously adding with your fingers?".
The dealer then snapped at her telling her she can not touch her bet until the round was over.
Someone from the table told the dealer he could have been a little nicer but the dealer defended what he did.
That's seriously wrong. You don't have to be a white knight, but it's a dealer's job to be nice in the first place. Player's identity just makes him an asshat in addition to being a bad dealer.
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August 1st, 2012 at 8:08:47 PM
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I agree with P90....that is seriously wrong! As a group the table should have got up and left or called over the floor and told him/her that none of you were playing another hand at the table until that dealer is gone. Way to go dealer grooming your future customers....unbelievable!
August 1st, 2012 at 11:03:11 PM
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Well, to clarify my post above, I wasn't there, so I can't tell people how they should have behaved. But if it was like it sounds, I would certainly consider complaining. Giving an ultimatum to the floor takes coordination, but complaining doesn't, and while it won't get the dealer fired, it should put a notch on his record for the next time.
As to "white knights", on the internet the expression is used pejoratively to refer to posters who will defend female posters without a particular need to - one's gender doesn't affect their ability to stand up for themselves on the net. In real life it does, and so does being a newbie, you still don't need to make it a crusade, but there are occasions even in a casino environment.
(On finger counting - it's not necessarily a sign of stupidity; more often, it's used when one is preoccupied or worried. I can mentally solve reasonably simple differential equations faster than the average person can with a computer - but still sometimes use fingers, though in positional binary, for counting multiple objects types, or just solving said equations.)
As to "white knights", on the internet the expression is used pejoratively to refer to posters who will defend female posters without a particular need to - one's gender doesn't affect their ability to stand up for themselves on the net. In real life it does, and so does being a newbie, you still don't need to make it a crusade, but there are occasions even in a casino environment.
(On finger counting - it's not necessarily a sign of stupidity; more often, it's used when one is preoccupied or worried. I can mentally solve reasonably simple differential equations faster than the average person can with a computer - but still sometimes use fingers, though in positional binary, for counting multiple objects types, or just solving said equations.)
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August 2nd, 2012 at 5:16:22 AM
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I counted on my fingers during one of my Final Jeopardy! questions. (It was a simple calendar problem.) Apparently, you could see it on TV, and I was laughed at. But I won!Quote: P90(On finger counting - it's not necessarily a sign of stupidity; more often, it's used when one is preoccupied or worried. I can mentally solve reasonably simple differential equations faster than the average person can with a computer - but still sometimes use fingers, though in positional binary, for counting multiple objects types, or just solving said equations.)
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August 2nd, 2012 at 5:51:24 AM
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I've often said that I have to take my shoes off to get beyond 10 but its just a joke, I would not actually take my shoes off in a casino. And arithmetic is not the reason I generally wear open toed sandals. Now those of you who've noticed that in this discussion of higher math I've not said anything explicit about counting on my fingers will just have to be content.
Thinking another player's bet was mine at a craps table is about the most embarrassing mistake I've made. Using two hands to shake the dice was a mistake I made some time ago that was nearly fatal. Keeping my cool at the old Barbary Coast was good but after the frisk, I left. Hitting the stickman with the die wasn't much fun but it wasn't all that embarrassing since he pretty much deserved it.
Sitting down to play mini-Baccarat and then finding out it was 21 would have been embarrassing to me if I had been sober. Sitting down to play 21 because the dealer at the empty table was smokin' hot was fine, but to have her tell me the limit was fifty dollars and that I could leave without playing that first hand to cover my mistake was a bit embarrasing.
Thinking another player's bet was mine at a craps table is about the most embarrassing mistake I've made. Using two hands to shake the dice was a mistake I made some time ago that was nearly fatal. Keeping my cool at the old Barbary Coast was good but after the frisk, I left. Hitting the stickman with the die wasn't much fun but it wasn't all that embarrassing since he pretty much deserved it.
Sitting down to play mini-Baccarat and then finding out it was 21 would have been embarrassing to me if I had been sober. Sitting down to play 21 because the dealer at the empty table was smokin' hot was fine, but to have her tell me the limit was fifty dollars and that I could leave without playing that first hand to cover my mistake was a bit embarrasing.
August 2nd, 2012 at 6:53:22 AM
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Quote: FleaStiffSitting down to play mini-Baccarat and then finding out it was 21 would have been embarrassing to me if I had been sober.
Happened to (formerly) wealthy business tycoon Terrance Watanabe but he didn't notice. Thought he was at one casino playing mini-Bacc when he was actually at another playing Blackjack (or vice versa), too drunk to realize that he wasn't playing the game that he thought he was. Tried to sue the casino over it arguing that they should have realized how intoxicated he was. I don't think he won. (That aspect of the case was overshadowed by another casino comping him controlled painkillers, and possibly having self-excluded.)
August 2nd, 2012 at 7:04:52 AM
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If you're plaing poker and see someone counting with their fingers, FOLD! My wife does this all the time. Everyone she plays with knows it. I've told her, but she continues to do it.
Then again, I did it once, but it was at the showdown.
On the turn, I had a feeling I was beat unless the river was a Jc to give me a straight flush. The pot was big, and I had less than $10 to go all in, so I called. The river was Jc. I watched the rest of the action, and the guy on my right showed an ace high flush. Forgetting about the straight flush, and thinking my flush was beat, I turned my hand up and muttered some curse. I then started looking at the cards and counting with my fingers saw the straight flush, and started pointing and announcing "Straight flush!"
Yeah, you read that right. When I put my chips in, I knew a Jc would give me the SF. But once I hit it and the other player showed his nut flush, I completely forgot what I needed and had to verify what I had.
And you wonder why I can't figoure out what my four card hand total is when I'm playing BJ....
Then again, I did it once, but it was at the showdown.
On the turn, I had a feeling I was beat unless the river was a Jc to give me a straight flush. The pot was big, and I had less than $10 to go all in, so I called. The river was Jc. I watched the rest of the action, and the guy on my right showed an ace high flush. Forgetting about the straight flush, and thinking my flush was beat, I turned my hand up and muttered some curse. I then started looking at the cards and counting with my fingers saw the straight flush, and started pointing and announcing "Straight flush!"
Yeah, you read that right. When I put my chips in, I knew a Jc would give me the SF. But once I hit it and the other player showed his nut flush, I completely forgot what I needed and had to verify what I had.
And you wonder why I can't figoure out what my four card hand total is when I'm playing BJ....
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August 2nd, 2012 at 7:08:02 AM
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Quote: DJTeddyBearIf you're plaing poker and see someone counting with their fingers, FOLD!
Really? I count at poker with my fingers almost all the time.
It doesn't have to be with fingers, though. if I had a piece of paper with five dots that would serve as well. But I do usually have all my fingers with me, so, you know.
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August 2nd, 2012 at 7:38:02 AM
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I guess my point was a little too subtle.
If they are looking at their hand and counting, chances are they are counting cards to a straight. If they count to 5, fold.
If they are looking at their hand and counting, chances are they are counting cards to a straight. If they count to 5, fold.
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August 2nd, 2012 at 7:44:29 AM
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Quote: DJTeddyBearIf they are looking at their hand and counting, chances are they are counting cards to a straight. If they count to 5, fold.
I always count to five, whether I have the cards or not. I do that at VP, too. You'd thing by now if I saw a 6 and a 10 I'd know those are the ends of a straight. but I need to count, as I said usually on my fingers becasue I have them handy ;)
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August 2nd, 2012 at 8:17:55 AM
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I ALWAYS just show my cards. I tip the dealer enough so that if miss something, hopefully he will catch it.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:29:29 AM
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This cracks me up, because I do this as a bluff. Both when I have and don't have the straight. I use a head nod to indicate the cards on the board I'm counting as part of my "straight".Quote: DJTeddyBearIf they are looking at their hand and counting, chances are they are counting cards to a straight. If they count to 5, fold.
Perhaps the most embarrassing thing for me was stopping a craps table because I didn't get paid on a hard way bet, only to discover that I didn't have a hard way bet up. It had been wiped out when the soft 10 rolled earlier, and because I was getting paid on other bets, I forgot to throw it back up. (I'm sure the stick asked me, and I probably just didn't hear it.)
Second embarrassing would be the second poker tournament I ever "won". I had drinking an entire bottle of water following the one and only break, and it was several hours later when the final table was going, and I had to pee REALLY badly. 9 people at the final table, and 1 of the guys was a guy who I had apparently been playing with at the first table when the tournament started, and I had apparently sucked out a beat on him at the river. (I found out all these details after the fact.) He remembered all this, of course, while I didn't. Anyway, when we got down to 5 people, another guy asked if the five of us would like to split the winnings evenly. 4 people were ok with it, and I was particularly ok with it since I needed to PEE. However, the guy I had angered refused. Pointing at me, he indicated he wouldn't split anything with me. We played on, and you can guess it like a bad movie. 4 people, guy wants to split, angry guy does not. 3 people, guy wants to split, angry does not. Finally, me and split guy knock out angry guy. Split guy looks over me, and manages to say "Do you" before I spit out "Hell, yes, I'll split it." Jump out of my seat and run to the bathroom. I was convinced that had the tournament gone on much longer, I would have had to either pee my pants, or leave the table and get blinded out.
When I got back, split guy and the tournament manager were both standing at the table with confused looks on their faces, then saw me returning. Tournament manager was all flustered as to why I had taken off running out of the poker room. When I explained the situation, both of them just started laughing, and I know I turned bright red. Split guy told the tournament manager to put me down as 1st place and him as 2nd, even though he had the chip lead. He said the sight of me sprinting out of the room had scared him, but now that he knew why, it was hilarious.
August 4th, 2012 at 5:52:25 AM
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Most embarrassing thing for me was when I was playing blackjack at the then Argosy in lawrenceburg,IN.I was playing third base and this guy sitting next to me had had a few beers.He ordered another one,and when the cocktail waitress come over with the tray of drinks and his beer,he decided he wanted to see what was under the waitresses skirt!!!He literally grabbed the hem of her skirt and lifted it up to see.Shortly thereafter,about 6 security personnel came over to our table.The pit told the dealer to stop the game and color up the gentleman's chips.He wanted to to place another bet and then just one last bet but was told no.Security confronted him and he proceeded to step forward towards one of the female guards.At that point,about 4 others stepped in front of her.He was told he had 2 choices:he could either voluntarily leave the casino boat or be arrested.He thought about it and made the decision to voluntarily leave.Very embarrassing,but nice to know security was right there on top of things taking care of business.
August 4th, 2012 at 5:46:21 PM
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Quote: avianrandyMost embarrassing thing for me was when I was playing blackjack at the then Argosy in lawrenceburg,IN.I was playing third base and this guy sitting next to me had had a few beers.He ordered another one,and when the cocktail waitress come over with the tray of drinks and his beer,he decided he wanted to see what was under the waitresses skirt!!!He literally grabbed the hem of her skirt and lifted it up to see.Shortly thereafter,about 6 security personnel came over to our table.The pit told the dealer to stop the game and color up the gentleman's chips.He wanted to to place another bet and then just one last bet but was told no.Security confronted him and he proceeded to step forward towards one of the female guards.At that point,about 4 others stepped in front of her.He was told he had 2 choices:he could either voluntarily leave the casino boat or be arrested.He thought about it and made the decision to voluntarily leave.Very embarrassing,but nice to know security was right there on top of things taking care of business.
That guy must have been REALLY drunk. There's not a waitress at Argosy that would be worth the risk of being arrested to see what was up the skirt.
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August 4th, 2012 at 6:39:39 PM
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I was playing craps in Lake Tahoe 35 years ago when I was 20 years old. I was at the end of the table and shooting and my hands were sweating and one die stuck to my hand and flew way up, landed on top of this guys head at the table, bounced off his cigar, and landed on the table. I swear to God. I was so young and unruly that I started laughing so hard that the guy that was assaulted started laughing. The coupier was pissed as they stated "someome could have been hurt" Like it was my fault...ha ha ha
August 4th, 2012 at 9:24:09 PM
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my most recent example was playing stations 300k poker freeroll. the round was limit omaha and i thought it was limit omaha hi/lo so i announce low at the end and soon find out i dont get any of the pot. a similar situation happened when i was playing a stud hi/lo tourney online. the first couple hands i get involved in i end up hitting a gutshot for a straight while going for the low and end up scooping the pot. a couple hands later i end up making a low but dont get shipped any of the pot. i come to find out it was really a stud hi tourney.
