March 18th, 2010 at 9:21:28 PM
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Many years ago a Caesars LV I was playing the 'Quarter Million' carousel. I don't believe it is there anymore so for those that aren't as long in the tooth as I it was a quarter machine, 3 maximum with a progressive for top pay. This particular time the progressive was at about $250K and I had been playing for some time. I suddenly heard an almost unwordly moan from the player next to me. I leaned over to see if he was okay, got excited and said you have just won the progressive. He looked at me like he was ready to barf an said I only had 1 quarter in. We talked a bit while he waited to get paid (still got $5k) and he said he was an Elvis impersonator who lived in Vegas and should have know better. He was easily the unhappiest $5K winner I have ever seen.
I also have a Megabucks story I was in the casino for that is now part of Vegas folklore. If no one else posts it I will in a few days
I also have a Megabucks story I was in the casino for that is now part of Vegas folklore. If no one else posts it I will in a few days
Be careful when you follow the masses, the M is sometimes silent.
March 19th, 2010 at 5:43:45 AM
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That's a funny/tragic story. I really do feel sorry for that guy. One time I hit four deuces in video poker with only 50 cents in because I was playing what I had left. All I could think was, Thank goodness it wasn't a royal -- I would've been sick.
March 19th, 2010 at 5:52:11 AM
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You should have told the guy how slot machines work to make him feel better. Since they operate off of a random number generator, hitting a different button probably would have had him hitting it at a fraction of a second different, changing the outcome of the spin. Had he hit the max bet, he probably would have lost :-)
March 19th, 2010 at 6:48:19 AM
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sorry to be just dumb as a board, but you need to explain, I'm too dense. Unhappy in these instances because the jackpots often pay much better due to the "progressive"?
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
March 19th, 2010 at 7:28:28 AM
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I get unhappy winners all the time at work, especially on roulette. Rather than be happy for hitting a number, they are always looking at the numbers around it a pointing out which hits would have been better.
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March 19th, 2010 at 7:51:53 AM
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Quote: odiousgambitsorry to be just dumb as a board, but you need to explain, I'm too dense. Unhappy in these instances because the jackpots often pay much better due to the "progressive"?
He had hit what should have been the progressive ($250K) but since he only had 1 coin in rather than 3 got paid only $5K
Be careful when you follow the masses, the M is sometimes silent.
March 19th, 2010 at 8:27:01 AM
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Quote: CroupierI get unhappy winners all the time at work, especially on roulette. Rather than be happy for hitting a number, they are always looking at the numbers around it a pointing out which hits would have been better.
I once had a similar situation while dealing 3-Card Poker. A guy got a 3-of-a-kind...and had nothing bet on the Pair Plus. (He had been betting it earlier, just decided not to this time for some reason.)
He had $40 each on the Ante/Play, so he still got about $200...but he still wasn't too happy about it. :-)
"I believe I've passed the age/of consciousness and righteous rage/I've found that just surviving was a noble fight...
I once believed in causes too/I had my pointless point of view/And life went on no matter who was wrong or right..." --Billy Joel
March 19th, 2010 at 8:35:48 AM
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This was in a poker room. I had a siuted A and bet. Flop came with two clubs plus some other possibilities. 12 or so outs. Kid behind me raises me quite a bit but I call. I make my flush on the next hand and he raises me I forget what. I told the dealer "call all-in." When he flipped over American Airlines my flush had him beat. Won almost $100 there.
VERY NEXT HAND--I get siuted cards but neither real high, like 9-6. Kid bets and there is enough action I call, being in a good mood after winning a big pot. Again two of my suit on the flop and he bets a little. I make a flush AGAIN on the turn. I bet medium to keep him in, about $20. He calls. Same on the river. When I showed a second flush in a row he stomped his feet and stormed off.
VERY NEXT HAND--I get siuted cards but neither real high, like 9-6. Kid bets and there is enough action I call, being in a good mood after winning a big pot. Again two of my suit on the flop and he bets a little. I make a flush AGAIN on the turn. I bet medium to keep him in, about $20. He calls. Same on the river. When I showed a second flush in a row he stomped his feet and stormed off.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
March 19th, 2010 at 8:55:05 AM
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Me!
Playing $10 4-card at the local casino. Dealer skips the hand before me. No one has seen or picked up the cards. Pit boss says that they can't reverse the cards. Option is to play the hand or to take the bet back. I play. Player to the left of me with the cards that I should have received plays.
Player to the left: Four fives. $790. Me, a pair of Queens, loses to the dealer's flush.
I was pissed and told the pit boss (in not so nice words) that I wasn't coming back. It took me the entire drive home for me to calm down.
I went back about 4 months later.
Playing $10 4-card at the local casino. Dealer skips the hand before me. No one has seen or picked up the cards. Pit boss says that they can't reverse the cards. Option is to play the hand or to take the bet back. I play. Player to the left of me with the cards that I should have received plays.
Player to the left: Four fives. $790. Me, a pair of Queens, loses to the dealer's flush.
I was pissed and told the pit boss (in not so nice words) that I wasn't coming back. It took me the entire drive home for me to calm down.
I went back about 4 months later.
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March 19th, 2010 at 9:38:05 AM
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Quote: AZDuffmanI told the dealer "call all-in."
I think youre lucky to have got away with the raise. By our house rules verbal declarations are binding, so the Call would have been the action. Raise all-in would have been the right term.
Unless I read it wrong and you had less than he did, in which case the call all in is inconsequential.
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March 19th, 2010 at 9:58:10 AM
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Quote: CroupierI think youre lucky to have got away with the raise. By our house rules verbal declarations are binding, so the Call would have been the action. Raise all-in would have been the right term.
Unless I read it wrong and you had less than he did, in which case the call all in is inconsequential.
You are reading it wrong. He had me covered. I said "call all-in" to inform the dealer she needed to count it out when the time came. There was no question by anyone as to my intent. He was the raiser.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
March 21st, 2010 at 8:27:09 AM
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I promised everyone a second story. I was playing craps in the Flamingo when I heard a scream. Not the normal 'I won' scream but much more intense. A buzz then started to move through the casino like I had never heard before. It reached the craps table in no time at all and someone had won Megabucks or possibly not. Eventually the true story reached the crap pit and someone had hit the 3 megabuck symbols with only one coin in. The craps table cooled off and I wandered over towards the Megabucks carousell and saw a women sitting at the carousell crying with several people trying to console her. I went to look for Mrs. Kenar and sat with her at the slots for an hour or more. When we left the casino the women was still there sobbing. We returned to the Flamingo several hours later and she was gone. The rumour on the casino floor from staff and other patrons was that they had paid her $5K just to get her to leave. Can't see the casino corporations of today caughing up the 5K but the Flamingo was still owned by Hilton then.
Be careful when you follow the masses, the M is sometimes silent.
March 21st, 2010 at 8:32:49 AM
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Though not a severe incident, I've failed to bet on the royal match when hitting cards that would have had a hefty payout. The royal match here will pay you 1000:1 with a max bet of $25 if you hit a King/Queen of Hearts and the dealer hits a royal pair of the same suit. I've come really close to hitting it (have hit the 25:1 payout quite a few times with no bet) and every time I do there is some person who has probably played for years with the hopes of winning it just once giving me the evil eye since I don't play sucker bets.