SUPERSTITIOUS ? ? ?

Are you superstitious ? Of course you are. Don't Lie. I will go first.

My aunt Ann died in bedroom of my grandfather's house after a long illness Her last day she wondered why no one else could see
the angel in the corner ! My daughter's names are MaryJo ANN , Melanie ANN, and SusANN.

Shooting pool, hustling duckpins, playing cards, etc. I used to be proud to say I never choked or backed off a bet for any superstition. Until I met Louie about 15 years ago. Blackjack dealer at Isle of Capri. I sat at his table his first day dealing. A few of his friends showed up and he cleaned their clocks/ It is brutal. Got me too. Over the next 10 years I played BJ against Louie at $5 limit in Colorado, but sometimes 2 hands. Always same result. I LOST. Several thousand dollars at $5 a hand. Boggles the mind ! ! !

Next trip to Blackhawk, hopefully on a weekend, I will try and find Louie and play at his table. Always the same salutations when I sit down " Louie, I am not your friend. " But he can not do anything right. He knows I overtip and yet he continues to beat my brains in. REALLY. Louie can not do anything right. Last saw him about 6 months ago and he has lost 30-40 lbs. I asked him how he did it.
He said it just happened when he quit smoking ! See, he can't do nothing like a real person. GRRRRRR

Your turn, do not lie, Especially if you are an AP.

I think it's bad luck to believe in superstitions.

I have absolutely zero. I don't throw salt, cross myself, salute magpies, avoid ladders, not nothing. The closest I can admit is I always have to gear up for hockey in the same order. Shins, socks, pants, skates, chest, elbows, head, hands. It's not a luck thing, I just feel off balance if I do it otherwise. The fact that said equipment hasn't been washed in 13yrs is also unrelated; I'm just dirty and lazy =p

' The closest I can admit is I always have to gear up for hockey in the same order. Shins, socks, pants, skates, chest, elbows, head, hands. It's not a luck thing"

Gee, maybe I should have said PLEASE don't lie. REALLY !

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My aunt Ann died in bedroom of my grandfather's house after a long illness Her last day she wondered why no one else could see
the angel in the corner !

BTW I've heard a LOT of those stories. My sister was taking care of a childhood friend's father. One day she was there when he went off and had a "conversation" with people. This went on for 45 minutes! My sister was going "Fred! Fred!" He finally snapped out of it and she ask him what happened. He said "I was just talking with some friends who died years ago." Well the next day he died.

Anyways on BJ, sometimes when I get on a bad losing streak I start thinking about switching seats, I'm glad when some joins the table because it changes up the "order of the cards", etc. But I never go as far as to say that I'm lucky with X or Y dealer or the flow of the cards any other time.

But I notice that my green tie with my red shirt and plaid orange pants seen to bring me luck ........................... Just kidding.

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Are you superstitious ? Of course you are. Don't Lie. I will go first.

My aunt Ann died in bedroom of my grandfather's house after a long illness Her last day she wondered why no one else could see
the angel in the corner ! My daughter's names are MaryJo ANN , Melanie ANN, and SusANN.

Shooting pool, hustling duckpins, playing cards, etc. I used to be proud to say I never choked or backed off a bet for any superstition. Until I met Louie about 15 years ago. Blackjack dealer at Isle of Capri. I sat at his table his first day dealing. A few of his friends showed up and he cleaned their clocks/ It is brutal. Got me too. Over the next 10 years I played BJ against Louie at $5 limit in Colorado, but sometimes 2 hands. Always same result. I LOST. Several thousand dollars at $5 a hand. Boggles the mind ! ! !

Next trip to Blackhawk, hopefully on a weekend, I will try and find Louie and play at his table. Always the same salutations when I sit down " Louie, I am not your friend. " But he can not do anything right. He knows I overtip and yet he continues to beat my brains in. REALLY. Louie can not do anything right. Last saw him about 6 months ago and he has lost 30-40 lbs. I asked him how he did it.
He said it just happened when he quit smoking ! See, he can't do nothing like a real person. GRRRRRR

Your turn, do not lie, Especially if you are an AP.

thats a sad stoty about ur aunt it makes me scard to die. i think louie was deal my cards to. :)

I think my signature line says it all:

I laugh at mine but still hold many

I was watching the asian players in bac last week
bend and squeeze and mutilate the cards before
they peeked at them. The asian pit lady said they
believe they can change the card to what they want.
Talk about a superstition, that's scary.

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I definitely believe in omens. If I was playing cards and something like a misdeal happens and controversy starts, I usually will think I should leave.

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EVERY PLAYER I see play midi-bac does this, Asian or otherwise.

Every player doesn't do it, asian or not. But a lot of them do.

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I was never superstitious until I started gambling in earnest, especially when I started playing craps.

A few silly superstitions I cling to:

1. When playing tournament poker, I NEVER make change for other players unless the dealer needs/requests it. Too many times I have been running over a table, make change for a friend and then it's like my chips just run away. I call it being chip-er-stitious.

2. Craps- oh my god, so many. When my wife plays with me, she must always stand on my right, always. When I see the dealer flip my dice up on a seven during my roll, time to change the dice. On a hot roll, if the cocktail girl comes by it is absolutely necessary not to speak to her, no matter how thirsty I may be.

Of course, there are the many common dice superstitions as well: don't ever say seven when a point is established, etc.

3. In General- I never buy in with chips, always with cash. When I change tables for any reason, off to the cashier so I can buy in at the next table with new cash.

I am not a superstitious person unless I play craps, then I am the most superstitious SOB on the planet:

If a player buys in during my roll, I make a horn bet because my belief is a horn number will come. (It comes enough that I keep doing this.)

When the stickman changes during my roll, I make a horn bet... (It comes enough that I keep doing this.)

If the stickman accidentally pushes the dice to me with a "7" showing I ask for different dice.

I don't even acknowledge the cocktail waitress asking me if I want a drink while I am shooting. (One time a new CW stood behind me and kept asking me for several throws of the dice -- she would not leave -- brand new on the job. And when I made my point I turned around, gave her a $5 chip and said "no and please don't bother the shooter when he has the dice."

If three horn numbers come in a row I turn all my bets off and pick up my odds... but I make a $20 horn bet and say "this will stop it." When I make the horn bet the horn numbers stop coming sometimes with a good number and sometimes with a bad number.

I dont want dealers telling non players how to play the game while Im shooting because the word "seven" gets uttered.

Because I use a cross-sixes set I don't mind when the dealers push the dice back to me showing sixes on top -- and I tell the dealers that since most dealers wont push the dice to you showing a craps. I guess that's my one "counter superstition."

I've said it before: You won't find a more superstitious bunch than the people around a craps table.

If a dealer pulls off a multi-card 21 it's like "Oh no! Here we go!" It seems it portends positive dealer variance from there out. Especially if the count is high you start thinking "Oh well. There goes my bankroll!"

Quote: AlanMendelson

If the stickman accidentally pushes the dice to me with a "7" showing I ask for different dice.
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I dont want dealers telling non players how to play the game while Im shooting because the word "seven" gets uttered.

Now, you see, these kinds of statements make me want to find you at the craps table, while I'm wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a huge "7"

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Quote: AlanMendelson

If the stickman accidentally pushes the dice to me with a "7" showing I ask for different dice.
[..]
I dont want dealers telling non players how to play the game while Im shooting because the word "seven" gets uttered.

Now, you see, these kinds of statements make me want to find you at the craps table, while I'm wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a huge "7"

I would hold your hand during the come out.

Quote: AlanMendelson

I would hold your hand during the come out.

Oh, I'd let you go farther than that ;)