The Stupidest and Strangest
The stupidest thing I think I ever saw was one night at Caesar's Palace. An expressionless older guy in a tweed jacket was playing craps by himself at a reserved table. He was betting against himself at the table max which at the time was 5k with 3 4 5 odds. He would bet don't pass with full odds along with 2 or 3 don't come bets with full odds. Some of you probably know where this is going. The table was spread with chocolate 5k chips underneath 30k odds of a blue chip and another chocolate chip. The man rolled some insignificant but apparently unlucky number to him (might have been 11) and muttered to the dealer, "bring em all down." The dealer looked at him and said "huh?" The man repeated it and the dealer quickly returned EVERY chip to him. He then started a new roll. I can't remember the exact numbers but I know at least one of them was a 4 or 10. I felt as if I just saw someone club a puppy.
The strangest thing I've ever seen took place at Isle of Capri in Biloxi. I was playing some blackjack one late afternoon and against the wall about 50 ft away a man hit the megabucks for 12.6 million. Never heard a shout or peep from him. He waited there for a long time for I guess state officials or megabucks supervisors to complete some paperwork and such. Several hours later I came back and he was quietly playing $25 BJ in a different shirt and looking bored to death.
Outside a casino, the thousands of people I've seen buying lotto --myself included.
I've been told I play 3CP strangely, by dealers. I usually buy in for $50 and wager ante and play for $5 each. When I get to $100, I bet the pair+ for another $5. Once that worked well and I left with $150. Another time it worked mdoerately well and I left with $125. The other times I eventually left the table with nothing. The dealer at Bally's thought that was a very odd way to play. But then she encouraged me to bet the Six Card Bonus, so what does she know?
Ken ;)
How would you know if they are looking for a tilted wheel?
Are you an avid roulette player or something? How long have you been playing?
The strangest was at a craps table at the Horseshoe (many moons ago, when it was the Horsehoe). About 3 am, after a long Saturday night downtown, I walk up to the table which has a full staff, but only one player at one end of the table, casually tossing the dice. He looked middle eastern, in his mid-twenties to early 30's, dressed like he had just come out of a club. In any case, as I get close to the table, I notice that the chip racks in the rail, around three-quarters of the table, are full of black chips. Weird. I wonder what would have happend if someone had grabbed a handful and dashed out the door?
Soon after that another young woman stepped up and put some chips down on the pass line and began to play. The dice eventually got to her and the stickman shoved the 5 dice to her and she picked them all up and initiated the throwing motion. The stickman put up two fingers and said just two. She promptly dropped two dice and tossed the rest down the table. The stickman panicked as he had to follow the dice and shouted I meant throw only two. Well before he could do anything she picked the other two and tossed them down the table as well. All of this happened in a manner of seconds. Everyone at the table had that WTF look on their faces. I guess she had a major brain fart and thought the game changed from craps to yahtzee.
For what its worth, they were both blondes.
gun fell out of guys pocket............"no action on the piece in the field"
vibrator fell out of ladies purse....."no action on the dildo in the field"
guy pukes on table (happens a lot)......"no action on the chunks in the field"
Quote: I808Both of my stories occurred about 30 minutes apart at the craps tables in the Palazzo. The first happened when a couple was watching the action for a few minutes. Of course the dude was an “expert” at craps telling her the ins and outs of the game. She wanted to try so they stepped up to the table at one end. The shooter was at the other end and tossed the dice. The dice ended up right in front of her and she proceeded to pick them up and toss them right back in the other direction towards the shooter. Suffice it to say that couple left right after getting scolded.
For what its worth, they were both blondes.
LOL Classic! Watching women shoot for the first time is always entertaining. I've seen at least a couple of women go into their purse while holding the dice and freeze in horror as the boxman pitches a fit.
Most interesting hat would be at Don Laughlins Riverside sports book. Older gent with a large wizard hat playing the ponies. He kept cashing out after each race so made me want to borrow the hat.
The best has to be the old women who smack the slot screen like a disobedient child on every spin.
Probably one of those consistent winners of two dollar bets trying to call attention to himself so as to work the scam of how he wins all the time. Usually thats only done at the actual track since the racebook usually has higher minimums. Still a fraud though.Quote: Wavy70He kept cashing out after each race so made me want to borrow the hat.
Quote: FleaStiffProbably one of those consistent winners of two dollar bets trying to call attention to himself so as to work the scam of how he wins all the time. Usually thats only done at the actual track since the racebook usually has higher minimums. Still a fraud though.
Ye of little faith in the magic of haberdashery.
It was one of the nicer wizard hats I have encountered.
Quote: appistappisvibrator fell out of ladies purse....."no action on the dildo in the field"
I would have asked, "Is that a come bet?"
Used to see a guy at the Rampart every time I went in. He was always playing the same machine at the bar, 2 dollar Job. He would be there from 10 in the morning until 3 the following morning. He would then get a room and just stay the night and start all over the next morning. This went on for months. One day I was heading to the john and I see the guy on the ground with paramedics all around him and he's on an oxygen mask on. They bring in a stretcher and get ready to haul him out. He rips the mask off and say's no fu**ing way am I going to the hospital. He goes right back to the bar and continues playing VP. About a week later a bar tender tells me he died. He was taken to the hospital finally, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. They had him on a venilator cause his wind pipe was being blocked by the tumors. When the nurse left his room he ripped the ventillator out and died.
The Rampart is probably the place with your best odds to see a casino death, notwithstanding the Wizard's experience at the Hilton.Quote: thlfProbably qualifies for stupid and strange.
Used to see a guy at the Rampart every time I went in. He was always playing the same machine at the bar, 2 dollar Job. He would be there from 10 in the morning until 3 the following morning. He would then get a room and just stay the night and start all over the next morning. This went on for months. One day I was heading to the john and I see the guy on the ground with paramedics all around him and he's on an oxygen mask on. They bring in a stretcher and get ready to haul him out. He rips the mask off and say's no fu**ing way am I going to the hospital. He goes right back to the bar and continues playing VP. About a week later a bar tender tells me he died. He was taken to the hospital finally, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. They had him on a venilator cause his wind pipe was being blocked by the tumors. When the nurse left his room he ripped the ventillator out and died.
It was about time for lunch, so I got her attention and we left for food. While eating, she commented that the layout for UTH was really weird.
My brain sort of cracked, but the kicker was she was somehow up a few hundred.
Edit: Uh. I accidentally dropped this into the wrong thread. Didn't mean to necro this. What I get for posting from my phone...
Quote: appistappisok over the years these have all happened on my table with the appropriate stick call included:
gun fell out of guys pocket............"no action on the piece in the field"
vibrator fell out of ladies purse....."no action on the dildo in the field"
guy pukes on table (happens a lot)......"no action on the chunks in the field"
Well played, stick. Well played.
5 min later, I see him at the other craps table trying to make a bet. Security escorted him out.
Or the 3 people giving money to the 1 guy that looked old enough to play... right by the table. All got IDed..1 "couldn't find it." Then started playing slots right in eyesight of the craps table.
Quote: FleaStiffAlthough a good many posts in this thread involve inebriated gamblers, I'm struck by the overall level of ignorance amongst the various players. I think casinos have to return to the days of intensely promoting their 'free" lessons. The demographics are changing younger gamblers are in the casino but often don't know how to play. New blood and new games but with all the playing club cards, there are no neophyte cards that alert the dealers to the fact that "this jerk doesn't know what he is doing". Why don't the casinos offer "training parties"?
As the Casino I work in still uses the membership system (no longer a legal requirement in the UK) every time a new member signs up, they are hosted in, shown around, and given basic gaming tutorials as a matter of procedure.
I don't remember the exact cards the dealer pulled, but it was something like 2,A,4,6 for a busting 22.
So now dealer has to pay out some 12 or 14 k to this guy....but has almost no more blacks (and they were very low on purples), so they had to get a fill to make the payout. PB should'a noticed the float was low on chips and with big action should a ordered a fill....but he was too busy licking his chops thinking the player would lose all that $$$. The next 5-10 minutes of play consisted of basically the same thing....ridiculous splits & double downs, and he kept winning most of them. PB and floors are getting on the phone calling surveillance trying to figure out what's going on (if they're cheating or something), getting on that computer thing in the pit to see what kind of info they can muster up from the middle eastern guys. It was a pretty funny site -- first the suits are jerking each other off, next they're frantically trying to figure out WTF is going on.
Lots of stupid plays by the player, one in particular, and it was strange how he kept winning....then funny watching the pit squirm.
That is a gracious way to make certain that utter neophytes get some introduction.Quote: CroupierAs the Casino I work in still uses the membership system (no longer a legal requirement in the UK) every time a new member signs up, they are hosted in, shown around, and given basic gaming tutorials as a matter of procedure.
I recall an incident from decades ago where a man wandered over to a craps table in downtown Vegas and did fairly well in figuring out the game, he heard the various players saying "Press my X" and tossing in certain chips and so he too did the same thing only he, having misheard the various players, said "Dress my X" much to the entertainment of the rather rude dealer whose response was unnecessarily rude and belittling to the player.
Dealers of course need training, but often don't get it. There is an old story about a Pit Boss who told a Dealer "You are on Such and Such game in twenty minutes". The Dealer protested saying he had not been trained on it and did not know how to play it. Supposedly the Pit Boss listened intently and then looked at his watch and announced to the Dealer "You are on Such and Such game in nineteen minutes". These things were more common in the past but probably still happen today to some degree. And perhaps this "Deep End of the Pool" training has some merit to it, but in general, I think dealers often need more training and many, many players do too.
Quote: appistappisok over the years these have all happened on my table with the appropriate stick call included:
gun fell out of guys pocket............"no action on the piece in the field"
vibrator fell out of ladies purse....."no action on the dildo in the field"
guy pukes on table (happens a lot)......"no action on the chunks in the field"
A vertically challenged man falls onto the table..."no action on the midget." A story I heard from craps school.
We have a player who will frequently get frustrated and leave the table abruptly, and we jokingly take bets on how long it takes for him to come back. Usually whoever has the shortest time wins.
He said the guy next to him was playing a slot machine and just as he hit the button he inadvertently put his cigarette into his mouth the wrong way around, causing him to swear profusely and clutch at his mouth in pain. While he did this the reels clicked one by one into alignment, five of the best symbol straight across the center line.The machine lit up with bells and flashing lights as it racked up the maximum win credits. The guy looks at the machine, looks at the cigarette, touches his burnt lip, back to the machine, etc, as his brain made the connection between painful misfortune and the big payout. According to my Prof. the guy looked like he was seriously considering repeating the backwards cigarette trick but finally thought better of it.
Went on for a few minutes and the machine was not paying out big, just a few small $10 pays or $2 pays for Blanks on the line to sustain for little bit. Until she got down to her last $2 and wanted to put in a $1 bill to max bet on the last spin.
The machine did not take $1 bills and she kept hitting the machine when it spit the Bill back out. Then she cashed her out her last $2 and SPIT on the machine out of anger!
I just shook my head instead of informing her that you can bet $2 and have a shot at one of the 7's payouts, only for half the payout. Which I can't imagine she was completely unaware of, but still a sight to behold.
Quote: RSSaw 2 or 3 middle eastern guys playing BJ. Dude puts out a stack of blacks for $2k. Gets dealt pair of 2's vs 9. Splits. Resplits. Borrows $2k from a friend. Resplits again...so he has 4 hands now, each starting with a 2. Gets an Ace. His friend goes to the ATM for him (or somehow gets him money) which takes like 5 minutes. Buys in for $2k all with 20's. double downs, gets a 3 (soft 16). Next hand he gets a T and stays (hard 12). Next hand he gets a 6 or 7 and doubles, ends up with 17 I think. The other hand he ended up hitting to 14 and staying. He's got (I think) $12k or $14k on the table, all with sh*t hands. So this hand has taken about 10 minutes so ffar, so naturally the PB is standing there watching while licking his chops thinking they're about to make a nice win for the casino once the dealer flips a T underneath. Few other supervisors, security, and other employees that stopped By to watch the action.
I don't remember the exact cards the dealer pulled, but it was something like 2,A,4,6 for a busting 22.
So now dealer has to pay out some 12 or 14 k to this guy....but has almost no more blacks (and they were very low on purples), so they had to get a fill to make the payout. PB should'a noticed the float was low on chips and with big action should a ordered a fill....but he was too busy licking his chops thinking the player would lose all that $$$. The next 5-10 minutes of play consisted of basically the same thing....ridiculous splits & double downs, and he kept winning most of them. PB and floors are getting on the phone calling surveillance trying to figure out what's going on (if they're cheating or something), getting on that computer thing in the pit to see what kind of info they can muster up from the middle eastern guys. It was a pretty funny site -- first the suits are jerking each other off, next they're frantically trying to figure out WTF is going on.
Lots of stupid plays by the player, one in particular, and it was strange how he kept winning....then funny watching the pit squirm.
"Dealer must bust on soft 13." Wonder how much that increases the house edge.
He told me he gets all of that but when it comes down to the river all that other stuff doesn't matter anymore and if he's on a draw it's 50/50. He either gets the card or he doesn't.
That was the last time I tried to explain anything to him.
ZCore13
Quote: RSSaw 2 or 3 middle eastern guys playing BJ. Dude puts out a stack of blacks for $2k. Gets dealt pair of 2's vs 9. Splits. Resplits. Borrows $2k from a friend. Resplits again...so he has 4 hands now, each starting with a 2. Gets an Ace. His friend goes to the ATM for him (or somehow gets him money) which takes like 5 minutes. Buys in for $2k all with 20's. double downs, gets a 3 (soft 16). Next hand he gets a T and stays (hard 12). Next hand he gets a 6 or 7 and doubles, ends up with 17 I think. The other hand he ended up hitting to 14 and staying. He's got (I think) $12k or $14k on the table, all with sh*t hands. So this hand has taken about 10 minutes so ffar, so naturally the PB is standing there watching while licking his chops thinking they're about to make a nice win for the casino once the dealer flips a T underneath. Few other supervisors, security, and other employees that stopped By to watch the action.
I don't remember the exact cards the dealer pulled, but it was something like 2,A,4,6 for a busting 22.
So now dealer has to pay out some 12 or 14 k to this guy....but has almost no more blacks (and they were very low on purples), so they had to get a fill to make the payout. PB should'a noticed the float was low on chips and with big action should a ordered a fill....but he was too busy licking his chops thinking the player would lose all that $$$. The next 5-10 minutes of play consisted of basically the same thing....ridiculous splits & double downs, and he kept winning most of them. PB and floors are getting on the phone calling surveillance trying to figure out what's going on (if they're cheating or something), getting on that computer thing in the pit to see what kind of info they can muster up from the middle eastern guys. It was a pretty funny site -- first the suits are jerking each other off, next they're frantically trying to figure out WTF is going on.
Lots of stupid plays by the player, one in particular, and it was strange how he kept winning....then funny watching the pit squirm.
Very likely a hole card team. Were they splitting 10s against a 10 and hitting hard 19 as well? Wouldn't surprise me.
How come the Floor and Pit did not recognize a sloppy dealer is exposing his hole card in some manner?Quote: OzzyOsbourneVery likely a hole card team.
Quote: OzzyOsbourneVery likely a hole card team. Were they splitting 10s against a 10 and hitting hard 19 as well? Wouldn't surprise me.
I don't know. I think it's much more likely that it was some crazy gamblers getting lucky. If the original post was correct and the hole card was a 2 with a 9 up, this play doesn't make sense.
Quote: Zcore13He told me he gets all of that but when it comes down to the river all that other stuff doesn't matter anymore and if he's on a draw it's 50/50. He either gets the card or he doesn't.
That was the last time I tried to explain anything to him.
Brilliant!
What are the odds of getting a natural 7-card straight flush? 50-50.
What are the odds of losing 30 hands in a row? 50-50.
What are the odds of getting struck by lightning? 50-50.
The odds of any result, no matter how remote, are always 50-50. Either it will happen, or it won't happen. I love it.
Quote: DeucekiesBrilliant!
What are the odds of getting a natural 7-card straight flush? 50-50.
What are the odds of losing 30 hands in a row? 50-50.
What are the odds of getting struck by lightning? 50-50.
The odds of any result, no matter how remote, are always 50-50. Either it will happen, or it won't happen. I love it.
I know man I'm gonna make a fortune on lotto tickets. Figure win 50 mil at a 50-50 shot and only a dollar to enter I'll become a billionaire before next year is through.
Quote: OzzyOsbourneVery likely a hole card team. Were they splitting 10s against a 10 and hitting hard 19 as well? Wouldn't surprise me.
If that's a hole card team, the "play" of having one guy go to the ATM for 5-10 mins while the other guy sweats it out in front of every suit in the place is brilliant cover.
99.99% chance they're just dumb players.
Teams come prepared with money.
Quote: OzzyOsbourneVery likely a hole card team. Were they splitting 10s against a 10 and hitting hard 19 as well? Wouldn't surprise me.
I don't know much about hole card play, but wouldn't it be less likely to play that crazy knowing the dealer had 11 (9 up and 2 in the hole according to the story) ?
