One of my favorite is "I'm willing to bet..." Or "I wager that...".
For example if I am with friends at the movies and a character who earlier has stuffed a knife in his pocket is being threatened I might say to my friends "I am willing to wager he uses his knife to get out of that situation"
Absolutely no one in my group would take me seriously and start pulling out money.
I have learned I can't do that on this forum. Any statement like "I am willing to wager..." Will be followed up by posts demanding odds, payouts and acceptance of the wager.
Yeesh, guys don't take everything so serious
when I first started gambling I didn't really know what I was doing and real often I was
𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜
then there's some I like for horse racing
𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘬 - the favorite - comes from way back when they used a chalkboard to keep marking down the odds on the fave
𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 - running at a moderate speed - not full tilt
𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵 - the best time of the day in a workout at a particular distance at a particular track
𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 - a horse that has never won
dam - the mother of a thoroughbred -................................ 𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 is the father
𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘳 - the low level employee of a barn who walks the horse to cool him down after a race
𝘫𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘦 - a 2 year old horse
𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 - a horse who loses ground due to crowding
Quote: lilredroosterpoker has some great ones but I don't play poker so I don't know what they mean - but they sound real cool
then there's some I like for horse racing
Am I the only person who uses a phrase like:
up for show - a horse that pays more to show than to place, usually because of a bridgejumper's horse finishing out of the money
Quote: darkozThroughout my life I use certain expressions that are clearly meant to be figurative or rhetorical.
One of my favorite is "I'm willing to bet..." Or "I wager that...".
For example if I am with friends at the movies and a character who earlier has stuffed a knife in his pocket is being threatened I might say to my friends "I am willing to wager he uses his knife to get out of that situation"
Absolutely no one in my group would take me seriously and start pulling out money.
This reminds me of an episode of the old F Troop TV series:
(some private) He'd be a sure bet to win!
(the fort commander) Just a minute - did I hear the word "bet"? Gambling is strictly prohibited in this territory!
Quote: darkozThroughout my life I use certain expressions that are clearly meant to be figurative or rhetorical.
One of my favorite is "I'm willing to bet..." Or "I wager that...".
For example if I am with friends at the movies and a character who earlier has stuffed a knife in his pocket is being threatened I might say to my friends "I am willing to wager he uses his knife to get out of that situation"
Absolutely no one in my group would take me seriously and start pulling out money.
I have learned I can't do that on this forum. Any statement like "I am willing to wager..." Will be followed up by posts demanding odds, payouts and acceptance of the wager.
Yeesh, guys don't take everything so serious
The gambling expression response would be: your mouth is writing checks that your @$$ can’t cash. :-)
Quote: darkozThroughout my life I use certain expressions that are clearly meant to be figurative or rhetorical.
One of my favorite is "I'm willing to bet..." Or "I wager that...".
For example if I am with friends at the movies and a character who earlier has stuffed a knife in his pocket is being threatened I might say to my friends "I am willing to wager he uses his knife to get out of that situation"
Absolutely no one in my group would take me seriously and start pulling out money.
I have learned I can't do that on this forum. Any statement like "I am willing to wager..." Will be followed up by posts demanding odds, payouts and acceptance of the wager.
Yeesh, guys don't take everything so serious
"That ish is rigged"
- me
probably illegal - still being done
a blackjack player stands or sits where he can see the dealer's hole card and then signals his buddy at the table its value
this was shown in the movie "Casino"
the pit boss caught one of them, backroomed him, and broke his hand
true story:
years ago, I met an old guy who told me he was BJ dealer in Vegas in the 60s
he was missing his pinky finger
he told me some whale came up to his table and won big
the bosses thought he was colluding but he wasn't
they cut off his finger
I'm not sure if that's illegal in Nevada. Unless they're claiming you have information not available to the other players?Quote: lilredrooster𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜
probably illegal - still being done
a blackjack player stands or sits where he can see the dealer's hole card and then signals his buddy at the table its value
this was shown in the movie "Casino"
the pit boss caught one of them, backroomed him, and broke his hand
true story:
years ago, I met an old guy who told me he was BJ dealer in Vegas in the 60s
he was missing his pinky finger
he told me some whale came up to his table and won big
the bosses thought he was colluding but he wasn't
they cut off his finger
Quote: AxelWolfI'm not sure if that's illegal in Nevada. Unless they're claiming you have information not available to the other players?
I used the word "probably" because I don't know for sure - I'm sure that famous BJ AP lawyer Nersesian could give a much better answer
but yes, the player at the table getting the signal definitely has info that other players don't - he knows the dealer's hole card value