Travel Channel
February 18th, 2010 at 5:47:12 PM
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If you need an Olympic break, the Travel Channel is currently showing "Las Vegas Sucker Bets" with at least one person featured who we are familiar with on this board.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:00:20 PM
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Are you referring to Anthony Curtis?
February 18th, 2010 at 8:21:39 PM
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I watched this show this evening too and was happy to see our Wizard.
August 8th, 2010 at 2:32:18 AM
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This was repeated last night, at least on the local cable's Travel Channel. It was some kind of Vegas marathon. Some of it was lame, but some of it was pretty good. I didnt get to watch it all, but saw the WoO advocating Banker in Baccarat, pay table surfing in Video Poker, and commenting on some other games I think. Point he was making on the other games was probably to avoid Sucker Bets, but I forget exactly.
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
August 8th, 2010 at 5:57:12 AM
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Yeah, I was playing poker at a local club and they had it on. I was touting WOO as the definitive website for gambling. Those shows are SUPER old though. Most of them are at least 5 years old, and I can quote some of the lines by heart (yeah, I love watching shows about Vegas even in reruns). One of the shows featured the inside of Aladdin BEFORE it turned to PH.
Shoutout to anyone who works for the Travel Channel... GET SOME UPDATED SHOWS!
Shoutout to anyone who works for the Travel Channel... GET SOME UPDATED SHOWS!
"One out of every four people are [morons]"- Kyle, South Park
August 8th, 2010 at 9:15:29 PM
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Quote: TiltpoulShoutout to anyone who works for the Travel Channel... GET SOME UPDATED SHOWS!
Yeah, they really are out of date aren't they. Travel Channel cranked out a lot of Vegas related stuff back in 2001-02-03, and then they completely stopped.
August 9th, 2010 at 11:55:42 AM
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Quote: MelmanYeah, they really are out of date aren't they. Travel Channel cranked out a lot of Vegas related stuff back in 2001-02-03, and then they completely stopped.
I specifically watched the end of a couple of episodes to check out the copyright, and they were both MMI (2001). My buddy recently did a voiceover for a similar show about Vegas (the same kind of one shot show, not a series) and I think it was for HDnet. Maybe we'll see it soon. He said the experience was neat. He's basically the narrator, and he was just in a studio with a monitor watching the footage and he'd be told where and when to read each part.
August 9th, 2010 at 1:39:37 PM
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Quote: MelmanYeah, they really are out of date aren't they. Travel Channel cranked out a lot of Vegas related stuff back in 2001-02-03, and then they completely stopped.
Another part that cracked me up (I was watching it again yesterday during the day!) was when they said if a player wanted to dispute a payout how surveillance (sp?) would go to the TAPE and watch it again. They show the VHS tape popping out of the player. Hard to believe that 10 years ago that was the latest and best technology. I'm sure all cameras are now recorded on DVR.
"One out of every four people are [morons]"- Kyle, South Park
August 9th, 2010 at 6:09:50 PM
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Yes those travel channel and Players Club tapes are old now. So too is the material on Utube about that entire ranching town in Texas that was flown to the various Las Vegas casinos. BBC director also did six tapes on Las Vegas about whales and hosts. Not very informative and not very recent either.
August 10th, 2010 at 12:12:43 PM
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I didn't know they were rerunning that. Thanks for letting me know. While that show is rather dated, from what I remember about it, the advice should still hold up well. There were lots of gambling advice shows made in the early 00's decade (and I still say it needs a term) but none for a while. I always volunteer when asked, but it has been years since I have been.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
May 7th, 2016 at 1:31:12 PM
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I just stumbled upon LV sucker bets on YouTube (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jdbrMBFEPnA). I got a big chuckle when our Wizard was explaining Baccarat and took every opportunity to point out that Banker is the best bet. Even more amusing was when he was playing Let It Ride and lambasted the other two players putting $1 in for the progressive. (I'm sure his compensation was more than his expected loss.)
It got me wondering whether he was also filmed for the Craps part and made the same pitch about the Don't Pass being the best bet. The producers may not have wanted to show that. :)
It got me wondering whether he was also filmed for the Craps part and made the same pitch about the Don't Pass being the best bet. The producers may not have wanted to show that. :)
May 7th, 2016 at 2:56:24 PM
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One of the best documentaries was on the Tran Organization. I recorded it and watched it several times.
And the documentary on Lefty and the Ant, of course.
And the documentary on Lefty and the Ant, of course.
