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Craziest/best/worst gambling stories...

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Posted Sunday, September 02, 2012 09:15 AM

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I've got alot... Mainly because the drunker I get, money management goes out the door... lol

Starting with how I lost my whole roll within just 4 hours of getting off the plane... 22 years old and only my 2nd time to Vegas... My cousin and I Flew into Vegas for 7 days. As soon as we landed, he jumped on another plane to Cali to meet up with a girl, and then drive down the next day with his brother. So basically I was alone for the night in Vegas. My plan was to play a little craps, get drunk and pass out early to wake up and meet up with my cousins.

My bankroll for the trip was $4000, so I cashed in $1000 at the craps table at Mainstreet. Within 1 hour and about 6 beers deep, I had lost almost all my chips. I ended up cashing in another $1000 thinking I could get it all back... Nope, wrong. Within half an hour, I lost all of my second buy in. Frustrated and wanting to get revenge, I cashed in the rest of my money... $2000. My chips went up and down, up and down. But about an hour and a half later, I lost everything. Ended up going all in on a roller who ends up crapping out after 3 or 4 rolls...

Now drunk off my ass and broke as hell, I called my cousin and told him I lost everything. He actually thought I was BSing and won, but could tell in my voice that I lost. Called my girl back home and told her to wire me the rest of my savings, $5000. Western Union took a huge chunk of my $5000 to do a money transfer. At the end of my trip I ended up winning some back and went home down $3000 for the entire trip.

Lessons learned... Do not chase your losses, instead walk away when the table is COLD... Do not use Western Union if you need money, instead try to get a marker from the casino as long as you know you can pay them back... Drinking and gambling do not mix, especially if you are DRUNK... <<< This one I have a hard time following because the beer just taste so damn good... lol

I got a lot more... What you guys got???

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simplyRAVISHING says:

09/03/12 01:57PM

This year I was having one of the worst losing streak of my life. I did very well in march madness, but when the nba playoffs started, i kept getting moose job after moose job, bad beat after bad beat. During this period, I keep chasing my loses. I put 1k on pacquaio to win by decision and the bs judging to bradley put another dent to my bankroll. From james harden last second 3 against the spurs, to jr smith bs last second non bearing jumper down to okc bowing to the heat. It came to a point i lost 7 straight playoff games. I was starting to read several websites on gamblers anonymous, experiences of other people losing their money on gambling etc. anyway, im not yet on that level but im afraid im going to lose everything. I started to reduce my betting to as little as 25 dollars just to stay on the game. As per advice by many, theres no shame in betting 20s or 25s.

My luck came this weekend. Last wednesday, i received an invitation to join a slot tournament at red rock casino for the labor day weekend exclusively for their high level members. Since in station casinos, they count ur sportsbet in their rewards point, i qualified with my platinum card. I dont play slot machine coz the house advantage is freakin huge. Since the tournament is free, I said what the hell, i brought one guest (my wife) to join with me. The line was very long, it took about 45 minutes for me to start playing. The contest is only 3 minute long. On Saturday, I won first place at red rock casino. 12, 500 first prize. Yesterday, September 2, i went back for another round and placed 11th, made another 500. Overall made 13k for a grand total of 6 minute slot play.

Now, Im financially way ahead of my sportsbetting. Lessons learned, 1. dont chase ur loses, 2. dont bet every game every day, 3. Bet same amount (since im a not a sharp or a pro), there is no such thing as a lock. 4. There is no shame to betting 20s or 25s. 5. Lastly, only quitters quit. :)

Daddy_Freddie says:

09/04/12 01:38PM

I live here and loved all the stories...one Sunday morning at the Palms I settled in for a afternoon of playing the ponies at Santa Anita...went to McDonalds, grabbed a large coke and was on my way back to my seat...all of a sudden a machine starts pinging really loud and as I look up people are cheering, the lady sitting at the machine is crying and my only thought is WTF...so I casually venture over and ask a guy what happened the woman won 8 million dollars paying the Megabucks machine...to think I was that close to 8 million dollars was a nice thought...was really happy for the lady.

EMU2005 says:

09/05/12 05:56PM

i got one. i was at the santa fe betting and i had a 2 team parlay with the yankees over total 8. it was the 8th and 2 outs 1 on 1st. i was so mad that i went to take a leak and threw the ticket in the toliet and pissed on it. got back to my seat and look up to see the yankees put up 7 runs that quick later to win and the over. my dumb ass didnt use my card and as a result never got my money.

animals26 says:

09/06/12 11:48PM

simply, that is an awesome story my friend. I love it! Kudos, and I love the station casinos too. Sunset especially. Good luck in the future my friend.

mafioso says:

09/09/12 04:46AM

1997, I was at Caliente sportsbook in TJ Mexico, I use to go there to place my wagers, watch the games, eat good mexican food, and then go to Chicago Club or Adalita's for 60 dollar hookers.

So this trust fund kid is there, and he plays big, roughly 5K a game.
So I made a play on the lakers facing Orlando for the first time since the Shaq trade, year before the big diesel was injured.

so to my surprise the sniviling daddys rich boy has the same wager,
Lakers are favored by 4 and are down by 24 at the half.

No Biggie for me even if it lost as I just had 440 to win 400 on it and That wasnt my best game, the bucks vs Miami was my top play that day.

Well, little rich boy is sitting at the table infront of us and making an absolute fool of himself and the ter ugly american was in full effect and on display, cursing, swearing and disrespecting the waitresses and staff.

He throws his ticket toward the TVs spits on a TV and says fuck you kobe, walks out, I go pick up his ticket and its 5K to win 4500

I put it in my pocket cause you never know.
Well that day was a you never know day as Rodman started pulling rebound after rebound and the lakers stormed back and won by 12.

I went to the ticket counter and the little frog looking guy was like
Egh Amigo this isnt your ticket, I said
Shut up cash it, You take 500 and 500 for your supervisor.
They cashed it, I walked away with over 8375 after there 1.5% extra vig Bullshit, as im leaving, Little rich boy runs back in, and says Player Player, did you see what happened to my ticket that I threw away?

I said you its in that garbage over there, (I pointed him to the garbage where all the sour cream and gaucomole and salsa were, He is sticking his hands in there and hes like ughhhhh

I never felt better taking someones money.
If it were anyone else, I would have never cashed it, just given the ticket back, but this guy is such a douche.

EMU2005 says:

09/09/12 08:37AM

aww, now thats a classic there. would have done the same thing. my question to you is,you sure you didnt copy that story from national lampons vegas vacation lol

EMU2005 says:

09/09/12 08:58AM

i was at the old sahara sports book waiting on my game to come on, so this guy with this heavy italian new york accent sits next to me and starts looking at the screen that was showing the horses. his race was coming up and while looking at the sheet he starts saying these numbers 6,8,9,4 over and over so he says to himself "im going to play these numbers but he didnt for some reason i didnt ask. to make a long story short these numbers came in order for the superfecta which would have paid this fuck between 50,000 to 80,000 grand. after seing this, the guy starts hitting his head on the table while saying dumb fuck to himself and throws a chair before he storms out. so people ask me what happen, and i told them he picked the superfecta but didnt play it.

tomseaver286 says:

09/09/12 07:16PM

Young and dumb round robin action on college basketball......

So one day back in 2005 I decided to round robin every favorite that I liked that day. I did a 10 team parlay, every combination of a 9 team parlay, every combination of 8, all the way down to every combination of 2. I had like $5 on each parlay.

I go to the movies and when I leave the theater I look on my phone and see that I just lost a game by a half court heave at the buzzer. My phone dies. So I figured I probably lost a decent chunk of change on being stupid. I fire up my account when I get home and I had an additional $12k in my account. I lost ONE friggin game out of ten and hit every parlay but the 10 teamer.

As God as my witness, I was cut off by the book the next day.

AmandaBlair says:

09/19/12 07:56PM

I lost five games in a row. ONE WIN would help. I saw this

iPad2 giveaway on a site called Bragstr so I entered that, hopefully it’ll give

me a win. They’re giving away a shit ton in prizes because I guess it’s pretty

new or something. Do you guys know anything about that?

HI808 says:

09/27/12 04:40PM

I stayed at the Paris Hotel for a weekend with my wife and was walking the floor around 8 at night and walked by the private blackjack table room. This guy had his private table and looked borderline homeless. He had a a cardboard box like the ones you put 4 six-packs of soda in on the chair next to him with a third filled with cash. He had at least 5-6 stacks about 10 inches high in $100 chips and couple smaller five hundred chip stacks. He was playing 2 hands and would just shove the stacks not even knowing how much he was betting, it was pretty crazy. Couple times the stacks were so high they would just fall over. He seemed out of it like he was drunk but was drinking water the whole time. Maybe 5 minutes into watching him he went on a hot streak and hit at least 6 blackjacks in 5 minutes, that was the craziest thing ever, he could not lose. They were rotating 3 dealers for him but he kept tipping all 3 dealer (about 2k in the 10-15 minutes I watched this guy). At one point a concierge from the hotel came by the table and tried to get him to stop and said they needed to close his table. He was pissed!!!

On a separate trip I was downtown at the Fremont with some friends at the blackjack table around 3am and this old guy comes on the table and was drunk. He throws 3k on the table and plays 1k on the first hand, loses, then he bets another 1k on the next hand and loses. Takes another 1k in cash out of his pocket and tries to put 2k on one hand. The dealer checks with the pit boss and he allows the bet. He gets 16 and hits and busts. The guy was wearing khaki pants and started to piss in his pants right at the table! He gets up and gets escorted out. One of my friends comes over couple minutes later and sits in the chair lol!!!

hoku808pc says:

09/28/12 03:34AM

Wassup guys... I got another one...

Drove up to Buffalo Bill's to take my family to go ride the roller coaster which we found out was closed down when we got there. Ended up gambling in the hotel while my family went shopping in the mall connected to the hotel. I was on the craps table when this guy comes and takes the position to my left. His friends were on the table and asked him how he was doing. He told them he was on his last $20 but his luck was about to change. I ended up crapping out and it was his turn to roll. He put $5 on the pass line and the rest on hard 8. He would set his dice up a certain way before each roll, and a few rolls later he hits his hard 8. He spread some of his winnings on all the hardways and a few rolls later he hit another hardway. He kept pressing up his hardway bets, but not really paying attention to the passline number. He kept hitting the hard numbers and kept pressing up his bets. At one point, he had $100 on all the hardways and hit one of those before he hit the easy number. He threw a few passes and every now and then he would throw money on "yo" or "box cars" and he would hit them more than not. It was crazy!!! He rolled for about half an hour, but in that little time, he made over 3 grand mainly playing the hardways. Thats when I learned that playing the hardways is not always a sucker bet if the roller knows how to use dice control.

BTW.... I asked him why he set his dice like that and he told me to go check out goldentouch craps. Youtube it... it is very interesting... I tried it the last time I went to Vegas and I actually hit more hardways than usual...

aristevens says:

10/18/12 04:27PM

A few years ago, I met a girl from Vegas while on vacation to San Juan. Kept in touch with her, and she invites me out there. I fly out on a Friday night, take a cab to her place. We go out to her friend's party, drink heavily, then hit the casinos, where we continue to drink heavily. My last memory was being at the craps table talking college football with some guy.

I wake up in the morning, and I am in a hotel room in Treasure Island by myself. I had no idea how I ended up there because I was staying with her. I had no money in my pocket, no wallet, no cell phone. The only thing I had in my pocket was a bet slip from Caesars on the Georgia-Auburn game for $2250 on the OVER. Damn Caesars and it's 24-hour sportsbook.

I totally freak out, as I don't remember her phone number or address (her address was on my phone). Since I have no money, I have no choice but to go downstairs and pray for the over on the Georgia game. Fortunately, the game goes waaay over. I cash in my ticket at Caesars but am then clueless about what to do, as I haven't the foggiest idea of how to find the girl. Go back to Treasure Island, sit in the sportsbook, get drunk (best cure for the hangover I was dealing with), and bet a bit more to keep occupied. Start to wonder how I am going to get on the plane the next day without any ID.

Amazingly, that evening, she shows up at Treasure Island looking for me. She had blacked out too, woke up with my belongings, but not me. She checked her credit card statement to try to piece together the night, and there was a charge for the hotel room at TI. Thus, she went there to see if she could find me.....Fucking vegas.

six5juice says:

11/13/12 02:05AM

Stayed at Harrah's during my first trip to Vegas a few years back. As you guys probably know, Harrah's isn't the most popular place on the strip. Saw a local Hawaii guy on the Black Jack table and decided to join him. Bought in for about $200 bucks; the guy I was sitting by told me he bought in for $1K (not sure if he was BSing me...).

Couple hands in, the guy was already down some big money (assuming he bought in for 1k). He was hitting on 16-17 with the dealer showing 2-5...I was tripping out because he had no basic concept on how to play the game. Keep in mind it was just the two of us, the dealer and a near empty gambling room. As the guy kept losing, the dealer and I would tell him to stand/hit etc and he would do the opposite and just lose.

Anyways...he was down to his last 200 bucks. I was up small money and decided to cash out too.

The guy looks at me and says, "Eh brah, I'm gonna unload my last 200 on the roulette table"

I looked back and said "Nah man...Just cut your loss and lets grab a bite to eat."

This guy was determined haha. We walked over to the table and I ask him, "All on black/red? Or all on odd/even?" Without even answering, he dumps his 200 bucks on one number (forgot what the number was).

I didn't even bother to say anything after seeing the way this guy played Black Jack. Long story short, the fkn guy actually HIT his number!!!

I never seen something so retarded in my life!

arrgy says:

12/14/12 04:03AM

One night I was in a 15-30 limit game at the Taj in AC, and I was getting my clock cleaned. If you ever been there you know the Keno room shares space with the poker room, so after an hour of doing nothing I get up grab a blank ticket and come back to the table and notice a deck change. So while we are waiting, I ask everyone at the table who basically has all my cash to give me a number, including the dealer. I play a 40 game 8 spot ticket for $1 a game. We go back to poker, three hours later I am broke. I get up from the table, and notice a flurry of activity in the Keno room, which is unusual and I remember I still have that ticket. So I walk up to the window, give the woman my ticket, and she says "Oh your the lucky one"

I hit two 8/8 games for $16,000 each and a 7/8 for $1500. I went back to the table I lost at like an hour later after filling out all the tax forms, and thanked each person who took my money and gave me a Keno Number.

animals26 says:

12/14/12 10:56PM

That's incredible man, it's unbelievable to me really. Wow, major congrats for that comeback.

m57 says:

12/17/12 10:54AM

I was working in the service industry several years ago, and our closing staff had compiled approximately $50 worth in tips. We decide to go to a local casino and throw it all on one number on one spin of the roulette wheel.

We ultimately decide on Black 29. So I'm standing at the table with the dealer about to call out "No More Bets!" with the chips in my hand when I think to myself "Ehh...let's wait one more spin". Of course the ball lands on 29. Cost us all $1750. Didn't hear the end of that one for awhile.

IMWT19 says:

02/04/13 03:12PM

I am heading to LV this weekend and was reading these stories to get myself jacked .... well done gents, you were successful. This will be my 2nd trek to LV, and in my first trip (my buddies BP) we just got our feet wet, but this time back I plan on being better prepared. Anyways, wanted to share a story about my first time around .... I gamble quite a bit, have back home, but mainly stuck to low key sports bets, roulette, BJ, and a little bit of craps (again, mostly low key bets, nothing extreme). So one morning at 10AM we're having Vodka and OJ's at the Bellagio ... I'm walking past the blackjack tables and there is a crowed of maybe 25-30 people around one table. I think, sweet someone famous, and walk over. Now this dude could have been famous, no idea, but one thing is certain he was hammered. He had every seat at the table occupied with roughly $500-$1000 in bets at each positon. He had a massive stack infront of him, and his general attitude made me think that he had just gone on a massive run (if I had to estimate, I would say over $40k). He was calling out to people watching, asking for kisses, giving high 5s to people. It was pretty funny. I watched for a bit, he raked in some more big hands, and went on a rant about how "he was suppose to be at the golf course for 1000 for a golf tournament but clearly didn't give a F*CK" ...... So I got a chuckle, walked around some more, played a bit, met up with my buddies. As we are leaving I decided I want to see if he's still there (about an hour and a half or so had passed) ... I come back to see a very thinned out crowed around him, not to mention a very thinned out chip stack .... he now looks like a shell of his former self. Now true he could have cashed in, but this was not the look of a man who just raked in and was playing with the houses money .....

Admittedly I felt bad for said drunk guy because I respect gambling, and he seemed like he was enjoying himself. Still though, haha, couldn't help but shake my head as I walked away ....

Michfan15 says:

02/14/13 02:12AM

this was ac not vegas...a long time ago...im underrage but hanging out with my dads friend while hes throwing craps passing time during a relatively dead part of the day- this guy walks up to the table wearing sunglasses, a hat, and a brown trenchcoat,

he reaches into his coat pulls out a 5 grand stack and puts it on field - its my friends roll. he throws an 8 and i thought trenchcoat was going to flip out. Instead he just keeps looking at the table completely stoic....pulls out another 5 grand stack puts it on field... roll comes out a 5. Again, no reaction from trenchcoat and friend collects the dice.

Still stone faced, guy pulls out a third 5 grand stack and puts it on the field....needless to say my dads friend rolls a 6 and now im expecting somethign crazy to happen but the guy just whispers 'f*ck' or something to himself and walks away.......next roll: SNAKE EYES! guy would have gotten 2/1 on it good thing he was far enough away from the table that he didnt see

it was absolutely absurd guy blew 15 grand in maybe a minute or 2

conrad63 says:

02/15/13 09:58AM

Seems like a lot of these stories are about being drunk so let me jump on in. In the late 90's I took a trip to LV with my wife and in-laws, we stayed at the MGM. On the first night after a great dinner at Wolfgang Pucks I started playing BJ at 9PM, Everyone else went to bed. Needless to say I got hammered real bad but was winning and having fun. Around 5AM my father in-law finds me says my wife is pissed and I should go up to the room I give him a handful of chips and tell him to tell wifey I'm winning and will be up in a bit. At 6AM and 7AM the same thing, finally he makes me leave and go upstairs, I cash out up about up a $1,000. plus what I gave the wife. I'm so drunk I sleep all day, suffer with a bad hangover.
Eventually I recover and ask the wife how much I gave her and it's around $2,000. so I tell her to keep it hoping she won't be pissed.
About 10 years later we're having dinner with my daughter and her husband and she asks me to tell her husband about the time I won in Vegas. So I start telling about how I won 3K and my wife says ten, I say what? She says ten, you won 10K I never told you.
To this day I don't know what happened to the 7K, my wife does love shoes though. THE MORAL is don't gamble drunk whether you win or lose.

DUDE-I-TOLD-YOU says:

02/20/13 09:17PM

Fellas, GREAT stories here...definitely want to add my +1 to avoiding drunken/chasing-gambling sessions. I've got 3 craps stories, from cool to insane...hope you take the time to read the rant!

1. About 5 years ago I was at the Sunset Station on a busy weekend. Table was full, I was rolling fairly consistent. Guy comes up, says he's confident I can help him; pulls out his "last $25 (chip)". Bets a hard 10...of course it hits. He seemed complacent, and just let it ride. OF COURSE that hard 10 came back around. He shook my hand and thanked me. "COOL"

2. Same trip, very VERY late one night. I was showing my then GF the basics on an empty table. We're just shooting to each other at opposite ends. Some old man wanders over, and starts pulling Black and Purple chips from his coat pocket. Needless to say, we're doing really well (the guy is scooping chips back into his pocket). When he finally decides to color up, they had to shut the table down, and call up to the eye in the sky...MULTIPLE TIMES. I have no idea what he ended up with--just that he had TWO checks brought over to the table as payout. He asked to be "tailed" on his way out by staff (cause I would have followed, LOL). He didn't tip, or thank anyone during the entire session...just gave my GF a handful of $25 chips. "WOW"

3. 3 years ago my Father and I took my brother out for his 21st. Decided to hit up the Circus Circus for the cheap limits. I tried for an hour to get him on craps, but he didn't like the "volatility...too easy to lose THAT quickly". BLEH. When he finally came around, he buys in for - - $40. HAHAHA. I, on the other hand, play nearly everything so I bought a few hundred. He started next to me, watching the game, and only betting the $5 pass line. When the table thinned-out, he went to the opposite end. His roll comes up...and it just goes on and on. Like something you see in a movie, where people flock and look over shoulders. Guys are coming up and buying-in for 400/500/600! And still, my brother ONLY plays his passline. Obviously, he craps-out...and totally freaks. He immediately wants to quit; not even wait for another chance to roll. He walks away to cash, and I stay. The table eventually dies off, the only people that stuck around were basically waiting to see if he'd come back. When he does, I find out he took his "$40 investment" and turned it into - - - $500 - - - ON JUST A $5 PASSLINE (maybe a Yo here or there, but not even odds!). Guys are thanking him heavily for their profits, and one asks for a pit boss to get him a comped meal or something. Pit boss obliges, and while he's writing out the slip, another guy asks for his "time of roll". I swear on my only daughter's life...his answer was "about AN HOUR AND A HALF". If anyone has ever had a heater, you know how fast it goes, and only a slow person cools you down. So naturally I didn't know just how long he'd been going, especially considering the pit boss didn't time him from his first roll.

jamesxnj says:

02/20/13 10:34PM

Cool stories Dude..hope you profited on your brothers hold like he did..??

animals26 says:

02/26/13 12:50AM

You worded your posts in a way I've never come across. Kinda like a novel I suppose. Sorry for the loss man.

animals26 says:

03/24/13 01:29AM

BUMP! I love this thread! Keep 'em coming comrads!

mentalist562 says:

03/25/13 01:59AM

50 dollars to 1100 dollars in craps. Couple years back I drove to vegas from cali for a friends bday. I went with zero bankroll.I made my mind beforehand that I was not going to gamble n just party for my friends bday. Just had my credit card for food party etc.. we were staying at harrahs for 3 days. 2 hours into the trip, couple of my buddies went to the craps table at harrahs. On the dice was this white man in this 50s betting decent amount. I had never played craps at vegas so I stood near to get a feel for the game. This guy was on fire, n all my friends were riding his coatail. I had no cash but I had this feeling that I was going to win. I didn't want to cash advance, so I came to an agreement with a buddy that I would buy him 55 dollars worth of food or whatever that will accept cc. White dude crapped out n I just bought in for 50. Everyone passed the dice, and the hot shooter was up to bat again. I didn't know anything so I just followed his betting pattern. I bet 10 on the passline, and 2 dollars on the fire bet. Didn't know what the fire bet was, just saw him throw 25 dollars on it. Long story short, he hit the 250 to 1 firebet n made my 50 into almost 1100. Didn't even have to roll the dice. he just told me what to do n didn't even hesitate once to question it. Anyways I blew half of it that night at sapphire. Regretted it lol.

animals26 says:

03/25/13 07:50AM

That's an awesome way to get introduced into a game!

jontt95 says:

03/26/13 03:06PM

I got home from work one night and heard a little voice. The little voice told me, "Quit your job, sell your house, take your money, go to Vegas." I was disturbed at what I heard and ignored the little voice.

The next day, when I got home from work, the same thing happened. The little voice told me, "Quit your job, sell your house, take your money, go to Vegas." Again, I ignored the little voice, though I was troubled by the event.

Every day, day after day, I heard the same little voice when I got home from work, "Quit your job, sell your house, take your money, go to Vegas." Each time I heard the little voice, it made me upset. Finally, after two weeks, I gave into the pressure.

At this point in time, I hated my job and my wife had just left me. Life pretty much sucked and I needed a change. So I quit his job. I put my house on the market and it sold shortly thereafter for $150,000.00. I took the money and headed to Vegas.

The moment I got off the plane in Vegas, the little voice spoke to me again. It said, "Go to Harrah's." So, I hopped in a cab and rushed over to Harrah's.

As soon as I set foot in the casino, the little voice told me, "Go to the high-roller roulette table." I did as I was told. When I got to the roulette table, the little voice told me, "Put all of your money on 17."

Nervously, I exchanged the entire $150,000.00 for chips and then put it all on 17.

The dealer wished me good luck and spun the roulette wheel. Around and around the ball caromed. I anxiously watched the ball as it slowly lost speed until finally it settled into number... 21.

The little voice said, "Damn..."

Ironhead34 says:

03/27/13 05:53AM

KeyElement says:

03/27/13 08:36AM

And how do you explode your wagers on a $3 table (usually $300 max)? This story and the thread itself getting more and more like fantasy fiction with every new post.

youleadifollow says:

03/28/13 11:36AM

one time when i was in college i put about 6-7 grand on one game (NFL playoffs). i wont say which game bc it is embarrassing

i was already down 5 grand, and i wanted to end up ahead so i went big.

the way i got this bet in... i was helping a bookie run a book by getting him clients. i had a few but i would mostly just bet on their accounts to increase my bets.

in the end i was putting up to a grand on each account and even had a couple fake accounts going. i had bet the teams spread, moneyline and everything.

i ended up paying off the bookie... took me about a year and a cpl months making payments once every two weeks.

didnt kill myself so i guess it was a success! lol

Shirldog says:

03/31/13 03:36PM

I thought of this idea today and thought it was genius - pasted from other post.

I can't believe that I've never heard of this idea from anyone. I am headed to Vegas later this year have been trying to figure out how to make sure my money lasts....

Background - You know the drill. You head to Vegas with X amount of money (call it $3K) and you want to make sure it lasts the trip. You get drunk the first night and tear through your cash. Then you're miserable and either bum around or do a CC advance, etc. BUT NOT MORE!! I have the solution.

I will use my trip as an example and say I am going to take $3K. I get there on a Friday. The first thing I'm going to do is head to the sports book and find a game (any sport) that will settle on Sat around noon. I will then bet $1K on one side of the game (and yea, you guessed it), $1K on the other side. For $50, I can protect $2K for the night and collect my money that following day after I sleep off Friday night.

You think that's expensive?? Consider how many times you have doubled/tripled a bet (when drunk), dropped $25 on the roulette table, etc., etc., etc.... Now how expensive does $50 sound? That's just one stupid mistake that YOU WILL MAKE that night.

I would be very interested to hear if someone knows of any low juice books or no juice specials that I could use for this GENIUS strategy.

Would also like to hear if someone else has a better idea of suggestions.

Thx.

Crashdavis565 says:

04/01/13 11:59AM

I was there a couple of weeks ago and I saw some guy dump about 20k on the BJ table.

We were all sitting at a $25 table and playing 1-2 chips. He was too. The dealer was busting and everyone was making a little money. Well, I think the guy was on a Martingale system, as the dealer got really hot. The guy starts pressing up his bets and before you know it, he has 2k on a hand. He loses that and has to call for another marker. Loses again and he is up betting the table limit of 5k. He gets Aces!

Can you see where this is going?

He looks at the table and says, I have to split them, right?

I just could not make a peep but the dealer agrees with him. He is short though and calls the pit man over. After a 15 minute delay, they say, he has reached his limit on markers and they cannot extend him any more credit. He tells the table he will have to go to the CC/ATM for the rest of the money and call a friend. This is like a train wreck. I got nowhere to go and nothing to do and shi t this is free entertainment, so he asks if we mind if he tries to round up the money. I say sure go ahead and order another Bud Light Lime. The guy disappears for an eternity and we are just waiting. With the marker shi t this has been going on for about 30 minutes now, I am drinking free beer and happy. The other people at the table are a little PO'd and I cannot blame them.

Crashdavis565 says:

04/01/13 12:05PM

I am starting to think that he will never be back and here he comes. He has the money ( and some of it is in 5's and 10's totally crazy, I think he was giving BJ's in the bathroom or something) It takes 2 more minutes to count it all up, get his chips and split the Aces. I cannot remember exactly but I do think the dealer had a bust card up?

But from here, it took about 3 seconds. A7-A8 ( for 18 and 19) not too bad but not perfect and then it comes to me at third base. I have a hit hand and I ask him what to do ( I got $25 out there and he has 10k) he says hit it, I do and cannot even remember if I won or lost. Dealer flips his hole card and has 11- the Monkey gives him 21 and she scoops up this guys chips in about 1 second, all gone. Incredible! Guy does not say a sound and walks off into the Vegas night.

The dealer is a little old lady about 65, I would guess. I ask her " you ever see anything like that before?" she just smiles and says- "everyday, everyday"

Crashdavis565 says:

04/01/13 12:05PM

On the other side, I always stop by the craps table on the way out of town. So many times, I will get a hot streak and have to go running for my plane

Frank_Da_Tank says:

04/01/13 01:05PM

This is archives material for stupidity

Michfan15 says:

04/01/13 03:44PM

hey try this

dont bet anything and stop being a degen

and it costs 0 bucks to protect ur money

if u like a bet do it

if not shut the fuc kup

666LES says:

04/01/13 04:22PM

I use to live in Vegas and I was NEVER drunk and making any kind of bet, be it Keno or ML limits. How often are you drunk at work?

Shirldog says:

04/02/13 01:58PM

I am curious why this is archive material for stupidity? How many stories about Vegas have you read that said..."I wish I hadn't" "I shouldn't have...", etc. etc. With my idea, those things don't happen. Rather than making a terse statement with no support then please provide some reasoning.

I will bet that if you went to people that dumped $100's or $1,000's when drunk and told them that you could have protected themselves from themselves for $25 for $2,000, they would be like..."Crap - I wish I had done that." I will also bet that if they could go back in time they would do it.

You might have the willpower to not do it and so you think it doesn't make sense. That's like a person who doesn't really drink much saying it's stupid for an alcoholic not to be able to have a few drinks. Some people make poor decisions when they are drinking and I am simply offering up a way to protect themselves. It's like giving your keys to your friends if you are prone to drink and drive. It's a smart decision to pre-plan.

Shirldog says:

04/02/13 02:05PM

Wow...you must be a freakn psychologist! You should take your forward thinking psychological genius and write a book! No one ever does something they regret and everyone always plans everything they do, especially when they have been drinking...oh no...wait...that's right...IT'S THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THAT MORON!

If people would make better planning decisions when they are sober and rational, they can protect themselves from potentially bad decisions when they are drunk. I'm sorry that common sense is lost on you but I'm sure you can buy some with the royalties of your new book "Eezy psichologicy fo peeps and speling guide to" Let me know when the checks start rolling in from Simon & Schuster - (by da wa...de uh publish books - dat meen dey print dem)

Shirldog says:

04/02/13 02:09PM

Why would being drunk at work correlate to being drunk in Vegas? I just go to Vegas to get drunk, get ridiculous and have a debaucherous time. When I'm at work, I work.

666LES says:

04/02/13 03:03PM

When I made a bet the result was to MAKE money.LasVegas is the LAST place on earth to have any kind of disregard of the value of your bankroll. Betting is something you do with the same clarity that you would do for employment like screw a widget,write a commercial, or flip a cheeseburger. If you want ridiculous, why delay until Saturday? Stupid is stupid Friday night or Sunday morning am because you're admitting money doesn't mean any thing to the debaucherous.

Shirldog says:

04/02/13 03:53PM

No. That's not at all what I'm saying. I'm saying that I bring money to Vegas that I can afford to lose and I want to have a good time along the way. If I get wasted the first night and blow all my money then I can't eat at a nice restaurant, get party supplies, get girls, etc. the next night. I want my money to last the entire trip. The money does mean something. It means having a good time. If I lose and have a good time...then I used the money for a good time throughout my trip. If I win and have a good time then bonus.

The best time of Vegas is the experience and to have a fun experience, you need money. I'm just trying to make sure the money lasts. That's all.

I'm not saying this from a pure sports betting perspective. I'm saying this from a gambling and partying perspective. I don't get drunk and bet rampant on sports b/c that's not fun. I get crazy in Vegas because it's fun.

Ironhead34 says:

04/04/13 07:23AM

Man, I hope it is not raining when you come to Vegas.

Shirldog says:

04/04/13 01:56PM

Now that's funny. You have a sense of humor after all!

I was obviously talking about non sports gambling. Sports gambling is a different animal.

DJNY says:

04/06/13 12:16PM

Anyone else see how this doesn't add up? Down to last $100, run up to $1000, all in on 2 hands but still pull $500 out of thin air to double down?

jamesxnj says:

04/06/13 07:36PM

He got paid $750 on the first hand BJ.

Ironhead34 says:

04/07/13 11:17AM

bill702 says:

04/07/13 10:12PM

Who goes to Vegas to work unless you're a prostitute? You go to have a good time if that means you get a little drunk then so be it.

Mustang24 says:

04/07/13 10:41PM

Well said Bill. Heading out late May.

mrquija27 says:

04/10/13 08:51AM

Excellent thread.

Shirldog thats about the dumbest thing I have ever heard and you deserve all the negative attention you are getting.

mrquija27 says:

04/10/13 08:53AM

There are plenty of professional players in Vegas or at least people who try to do it for a living. The majority of people on this site are the ones who want to be that guy.

666LES says:

04/10/13 03:19PM

I make a bet to pay the rent , do you go to work drunk? The only thing between me and the dinner line at Saint Vincents is keeping my bankroll alive. Stupid money does what stupid is,Shirldog would serve humanity better by taking the rubber band off his bankroll and tossing it across the LVH parking lot.

Ironhead34 says:

04/11/13 08:14AM

I hope your wife doesn't read that

rawm says:

04/11/13 08:14PM

turned $20 into $4500 in 4 days playing poker. the start of my gambling career!

down to $5 in chips in a poker tournament and still won! it was a free-roll... so over 1500 seated.

lost 4k college football and nfl. won a $40 buy in tournament in poker that paid 4k for 1st place the following week.

never give up when you lose or you stay a loser. but dont bet more than you can chew or youll lose your opportunity to take advantage of your wins! not bets!

Shirldog says:

04/12/13 04:07PM

Wow. You added so much to the discussion with your sage wisdom. Thank you for your well thought out input. Now, put your head back down and follow the sheep in front of you...don't consider that ideas that you didn't incubate might have value and are worth discussing. Instead, use the tried and tested high level debate tactic of calling the other person stupid. Kudos to you sir.

Shirldog says:

04/12/13 04:09PM

What was it about my post that invoked any reference to serving humanity??? It was about having fun. I was figuring out how to maximize my fun.

Shirldog says:

04/12/13 04:10PM

Ya...I don't share these posts with her!

Shirldog says:

04/12/13 04:12PM

[Quote: Originally Posted by rawm] turned $20 into $4500 in 4 days playing poker. the start of my gambling career!

down to $5 in chips in a poker tournament and still won! it was a free-roll... so over 1500 seated.

lost 4k college football and nfl. won a $40 buy in tournament in poker that paid 4k for 1st place the following week.

never give up when you lose or you stay a loser. but dont bet more than you can chew or youll lose your opportunity to take advantage of your wins! not bets!

[/Quote

Sounds like you should give up sports betting and focus on poker!

mrquija27 says:

04/15/13 11:35AM

You cant be that dumb can you?? Since you lack common sense I will try to help. They have these things called "BANKS". They even pay you to let them hold on to your money. Or they also have these things called "SAFES" in your hotel room. Free of Charge!!! But instead you wanna throw $100 bucks because you lack self discipline or are a drunk. Yeah man your brilliant. Kudos whatever the darn that is.

666LES says:

04/15/13 02:33PM

Shirldog don't hijack this thread to masturbate in public and everyone can go to your great thread on BRILLIANT money mang.if they want your pearls.

rawm says:

04/15/13 04:20PM

poker is harder than sports betting. cards fall as they may with no handicap. i understand the ball bounces the way it does in sports betting, but at least i have the refs to keep the game within...

Shirldog says:

04/16/13 08:10PM

You can't seem to grasp the concept that this is specifically for people that lack self control. I'm sorry that you can't quite wrap your head around the fact that these people exist. What good does a safe do if they lack self control...they can just go get it...right???

I'm not sure why you can't comprehend this but I've run out of ways to explain it....

JFire3 says:

04/18/13 10:28AM

Had my first Vegas experience this past summer. I had just graduated from college and a good friend of mine was getting married so me, the best man, decided I'd throw him his bachelor party in Vegas. Two birds one stone, best of both worlds. I take about 1000 (little did I know) thinking I'll only gamble 300 and party/spend/eat with the other 700 for the four night stay. Won about 150 first night playing 21 and roulette, so I'm feeling confident. We went out and partied, spent the 150 so was back to my original 1000. Wake up early 2nd morning to gamble. Registered for a 110 poker tournament and decided I'll play craps while I wait for it to start. End up losing 150 in 20-30 minutes. Go play poker tourney get 7th place, 5 get paid. Big stack ships in blinds with j9 vs my ak, he hits straight with my king. Head to sports book throw 170 to win 100 on Rangers, after 2 innings they were down like by 8 runs. At that point I'm livid. I furiously head to the roulette table and start betting by the hundreds on black/red, throwing in little 10 dollar bets on my favorite number, 3. By the time I know it I'm down to my last 100 for the ENTIRE trip! At this point I realize the only way I'm gonna make my money back is by betting on numbers so I put 20 each on 2 numbers, 20 and 3. 2 spins, nothing. Last 20 dollars! Kiss the 2 ten dollar chips and put them on 3. At this point my mind is running crazy thinking of the people I'm gonna have to call to wire me money while also mad at myself for letting this happen on my friends bachelor party. I look at the wheel, and the 3 hits!!! I couldn't believe it, I felt like I was in a movie. The dealer hands me the 700, I tip him ten and immediately cash out! Didn't gamble for the rest of the trip, although I really wanted to. Bachelor party was crazy fun. Girls up there are amazing. Definitely going back this summer, with more funds of course.

Morals of the story: 1. Never take 1000 dollars or less to Vegas.

2. The longer you stay, the more the house wins.

HatOnBed says:

04/18/13 04:45PM

How is it fun to bet both sides for a gauranteed loss? There is no action because there is no risk/reward. Strange that you want go to Vegas to gamble without any chance of winning. At least the punters try. You have no heart

Shirldog says:

04/18/13 05:01PM

Uhhhhhh...Uhhhhhh.....huh??? You might should read the explanation of why we are betting on both sides. Fun wasn't a factor.

As for heart - it's a calculated loss to protect the bigger picture. It's like hiking the ball out of the end zone and taking the safety in order to get the ball back down the field with very little time on the clock to protect the win. The win is the end game. I don't consider strategic play to be heartless...just smart.

HatOnBed says:

04/18/13 09:35PM

You are right, I took your quote out of context. However your reasoning is flawed. If you lose your first 1k, you will borrow from friends, take a marker, go to Moneytree, or whatever because you have no self control. Ultimately, you just lose equity or worse by tying money up in a sure loss.

Shirldog says:

04/19/13 11:36AM

You are correct when you say that there are other options. I think that you just have to put yourself in the best possible position and hope you don't go down the marker or borrow route. I tell my friends ahead of time, don't lend me money and I've never taken out a marker (Maybe that's my personal line I wouldn't cross). I also only bring an Amex with basically no cash advance on my trips.

The cash on hand is just so easy of a temptation - "I'll just get back to even and then stop!" I'm trying to remove the easy path but there are still others (more difficult) that you could traverse. Again, I have earmarked this money to spend, I just want to make it last though the trip.

LasVegasIM says:

04/20/13 07:12PM

I am going from a foggy memory (about 10 years ago) on this one. But I had a college football parlay and the last game was Oklahoma State -12. The game went to OT and all of the people who bet the other side were inline at the Imperial Palace waiting for the game to end so they could cash.
OK State got the ball first in OT and scored a TD. Big garbage I thought. They will win and not cover. Doesn't do me any good. I can't remember who OK State was playing but on their first play in OT the QB was intercepted. I thought game over. Nope. The DB started running the ball back and the ref followed him down the sidelines. He scored and it counted. OK won by 13 and covered the -12 spread in OT.

The look on all of those guys faces in line waiting to cash was great. I had to wait for the Sports book supervisor to explain to them that they had to get out of line because they lost. Ha, every time I get screwed on a bet I remember that one because it was the last game on a 6 team parlay.

krause says:

04/21/13 09:52AM

Great story. How much did you win?

IvanThinking says:

04/22/13 04:51PM

Shirldog-
The reason people are calling your "genius" idea "stupid" is twofold:
1. Lots of folks on Covers are lifers. They think about sports betting/gambling a lot. That means research and careful, sober planning. They don't go out, get loaded, and then make bets - they make their bets, win, and THEN go out and get loaded. Your strategy is only needed if you can't control yourself, and the audience you are talking to, for the most part, can TOTALLY control themselves. It's the wrong audience. It's like professing the genius of Daft Punk to my grandpa - he really won't agree.

2. When you come into a forum of pros and semi-pros and say "hey guys I'M A GENIUS" - that carries a lot of weight and you better deliver. The subcontext of "since I drink myself silly and can't control my betting, this is how I lock down my cash - and it only costs 5% interest per day!" really isn't confidence inspiring. It's like going into a local working man's bar, ordering a long island ice tea and yelling at all the guys drinking a bud "Look guys, I'm a genius! 4 types of liquor for one price!" If you are a genius, or have a genius idea, it's really up to the rest of the folks to say so. By announcing "genius" it actually sounds like "douchebag".

I have a better idea that is in the same vein as your "genius" idea - aka lock down the cash. It only costs about $3. Go to the drug store and buy 1 condom and 1 pair of latex gloves. When you get to Vegas and check in your room, put your $2000 rolled up in the condom, tie it off, and swallow it. Our Colombian friends have taught us that condoms don't get digested. Go out the first night and get good and ripped - rage, freak, twerk, whatever. The next afternoon when you wake up your stomach will be "all tore up" from the party. This is where the gloves come in. After you do your business, on go the gloves, retrieve the condom, and voila! your cash is in your hands, safe and ready to be spent.
Celebrate saving $97 with a $1.99 shrimp cocktail and a $95 lap dance from "Raspberry".

Whether my idea is "genius" or not is up to the readers...

You're welcome.

bill702 says:

04/23/13 12:36AM

Let you in on a little secret, Vegas didn't grow this quick due to pros. We have world class resorts due to the common man coming out here to have fun and let loose, in which I'm sure many of them don't go to work drunk. Not saying there is anything wrong with your mind set and wish you the best and hopefully you don't get stuck at St. Vincent's unless you're volunteering of course.

666LES says:

04/23/13 02:40PM

I lived in Vegas for a number of years and made my living at the book.Even though I saw people that were in the same situation as I was I can honestly say I never saw some one I knew was betting the rent trying to do it drunk.Logically I never got drunk and tried to do the night-before number crunch. I never did anything that would affect my bankroll while drunk and that was the only way I could relate to shirldog was bets=bankroll=salary=job so if he was intent to burn the bankroll why not take the action that produced the greatest good for the greatest number and forego the hop bets and just toss the money to the winds. St Vincents is the gambler's boogy-man and what I imagine hell to be.

Shirldog says:

04/23/13 04:57PM

Ya...we're fundamentally very different people. I can't imagine needing something that I can't control (sporting event) determine if I can make my rent. That is so foreign to me that I can't fathom it.

I go to work everyday and do well at my job so that I can come to Vegas and get wild. Maybe that idea is foreign to you.

That being said - You said I should just throw my money in the air by St Vincents...why? I use the money I make to have fun. Why is my entertainment not important? It is clearly important to me. So important that I want to devise ways to extend it.

Good luck with the gambling man. That has to be a rough life.

666LES says:

04/24/13 02:55PM

A bet is important and the way you described your betting made it sound unimportant to you and so if you will I made the assumption the money was unimportant and in another sense "dead" money,not IF you lose it but WHEN. There was a famous philospher Mann who advocated that the correct action to take in any setting was that which produced the greatest good for the greatest number,so I followed that your bankroll might serve a wider and more deserving number blowing around the parking lot then simply being plunged into the dropbox at the craptable.I weighed the joy of the walking dead downtown vs your fun/entertainment.St Vincents is the place on MainStreet,LasVegas were the homeless go to get an evening meal and they do remind me of Walking Dead and I would be terrorfied that I might be in their ranks if I didn't 'take care" of the bankroll. Of course I don't want to tell anyone how to handle their bankroll but I may have over-reacted to your post.

hoku808pc says:

04/25/13 02:51AM

Nice to see this thread is still going... Im going to Vegas again in June for 11 days for a bachelor party and to spend time with my girl... Hopefully I come back with more crazy memories to share...

hoku808pc says:

04/25/13 03:09AM

"And how do you explode your wagers on a $3 table (usually $300 max)? This story and the thread itself getting more and more like fantasy fiction with every new post."

KeyElement...

The table I was playing on in The Cal Hotel changes from $3 to $5 depending on time of day... I usually call it the $3 table cause it is the only $3 table that I know of anywhere and I always play on it cause it has a 6 shoe deck and can lower my bets to two $5 hands if need be... I was in a reckless mood then being down all my money and was betting pretty big compared to the other players on the table being it was a $3 ($5???) table... Why would I lie about any of this just to impress people I don't even know or make it sound more interesting... LOL... I even told of stories of me taking it up the butt from the casinos... Just trying to share my experiences with others and enjoy hearing/reading others successes/failures in Vegas... LOL

hoku808pc says:

04/25/13 03:21AM

"Anyone else see how this doesn't add up? Down to last $100, run up to $1000, all in on 2 hands but still pull $500 out of thin air to double down? "

DJNY...

$100 to $1000 was over a couple of hours on the table... Built the chip stack up slowly... Not impossible at all, even on a $3/$5 table... I had to catch a plane soon so I went all-in $500 playing two hands, in the same deal... First hand was BJ, dealer pays $750 on the spot... My Bankroll is at $1250 and I use that money to double up on the second hand... which won... Bankroll now at $2750... Not lying at all... One of the craziest betting/winning moments Ive had til this day... Then I just kept on winning til I had to leave to catch my flight.... I think this was the trip that really got me hooked to Vegas... Crazy

hoku808pc says:

04/25/13 04:17AM

I don't think I told this one yet...

Was sitting on the $3 table at The Cal... I hear a bunch of people screaming like they hit the lottery... look over to where the noise was coming from and see a bunch of people crowded around the roulette table... A girl had put a stack of like maybe 30+ chips on one number (didn't see which number) and her friend tailed her for like maybe 10+ chips... Their number hit and they got paid out... Then, they left the initial chips and added more... LOL.. Must have had close to 80+ chips on the number and the dealer had to cut the stack in half cause it was too high and looked like it was about to tip over... Guess what.... Number came right back... Not lying... They cashed out and left with a butt load of $100 chips... Crazy

Crashdavis565 says:

04/25/13 11:06AM

Shirldog says:

04/25/13 03:19PM

WOW! 11 days for a bachelor party. That's impressive! Good luck man. My liver would shut down!

Shirldog says:

04/25/13 03:23PM

I hear ya man. Each to his own. I probably should be more responsible but it's sort of what makes it so fun. Throw responsibility out of the window and get crazy. The funny thing is that it seems like the more I focus on ideas like this, the more I am actually more responsible. It's weird. It's like I focus on ways to protect myself from myself and then I'm not as crazy as I think I will be. (probably the reduced craziness is just a function of me being a little calmer as I get older which is also driving the need to figure out ways to protect myself)

In any event. GL man

warcameagle56 says:

05/04/13 12:31AM

I went to Vegas around 92..just months away from 21..Decided to gamble with 300 bucks as I was just a broke Auburn student.I decided to withdraw my next semester s tuition money..I drop 300 then another around 900 bucks.I wont ever forget I was down to 10 BUCKS left then I let the 10 bucks ride..won then just probably won upper 80% of my hands.My roomate kept saying"wtf did u do losing ur tuition money"the female pittboss told the girls they relieved..took me hours and was hammered..just getting every card u could think..I got even and my buddy is telling me "Lets go!" Swear to GOD..the goodlooking female pitboss was almost slamming the cards down like"mf,quit u just had a miracle winning your money back..quit friggin now!"so up 40 I didnt make another bet.I was already a biscuit hair from failing out so my uncle was already to jerk me out of Auburn particularly bc he didnt graduate and this incident of losing my tuition would ve broken his blood vessels and he would have cut me off.He actually saw the withdrawal and cut me off for a semester so I had work graveyard shift to finish my last few semesters...down to 10 bucks ..won it back and I probably wouldnt have quit and lost bc I was so hammerd,but her slamming the cards down and caring enough caused me to take my tuition money plus 40 and fly back sidestepping a landmine..on line story..I got 150 in my account and Im tired of betting..it was like 2002..I bet 150 didnt watchthe Thurs night game..wake up there is around 300 in my acct..bet a fri basket for remaining 300 =AROUND 600..had an if win b4 early Nba game to let it all ride on late Lakers game..so now Im feeling good with about 1100 in acct..hit a 2game parlay for 1000 that paid 2600 that Saturday took Sunday off then decided to let it all ride on Ole Miss vs MIssST..Im losing the game..I want to say Ole Miss is like a 4 pt fav and they are down like 2 have the ball at own 30yl with less than 2min.We couldnt believe MissST THREW THE BALL right in Ole Miss hands.They score a TD..Ole miss covers and Im hammered so my acct is around 7k..I was so drunk and excited I gave my buddy my password and let him bet 3k on Izzo s Mich ST great alaska shoot out game..Couldnt believe it won easily..I withdrew about half partied like a rockstar..everybody get ur roll on,blow nose 1000<expensive hotels,dropped couple of g s at mall,had Limo all night..then let the other 5k ride on Gators next Sat vs FSU=lost was inevitable,but to turn 150 to 5000 collect was sweet..and I partied fun for 10 days....

warcameagle56 says:

05/04/13 12:46AM

Another gambling story..Im in Tijuana,Mexico.@Caliente Sportsbook S.its Pacific time so games start like at 9am..Somehow I got to shooting the garbage with these 2 guys ..1 was like 40..Im like 19 and this older gent was around 60..we excanged ideas for hrs..the apparently were sportsbetting buddies..The old guy gets up to make a bet..the 40 yr old tells me just about 6 months ago the old man got on a nasty tear and was up like 75 k..The 40 yr old swore on his life the old man put ALL 75k on a real long shot horse and of course lost..ten guy told me the old man was sleeping in his car shortly after...Can u imagine getting on a winning streak and being up 75k betting football then let it ALL ride on a longshot horse..truly very sad to think he was sleeping in his car...

mafioso says:

05/04/13 04:10AM

Warcam, I use to basicly live in TJ when I was in San Diego

When you say Caliente, Are we talking about near the publo amigo hotel? The Upstairs section in between Senor Frogs and Publo Amigo Hotel?

scalabrine says:

05/05/13 01:17PM

If your advice is to get a marker, you haven't learned any lessons man...

krause says:

05/05/13 01:33PM

Where are you staying at?

Crashdavis565 says:

05/05/13 10:52PM

[Quote: Originally Posted by warcameagle56] I went to Vegas around 92..just months away from 21..Decided to gamble with 300 bucks as I was just a broke Auburn student.I decided to withdraw my next semester s tuition money..I drop 300 then another around 900 bucks.I wont ever forget I was down to 10 BUCKS left then I let the 10 bucks ride..won then just probably won upper 80% of my hands.My roomate kept saying"wtf did u do losing ur tuition money"the female pittboss told the girls they relieved..took me hours and was hammered..just getting every card u could think..I got even and my buddy is telling me "Lets go!" Swear to GOD..the goodlooking female pitboss was almost slamming the cards down like"mf,quit u just had a miracle winning your money back..quit friggin now!"so up 40 I didnt make another bet.I was already a biscuit hair from failing out so my uncle was already to jerk me out of Auburn particularly bc he didnt graduate and this incident of losing my tuition would ve broken his blood vessels and he would have cut me off.He actually saw the withdrawal and cut me off for a semester so I had work graveyard shift to finish my last few semesters...down to 10 bucks ..won it back and I probably wouldnt have quit and lost bc I was so hammerd,but her slamming the cards down and caring enough caused me to take my tuition money plus 40 and fly back sidestepping a landmine..on line story..I got 150 in my account and Im tired of betting..it was like 2002..I bet 150 didnt watchthe Thurs night game..wake up there is around 300 in my acct..bet a fri basket for remaining 300 =AROUND 600..had an if win b4 early Nba game to let it all ride on late Lakers game..so now Im feeling good with about 1100 in acct..hit a 2game parlay for 1000 that paid 2600 that Saturday took Sunday off then decided to let it all ride on Ole Miss vs MIssST..Im losing the game..I want to say Ole Miss is like a 4 pt fav and they are down like 2 have the ball at own 30yl with less than 2min.We couldnt believe MissST THREW THE BALL right in Ole Miss hands.They score a TD..Ole miss covers and Im hammered so my acct is around 7k..I was so drunk and excited I gave my buddy my password and let him bet 3k on Izzo s Mich ST great alaska shoot out game..Couldnt believe it won easily..I withdrew about half partied like a rockstar..everybody get ur roll on,blow nose 1000

hoku808pc says:

05/07/13 10:33PM

"If your advice is to get a marker, you haven't learned any lessons man...

scalabrine... I am not giving advice... just telling my past experiences in Vegas bro... The lesson I learned was never to use western union again... cause they take a huge chunk out of your pocket... lol

hoku808pc says:

05/08/13 12:23AM

"Where are you staying at?"

krause... Gonna be at The Cal mostly... But plan on checking out some craps tables that offer the fire bet... would love to try my luck on the fire bet on my rolls only...

Anyone know which Casinos offer the fire bet???

Plisskin76 says:

05/08/13 09:57PM

wow, you guys have zero discipline,lol

good stories,glad i have discipline

TradeCaddy says:

05/12/13 06:13PM

Going to Vega, last week of May.

Looking at staying at Encore or Cosmo ~ lots of chicks === any opinions ?

emtee1 says:

05/17/13 12:26AM

Ref:see gen discussion "how did you start gambling" ..TRAIN69

Back in the sixties I was an broke unemployed college graduate.

One day a couple of friends called me to go to Hollywood Park with them.

I reluctantly agreed since I only had $5 on me. Now keep in mind

gas was $0.25/gal, beer was $1.00 a six-pack etc, in those days,

a $ bought a lot.

After arriving at the track, paying entrance fee ($1.35) buying lunch

(beer-$1, hotdog- $.050) had about $2 left. Placed a $2 daily double

bet ....will always remember the names of the horses...Currabee and

Charlie H.......both won,dd paying $165.

To make along story short, Holly Park had eight races then, and won

7 out 8 that day. Can't remember how much I won that day, but it was

much ..........was not betting $2 after the dd win.

Had to get a job a couple months later when the money ran out.

scalabrine says:

05/17/13 11:19PM

Entertaining.

Come on man. They didn't shut down the table for a half hour so this guy could round up some money????

conrad63 says:

05/18/13 09:10PM

This happened in the late 60's, there wasn't much sports action back then, MNF didn't start until 1970, so basically there were 2 NFL games on Sunday ans 2 college games on Saturday. on TV. The racetrack was a major part of my gambling action. I worked as a clerk on Wall St. grossing $110.00 a week.
I called in sick on a Thursday and went to Belmont, had a good day so I took the bus to the night card at Yonkers Race track. Won about $400. for the day, more than I ever won before. Got to keep it going so I call in sick on Friday and off to Belmont another good day won $200, so I'm up $600. for 2 days, another bus trip to Yonkers, I can't lose. There is a stakes race with a very heavy favorite from France, I bet $600.00 on the favorite, if it wins it will pay $2.20, The favorite, my bet, gets nosed at wire, I lose $600.00 almost 6 weeks pay. THE SAD PART IS IT PAYS $2.20 FOR SECOND THE SAME AMOUNT IT WOULD HAVE PAID IF IT WON. Wept about that for a week.

Plisskin76 says:

05/23/13 11:59PM

Pretty dumb bet there Conrad.

conrad63 says:

05/24/13 06:53AM

Pliss, You got that right thank God it was more than 40 years ago so I can laugh when I tell the story, instead of cry.

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