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THE PIONEER HUSTLERS' CONVENTION
I got to play for a few hours the next day, Thursday, but then had to go and jump on the bus up to Vegas. Maybe I could have imposed on one of my hustler friends who had apartments in Bullhead City, but it's not my style. So up to Vegas I went.
I checked into the Golden Gate and spent the next three days playing 10-20 Texas Holdem at the Horseshoe. I would be back in Laughlin by noon, Sunday, I thought.
I got up Sunday morning, flipped on the TV, and was listening to the local news while showering and shaving. The bus back to Laughlin would be leaving in a couple of hours. So I'm standing there about half-shaved and hear this coming over the TV: SHOOTOUT IN LAUGHLIN!!! MOTORCYCLE GANGS!!! THREE DEAD!!! MONGOLS!!! HELLS ANGELS!!! ROADS CLOSED!!! NO ONE ALLOWED IN OR OUT!!!
"Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Why me, Lord?" It was Wednesday before I got back into Laughlin.
I wheeled my rollaway luggage in the front door of the Pioneer and saw my little hustler crew at the Main Bar doing the one coin/five coin thing. I checked in, wheeled my luggage to the room, then headed down to the bar.
The bartops at the Main Bar were all dollar denom and practically all 9/6 Jacks, with some 8/5 Bonus Poker thrown in.
"What's up?" I said as I shoved my card into the card reader of a 9/6.
"Where you been?"
"I had a slight delay getting back. Something about a patch war."
"I knew there was gonna be some s--- this year" said Alan.
"What are we trying to hit here? Straight, Flush, Full House" I asked.
"No, Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush."
"That stretches things out somewhat, doesn't it?" I said.
"Yeah, but it's still stronger than the quarter play. They tweaked it down so the doubles don't come so fast. The doubles come faster over here. You should've got here sooner. We were getting Flush, Full House, 4 of a Kind. They changed it this morning to Full House, 4 of a Kind, Straight Flush."
"How strong is it?"
"116%."
"Alan, how did you know there was gonna be some s--- this year?" Alan had an apartment on the hill across the river in Old Bullhead City, Down below on the highway was the Arizona Clearwater Hotel. It was a daily/weekly/monthly. Except everyone had to clear out of the hotel for Biker Weekend because the Hell's Angels always rented the whole hotel for the River Run and wouldn't allow anyone else in. They always had 24 hour sentries on every door. Alan had a bird's eye view of the hotel.
"They rode in wearing their patches this year. They never done that before. Laughlin is neutral territory. But not this year."
The slot techs had a couple more systems up and running. More and more hustlers' piled in. Everyone was staking out their sections.
After several days my little crew and myself had very sore tailbones. The barstools at the Pioneer were made out of solid oak--with no cushions. It was comical as we would sometimes sit, sometimes stand to relieve the pain.
When the action by the ploppies slowed down I would take a trip up to the River Bar to check the unlinked Flush Attacks and The Maxx. On one trip I noticed a well known hustler couple playing on some upright quarter Game Kings. "What's going on there?" I thought. So I started making more frequent trips to get an inkling of what they were doing. Sometimes they would be playing 4-Card Keno, sometimes they would be playing video poker.
"What the hell are they doing?" I kept thinking. "Oh, well, it's their gig. I'll leave them alone for now."
To be continued............
My History in Video Poker (cont'd)
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Splitting into a new topic on account of the page count. Please post any replies and/or continuation here. Some great reading material here!Previous pages can be found here:http://www.videopoker.com/forum/forum_p ... p?TID=2120
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Mickey,
Absolutely tremendous job you're doing of following the timeline here. At the beginning of this story I was saying to myself...wasn't that the year of the shootout during biker week. Great stories you've got. I remember that weekend well, I was just in Vegas the week before with my brother and we witnessed some pretty involved police activity on the strip. I don't know what was going on, but there had to be 50-100 cops converged on this area across the strip from the Monte Carlo. And, incredibly my brother commented that it is so important for the police in Vegas to keep the visitors safe that there is always almost an over-reaction by the police there. He went on to say that if a casino was robbed in Laughlin, they'd be lucky to have Barney Fife show up. Then, the following week all hell broke loose in Laughlin and sure enough the police there were not enough in force to keep the visitors safe.
Absolutely tremendous job you're doing of following the timeline here. At the beginning of this story I was saying to myself...wasn't that the year of the shootout during biker week. Great stories you've got. I remember that weekend well, I was just in Vegas the week before with my brother and we witnessed some pretty involved police activity on the strip. I don't know what was going on, but there had to be 50-100 cops converged on this area across the strip from the Monte Carlo. And, incredibly my brother commented that it is so important for the police in Vegas to keep the visitors safe that there is always almost an over-reaction by the police there. He went on to say that if a casino was robbed in Laughlin, they'd be lucky to have Barney Fife show up. Then, the following week all hell broke loose in Laughlin and sure enough the police there were not enough in force to keep the visitors safe.
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mickey crimm
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Mickey,
Absolutely tremendous job you're doing of following the timeline here. At the beginning of this story I was saying to myself...wasn't that the year of the shootout during biker week. Great stories you've got. I remember that weekend well, I was just in Vegas the week before with my brother and we witnessed some pretty involved police activity on the strip. I don't know what was going on, but there had to be 50-100 cops converged on this area across the strip from the Monte Carlo. And, incredibly my brother commented that it is so important for the police in Vegas to keep the visitors safe that there is always almost an over-reaction by the police there. He went on to say that if a casino was robbed in Laughlin, they'd be lucky to have Barney Fife show up. Then, the following week all hell broke loose in Laughlin and sure enough the police there were not enough in force to keep the visitors safe.
Some of the eye witnesses told me that when the shootout started Harrah's Security Guards were the first ones out of the building.
Absolutely tremendous job you're doing of following the timeline here. At the beginning of this story I was saying to myself...wasn't that the year of the shootout during biker week. Great stories you've got. I remember that weekend well, I was just in Vegas the week before with my brother and we witnessed some pretty involved police activity on the strip. I don't know what was going on, but there had to be 50-100 cops converged on this area across the strip from the Monte Carlo. And, incredibly my brother commented that it is so important for the police in Vegas to keep the visitors safe that there is always almost an over-reaction by the police there. He went on to say that if a casino was robbed in Laughlin, they'd be lucky to have Barney Fife show up. Then, the following week all hell broke loose in Laughlin and sure enough the police there were not enough in force to keep the visitors safe.
Some of the eye witnesses told me that when the shootout started Harrah's Security Guards were the first ones out of the building.
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THE PIONEER HUSTLERS' CONVENTION
I limped my sore butt from the Main Bar up to the River Bar about 3 P.M. to check the Flush Attacks and the Maxx, and to get a look at what the couple were doing. They were gone and and the whole bank of Game Kings was shut down. "I wonder what that's about." I walked around the casino looking for them to see what else they might be playing. They were nowhere to be found. I made periodic trips for the rest of the day to see if the Game Kings were back up and if the couple could be found anywhere in the casino. But the machines stayed down and the couple wasn't to be found.
The next morning I came in and the Game Kings were back up. I lapped the casino looking for the couple They weren't there. So I grabbed a seat on one of the Game Kings. The sign up top said "In Double Time all pays from 50 to 250 coins pay double."
"Okay, so they were playing Four-Card Keno and Video Poker. I'll take a look at the keno first." I took a look at the payscales involved. I quickly zeroed in on the two-spot. It paid 15 for one. Betting 4 coins ($1) would pay 60 coins. That would fit the parameters and pay double.
"Okay, what are my chances of hitting a two-spot?" I pull out my pocket calculator and punch in 20 X 19 divided by 80 then divided by 79. The decimal was .0601265. Then I divided one by the decimal.
"Wow! Every 16.63 games. Now, what's the payback? 15 divided by 16.63 = 90.2%. So that would mean I would be at 180% in the double times. That's pretty stong." I thought.
"Now, how do I keep the machine qualified?" I set the cards up like this: 1 and 2 on the first card, 3 and 4 on the second card, 5 and 6 on the third card and 7 and 8 on the fourth card. Then I hit the one coin button and smacked the deal button.
"Damn! That ain't gonna work." Only the first card played and the other three cards cleared the numbers off. I would have to spend too much time setting the cards back up when the machine went into double time mode. So I set the cards back up and bet one coin on each card. That kept all the cards up and then I could go to max bet in double time.
"But's that's gonna be pretty expensive to keep the machine quallified. I would be betting $1 about 5.5 times a minute. What's the cost on that? Let's see, if I get 6 doubles an hour I would be playing 54 minutes an hour in non-mode." I whip the calculator back out and do the math. "That would be a $297 an hour wager with a 10% drop. Wow! that would be $30 an hour to keep the machine qualified."
"Okay, how many games can I get out in a minute." I timed it a few times and I was getting out not quite 9 games in a minute. That mean't the effective number was 8.
"Okay, what's the profit per double time?" $4 wager x 8 games x 180% = 57.60 minus the $32 wager = $25.60 per double time. "Wow! that's about $154 an hour minus $30 an hour to keep the machine qualified. A $124 an hour play. Whoopee!!!!!
"Now, why were they playing video poker?" I went over to the video poker and the strongest game was 9/6 jacks, then 9/7 Double Bonus. I was looking at the hands that fit the 50 to 250 coin parameter. "There's nothing here! I mean, just the quads and the straight flush on 9/6. And on the Double Bonus nothing but the generic quads and the straight flush." "What in the hell were they playing video poker for when the four-card keno is so strong?"
I went through the other payscales and couldn't find anything that was evem remotely as strong as the keno game. "What in the hell were they doing?
"Oh, damn!!! that's what they were doing?" It finally dawned on me. They were using the video poker to keep the machine qualified. "Okay, let's try it. I already had the Four-Card Keno game set up. So I brought up the 9/6 Jacks. Then I hit the "More Games" sensor, it went to the multi-game screen, then I swiped the Four-Card Keno sensor, and when the keno game came up I smacked the max coin button. "That's it, I think."
Then I went back and did it again timing myself to see how many games I got out. I still got out a little over 8. So I still had an effective number of 8 games in double time. "What does that do to the cost of keeping the machine qualified?" I whiip out the calculator 297 games x .25 = $74.25. Then I discount out the royal and straight flush. $74.25 x 3% = $2.23. "Yep!! That's what they were doing alright. They weren't paying no $30 an hour to keep the machine qualified. They were paying a couple bucks an hour."
I went into the Gift Shop and bought a hat. I wanted the play by myself for as long as possible. Maybe the hat would keep the other hustlers from recognizing me for awhile.
I was pulling $130 to $170 an hour out of the machines at first. Then as it got later the action slowed down so the doubles slowed down. My last hour I got only 2 double times and quit for the night.
to be continued..............
I limped my sore butt from the Main Bar up to the River Bar about 3 P.M. to check the Flush Attacks and the Maxx, and to get a look at what the couple were doing. They were gone and and the whole bank of Game Kings was shut down. "I wonder what that's about." I walked around the casino looking for them to see what else they might be playing. They were nowhere to be found. I made periodic trips for the rest of the day to see if the Game Kings were back up and if the couple could be found anywhere in the casino. But the machines stayed down and the couple wasn't to be found.
The next morning I came in and the Game Kings were back up. I lapped the casino looking for the couple They weren't there. So I grabbed a seat on one of the Game Kings. The sign up top said "In Double Time all pays from 50 to 250 coins pay double."
"Okay, so they were playing Four-Card Keno and Video Poker. I'll take a look at the keno first." I took a look at the payscales involved. I quickly zeroed in on the two-spot. It paid 15 for one. Betting 4 coins ($1) would pay 60 coins. That would fit the parameters and pay double.
"Okay, what are my chances of hitting a two-spot?" I pull out my pocket calculator and punch in 20 X 19 divided by 80 then divided by 79. The decimal was .0601265. Then I divided one by the decimal.
"Wow! Every 16.63 games. Now, what's the payback? 15 divided by 16.63 = 90.2%. So that would mean I would be at 180% in the double times. That's pretty stong." I thought.
"Now, how do I keep the machine qualified?" I set the cards up like this: 1 and 2 on the first card, 3 and 4 on the second card, 5 and 6 on the third card and 7 and 8 on the fourth card. Then I hit the one coin button and smacked the deal button.
"Damn! That ain't gonna work." Only the first card played and the other three cards cleared the numbers off. I would have to spend too much time setting the cards back up when the machine went into double time mode. So I set the cards back up and bet one coin on each card. That kept all the cards up and then I could go to max bet in double time.
"But's that's gonna be pretty expensive to keep the machine quallified. I would be betting $1 about 5.5 times a minute. What's the cost on that? Let's see, if I get 6 doubles an hour I would be playing 54 minutes an hour in non-mode." I whip the calculator back out and do the math. "That would be a $297 an hour wager with a 10% drop. Wow! that would be $30 an hour to keep the machine qualified."
"Okay, how many games can I get out in a minute." I timed it a few times and I was getting out not quite 9 games in a minute. That mean't the effective number was 8.
"Okay, what's the profit per double time?" $4 wager x 8 games x 180% = 57.60 minus the $32 wager = $25.60 per double time. "Wow! that's about $154 an hour minus $30 an hour to keep the machine qualified. A $124 an hour play. Whoopee!!!!!
"Now, why were they playing video poker?" I went over to the video poker and the strongest game was 9/6 jacks, then 9/7 Double Bonus. I was looking at the hands that fit the 50 to 250 coin parameter. "There's nothing here! I mean, just the quads and the straight flush on 9/6. And on the Double Bonus nothing but the generic quads and the straight flush." "What in the hell were they playing video poker for when the four-card keno is so strong?"
I went through the other payscales and couldn't find anything that was evem remotely as strong as the keno game. "What in the hell were they doing?
"Oh, damn!!! that's what they were doing?" It finally dawned on me. They were using the video poker to keep the machine qualified. "Okay, let's try it. I already had the Four-Card Keno game set up. So I brought up the 9/6 Jacks. Then I hit the "More Games" sensor, it went to the multi-game screen, then I swiped the Four-Card Keno sensor, and when the keno game came up I smacked the max coin button. "That's it, I think."
Then I went back and did it again timing myself to see how many games I got out. I still got out a little over 8. So I still had an effective number of 8 games in double time. "What does that do to the cost of keeping the machine qualified?" I whiip out the calculator 297 games x .25 = $74.25. Then I discount out the royal and straight flush. $74.25 x 3% = $2.23. "Yep!! That's what they were doing alright. They weren't paying no $30 an hour to keep the machine qualified. They were paying a couple bucks an hour."
I went into the Gift Shop and bought a hat. I wanted the play by myself for as long as possible. Maybe the hat would keep the other hustlers from recognizing me for awhile.
I was pulling $130 to $170 an hour out of the machines at first. Then as it got later the action slowed down so the doubles slowed down. My last hour I got only 2 double times and quit for the night.
to be continued..............
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THE PIONEER HUSTLERS' CONVENTION
The next day I was back on the Game Kngs trying to keep as low a profile as possible. But I got made. I was playing right along when I hear:
"What's going on over here, Mickey?"
"Oh, Randy, how you doing, buddy?" Hey, you ain't gonna rat me out are you."
"Why? How strong is it?"
"It's pretty strong. About 180%. It's worth about $150 an hour right now. But if any other hustlers' get on the bank it'll suck the money pool down on me. You still got that Five-Play Super Aces working, don't you?"
Randy had one of the best plays in the house. He was going from one coin to 25 coins on a dollar Five-Play Super Ace Bonus.
"Yeah, it's still going. Okay, I'll leave you alone for now.
"Thanks, Buddy." He walked off.
But a couple hours later I hear:
"What's up over here, Mickey?"
"Hey, Alan. I can't take those oak chairs at the bar anymore. I'm just giving my butt a rest and playing a little keno."
"Nice try, Mickey. Now what the hell is going on over here? You gonna tell me or do I have to figure it out myself?
"Okay. Okay. Grab a seat. I guess I can throw this stupid hat away now." I threw the hat down between the machines.
"Okay, Alan. Put about 50 bucks in the machine. "
"Now, go to the Four-Card Keno and set up all four cards with two-spots, all different numbers. Just bet one coin on each card and play one game to lock the cards in. "
"Now, switch over to 9/6 Jacks. That's how you're gonna keep the machine qualified. When it goes into double time hit the more games sensor, then the Four-Card Keno sensor, then when the keno game comes up, start smacking the max coin button. "
"That's good. Mickey. How did you figure all that out?
"Just playing 'follow the hustler.'"
I had to take a cut in pay because of Alan, but the money was still pretty good. The next morning when I got to the bank they had changed the parameters from 50 to 250 coins up to 100 to 250 coins. I guess they thought that would put a stop to our play. But we just duplicated the numbers. I put 1 and 2 on the first two cards and 3 and 4 on the second two cards-so when a two-spot came in it paid $30 and fit into the parameters.
I ran into Randy in the coffee shop. He asked me how much longer I was going to be town.
"As soon as they get the double times tweaked all the way down I'll be heading back to Vegas, and then probably up to Reno. I hear the video poker situation is pretty good up there right now.
"Do me a favor and keep an eye out for a game called Draw Till U Win. It'll be on the Bally Gamemakers if you find it."
"How strong is it?"
"103%."
"You got the strategy?"
"Don't worry about that. Just give me a call if you find it."
"Okay."
The next day I was back on the Game Kngs trying to keep as low a profile as possible. But I got made. I was playing right along when I hear:
"What's going on over here, Mickey?"
"Oh, Randy, how you doing, buddy?" Hey, you ain't gonna rat me out are you."
"Why? How strong is it?"
"It's pretty strong. About 180%. It's worth about $150 an hour right now. But if any other hustlers' get on the bank it'll suck the money pool down on me. You still got that Five-Play Super Aces working, don't you?"
Randy had one of the best plays in the house. He was going from one coin to 25 coins on a dollar Five-Play Super Ace Bonus.
"Yeah, it's still going. Okay, I'll leave you alone for now.
"Thanks, Buddy." He walked off.
But a couple hours later I hear:
"What's up over here, Mickey?"
"Hey, Alan. I can't take those oak chairs at the bar anymore. I'm just giving my butt a rest and playing a little keno."
"Nice try, Mickey. Now what the hell is going on over here? You gonna tell me or do I have to figure it out myself?
"Okay. Okay. Grab a seat. I guess I can throw this stupid hat away now." I threw the hat down between the machines.
"Okay, Alan. Put about 50 bucks in the machine. "
"Now, go to the Four-Card Keno and set up all four cards with two-spots, all different numbers. Just bet one coin on each card and play one game to lock the cards in. "
"Now, switch over to 9/6 Jacks. That's how you're gonna keep the machine qualified. When it goes into double time hit the more games sensor, then the Four-Card Keno sensor, then when the keno game comes up, start smacking the max coin button. "
"That's good. Mickey. How did you figure all that out?
"Just playing 'follow the hustler.'"
I had to take a cut in pay because of Alan, but the money was still pretty good. The next morning when I got to the bank they had changed the parameters from 50 to 250 coins up to 100 to 250 coins. I guess they thought that would put a stop to our play. But we just duplicated the numbers. I put 1 and 2 on the first two cards and 3 and 4 on the second two cards-so when a two-spot came in it paid $30 and fit into the parameters.
I ran into Randy in the coffee shop. He asked me how much longer I was going to be town.
"As soon as they get the double times tweaked all the way down I'll be heading back to Vegas, and then probably up to Reno. I hear the video poker situation is pretty good up there right now.
"Do me a favor and keep an eye out for a game called Draw Till U Win. It'll be on the Bally Gamemakers if you find it."
"How strong is it?"
"103%."
"You got the strategy?"
"Don't worry about that. Just give me a call if you find it."
"Okay."
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vdpkr557
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Hey Mickey how you doing. Sure do miss you. The good banking machines were sure great. If anyone is wondering I met Mickey late in 2001 and I now consider him my best friend in life. One of the smartest, and most honest people I've ever met. Over the last eight something years we have shared many intresting plays which I hope he will share with all of you in the future. Both of us being professional gamblers we are not currently in the same location, for over a year. Sure do miss you Mickey. Lets all convince him to write a book, a sure best seller.
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mickey crimm
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Hey Mickey how you doing. Sure do miss you. The good banking machines were sure great. If anyone is wondering I met Mickey late in 2001 and I now consider him my best friend in life. One of the smartest, and most honest people I've ever met. Over the last eight something years we have shared many intresting plays which I hope he will share with all of you in the future. Both of us being professional gamblers we are not currently in the same location, for over a year. Sure do miss you Mickey. Lets all convince him to write a book, a sure best seller.
Notice my friend's screen name, vdpkr. What does that remind you of. I'll call him "Al" on here so he can keep his anonymity. Al and me are best friends and we are always in contact no matter where each of us are. We always talk on the phone at least a few times a week. We are best friends.
To say Al is a quite capable gambler is an understatement. Whether it's video poker or live poker Al is world class. He's had his picture in Cardplayer Magazine a few times. Not many people could pull $90,000 out of the 1/2 blind no-limit games in 1700 hours at the Golden Nugget--but Al did. The more I talk to him about poker the more I learn how much I don't know about poker.
Here's a story from one of the World Poker Challenges at the Reno Hilton (now Grand Sierra).
Al was sitting in a 2-5 blind no-limit game. There was no cap on the amount of money you could put on the table. Al had the biggest stack at about $1500.
Over to the table walked Drunk Dave. He had gold on every finger and around his neck. Dave is a showoff. He likes to plop $25,000 or $30,000 down on the table, in a small blind no-limit game, to intimidate everyone. He trash talks the players and is just an overall boor.
Maybe the out-of-towners in the game hadn't seen Dave's act before but Al had. Dave had a bad habit and Al knew it. In these small blind no-limit games the players will have anywhere from a few hundred dollars in front of them up to maybe $1500. Meanwhile Daves' always got 25K or 30K on the table. When Dave wants to move in on someone he likes to showoff by pulling his arms back, then sweeping them forward and announcing in a booming voice "I'M ALL INNNN!!! When all he had to do was sit enough money out there to cover the guy.
Al quietly left the game and headed for his safe deposit box. He pulled out $20,000, then walked around to the cage and bought four cranberries ($5,000 chips). He returned to the game and placed the cranberries on top of his stack in clear view. A few of the players glanced over at Al but Drunk Dave didn't notice.
After awhile Dave and Al got into it. Dave was holding the third-nut flush on the flop. But Al had the nut-flush. Dave bet the pot on the flop and Al just called. Dave then bet the pot on the turn and Al just called. On the river Dave glanced over at Al's stack and then pulled his arms back, then he swept them forward announcing in that big booming voice:
"I'M ALL IINNNNN!!!!
"CALL!!!!" said Al.
"I guess you got me" said Dave. "How much you got over there?"
"Let's see" says Al "$21, 117
"WHAT THE HELL???!!!!! says Dave. His eyes zero in on Al's stack. He spies the cranberries and screams FLOOR!!!FLOOR!!!FLOOR!!!
The floorman gets there and asks "What the hell in going on over here, Dave?"
"HE HID THOSE CRANBERRIES ON ME!!!"
"No, I didn't" says Al. "You wanna go to the film?"
The floorman looked at Al's stack then at all the players and the dealer.
"Were those cranberries hidden" he asked.
Everyone (except Dave) agreed that the cranberries were sitting on top of Al's stack in plain view.
"Pay him, Dave."
Notice my friend's screen name, vdpkr. What does that remind you of. I'll call him "Al" on here so he can keep his anonymity. Al and me are best friends and we are always in contact no matter where each of us are. We always talk on the phone at least a few times a week. We are best friends.
To say Al is a quite capable gambler is an understatement. Whether it's video poker or live poker Al is world class. He's had his picture in Cardplayer Magazine a few times. Not many people could pull $90,000 out of the 1/2 blind no-limit games in 1700 hours at the Golden Nugget--but Al did. The more I talk to him about poker the more I learn how much I don't know about poker.
Here's a story from one of the World Poker Challenges at the Reno Hilton (now Grand Sierra).
Al was sitting in a 2-5 blind no-limit game. There was no cap on the amount of money you could put on the table. Al had the biggest stack at about $1500.
Over to the table walked Drunk Dave. He had gold on every finger and around his neck. Dave is a showoff. He likes to plop $25,000 or $30,000 down on the table, in a small blind no-limit game, to intimidate everyone. He trash talks the players and is just an overall boor.
Maybe the out-of-towners in the game hadn't seen Dave's act before but Al had. Dave had a bad habit and Al knew it. In these small blind no-limit games the players will have anywhere from a few hundred dollars in front of them up to maybe $1500. Meanwhile Daves' always got 25K or 30K on the table. When Dave wants to move in on someone he likes to showoff by pulling his arms back, then sweeping them forward and announcing in a booming voice "I'M ALL INNNN!!! When all he had to do was sit enough money out there to cover the guy.
Al quietly left the game and headed for his safe deposit box. He pulled out $20,000, then walked around to the cage and bought four cranberries ($5,000 chips). He returned to the game and placed the cranberries on top of his stack in clear view. A few of the players glanced over at Al but Drunk Dave didn't notice.
After awhile Dave and Al got into it. Dave was holding the third-nut flush on the flop. But Al had the nut-flush. Dave bet the pot on the flop and Al just called. Dave then bet the pot on the turn and Al just called. On the river Dave glanced over at Al's stack and then pulled his arms back, then he swept them forward announcing in that big booming voice:
"I'M ALL IINNNNN!!!!
"CALL!!!!" said Al.
"I guess you got me" said Dave. "How much you got over there?"
"Let's see" says Al "$21, 117
"WHAT THE HELL???!!!!! says Dave. His eyes zero in on Al's stack. He spies the cranberries and screams FLOOR!!!FLOOR!!!FLOOR!!!
The floorman gets there and asks "What the hell in going on over here, Dave?"
"HE HID THOSE CRANBERRIES ON ME!!!"
"No, I didn't" says Al. "You wanna go to the film?"
The floorman looked at Al's stack then at all the players and the dealer.
"Were those cranberries hidden" he asked.
Everyone (except Dave) agreed that the cranberries were sitting on top of Al's stack in plain view.
"Pay him, Dave."
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Great friggin' story! I hate guys like Drunk Dave, that's why I don't play tables anymore. I'm usually the quiet guy like Al, but I have Drunk Dave's luck. I agree Mickey, you should write a book...or at least a monthly column in a big time gaming mag.
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oej719
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I want him to tell us what he knows about robbie singgeerrette.
