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Friday, March 7. 2008A Stranger Asks a Favor- Last Part I stopped here, and asked him if he could name at least 5 pros, and by golly, he named about 8 or 9, including a European player I've NEVER heard of. I checked it up on Google after we talked (well, days after), and yes, such a pro exists. Anyway, going back to the all-in, he added that by fighting with a hand aggressively, the gambler should be conscious of the fact that this could result to bigger wagers, thus, it's always an intelligent idea to go after oppoents who are short-stacked. He said more, but this should be enough, after about a couple of hours, the father returned. He said that it's ok now, that he was able to contact the ex-wife, and that the latter promised him that she would not raise well if the son stayed the night at his place. Well, before we parted ways, I had a minute of total privacy with the father, and he said, 'I hope my son did not bother you'. To which I replied, ON THE CONTRARY SIR, YOUR son was able to entertain me in a manner some of my colleagues would be unable to do, not in a million days. To which he retorted, 'Yes, he is such a wonder when it comes to math, my brothers call him the Einstein of his generation', and we shook hands, he left. When he left, I thought, 'MATH...Good Lord, he is a math genius...we did not even go there?'- oh well, if all the kids of this country were like him, it would be a glorious future for this country, not just in politics. Thursday, March 6. 2008The Pros and the Celebrities Congregate
Venue was LA's Commerce Casino, and the event was the prestigious World Poker Tour’s Celebrity Invitational, but no, Catherine Zeta-Jones was not there, neither was Julia Roberts.
Actually, for somebody who very rarely sees movies and is not well-versed in the world of poker names, it was still easy to discern the pros (who are not acting) and the celebs (who not only act, but play cards too)- the celebs were comfortable in front of the media/photographers while the serious pros were already thinking of their card strategies even before sitting down. According to Lou Lombardi, it is a refreshing to be out of the house and be able to just relax. Elementary words, but how true. Celebs who graced this happening, a few: Ricki Lane, Norm McDonald, Jennifer Tilly (now this is one good actress, at the same time a great poker lady), and Don Cheadle. Oh, I almost forgot, STEVEN SEAGAL was there. Ooops, what did I say, strike that last name out. Right on day one, some of the strongest sharks got kicked out of contention, like Greenstein, Gavin Smith and even Antonio Esfandiari. Friday, February 22. 2008A Man Named Beef
He was a casino friend (as opposed to a FRIEND), and his name is Beef. Well, this all happened so many years ago, when the Net poker rooms had just started becoming a real hot phenomenon. See, Beef was an alcoholic, and out of concern, I and some other friends thought that by bringing him with us to the landbased casinos, he would be able to overcome his addiction to beer/vodka/rhum/whatnot.
We were so stupid, we totally forgot all about the free drinks. I hate to use the word "abuse", but that he did. He asked for glass after glass after glass of alcholic drink, that if you saw him, you would think he would be gassed to death the next day. Anyway, when the Net room phenom started breaking, my gang thought that online poker is the best. He could gamble in there without any worries of drinking. That was fine (he was never in danger of getting addicted to poker or gambling, take it from me, I just can't say why), at least for a month. After a month, his wife started calling all of us (in the gang), saying that his husband has found a new addiction. More than online gambling, he has stopped reporting for work, he is now into: online auctions, online shopping and even the online interactive games like Ran and whatnot. You really have to admire (or detest, your choice) some people, there is no "defeating" them. Tuesday, February 19. 2008Cash Handling So many gamblers, that include experienced people, commit bankroll blunders. A big error is to think of the funds as if they were a buyin for WSOP, or any tourney for that matter. When you have been gambling for 2 weeks, and you are close to the break even level, one might think that going up to a bigger money game with the entire bankroll is a great act.It is not, it is a probable way of losing everything. Why: the gambler is putting a lot of pressure with too little funds, particularly at a level which is "outside one's league". I mean, even with initial monies equal, can you imagine yourself in a field composed of Ivey, Moneymaker, Hellmuth and Jennifer Tilly? If you do not get intimidated, your bankroll would, if you get my point. Unless of course, your name is Esfandiari, in which case all is about equal- more or less. One more thing, the gambler would face the dangers of getting into passive mode at the bigger-cash games, since he may turn hesitant even if aggressiveness is called for. Well, a simple solution to this, just don't do it. Stay at your level, have patience, and sooner or later, you can afford to go up. WHO KNOWS...you might just become strong enough to face the names I've mentioned. Monday, January 28. 2008Part Two of A Stranger Asks a Favor
Now, one good thing was, this stranger was a very, very close friend of the House's top man, and as such, they made an exception for him. He was allowed to bring in his kid inside the casino, but the kid was mandated to stay only in either of two places: restroom or the small lounge of the casino. Well, the restroom would be ideal for somebody who has the world's worst
 case of diarrhea, but this kid was normal. Ergo, he stayed at the lounge, and having met the kid, I should say that he was a very PRIM AND PROPER lad, one of America's youth that should be celebrated.Well, the father rushed out with an apologetic grin at me, to do, well, whatever it was he had to do to rectify the situation. You would not believe it, but that kid knew something in poker that some of my acquaintances - ADULT ACQUAINTANCES- would not even be able to elaborate on. It's the topic on all-in, when I asked the kid, "Well, what exactly can you tell me about the all-in in poker?"- the surprise both awed and surprised me. He knew all about the following: that in NL, all-in is a frequent thing, which permits the gamblers to bully the opposition. This is one standard move employed by the card professionals. Tuesday, January 22. 2008The Reasons for Learning the Proper Strategy
In blackjack, there are numerous reasons for learning the fundamental strategy, here are a few: first, it would enhance one's computing skills, that includes power of deduction. Well, not the deduction which Sherlock Holmes, but deduction to a certain point, if you get my drift.
Another is this: and it is self-evident to a lot of folks, winning is better than losing, winning is more exhilarating than losing, winning is MORE UPLIFTING than losing, right? Unless you are a millionaire or a billionaire, nothing feels better (at least for most) than walking out the door with thousands of dollars won from the games. Even if not thousands but just hundreds, winning is winning. We may never get to equalize, in terms of the House advantage, but if one learns the proper strategies- and more so if it's advance theories, it is very satisfying, for one knows he has done all he could. He has done his best in cutting down the advantage to the absolute minimum, plus the fact that it would merit the respect of fellow gamblers. There, having said all that...I am calling it a day, so newbies...start hitting the books (or hire a tutor, whatever). Friday, January 18. 2008Hints for the Newbies and Intermediate Players
Craps guys, craps is the game I'll be speaking of today, so here goes.
If you feel you need assistance, do not hesitate, unless the dealer is an Orc or a Klingon, chances are, he would accommodate you. # Watch where your hands are, if you hit the flying dice with any part of your hand or forearm, be prepared for two things coming  your way: a severe reprimand from the dealer, and for the game to be temprarily halted. Oh, make it three things: dirty looks from the veteran co-gamblers.# Avoid arrogance: let me tell you about somebody I know named Kirby. Kirby had the habit of going to the most expensive tables, even if the bankroll he was carrying was just enough to last him half an hour in roulette (mid-level stakes), and maybe a glass of beer. What kept on happening was, barely an hour has passed, he would be dead broke. One good thing for him though, he had a lot of friends, thus, there would always be somebody willing to accommodate him with a loan, or even freebie cash. (I know some people who would go out of their way to avoid talking to him, for fear of being asked for a loan). # Your winnings are yours and they are your responsibility, it is not the dealer's task to attend to them. Wednesday, January 16. 2008She Holds Many Firsts Kathy Liebert barged into the poker elite in a very dramatic way, via her televised win in the Poker Royale: Battle of the Sexes, and in there, she defeated eleven other combatants (mixed gender). Kathy clinched a prize money of 100 thousand dollars, but the money was, I can assume, secondary in importance. First would be the international fame she immediately acquired. Not a lot of people know this though, even before that momentous victory, she proved that she was capable of holding her own against the best fighters of the game. She is the first female to win a poker tourney whose buyin is at least five grand. She is the first female to clinch one million dollars in a tourney setting, this was in a PartyPoker event. Then, she got her FIRST bracelet in the most-touted WSOP, she clinched the Holdem Shootout in the 2004 edition, she won $110,180 there. It may have changed already, but in case it has not, I might as well mention it, she is number three for women in the category of "all-time money list at the World Series". A little bit on her personal side before we call it a day, ok? She attended Poughkeepsie's Marist College, finishing with a business degree. She was hired by Dun & Bradstreet, but she had no passion for that job, she resigned. I don't know about you, but that firm's loss is our (gambling world) gain. Friday, January 11. 2008Devices Becoming an Issue
Veteran gamblers of the roulette side have been rushing to and fro, far and wide, to get those £1,000 devices that they insist would make them all rich. Multitudes of roulette-cheating machines had been experimented on in a laboratory a few years ago, in the wake of a gang alleged to have gotten/won £1.3m.
When the research had been culminated, the gambling watching entity of that government conceded that the technology could give gamblers a "considerable" edge. But before you rejoice though, I have to say this, there are other experts out there, every bit as respected and renowned as those who insist on the "considerable", who contradict the views. That's the way it is, even this field of study is not yet an exact science. Whatever, whichever camp is correct, for now, the casino bosses would be scratching their heads and consulting with their security chiefs (who are also scratching the heads) on how to safeguard their roulette turfs. If you know who Mark Griffiths is, he said that computer devices like this do not mean cheating, oh, if you do not know who he is, he is one of Europe's most renowned authorities in wagering. Wednesday, January 9. 2008He is a Publisher He is the renowned publisher of that renowned magazine, the Card Player Magazine, and yes, you got that right. I am speaking of Barry Shulman, and unlike other theorists, he is also good on actual hand-on competitions. Still and all, it is not unfair to say that the essence of his being is the publishing of his magazine, over that of actual 'fighting on the cards arena.'Way back in the sixties, he was really active in poker, but that was then, not anymore. When he transferrd to Vegas, he reacquired his poker passion, and he became very hungry for information. Right after, he used his retirement funds to buy the Card Player, so he turned from warrior to...well, to borrow a theater word, 'director" or stage manager. With Barry Shulman at the wheel, the publication rose from being a mere handout to becoming a true respected piece of literature. It was in 2003 when they hit the many newsstands, and at present, holds a significant number of readers. (I do not know about you, but in the last WSOP THAT I attended, I read about half a dozen issues, to well, sort of give myself a crash course, a reminder crash course that is. Wednesday, January 2. 2008A Stranger Asks a Favor - Part One Before I go to the meat of my story, let me say this right here at the get-go. One of the casinos I frequent- like so many other casinos everywhere- forbid guests from bringing in kids- whether they are sons, daughters or nieces/nephews. Now, there was this stranger, he was in a very difficult situation. He had with him his 9-year old son, and he was supposed to meet his (ex) wife at a restaurant, so that the latter could fetch the son. (The stranger could visit and take the son out for (whatever, lunch or carnival) a maximum of four times per month. Now the problem was, his wife did not show, and when he went to his wife's (again, that's EX-WIFE) place, she was not there. The woman's cell was off, and the stranger could not let his son sleep at his place. After all, the ex-wife might suddenly appear and shout "IT'S AGAINST THE COURT'S mandates!" all over his face.So, what happened was, on that night I had already lost about a thousand dollars at poker and craps (combined), he showed up, looking like he would collapse anytime from sheer worry and exhaustion. Thursday, December 27. 2007Action for OmahaTips for a stronger performance in your Omaha games: # If there are so many gamblers fighting for the pot, the cruciality of the hand is paramount over where you are seated. # Fight only the starters with 4 related cards, but of course, there would be exceptions to this. # Post-flop, concede if you do not have the nut draw or a very strong set. # Strongest set for the high/low would be the double-suited AA23. # To draw to the 2nd nuts is suicide, and I will not elaborate on this. (I assume you know your Omaha if you have reached this far). # If it's multi-way action, every person holds 4, expect the nuts to be somebody's if it is not yours. # The playable starters are in classifications of large pairs with the connector,the rundowns, the 3-card rundowns holding a pair within. # For the high/low games, if you don't have a backup low card, goes from a strong one to trash if one of your holdings gets duplicated on the board. # A pair of aces are good starters in the Omaha, however, if the low board makes a straight, the flush and 2-pair- which would not match with your 2 cards, you would most probably be a loser. # Occasions would come when you would be battling it out with a real monster hand. Check for any sign that might have been missed, but remember, poker is losing too. Any serious veteran shrugs it off the way a duck treats water rolling off its back. Monday, December 24. 2007Actually Play It I know somebody, let me just call him PoorGuy. Well, PoorGuy wanted so much to be so good in roulette, so much so that he bought books about the game (by the tons), befriended roulette veterans so that he could get tips, and God knew what else. The problem was, the most important thing to be done, he failed to do, that was: actual playing at the sites. Best way really to graduate from the newbie stage to the intermediate division is to gamble physically at the landbased, or gamble (well, physically in the sense that one is supposed to be there in front of the computer, OK, virtually if it would make you happy) online. Landbased, you will be educated (really educated) on what a biased wheel is all about, for no amount of reading it in books will make you appreciate the actuality of it. (It is like reading a "How to swim" book, you can read it 24-7, yet if you do not dive in the real world (real pool), then all is useless. Online, you could study the methods, you can even take notes, which is something inadvisable at the landbased scene. Wednesday, December 19. 2007Roulette Matters Here are some hints, which, though they may not guarantee ultimate success, would prevent you from having too many losses, from a general perspective.# Do not chase the profits, or rather, chase losses. If you define a bankroll as something "I can lose all this yet I will not lose any sleep tonight", then well and good. You can concentrate on having fun, think of the slots "penny old ladies". Some folks may scoff at them, but they know what gambling really is. That is what makes winning the big one much sweeter, if ever. # Do not parlay wagers, this is a very dangerous thing to do. You may find yourself with a winning level of 20,000$ from this gung-ho thing, but more probably, you'll find yourself losing the 5 grand you won just an hour ago. # Defintely connected to the last mentioned tip: put aside some won money. When you just break even at the end of the night, you'll "feel a sour taste in the mouth". After all, you did lose a lot of time, so, even 50$ winnings would at least make you feel better. If nothing else, you can take the cab if you don't live so far away from the site. # Wagers covering 0, 00, one, two and three are usually bad, but hey, many exceptions to these exist. I will leave you to your own devices to determine what those exceptions are. Monday, December 17. 2007Tilting Talk Once More Something happened at the casino three or four nights ago that made me inclined to write about tilting again, even if I have already discussed it here in the past. It was Joe (an engineer, late 40s) against Maven (she's a piano teacher, early 20s) facing off each other for the Pot of the Night. I mean, all the monies were in there, including the pet poodle of each one. Anyway, strength-wise, Joe was the clear favorite, he is one of the sharks of that particular site. Maven was no pushover, but she is not in the same league as Joe. To cut a very long story short, VERY SHORT, Maven dealt Joe a very painful loss, beating Joe's full house (of Qs) by a full house of Aces! Joe hit the roof, and he started attacking Maven verbally. Maven acted in a very composed manner, she gathered all her chips, stood up, and declared to the dealer and to everybody at the table, "I refuse to listen to this verbal assault, call me once he has left. If he does not, I'll see you tomorrow". Then she left with the air of a European princess, and at that, Joe saw the light. He started apologizing, but our dealer cut him off by saying, "shut the f*&k up, do that next time Joe, I'll bring this up to the management. I don't care if you've been a regular in this place since World War I". Laughter erupted, and we played on. Joe's face was all red for the remainder of the evening...oh well, that's a tilt, no other word for it. Wednesday, December 12. 2007Words Starting With B
Poker terms all, and they all begin with B, let's go.
Blank: board card which would seem to be immaterial to the hierarchy of the hands in action. Blind: NO, it has nothing to do with the eyes, but it has everything to do with- a forced wager placed by one (or more) gambler prior to the dealing of cards. Ordinarily, the left of the button would be tasked to do this kind of bet. Big blind: bigger of the 2 blinds, particularly of the Texas Holdem games. Big Slick: a "pet name for the Ace-king, suited or otherwise. Board: collectively, the community cards, there, enough said. Bot: in the context of poker, this is a program enabled to play poker online, and you have been in the online gambling scene for a long time now, then I am sure you hate it as much as I do. UNLESS OF COURSE, IT'S YOUR BOT, in which case, please stay away from my site. Bottom Pair: that pair with the smallest card in the flop stage. Bubble: NO, this has nothing to do with the product of washing clothes, in poker, it is the point where the person has to get out in order for the rest to win some cash. Button: this is a white disk indicating who should act as the dealer, in games where there is no official one. Monday, December 10. 2007This is a Trash Holding
There are many of those garbage hands, but here is just one of them.
The Ace with a card- anything that is low actually. So many gamblers cannot fold this prior to the flop, and you know why? The 2 cards may be suited, and you know exactly what it is they are praying for. It is a dominated set, believe me, you cannot succeed with most of it, and almost always, your bankroll would just get diminished. Even if everybody folds, how much have you won? Nothing great, but here is the painful reality. If you get called, the other's kicker is in all probability, higher than yours, and that's that. Part of your bankroll will come alive and shift its allegiance to the pockets of another gambler. It would just place you in the guessing scene, then if you go up to the river fighting with the Ace-trash, only to be faced with an A-9, you would lose many bets, now that is something for you to think of. If we talk of a Jack or a Queen with any low card, same thing, I'll just repeat everything (well 95%) I said above. Wednesday, December 5. 2007Numbers
In poker, there are cases where math should be incorporated just a bit, but applied still. Let me go to a concrete scenario: you are at the river having a bottom pair, the opponent wagers 4 dollars for a ten dollar pot, what then? Let us say the opponent has a poker face that is as expressive as a stone wall, thus you can discern no tells at all, use math.
 You are now wondering if he is bluffing or not, now we go to a combination of math and his past actions. (That is on the assumption that you were monitoring.) You have noticed that he bluffs once out of three times when he has the strongest set at the river's phase. After you've done all the math, you will go to the bottom line, you will lose 3x for every time you succeed, thus, it is a 3 to 1 thing. When you call and you win, it is 14 dollars one time, but if you call and lose,you would lose four dollars thrice. Bottom line again; a net revenue of two dollars if you called at the river each occasion, thus, it would be best to call- ehr...I know...it is kind of hard to have all this run in your head right there at the poker table, think of it this way. It is like learning a foreign language, it would get easier as you go along the road. Monday, December 3. 2007They are Quite Secret Believe it or not, and much as I am embarrassed to admit it, I did not get to know ANY OF THE following until after I've spent 6 months of active craps (landbased) play. You are luckier, if this is your first month in it, you'll be informed, thanks to me, ha ha. These are hints which are not given left and right by experts, one reason: well, it is nice to know you have some insider's secrets known only to a select few right? # Actually, one could cash out prior to winning ten thousand dollars, and what for? This would save the person from the act of filling out tax forms. If you hate this kind of forms, trust me, you belong to a big group. # One could go past the table limits upon betting on an established point at the PL or Come, do this by going to a place bet, same digit of course. # One could ask any Proposition wager (for dealer) to be considered parlayed. # When another person gets your winning payoff (accidental I hope), ask for a ruling by the boxman. If things get nasty (you know what I mean), ask for the security camera tape to be checked by the casino's surveillance team. Wednesday, November 28. 2007Do NOT Sleep at the Poker Table You may be the strongest poker player in your block, or your neighborhood, or for that matter, you may be the equal of Moneymaker in all technical departments of the game, but there is no escaping the fact that there would be losing sessions. There would even be losing streaks, whether you like it or not. Unless you are a high-roller who can no longer count your money out of (its) sheer abundance, then I can safely assume that you want to monitor how your bankroll is doing. There are so many reasons why a gambler should quit for the night (or day, or noon), but one of the major reaons is the tilt. Following are manifestations that the dreaded T word has embraced you, or about to: Constantly thinking that the competitors are bluffing, even if not. The ultimate target is no longer to win, but just to break even. When you take a restroom 2-minute break, you are itching to go back to the table at once. Now, here are a couple of things saying you have gambled too much for the day: Falling asleep right there while the dealer is shuffling, and/or you can NO LONGER DISCERN if that long-haired being in front of you is a woman or just a rockstar-wannabe. A variation of that last: out of sheer fatigue, you have lost control of 90% of your mental faculties. You find hair overflowing right at your elbow on the table, and you CANNOT DISCERN if it's an opponent's hair or if your own hair MAGICALLY lengthened by half a ruler in just 2 hours! Monday, November 26. 2007Get Away from the Number Five Here are a few hints before anything else: choose the European over the American kind of game.Avoid the #5 from the American game, the odds of that particular wager are downright ugly. If the casino is offering the "en prison" rule, exploit it by doing even money wagers. There are of course times, when taking the rule is inadvisable, but if you are a roulette veteran, I need not say anything. Now we go to elementary procedures for online roulette: the chips are places by denominations, that's by ones, fives, twenty-fives, hundreds and the 500$. All depending on where you want to put the chips, bet on any place from 1 to 18, that is, a single wager. When you engage in lower than minimum, a message box would prompt you, I even came across a site where a big bunny appears where the message was there on the bunny's teeth. The programmers probably meant it to be funny, I just found it to be annoying, at the very least. Press "spin" to move the wheel, and in most sites, the track record of past winning sets are displayed via a table. Just check the options, you'll easily find it. Most of these sites are user-friendly, with emphasis on "most". Tuesday, November 13. 2007Last Part of The Saga of Pierce That sobered up Pierce, he went up to the 3rd floor (where the ex's office was located), entered the office without knocking and shouted, "You can take ALL your drinks and shove them up your- (CENSORED, NO, NO, not gonna put that here). That time, the ex-girlfriend laughed at his face. He stormed out of the casino, went to a pub nearby, and drowned himself in Coors. Clearly, it was one hell of a relationship, I wonder if they would acknowledge each other if they bumped into each other at a 7-11 store? Oh, one last method he uses even up to now: he would simply go up to the bar and shout vehemently, "Where in heaven's name is my wine/beer? I've already lost 3 grand at craps and you cannot even give me a lousy drink?" (He can act too, I'll give him that). The bartender, scared out of his wits usually, would give the drinks faster than Superman on a bad day. There was one time a funny thing happened, the casino boss (the top man himself) was attending to the bar, supposedly, he used to be a bartender in younger years. When Pierce shouted his usual spiel, the Top Man said, "I know who you are, I am giving you 60 seconds to get out of my casino, before my security turns you into something ugly". Well, call him a coward or intelligent, it's your call, but Pierce did not need 60 seconds. He was out of there so fast the USS Enterprise would be so humiliated, their warp 9 was beaten. To say that I and my other friends are impressed with Pierce would be an understatement. We call him "Pierce the Gratis", yes, even in his presence. He does not mind, if anything, he looks honored when he hears the label. Thursday, November 8. 2007A Cheating Issue I will no longer name the site/room that is the center of all the attention, for I think it would be unnecessary, you must have kept tabs on this nefarious bit of development right?How exactly did the crime (you provide the lesser term, if you want), get unraveled? The poker investigators, a few of the players themselves, traced the IP address of the observer the the same servers hosting that particular online room. Also, to somebody named Scott Tom (that's the real one), who ALLEGEDLY is a part-owner of that online room. Assuming all of this to be 100% true, then anybody with the minimum prerequisite of IQ POINTS can deduce this: insider at that site had realtime access to each and every hole card at the time of the competition, then relayed all this to a partner off-site. I do not know about you, but if this poker room maintains that everything went kosher, then I guess they are going to face a drastic cut from their number of patrons. AFTER ALL, I did not join that tourney, but nothing angers me more than a cheating issue on a game anchored on trust, and the online games, on its very nature, has trust as its very foundation. TO THE OWNERS OF THAT SITE: You know who you are, just an elderly advise, start moving. Monday, November 5. 2007Part Two on The Saga of Pierce Then, there was that one time that he and the casino VP (female) became an item. The VP probably instructed all her subordinates to give Pierce all the alcohol he wants even if it bankrupts their bar. This kept on for so long, maybe half a year, then one fateful night, Pierce stood her up on a date, kept her waiting for 2 solid hours in a godforsaken restaurant in the middle of nowhere. (He said, "I totally forgot, it was football night, she must BE CRAZY"- as if he were the one who waited for two hours). World War III erupted over that, and they broke up. If it were any other guy, he would have stopped patronizing the casino where she works. Not for Pierce, no...no...not for this particular guy. However, the VP, his ex-girlfriend, put her foot down. She said, "You are no longer eligible to take in all the free drinks you want, don't make me embarrass you in front of people". Pierce laughed at her face, thought that she was just kidding- really, some guys CANNOT get any clue. So, what he did, he still kept on getting one free drink after another, until a security guy the size of Texas came up to him and told him this, "Sir, this is your first and last warning. Cease and desist FROM YOUR FREE DRINKS RAMPAGE, otherwise, we will be forced to evict you from the premises...and you will never be allowed BACK". Wednesday, October 31. 2007The Saga of Pierce There are a few states where laws exist pertaining to the free drinks given to the guests in casinos. In one of those states, there lives somebody I know, by the name of Pierce. He lives not for gambling, he lives not for winnings, but he sure lives for the free drinks. When that law was passed, which for all intents and purposes declared that those inside the casino would not be given free drinks if they are not actually involved in gambling. We asked Pierce, "what now Pierce?". He answered, YOU WATCH AND SEE. So, we watched and saw, how he singlehandedly defeated the letter and the spirit of that law. One, he would always go to the casino with somebody else (the more the merrier) who drinks. This guy would always get two of everything, and the extra would be for Pierce of course. Another maneuver he employs: befriending somebody, giving him/her a free sample of something (Pierce owns a novelty store, the kind that still sells stink bomb toys), and in return, he will say something like, "Er...if you don't mind, that cocktail waitress has it for me, she will probably poison me if she could. Look, I lodged a customer complaint against her last week, can you ask an extra glass of beer/wine/rhum/vodka/gin/whatever me?" Having received something, (no matter how trivial), this new friend would comply. Guys, this is just the first part...don't go away. |
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Mon, 16.04.2007 06:57
Well, I am not the drinking type, so I really could not relate to the article. However, I've seen what alcohol does to [...]
Tue, 13.02.2007 21:00
Schools such as this promote gambling, and I am sure some people detest this. For me, I am in the neutral space, but [...]
Tue, 13.02.2007 20:59
It's just like chess, there are 2 kinds of good players. Those who simply have the innate talent but don't study up [...]
Tue, 13.02.2007 20:59
I have a friend who enrolled there sometime back, she is now waiting for a call from a Vegas casino.
Mon, 29.01.2007 21:25
Let us not get carried away, these high rollers are human too...they have their own problems. Privacy for one, can you [...]
Mon, 29.01.2007 21:24
I have this hunch that most high rollers are not exactly awed or impressed by the biggest and most-complete (amenities) [...]
Mon, 29.01.2007 21:24
My dad and mom agree that Bellagio's The villas are best, all things considered.
Tue, 23.01.2007 00:25
Very hilarious piece, thank you so much. Anyway, my brother used to be a security employee at a Vegas casino, one of the [...]
Thu, 11.01.2007 03:31
Alan Boston is a strong card warrior, sooner THAN later, he will get his first WSOP bracelet. Patience and tenacity are [...]
Thu, 11.01.2007 03:20
Isabelle is very gorgeous. She is a wonder to behold at the poker tables. I once saw her in active competition (I was [...]
Mon, 11.12.2006 00:09
Actually, I used to be one...a "maniac" that is. NO, not that type who are being hunted down by the FBI. That was a long [...]