You've Got Approx. Forty-Two Dollars And You're Going To The Casino -- What Game Do You Play To Double That? (1 Viewer)

[rockaction]

Aside from Maurile's roulette system, what does everybody recommend? 

Slots of fun?
Baccarat?
Let It Ride?
Paigow?
Blackjack?
Craps?
Jacks?
Implants? 
Ritz throwing bets? 

Do tell. 

 

[otb_lifer]

i give it to Raymond Babbit and stand back. 

 

[rockaction]

Because, as they say (well, Bill Cosby did, but let's just shunt him into the annals of history, shall we?) not working is hard gosh darn work. 

 

[rockaction]

"My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski?"

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Blackjack 

 

[rockaction]

i give it to Raymond Babbit and stand back. 

I usually just comment on his underwear. 

 

[rockaction]

Blackjack 

It's the only game I personally know how to play, and I've forgotten all the splits and doubles that you use from the book. 

 

[kevzilla]

Gambling is a hard way to make an easy living. I would probably make a bet in the sports book, to get the most run for my money.

 

[rockaction]

I would probably make a bet in the sports book, to get the most run for my money

Closed due to COVID. At least the one around here is. 

Did I mention this thread wasn't necessarily about me, but I have the duty to see through what I've started? 

But imagine the sports book is off the table. If it was, surely I'd take otb_lifer up on some horses or greyhounds or some other racing animal. 

 

[kevzilla]

In that case, always bet on black.

 

[otb_lifer]

I usually just comment on his underwear. 

gimme a sec here, excuse the hijack -

in a real ####in' sawdust bucket o' blood atm - the ladies room is on the bar level, gents is down the basement level. 

asked the barkeep if i could use the ladies, as it's pure zahhhzeetch at that time - he says ok. 

i piss in the bowl, then lower the lid, cut and dried ... older couple comes in, has a few belts - granma goes to the ladies, i was the last person in, so seat was down. 

she creaks her ### out, and i gotta whizz again - i give it a minute, and go back - lo and behold, begorrah! the seat was ... UP. 

dafuq? she was in there a solid 5 - 

chick wif ****?

granma packing? 

 

[rockaction]

gimme a sec here, excuse the hijack -

in a real ####in' sawdust bucket o' blood atm - the ladies room is on the bar level, gents is down the basement level. 

asked the barkeep if i could use the ladies, as it's pure zahhhzeetch at that time - he says ok. 

i piss in the bowl, then lower the lid, cut and dried ... older couple comes in, has a few belts - granma goes to the ladies, i was the last person in, so seat was down. 

she creaks her ### out, and i gotta whizz again - i give it a minute, and go back - lo and behold, begorrah! the seat was ... UP. 

dafuq? she was in there a solid 5 - 

chick wif ****?

granma packing? 

Sure thing on the hijack. I've got hygienic grandma. She won't use the seat that everybody else has sat on. Maybe either squats or presses herself against the porcelain. I don't know, really. But it's the best guess I got, and fits Ockham (we are on the topic of probability here in some form) better. 

How's that sound? 

 

[rockaction]

In that case, always bet on black.

Came up red the other day. Let's say our protagonist at that point had a cool hundred in his pocket and was going to bet red and didn't. It might have wound up a six, but I haven't really talked to our protagonist other than that. 

 

[otb_lifer]

Sure thing on the hijack. I've got hygienic grandma. She won't use the seat that everybody else has sat on. Maybe either squats or presses herself against the porcelain. I don't know, really. But it's the best guess I got, and fits Ockham (we are on the topic of probability here in some form) better. 

How's that sound? 

Occam/Shmoccam.

no hygenic granny is out at 2:30 pm tossing JameO with pops. 

tough room. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

In that case, always bet on black.

On line casinos seem to be on to us. Seemed like they were letting me win on red more.

Either way, try to find single zero roulette. Very low takeout compared to most pure chance games and an 18/37 chance of winning on one spin.

 

[Juxtatarot]

You are probably best off going all in with one bet with a doubling payoff. The problem with blackjack is your odds improve with doubling down and splitting strategies which we can’t take advantage of if we go all in. I’d play roulette and put it all on red or black.

There might be a better bet out there but I’m not much of a gambler.

 

[rockaction]

no hygenic granny is out at 2:30 pm tossing JameO with pops. 

Retirement does some strange-### things to people. 

"Funny thing about being unemployed; the weekends don't mean as much."  - Primus (Les Claypool)

Same for retirement. Night becomes day. Day becomes night. You'd be surprised. 

But I'll certainly allow for the chance that he was cross-dressing. 

 

[rockaction]

You are probably best off going all in with one bet with a doubling payoff. The problem with blackjack is your odds improve with doubling down and splitting strategies which we can’t take advantage of if we go all in. I’d play roulette and put it all on red or black.

There might be a better bet out there but I’m not much of a gambler.

Yep. This I remember from reading many books about blackjack in college. Your advantage is to count (back before everybody starting doing it and they all went to multi-deck shoes) and increase your bets, including any amount they'll let you double and split on appropriate hands. 

Anybody got some slot strategies? I would imagine these are the most interesting...

 

[CletiusMaximus]

If you can find a $5 craps table, play the pass line with max odds. You'll either double your money or be broke after about 15 minutes. At a $10 table it will be about 5 minutes.

 

[rockaction]

If you can find a $5 craps table, play the pass line with max odds. You'll either double your money or be broke after about 15 minutes. At a $10 table it will be about 5 minutes.

Pay the don'ts. 

:(

 

[Dwayne Hoover]

Definitely a sports bet

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Yep. This I remember from reading many books about blackjack in college. Your advantage is to count (back before everybody starting doing it and they all went to multi-deck shoes) and increase your bets, including any amount they'll let you double and split on appropriate hands. 

Anybody got some slot strategies? I would imagine these are the most interesting...

Hope you hit a jackpot 

 

[rockaction]

Hope you hit a jackpot 

#### in one hand, wish in the other...

 

[That one guy]

I’m hitting the $1 slots and drinking for free…old timey slots, too, not them new fangled video game looking things

 

[El Floppo]

Craps?
 

best game to make $42 last IMO... depending on the bet minimum.

I think I learned at a $2 table with my dad... ended up taking 20 bucks into something around 100. but more importantly, played for a good couple hours with my dad alongside.

eta: also the best/most social game in the casino, since you're all playing "together" and not necessarily against each other.

 

[Osaurus]

Loosest Craps in town ftw

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Play the don't pass when the loudest mouth player arrives at the table. Cash out and wave at the guy as you leave.

 

[rockaction]

best game to make $42 last IMO... depending on the bet minimum.

I think I learned at a $2 table with my dad... ended up taking 20 bucks into something around 100. but more importantly, played for a good couple hours with my dad alongside.

eta: also the best/most social game in the casino, since you're all playing "together" and not necessarily against each other.

Pay the don'ts. 

 

[rockaction]

Play the don't pass when the loudest mouth player arrives at the table. Cash out and wave at the guy as you leave.

Would you believe that my friend has one of the loudest mouths ever? I don't think he'll be able to sympathize with that outlook. 

I, on the other hand, commend you on your finest "let's get beatdown in the parking lot" strategy that there is. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Would you believe that my friend has one of the loudest mouths ever? I don't think he'll be able to sympathize with that outlook. 

I, on the other hand, commend you on your finest "let's get beatdown in the parking lot" strategy that there is. 

Just change "leave"  to "run".

 

[rockaction]

Just change "leave"  to "run".

But what if he's got those forearm crutches? 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

But what if he's got those forearm crutches? 

Like running from a bear. But instead of dropping food behind you, drop soft core porn.

 

[FairWarning]

Play the don't pass when the loudest mouth player arrives at the table. Cash out and wave at the guy as you leave.

This right here.  A full craps table on the weekend is fun.

 

[El Floppo]

Pay the don'ts. 

funny- so I was driving cross-country with a gb after graduating college and on a check-in phone call with my folks from Moab, my dad says he was going to be in Vegas with his best buddy (and massive gambler) the next week, so we drove out to meet them. 

now, my dad's buddy was a big enough gambler that they would even fly my dad in for free a couple times a year and set them up "in the presidential suite" according to my prone-to-exaggeration and hyperbole dad. 

when we got to Vegas... sure enough- the hotel suite was bigger than my parent's very comfortable house. and we were set up all over town (my gb and I got to see Leno live from a front row central banquette with Dom flowing).

the first night, we all head down to the craps tables. I realized a few minutes in what it looked like to the outside world- 2 middle aged dudes rolling the dice with 2 young bucks at their sides not really gambling. I made sure to say "DAD" a lot and loudly from that point on, and also to jump into rolling. 

my dad taught me to play the 6s and 8s at first and then back the bets for hte best odds. but I started adding the come line after that. my dads gb played the don't pass and don't come line pretty consistently. I started shooting (much to the delight of my dad) and had beginner's luck- just kept rolling and rolling and rolling without crapping out. the table was fired up and rocking, cheering me on (again, much to the delight of my dad) and I'm getting high fives from everybody. everybody... but my dad's gb. he ends up leaving- I had no idea what was going on or how he was betting. my dad explained he was getting killed while I was rolling hot. I won about 30-40 bucks off my initial $2 bet in that sequence... my dad's buddy lost 10-20k in the same time-frame. my dad was PISSED at him for betting that way while I was rolling... but say la vee for the degenerate gamblers.

 

[rockaction]

I realized a few minutes in what it looked like to the outside world- 2 middle aged dudes rolling the dice with 2 young bucks at their sides not really gambling. I made sure to say "DAD" a lot and loudly from that point on, and also to jump into rolling. 

Unless you were wearing a scarf, you were entirely self-conscious.

Nah, two dudes with a father in Vegas happens so often that people would have to (again) ignore Ockham (or Occam) at their peril.  

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Loosest Craps in town ftw

got fired last year in Las Vegas, from the Frontier Hotel for saying '####,' in a town where the big game is called 'craps.' 

 

[El Floppo]

Unless you were wearing a scarf, you were entirely self-conscious.

Nah, two dudes with a father in Vegas happens so often that people would have to (again) ignore Ockham (or Occam) at their peril.  

this was 30 years ago at the long-gone Sands.

much different era than the family style vegas has turned into... and it was crystal clear what people were thinking, because we saw other similar guys out with other similar guys and it was crystal clear what was going on with them.

but fun to be a couple 22yos lounging by the pool getting 1st class treatment and seeing people eyeballing us to figure out wtf we were, before the women started to come over to try to get their hooks in

 

[El Floppo]

got fired last year in Las Vegas, from the Frontier Hotel for saying '####,' in a town where the big game is called 'craps.' 

loosest ####s in town ftw doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

 

[rockaction]

before the women started to come over to try to get their hooks in

LOL 

I believe you, I do. But it struck me as funny. "Sure, Flop. Sure."

I guess I was always too pasty to get that treatment by the pool unless she was unfortunately there with me.  

 

[El Floppo]

LOL 

I believe you, I do. But it struck me as funny. "Sure, Flop. Sure."

I guess I was always too pasty to get that treatment by the pool unless she was unfortunately there with me.  

oh- totally. my point wasn't that we were the big draw here... it was that a couple of dumb young guns getting 1st class treatment was the draw.

 

[rockaction]

this was 30 years ago at the long-gone Sands

I remember being at the Stardust back around 2005, about a year before it was about to get imploded. At the bar was a woman of questionable morals chatting up the older men. Once everybody figured out what was going on, the chatter increased on the old men's side. Lots of under-the-table negotiations going on. I was drinking, minding my own business, when her phone rang. 

"Who is it," one of the old men asked. 

I'd sort of had enough for some reason. It was obnoxious, the games they were trying to play while dancing around the fact she was a hooker. I was a little more judgmental then, so I said, "It's not God, because he's apparently very dead." 

I got booed. 

I still like that joke. 

 

[rockaction]

it was that a couple of dumb young guns getting 1st class treatment was the draw.

I figured. It still cracked me up. I figured you weren't bragging on yourself. 

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

On line casinos seem to be on to us. Seemed like they were letting me win on red more.

Either way, try to find single zero roulette. Very low takeout compared to most pure chance games and an 18/37 chance of winning on one spin.  

If I'm remembering right, even/odd on Paigow table pays 1:1 for a 105/216 chance too.  Basically the same odds.

 

[jobarules]

I goto roulette wheel and see what color is hot and put it on that 

 

[belljr]

I turned my last $10 into $980 one night on roulette.

I've won more than that and lost more but that was a fun ride

 

[The Z Machine]

Pay the don'ts. 

:(

 

[rockaction]

What if he goes to the casino, finds a craps table that nobody is on, and starts betting on the dont's while hollering out "Pay the don'ts!" 

Is he then going to have to avoid himself in the parking lot? 

Will he wave the money at himself? 

Who wants to know? 

 

[Summer Wheat]

We were in Vegas on a golf trip, my buddy said he had 500 to gamble with for the night.  We walked into MGM and I said blackjack?   He said no and walked over to the roulette table and put 500 on black and won.   Took 900 and put it in his pocket and played nickel slots for a couple hours and he was a hundred up on the slots too.

 

[The Z Machine]

I'm going to Vegas for March Madness so it'll mostly be hoops betting and some craps. I don't have a huge bankroll so I hope I don't blow it on the first day. 

 

[In The Zone]

Sportsbook without a doubt.