WeinkeToWarrick Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 One of the best nights of my life was spent at the old Bill's back in 2011. Played Pai Gow Poker from midnight til 6am; bought in for $100, played $20/hand, got drunk as shit tipping $1/drink, and walked away with $101. It was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChrisHarvard Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 Warrick that takes discipline bud. I could never leave the table unless i was really fading out. That's why everything in vegas except the SB is so dangerous. Which is why I quit. The sports punters are not the ones that paid for those big chandeliers, they got there off slots and table players....mainly slots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Dutchman Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 Long day today Dutch' date=' probably a 3am-3am waking day............then Kinger here on Saturday, whew!![/quote'] Yeah, I think Kinger thinks I'm Brock incarnate as he won't have a thing to do with me and I invited him several times to get together for lunch or something. I'm starting to think Kinger is one of your ghosts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGamblingForum Posted August 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 [video=youtube;3BtWbAev4mY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BtWbAev4mY&list=UULiVmwNSxpjyxTJiGjZxsBg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Dutchman Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Fishy's incredible...his tracks are all over this town...I doubt there are any Vegas coupons in existence that go unclipped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRevolver Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Spending the day with Fishhead was incredible. First off, when I told him I was coming to town, he offered me a free hotel room. I told him no because I didn't want to use up any of his stuff... but he was persistent, to say the least, so I finally I took it because I also didn't want to offend him. He got me a great hotel room. We were down in the VIP casino area hanging out... free drinks, food, raffle tickets... you name it. Guy keeps his eyes on the SportsOptions screen more than anywhere else. He's texting back and forth with his runner and making big plays. We later go to the Plaza, because he had a raffle, as you can see in the video... he wins $500 and doesn't break a sweat. He goes directly to the window, cashes it, and we leave. Oh, and while there, he treated me to the best crab cakes I've ever had. He then shows me around old downtown, and then around 8:55 we head over to Circus Circus to look for The Meatman. Fishhead is one of the nicest men you can meet, and if you ever get the chance, please do. He truly is Mr. Vegas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milwaukee mike Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 good to hear you guys are having fun staring at screens all day is no way to live, at some point the screen controls your existence... i'm gonna cut way back on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Thanks for the kind words KR, pleasure meeting you, knock um silly today and safe travels home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easygoer Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Spending the day with Fishhead was incredible. First off, when I told him I was coming to town, he offered me a free hotel room. I told him no because I didn't want to use up any of his stuff... but he was persistent, to say the least, so I finally I took it because I also didn't want to offend him. He got me a great hotel room. We were down in the VIP casino area hanging out... free drinks, food, raffle tickets... you name it. Guy keeps his eyes on the SportsOptions screen more than anywhere else. He's texting back and forth with his runner and making big plays. We later go to the Plaza, because he had a raffle, as you can see in the video... he wins $500 and doesn't break a sweat. He goes directly to the window, cashes it, and we leave. Oh, and while there, he treated me to the best crab cakes I've ever had. He then shows me around old downtown, and then around 8:55 we head over to Circus Circus to look for The Meatman. Fishhead is one of the nicest men you can meet, and if you ever get the chance, please do. He truly is Mr. Vegas Hanging with FISHHEAD in Vegas is + even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 + Even .....classic............lolololol.......certainly more than +EV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Dutchman Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 humph...I offer to buy Kinger lunch...nothing...guess I gotta threaten him with an AK or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokerjoe Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 S We later go to the Plaza' date=' because he had a raffle, as you can see in the video... he wins $500 and doesn't break a sweat. He goes directly to the window, cashes it, and we leave. Oh, and while there, he treated me to the best crab cakes I've ever had. [/quote'] Wow, that's funny, considering what I just posted in your thread, KR, about the crab cakes. How the hell can an Iowa guy know where to find that? WTF? I can see Fish writing the ultimate Vegas bible that he only allows to be published upon his death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokerjoe Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Gambler's Book Store is not the same as Gambler's Book Club, but I guess it kind of is. I used go to GBC every trip to Vegas (this was before the internet, so you really had to do this stuff in person) back when it was over on 11th street. Could and did browse forever. Howard Schwartz was great fun to talk with, too Got some of my best poker advice ever over there. I was just starting out in the game. I'd actually come out to Vegas for 4 months to play the Hilton Contest, and had so much free time between handicapping that I started sitting in poker games to pass the time (I got a split of second place in the Hilton that year, without having a clue about numbers. Couldn't even spell "stale line." But used the payout to start playing poker for a living; never looked back, never went broke). I went in to GBC and after browsing a bit asked the guy to recommend a poker book to me (this was in 87). He said this one, maybe, that one, maybe, but you know, kid, honestly, you should always remember: poker is a game of instinct and you can't get instinct from a book. True then, true now. Other great advice I received early on: chased a flush but checked down on the river when it hit. Old guy (I'm the old guy, now, lol) looks at me and say, "Don't chase nothing you can't bet if it hits, son." Also true then, true now. And here's a third lesson I remember from when I was first getting started: at a 1-4-8 LHE game at Binion's (it was a limit world then), board ends up being 4 spades. I bet, douchebag calls, I show the Ace of spades, he nods, I absentmindedly drop my hand face down, dealer scoops my cards into the muck, ships the other guy the pot, who, yeah, takes it. Welcome to the real world, kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChrisHarvard Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Good stuff pokerjoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Joe, the the GBC moved to the Gamblers General Store..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boatboatboat Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Fish Head at South Point [video=youtube;2AiN-GFrFdY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AiN-GFrFdY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boatboatboat Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 +EV Promo at South Point [video=youtube;WB-5XPpF4-I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB-5XPpF4-I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fecal Tornado Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 anybody have an idea why i cant view videos, when i click on link says You don't have permission to edit annotations for that video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boatboatboat Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Try now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberbabble Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 In the first Southpoint video, when FH swipes his card to get the free spin, the screen says "Welcome Ashley". Is FHs real name Ashley? Is FH dressed in drag so he won't be recognized. Could this be why he doesn't want to be photographed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokerjoe Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 You know, the four major gambling grinds are poker, sports betting, blackjack and AP. I consider myself pretty expert on the first three, but other than once having learned how to properly play Deuces wild VP, I'm clueless about the AP grind. Just on principle, I like learning what it's about, though I'd probably never do it. I don't have the patience for it, but it's interesting. And "expert" on blackjack is past tense. It's been over 20 years since I played a hand. I don't take well to being treated like a criminal when I'm not breaking the law. And, since I'm rambling: I used to love the horses, but you'll notice I left horses off that list of gambling grinds. I knew how to make speed ratings (just prior to, or about the same time, as Beyer was spreading the news). I knew what every smudge and mark on the DRF stood for. I once spent 9 months capping the Maryland/CT circuit full-time and made two something an hour (that might have been minimum wage back then, so don't laugh too loud, and it was after expenses). This was pre-internet, pre-simulcasting, pre-laptops, pre-video replays, and was actually fun. You carefully watched races then. You drove to make bets then. Did crazy things like driving to Delaware Park, Monmouth, like that, to bet horses we thought were ready. I had a partner in crime in this, a girl who had worked for a trainer but who couldn't take the 4 am wake up calls any more and was a degen gambler anyway. It was kind of fun, living a life of diners for dinner, coffee for breakfast, cheap motels for home, the trunk of a car for a closet. But, and here's the thing: I don't think it's plausible to grind out profits in racing any more. Was always difficult; now, with small fields, larger track takes, and possibly major bettors with last-second computerized access to the odds pools, and the ability to bet into them accordingly, I don't think racing is beatable, even with a 7 or 8 % rebate. IIRC, I once had an 8% rebate where I held about 1% on the churn, but got shut down on that. So, I won't include horses on the list of possibly profitable grinds. Just imo, obv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Have hit a total of four $50 swipes on current SP promo,.....RMI says worst play in town, all he wins is 2-1 buffet, lololololol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Pete Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Fish, What time does your day begin and what time does it typically end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Fish, What time does your day begin and what time does it typically end?Pete---11pm-6am is basically sleeping hours...............Vegas overnights wrap up at around 10:30pm each evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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