tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post2267925954305120252..comments2024-01-31T14:12:23.950-08:00Comments on Rob's Vegas and Poker Blog: That's Not What They Mean By "Freeroll"Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-32360935183949845922014-02-25T14:13:44.373-08:002014-02-25T14:13:44.373-08:00That's actually news to me, Anthony, thanks.
...That's actually news to me, Anthony, thanks.<br /><br />I can't help you but I would suggest you go on the AVP forums and pose your question there.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-38642089483008443042014-02-25T14:10:38.526-08:002014-02-25T14:10:38.526-08:00So there's a few local bars in Las Vegas that ...So there's a few local bars in Las Vegas that do freeroll poker tournaments. Like rush hour on sunset and pecos has theirs on Wednesday and Thursday. but does anyone else know of any other local bars in Las Vegas that have freeroll poker tournaments any other day of the week besides Wednesday and Thursday? I don't like going to the casinos for free roll and I don't have Wednesday Thursday off. can anybody help?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803079348860881345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-10138130078876946552013-10-13T21:04:02.189-07:002013-10-13T21:04:02.189-07:00Obviously you're not familiar with my blog. ...Obviously <b><i>you're </i></b> not familiar with my blog. Virtually all the pics I include in my posts are just take from the web, I never claimed that was the guy in the story, just an example of a bald guy with a beard. That's what I do on the blog.<br /><br />I wouldn't take a picture of the guy in the story and I wouldn't put in the blog--I use phoney names so people can't be identified, why on earth would I post pictures of people I'm trying to keep anonymous, Anonymous?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-88030521136241977032013-09-12T10:41:35.580-07:002013-09-12T10:41:35.580-07:00Thanks for the comment Mr. Law (I was gonna use yo...Thanks for the comment Mr. Law (I was gonna use your initials, but that would be AOL, which I wasn't sure you'd like).<br /><br />That sounds like the way they do it at the cash games at the WSOP venue every year. The chip runners have lammers and they give them to the players when they take their cash. So there's never any confusion. In that case, its such a big room, with so much going on, and a ton of brand new, inexperienced workers there, it's the only way to do it.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-77411548640479146492013-09-12T10:08:39.858-07:002013-09-12T10:08:39.858-07:00The local casino I played at, the dealers exchange...The local casino I played at, the dealers exchange chips for cash at the table. Sometimes they don't have enough chips so the floor becomes a chip runner for both the players and the dealers. Often, but not always, the floor would give the player $100 markers after they take the player's cash and make a run to the cage for chips. This helps reduce any confusion on how much is coming.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12618190315586248023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-80949482943802766672013-09-11T21:54:01.240-07:002013-09-11T21:54:01.240-07:00Next trip? I thought you were still there. I ass...Next trip? I thought you were still there. I assumed that because Tony is still there and I assumed you were taking him back home with you.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-72886977799553967052013-09-11T21:51:54.678-07:002013-09-11T21:51:54.678-07:00Hmmmm ... I know what I am trying on my next trip ...Hmmmm ... I know what I am trying on my next trip to Las Vegas ...lightning36https://www.blogger.com/profile/05641629003610446976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-1844971405344814722013-09-11T20:25:40.106-07:002013-09-11T20:25:40.106-07:00Wow, that's a great story Apollo and yes, simi...Wow, that's a great story Apollo and yes, similar to mine. I wonder how long it took to reconstruct everything to give the guy's chips back to the right players.<br /><br />Now that I think about it--and I should have mentioned this in my comment to Grump above--its not that unusual for the dealer to ask a new player "do you have chips coming?" or, "Is someone getting you chips?" and then take their word for it. I've never seen anyone basically lie in response to that question before. <br /><br />Still not sure about the guy in my story but in your story that's definitely a guy trying to pull a fast one. Would have been interesting to see what would have happened if he lost right away. Would the poker room feel obligated to make good on the guy's losses since it was a dealer error? I'm guessing not.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-78335551894953471922013-09-11T20:20:23.948-07:002013-09-11T20:20:23.948-07:00Thanks, Grump.
Yeah, there was definitely some de...Thanks, Grump.<br /><br />Yeah, there was definitely some dealer inattention there. I think he was in the middle of a hand when the guy took his seat and thus might have just assumed it was a employee saying "$300"--something like that. Also, the new dealer shouldn't really have waited until I said something to follow up. I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't said anything?<br /><br />I guess it would have come up not long after tho, because the guy who lent the guy $100 was called for a table change soon after they figured out what happened and would have no doubt demanded his $100 back then. Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-37911001375733464982013-09-11T20:10:49.231-07:002013-09-11T20:10:49.231-07:00Something like this happened at Wynn when they fir...Something like this happened at Wynn when they first opened, and the story was told on 2+2. A guy sat down and stated he had $500 coming (or some such). He played the first hand and won a lot. He kept playing and kept winning. Finally someone pointed out his buyin was still not at the table and it needed to be looked into. <br /><br />At this point, the guy admits he never bought in but says it doesn't matter since he now has plenty of chips to play. No, sir, that's not how this works. They demanded he produce the cash for the original buyin. He didn't have it. He didn't have $20 on him. <br /><br />They returned all the money he had won to the losers and ejected the guy. He should have spent the night in jail, but as I recall I don't think they bothered to bring in the Gaming cops. Apollo@AVPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-41970001477035356022013-09-11T19:05:39.787-07:002013-09-11T19:05:39.787-07:00Great story. I don't remember ever seeing anyt...Great story. I don't remember ever seeing anything quite like that happen. <br /><br />Poker room procedures are supposed to be such that this can't happen. E.g., the dealer isn't supposed to take the word of a player about how much he has bought or will buy; he is supposed to sell chips himself or wait to be told by another employee--somebody who took and counted the money--how much is in play. <br /><br />So if this room follows standard protocols, it was the first dealer who screwed up by taking the player's word for what money he had given to somebody to buy in. <br /><br />I'm also not a fan of the "borrowing" of chips from another player, and this story is a prime example of the trouble it can cause. Suppose he had lost that $100 on the first hand, then decided to get up and leave. Who would be responsible for reimbursing the player who loaned him the chips? They should either let him play on verbal commitment alone (assuming no more than one hand will transpire before his chips come), or have the dealer issue him a starter stack. <br /><br />One of my greatest poker pleasures ever was giving $100 to a chip runner at Venetian, playing my first hand with verbal bets only (no chips yet), and doubling up. When the chip runner came back, he looked at my stack and asked, "Did somebody else bring those to you?" Nope--I won 'em, playing on credit. <br />Rakewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873391354585352712noreply@blogger.com