*LAST UPDATE- Last day* Las Vegas

JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
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Day5: I can't lose

net day: +600
net trip: +$1600 :D

i started w/$1000 and now have $1600 profit (150%). i never had to dip into my reserves.

THANK YOU BLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Going home now, DAMN! Maybe quit my job and gamble professionally??? $1600/week ain't bad :)

hm..Maybe my Jedi tricks work on dice after all :)

Anyway, that's the end of my updates. Hope you enjoyed it.

-Jedi


Day4: Still winning

ok, since noone is repling anymore, i'm just going to keep it short and sweet.

net day: +300
net trip +1000

one comment: Casino Royale upped one of their craps table to $3 min, but the other one stayed at $2 min. everything else is the same about them. WTF?! and the dealers dont know why the inconsistancy.

obviously i played at the $2 one :)


Day3: Lady luck has been kind

i woke up an hr early and couldnt get back to sleep. i decide to get dressed and play at the hotel casino while waiting for my boss to meet me at the designated time for breakfast. result + 300 :)

after the client meeting, we drive to see the hover dam. on our way back, we stop off at a casino nearby. $2min 10x odds. i try it. result -100 :(

i do some sight seeing. stopped in at Casino Royale to kill time b4 dinner. result +50

side note: oh, hardways 6 pays 10 to 1. but on a $1 bet, they were only giving back $9. players were ok w/it. but to my math, 10x odds on a $1 bet = $10. why do they only give 9?

after dinner, went back to CasinoRoyale. IT WAS HOT! usual $1000 bankroll. was up $1100. then it turned cold. lost $300 and i stopped. result +800

net for day: +$1050
net for trip: +$700 :D


Day2: BAD DAY- Cold tables + cops :(

it's 2am PST (5am EST) and i get to CasinoRoyale. since i won a few yesterday, i decide to gamble more.

$1000 bankroll, $2 min $50 odds, 3 bets. i come in after a hot roll. and the table turned COLD. lost 3 out of 4. and all 3 i had $150 on the table. tally: -$400

1/2 hr passes, and i try again. table going side ways. roughly breaking even, then 3 bets ($150) and a 7 pops up. Tally
-$550

i decide to take a little drive around the strip and let my luck change. it didnt :(

i stop at a red light. i'm the 1st car at the light. the left turn lights turn green. i mistaken that all the lights turn green and i go. when i realized my mistake, i stopped (in the middle of the intersection) and go back to where i was. while backing up, i see in my rear view a cop car :( what are the odds of that happening? if i would have left the casino 1 min earlier or 1 min later, i would have missed that cop. sure i could have gotten another cop, but odds were slim. but hey, this is las vegas...

anyway, sigh..got pulled over. he asked for my license, registration, and insurance. i give him my license, and told him the car's a rental and i give him the paperwork. he asked me the usual questions..did i have anything to drink, etc. i say no. i explain to him what happened. he walks to his cruiser.

after about 5 minutes, he comes back, and lets me off w/a warning. ah..jedi minds tricks. :) too bad the dice are jedi proof ;)

i go home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's now 4am PST. thankfully my client meeting isnt till 10am. got a couple of more hrs of sleep.

net for the day: -550
net for the trip: - 350

Stay tuned for day 3


Day1 (4/22):
i'm in vegas!

got in at 7pm PST, cruised the city a little, ate dinner, then played craps at CasinoRoyale. $2 min, 100x odds.

i wasnt going to plunk a WHOLE lotta $ on my 1st day. so all i was doing was $2 min backed by $25. (12.5x odds = ~.08% house advantage :) but at 100x odds the house advantage would be .008%. but .08% is still a whole lot better than .8% at 1x odds or .6% at 2x odds)

got back to the hotel at 3am. now i'm from the east coast, so thats 6am. i stayed up all nite, and w/o the help of coffee! i'm running on pure addrenline.

i got greedy. i was up $200, then broke even for a while, then down 200, then broke even, then down 200, then broke even for a LONG while. every time i made back the $ i'm risking on the table, it would crap out. then finally up $200. i left at the point.

stay tuned for day 2
 

Mr N8

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Dec 3, 2001
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If you can still walk straight, and you haven't been to a club yet, what are you doing in Vegas?
 

pulse8

Lifer
May 3, 2000
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You should head over to the Hard Rock. Howard Stern is broadcasting live tonight.
 

JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
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Originally posted by: pulse8
You should head over to the Hard Rock. Howard Stern is broadcasting live tonight.

how long is he there??

i'm here for work w/the boss. he's a cool guy. when this adrenline rush ends, i will IMMEDIATELY grab some sleep. nothing worst than falling asleep at your client's place :(

i plan to see the hovver dam, and might even goto a grand canyon tour. to those that have went to the GC, which do u receommed? the east rim, or west rim? and by tourbus, or by helicopter? (helicopter = $300 :( )
 

Bleep

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Oct 9, 1999
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Well you failed the prime advice and that is to quit when you are ahead. You were very very lucky to get your money back, you see when you were $200.00 down you had actually lost $400.00 because once you have got ahead it is your money.
And NO do not place the 6 or 8 NO place bets if you feel the need just up your odds amounts by $5.00.
How do you like the stratedgy so far? It will win for you 3 out of 5 times at the table.
Did you ask the pit boss for some comps?
They might not have lied to you about the pass line bets being $1.00 they will vary during the day, they usually go up in the evening and on weekends.
Also your percent odds the house have are not correct, the odds you gave here are for a single number bet and by using the 3 bet stratedgy it is cumultive lowering the odds even a little bit more. I forgot to tell you NEVER have your come bets working on the come out roll.

Bleep
 

JEDI

Lifer
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thx!

ok:

1) if i want to put more $, just up the odds, and not place the 6 or 8. have 3 bets on the table, MAX.

2) why not have the come bets working on the new point roll?

3) the stickman said the table's been $2 min for the past couple of months. it was lowered to $1 a couple months ago because of the teacher's convention. then they raised it to $2 again

4) yep, and the pitboss said all comps are handled by the front office who do the player's cards. i went there and asked what's on my card. it listed my hrs of playing, and said my avg bet was only $15 even though i backed every bet w/$25. then i realized that i didnt bet EVERY time. once i had 3 bets on the table i stopped. and my accumulated comp was only $4 :(

5) yeah, forgot about money mgmt. once i was up $200, i should have quit after a l.a.w (loss after win) ratio of 25%, thus if i would have lost $50 of that $200 profit, i should have walked away and come back another time. but how soon is another time???

edit:

6) instead of upping my odds, why not make another come bet and have a 4th # working for me? i mean isnt it better to spend $25 to have a 4th # working for me instead of upping my odds by $25?

THX
 

TurtleMan

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May 3, 2000
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LOL i never made any money from vegas.. always give in to the casion..

btw does anyone know there is a program that teach u how to play video poker, like it tell u
u should keep this card or like u should bid this blah blah.. im looking for that = ]
 

bradolson

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Originally posted by: TurtleMan
LOL i never made any money from vegas.. always give in to the casion..

btw does anyone know there is a program that teach u how to play video poker, like it tell u
u should keep this card or like u should bid this blah blah.. im looking for that = ]

The one I use is WinPoker. It's basically the standard for real VP players.

Brad
 

JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
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Day2: BAD DAY- Cold tables + cops :(

it's 2am PST (5am EST) and i get to CasinoRoyale. since i won a few yesterday, i decide to gamble more.

$1000 bankroll, $2 min $50 odds, 3 bets. i come in after a hot roll. and the table turned COLD. lost 3 out of 4. and all 3 i had $150 on the table. tally: -$400

1/2 hr passes, and i try again. table going side ways. roughly breaking even, then 3 bets ($150) and a 7 pops up. Tally
-$550

i decide to take a little drive around the strip and let my luck change. it didnt :(

i stop at a red light. i'm the 1st car at the light. the left turn lights turn green. i mistaken that all the lights turn green and i go. when i realized my mistake, i stopped (in the middle of the intersection) and go back to where i was. while backing up, i see in my rear view a cop car :( what are the odds of that happening? if i would have left the casino 1 min earlier or 1 min later, i would have missed that cop. sure i could have gotten another cop, but odds were slim. but hey, this is las vegas...

anyway, sigh..got pulled over. he asked for my license, registration, and insurance. i give him my license, and told him the car's a rental and i give him the paperwork. he asked me the usual questions..did i have anything to drink, etc. i say no.

after a few minutes, he comes back, and lets me off w/a warning. :)

i go home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's now 4am PST. thankfully my client meeting isnt till 10am. got a couple of more hrs of sleep.

net for the day: -550
net for the trip: - 350

Stay tuned for day 3
 

giguana

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Apr 3, 2002
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you're lucky you hadn't been drinking. you would have spent the night in jail and missed your client meeting altogether.

hopefully your luck changes on the tables. down $550...ouch.

how much longer are you there?
 

Looney

Lifer
Jun 13, 2000
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5) yeah, forgot about money mgmt. once i was up $200, i should have quit after a l.a.w (loss after win) ratio of 25%, thus if i would have lost $50 of that $200 profit, i should have walked away and come back another time. but how soon is another time???

It's all random... i can't see what good will 'waiting' and coming back matter... it's not like how the dice will be rolled is depending on it's previous rolls. Every roll has the same probabilty whether it's rolled now, 20 mins from now, or 2 days from now.
 

Rufio

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Mar 18, 2003
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here is a comment for you!

man, compared to me, you didn't lose that much at all when i was in vegas this past weekend!!!

but u got lucky on the cop!

and the Jedi mind trick statement made me laugh out loud at work...and people stared at me funny.

damn jedi mind tricks!
 

JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
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Day3: Lady luck has been kind

i woke up an hr early and couldnt get back to sleep. i decide to get dressed and play at the hotel casino while waiting for my boss to meet me at the designated time for breakfast. result + 300 :)

after the client meeting, we drive to see the hover dam. on our way back, we stop off at a casino. $2min 10x odds. i try it. result -100 :(

i do some sight seeing. stopped in at Casino Royale to kill time b4 dinner. result +50

side note: oh, hardways 6 pays 10 to 1. but on a $1 bet, they were only giving back $9. players were ok w/it. but to my math, 10x odds on a $1 bet = $10. why do they only give 9?

after dinner, went back to CasinoRoyale. IT WAS HOT! usual $1000 bankroll. was up $1100. then it turned cold. lost $300 and i stopped. result +800

net for day: +$1050
net for trip: +$700 :D
 

JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
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noone's replying to my updates? what's wrong? don't like my updates?! :(
 

JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
29,391
2,738
126
Day4: Still winning

ok, since noone is repling anymore, i'm just going to keep it short and sweet.

net day: +300
net trip +1000

one comment: Casino Royale upped one of their craps table to $3 min, but the other one stayed at $2 min. everything else is the same about them. WTF?! and the dealers dont know why the inconsistancy.

obviously i played at the $2 one
 

guyver01

Lifer
Sep 25, 2000
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Originally posted by: JEDI
noone's replying to my updates? what's wrong? don't like my updates?! :(

nah.. not that... it's always the same thing... day x... won/loss...

yer boring ;)


we wanna hear about the hookers, and clients and stuff ;)

 

JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
29,391
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126
Day5: I can't lose

net day: +600
net trip: +$1600 :D

i started w/$1000 and now have $1600 profit (150%). i never had to dip into my reserves.

THANK YOU BLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Going home now, DAMN! Maybe quit my job and gamble professionally??? $1600/week ain't bad :)

hm..Maybe my Jedi tricks work on dice after all :)

Anyway, that's the end of my updates. Hope you enjoyed it.

-Jedi
 
Apr 5, 2000
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You're in Vegas. Why the hell are you posting on AT? Vacation is to get away from it all...

Anyway looks like you had fun