July Low-Content Thread

[OaklandExCourier]

Gameoverjc, we must read the same websites. That series of golf gifs had me dying.

My favorite is the old guy who moves the cart away from the ball and proceeds to floor it directly into a tree. I cried the first time I watched it 10 times in a row. If I can find it I will post it.

[gameoverjc]

Originally Posted by gaming_mouse

that last one is amazing

Originally Posted by Verno

+1 million. Thanks for posting that JC!!! I love it.

I'm glad you guys enjoyed it. It was just as comical when I played the machine.

Originally Posted by pig4bill

It's gotten to where I hate being on the Strip. I always stay at a place like the Orleans that has movie theaters and a Subway and a Fuddruckers. That allows me to stay away frm the Strip except for the few hours at a time when I might want to play. But honestly, since the near demise of TI, there's nowhere on the Strip I like playing anymore. Venetian has always been bad to me and I run like crap there. The uncapped 1/3 is gone from the Wynn. Can't stand the Bellagio. Bally's is smoky as hell and rake too high. Bah, the hell with Vegas...

Yeah, it's def a lot of what you said + combination of other things for me as well. I should have hanged out around Orleans, that place is nice.

Last night I had a pow wow with the chief topic being was "Whose life is worse?" At the end of it, they both said I live the luckiest life in the world and they snap call switch lives. One of my friends is a zillionaire, the other received a shiny bracelet for his efforts this summer. I guess that was nice to hear.

Yesterday a female pro I know said her bf went to sweat a friend at a final table. Some random guy sat down when he was gone, said he was a friend, and racked his chips. The table called security, but they did nothing. 20k vanished to thin air. Just like that. Stuff like that is disheartening.

I think it's mainly hard to detach myself, which creates some dissonance. When my friends play poker/UTH, the mere thought of how much money my friends make/lose I'm torn between "I wish I still played" and "Wow that's a lot of money!" I never before had the latter feeling. And it's kind of depressing being aware of it. I feel like I'm a bystander, like I don't belong. It's tough being broke and in Vegas, even with so many nice people providing for me I feel like a burden.

Sorry if this post dampers anyone day. I'm running off of now 5 hours of sleep in the last 50 hours so I'm not completely 100%.

To lighten up the mood:

[gaming_mouse]

Originally Posted by gameoverjc

Yesterday a female pro I know said her bf went to sweat a friend at a final table. Some random guy sat down when he was gone, said he was a friend, and racked his chips. The table called security, but they did nothing. 20k vanished to thin air. Just like that. Stuff like that is disheartening.

wait, so the casino and dealer have no official responsibility? if you leave your chips, go to the bathroom, and come back and they're stolen, the casino just says "sorry bro, better luck next time?" i had always naively assumed that was not the case.

[that_pope]

Too easy to angleshoot and freeroll them.

[DeathDonkey]

There is a long nvg thread about that chip theft fwiw

[gaming_mouse]

Originally Posted by that_pope

Too easy to angleshoot and freeroll them.

seems like it wouldn't be that hard to make a rule that would be difficult to angleshoot. player at the table is the only one allowed to remove his chips from the table, unless express consent is given to the floorman. if the video shows someone else taking your chips when you are away, the casino is responsible. this would prevent you from palming chips as you left and claiming they'd been stolen or something.

[leo doc]

The party begins. Laissez les bon temps roulez.

[Lurshy]

Leo et al. ENJOY!

[pig4bill]

Originally Posted by gaming_mouse

seems like it wouldn't be that hard to make a rule that would be difficult to angleshoot. player at the table is the only one allowed to remove his chips from the table, unless express consent is given to the floorman. if the video shows someone else taking your chips when you are away, the casino is responsible. this would prevent you from palming chips as you left and claiming they'd been stolen or something.

That might be a good solution, but that would put a burden on the dealer that they might not be able to handle.

I was playing 1/3 at the old Wynn uncapped game, so there multi-thousand dollar stacks on the table. The guy next to me left for lunch or something, leaving his $3k+ stack. Then other players left, then more left, then the dealer got pushed, and I realized that I was the only person at the table that was present when the guy left. I could easily call a confederate to come scoop up hiis chips. If I left there would be nobody there that could identify him as the rightful owner.

The problem could also easily be solved with a playover box and the floor recording the player's name, and nobody be allowed at the chips without ID.

[AlanBostick]

I am officially grumpy about not being at the party.

But I'm not alone. By my count, four 2p2ers were at the Oaks this afternoon, and I'm sure I'm undercounting.

Despite this, the 30-60 game was particularly good.

(Which is the brag, which the beat, and which the variance?)

[that_pope]

You being grumpy is the variance.

[Analyst]

Originally Posted by AlanBostick

I am officially grumpy about not being at the party.

Beat, AINEC. Attending a LeoDoc event is on my bucket list.

Originally Posted by AlanBostick

But I'm not alone. By my count, four 2p2ers were at the Oaks this afternoon, and I'm sure I'm undercounting.

Variance

Originally Posted by AlanBostick

Despite this, the 30-60 game was particularly good.

Brag

[nonsimplesimon]

Originally Posted by leo doc

The party begins. Laissez les bon temps roulez.

Have a good time. If by this time next year I don't go gusto I hope to be there.

[allstarrt]

I feel the exact same way as you when I go to Vegas I turn into a slightly different person that I don't particularly enjoy.

[ILikeRocks]

Originally Posted by leo doc

The party begins. Laissez les bon temps roulez.

Hope you are all having an excellent time, sir; please send my to everyone.

In an effort to assuage my sadness at having to miss another excellent Leo Doc event, today I'm going to go pet a cheetah.