I'm curious about the old school Bellagio 10/20 regs.

Skinny Jimmy- Young guy in his 20s(Well now in his 30s Always wore a Detroit hat). Always bought in for 20k.

Jay - That guy w/ glasses who did some prop bet to stay in a Bellagio bathroom for a month or something like that. Don't remember if he won or not.

Martin - Older real nitty guy always wore a track suit probably around 70 now.
I remember seeing a hand where he put basically no money in post flop w/ 2nd set and folded the river.

Tommy Vu - The guy from those infomercials in the late 80s telling you how you can be rich too like him. He was running hot in tourneys for a bit back then.

Joe Barholdi - Not a pure reg, but would see him fairly often. He was some 2/5 player who binked a big tourney for like $3.7million and then started playing higher stakes. Seems like he's still very active on the tourney scene, but hasn't had a cash anything remotely close to that since then.

Does local rapper 500Bitches still play poker? I used to run into him at the Orleans, Red Rock, and occasionally the Golden Nugget uncapped game.

Hilarious fella. Plays SUPER aggro, and is usually juggling conversations on 3+ cell phones.

He was in a Brad Owen vlog.

No Duke of Fremont updates?

Anyone know if the blind guy who use to play at the Mirage still around? He had a guy sitting next to him describing players and whispering his hand to him. Guy was was a riot. Big guy type that wore jumpsuits and too many gold chains. Had a buddy in his 50s, another big guy with a Fila jumpsuit always wanting to head out for salami sandwiches. Kind of guys you’d expect to see haunting the harness race track.

How about the homeless guy who used to make the odd appearance at the old Caesars room and had the voice of a tenor?

Amazing scenes whenever someone who knew of his talent paid him to sing for the rest of the players. It was one benefit of being separated from the main floor.

What happened to Kenny Tran?

Baccarat

There was this Italian guy who used to come into the Nugget and sit at the $1-2 table with 20k behind in cash, always kind of hoped someone would come match him but I never saw it... dude looked exactly like Santoro

He's known of the Duke of Fremont St. Ultra-nit to the highest degree, but super friendly guy. Haven't seen him in a few years but I never really go downtown or to the Nugget. I'd bet he's still around.


https://knpr.org/knpr/2019-04/duke-takes-fremont-street

Damn I would’ve of never made the connection with Duke of Fremont with the Italian description above.

He was a gold coin buyer and seller and got robbed and beat up a few years back on a deal gone bad in Primm. Don’t think he’s been playing much since.

Guess he is still active on Twitter, YouTube, etc.

https://twitter.com/DukeOfFremont

That’s good to see, seems like an alright guy.

Is the cowboy still there? Always wondered what his motto was. Was he trying to make it seem like he was some reckless player trying to trick novice players or something?



Also that Jackie isn't the same Jackie on Hustle Casino Live right?

What ever happened to that guy who played mostly low stakes at wynn and caesars? Even though he played low stakes, i recall the floor ppl remember and know his name because he played there a lot. Think his name was like Pauly or James or something like that. I recall this was around the 2012 timeframe. Is he still around?

Yes. "That guy" is actually just EVERY local reg who tries to grind low stakes at the Wynn and Caesars. His name and age may be different, and there are usually more than one of "that guy" sitting in an given game, but they are always the same guy at heart.

Consider "That Guy" part of the infrastructure of low stakes poker in Las Vegas. That Guy is pretty aware of his place in the ecosystem by the way, although as he may burn out on his grind and become envious of better players who are not "that guy".

Actually, they aren't one single amorphous, undifferentiated mass. It just seems that way.

If they do share a common characteristic, it's that when they put the money in, they've got it. No bluffing. They might be overly loose preflop, but they're generally not going to go bonkers and won't make hero calls, either. Lots of sigh-folds. Lots of morose expressions. And generally, the complexion and demeanor of a cadaver. (Not dressed nearly as well as most cadavers, though.) I kind of like playing with these folks. They're like robots that dutifully put up blinds when it's their turn, and when they do play a hand, you just smile and fold anything but suited Aces.

But as I said, there's some variety. Some are there for amusement and/or to kill time and can be very chatty. Some are earnestly trying to make a living, or should I say eke out a miserable existence. The all-time worst is the 67-year-old guy trying to accumulate his 150 hours for the monthly freeroll. He's furniture, except not as conversational.

Fair enough, except you think that when they "put the money in" that inevitably means they have the nuts ?

Do you think they can be exploited by making them overpay for earlier streets than the river ?

What has been your experience in 15 years of playing cash games during the WSOP ?

1) No, I wouldn't go that far, but I would say that there's a much higher probability that they have the nuts or an excellent hand than there would be with a randomly selected bozo. While I'm sure I've been bluffed by a "reg" now and again during my lifetime, I've generally found that giving them action is a fairly lousy idea.

2) I do think that they will accept unprofitable implied odds, especially with nut draws, so I adjust by somewhat overbetting when I'm ahead. They generally play relatively few hands, and so tend to be "sticky" when they do play, which can be exploited. I also, from a temperamental standpoint, would rather get the money in when I'm ahead (before they make or don't make their hands) than after (I hate paying people off).

3) The cash games have had an astonishing range of skill levels. I've played at very good tables (and gotten the hell out of there) and astoundingly bad tables. I learned, as time went on, to not spend a minute longer than necessary against good or even average opponents. I think I was less inclined to be lazy (and continue to sit in a suboptimal game) once I figured out the relative EV of a fishy game and a game with good players. I'm no expert. But good gravy, I've looked like Stu Ungar mated with Doyle Brunson against some of these dazed, drunken, inbred troglodytes.

I asked my original question because I suspect that everything I've experienced in the past is still happening, except magnified. I've almost been beating myself up for not being there now, even though I've had a lot of personal obligations to attend to that have kept me here. That, and I've had a hard time getting enthusiastic about paying $4500 a night plus resort fee, $600 for a buffet, $38 for a beer, and $8 for a bottle of water to dump on my head as I stagger around in the 800-degree heat. Oh, wait, that's Venus. Vegas is hotter.

Are there any regs that are still there over a decade plus ago that are playing 2/5nl?

I have a lol sample size but I was playing low limits cash 1 and 2 weeks back and found the games softer and more fun than pre Covid. I don’t know what’s going on but if almost feels like poker is having a small resurgence. It’s not 2005 but games are better than 2019.

When I was in Vegas beginning of June, I was crushing souls at Aria. I got a table massage from a tall Canadian girl named Brooklyn. Best table massage I ever had. Also, she is quite cute, probably a 7/10 with decent B cups. I was so busy making money I forgot to get her number so that I could fornicate with her.

Vice did a piece on the Duke of Freemont

have you mistaken this forum for a Reddit thread for incels?

Dude he was going to get her number and it would for sure be a real one and he for sure would smash. That's no incel.

Basically what I expected but still kind of sad.