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Originally Posted by SwoopAE
Enjoying the thread so far.
Who is the strangest character you've encountered doing what you do? Tell us a bit about them
Theres one guy that always sticks out. He wasnt 'strange' per se, but a lot of weird stuff happened in this time and around this guy. Ill just tell the story...
After my las vegas adventure, I was back in MA and looking for new accounts. My pool hall friend had been betting through this guy and the skin had tons of props, so I had him set me up with a meeting. His name was Keno Bob and he ran Keno for a local restaurant. So Im already licking my chops walking in. I walk into this little, semi-run down Italian place right off the highway. The kind of place with popcorn in brown bowls and like 2 old arcade games for some reason that literally not one person has ever used. And I see this little old guy with slicked back gray hair, the King of the Keno room, hes talking to everyone, shaking hands and moving around like he owns the place. So we meet, talk for a bit and he gives me an account like its no big deal. The first few weeks go by and we settle with no problems and I get my credit bumped up. Then bumped up again. Lot of back and forth, we build trust and the account grows and grows. Then I have a brutal stretch of probably a month or 2 of just getting destroyed on his site. And I meet him and pay every week no problem.
One day Im meeting another guy I work with, a bookie and agent who was really sharp, and he mentions how he gives some players weekly rebates on losses. I was shocked. Ive never heard of such a thing! He says yea when a whale asks for it Ill usually give em 10% or something. So Im thinking, Keno Bob prob thinks im a whale! So my next big losing week I go into Keno Bobs Kingdom with my envelope and say Bob, I have another account and the guy is offering me 10% off losses every week. Id like to stay with you though, anyway you can beat that? And he goes yea sure, Ill give you '25 PERCENT OFF EVERY WEEK YOU LOSE'. 25% off of WEEKLY losses! I was expecting maybe hed match 10 or go nuts and offer 15 but 25!
So im like hey SURE bob that sounds good! And I just brutalize him over the next 6 months or so. I dont think I had a losing week. I couldnt believe how long they were letting me go for. I was using him as my personal ATM...it was like printing money for a while.
Finally one day after another huge week I try to log in and its closed. I call bob, no answer. ****. A few mins later I get a call from an unknown number...
I pick up and its this weird, feminine male voice with a lisp but hes kinda trying to be tough? He says hes Bobs boss and hes been away on vacation for the past month, and that he never would have allowed me stay on for so long, didnt know about the 25% etc. Then he starts talking about his mom?? I guess he lived with his mom and they were some sort of bookie operation together? I remember him saying "look, mom isnt happy" (lol). The whole thing was whacky.
So im like listen, i dont give a **** about any of this, where is Bob, he owes me for one more week then we never have to see each other again. And then he goes into how much make-up Bob is in because of me, and hes really worried about Bob, and Bob is such a nice guy and blah blah. And THEN, he goes "ya know back in the day if a guy won 10k in a week hed tip his agent a few hundred" all snide. Um excuse me buddy?? So Im like "hey PAL, when I was getting crushed week after week and bringing it all to him no problem, no one ever offered to "tip" me!". And he goes (I remember these exact words) "OK OK! Let us forget that and never bring it up again!" So I tell him I need to get paid what Im owed and we can be done. I think I might have even offered just to collect half of it if we can move on.
So we hang up. A minute later he calls me back. I pick up and he just starts talking, but I realize hes talking about me! He thinks he called bob and he starts saying "ok I talked to him, he still wants to get paid but..." and to this day I regret this, I dont know WHY, but I go "hey hey its me" And he goes oh sorry and hangs up. I dont know why I didnt just sit there and listen.
After that I never heard from or saw Keno Bob again. I went into his restaurant and he wasnt there. I even sent in some goons to talk to him but they never saw him either. I like to think of him in another country, running Keno for the locals and having a good time. I never heard anything about him or what happened or anything. He just vanished.