also if i was a big player at ballys like 6 years ago, and i get unbanned, will i get good comps again immediately for past behavior, even though now i am no longer a degen?

worst loss of my life still to this day is from Ballys Casino. that place... man I dont know where to start. Just degened it up big time there, by myself, just found it great to do. No one really ever knew but me the exact money I blew there. The dealers even used to say kid are you spending your college loans? I was. I probably added 15k to my overall balance from slots in ac. But i was always comped, found it a fun geta way, won 1st prize in a donkament at Ballys, but my first (and only 1st place live tournament win) I did win $1500 from $55 or $60 game i think though. Well after I banned i moved further away and never go there again.

roulette addiction got me again. i always try chasing poker-losses with roulette(which obv. rarely works).

any good tips for a degen like me?

its really getting out of control and im a little bit scared that this wont end well

Blackjack?

its amazing but i really hate this game and am not addicted to it. same with baccarat and other games like casino holdem etc.


just roulette always gets the best out of me. problem is you can loose so much so fast

i mean last night i lost 2000$ betting 200$ a number and obv. didnt hit. online roll busted. and one spin later guess what happens my number comes in...thats the worst feeling and puts you on devil tilt.

another thing which happened a few weeks ago was for example , that i was scared i couldnt get all the numbers in i wanted in time. because in live roulette(online) you jst have 15 seconds to place bets and i forgot the number 20 which i always bet. and which number came in? guess what the ****** 20 to put me on mother****ing life tilt.

i dont need this crap anymore but its so hard to stop if im tilted from omaha:/

Ah bad beat jackpot. That reminds me of the time this old guy sat out one hand to goto the washroom and the table hit the Bbj. Which was like 170k at the time, big room in the poker boom era time. Anyways guy came back and was so mad. Most likely needed the money bad. I remember seeing him in real ratty clothes and he would always bring his own food and looked homeless. Just someone that gave off a lot of impressions they were down on their luck. Of course he couldn't comprehend that if he had been in the hand it wouldn't of happened but given the situation I could understand someone not comprehending that. Good end to the story is everyone chipped in and gave him a few bucks.

**** me that game is truly evil. Just yesterday I posted a story about my degen buddy M told my friend Scott and I he stopped betting big on 18 and 21 because they 'never come up.' Scott and I loaded up bets on both and of course it comes next spin, and then two spins later. Also I hear ya on hating other games, I'd rather play three card monty vs some street hustlers than throw any money into a slot machine.

Ugh, I'm down $1500 in two weeks playing poker, and up $2250 in roulette in that time.

I play $0.25/0.50 and $0.50/1 PLO, with some small shots of 200PLO thrown in so I'm not down much considering the stakes and the ridic variance in PLO. Still though, I'm absolutely life tilted right now, I was up $720 today, knocked out nearly half of my two weeks worth of losses! Only to donate most of it back, only up $90 on the day.

I called M up and asked if he wanted to go the casino, already knowing the answer. I'll report back, I wanna win big or lose big, so I'll either feel awesome or like dog**** today

So you made back your losses from poker and $750 extra profit overall in roulette and you are life tilted? Hard to make it as a gambler if you are tilted after making money. Too many people get obsessive over how much money they had at their peak.

Jesus Christmas, post too much here.. Embarrassing.

Anyways, went to the casino last night with the goal of winning or losing big. And for a solid hour and a half, it looked like it was going to be lose big. I was down $530 betting big (for me) on a few numbers. I kept switching, but 16, 21, 01, and 30 were my main 'big' wins I kinda stuck with. I bet $100 on second 12 to hopefully recoup SOMETHING, as well as my usual bet. I lost. At this point I thought I'd try out M's go to of betting a ton on second 12, screw it I was down nearly $700 anyways. I threw $20 on 21, 16, 18, 01, and 30.. and split $10 between 18 and 21 for whatever reason. I threw $100 on second 12 again as well. Wouldn't you ****ing know it, it came 21. No bounces or anything, just kinda plunked right in. 'YESSSS!!' I nearly spilt my drink, I couldn't believe it. It just felt so ****ing good, pulled an instant mental 180. I won $1240 on the spin, so I must have bet something weird that I don't remember, because I should have won $1200 on the dot. That put me nearly $400 to the good.

This is where it gets kind of sick for me, because in my mind I was still going for big or nothing, and in that mindset I guess $400 profit wasn't good enough for me..

I instantly bet way bigger feeling invincible after that 21, and dumped $800 back in a solid 5 minutes I bet. Gross, that feeling was starting to come back. I mean 21 saved me, why didn't I just say **** it, I kept thinking. Except this time it actually felt worse, which is weird. When I went there I was prepared mentally to win or lose big, I knew it was more than likely going to be lose. So I was kind of okay to be down $600 to begin. But I was 'saved' in my mind and continued to play, which made me feel worse. Oh well, time to keep playing, I'm only down $400 or so now.

M was actually playing pretty reserved and small, I think he was up like $210 so far. I'm down $400 and have to go to the bathroom, M asks me if he wants me to keep repeating my regular bet I'd stuck with for a bit. I said no, I needed a little break after that anyways, told him to obviously keep an eye on my machine and headed to the bathroom. Coming back, I saw I missed 5 spins. It came 30, blank, 30, blank, blank, 16. Cock ****ing sucker. I'd been betting my same 16, 21, 01, and 30 pretty much the whole session, they were my big wins. But no, I'm still down $400.

M looked happy as a clam in ****, and said after the first 30 he switched to my numbers and caught the other 30, and 16. I wish I had a tazer or something to electrocute his smug face. Oh well, karma for the 18 and 21 I bet when M stopped and hit it twice in three spins.

Tilted as hell, I bet the max on second 12, which is $200. Then I loaded up my favourite numbers in the second 12 area, I think I had 21, 16, 18, 19, 23. I looked over and M was betting big on his usual 17 and 20. I thought **** it, I'll bet those too, they're in the second 12 anyways. I threw $10 on both. 17. YESSSSSSSSS, for once M and I can be happy together, we never bet the same **** it seems.. one guy is always in a little bit worse of a mood haha. $960 paid on the spin, but I probably bet like $350 or so. Still, I'm to the good nearly $200 at that point.

I threw my $200 on second twelve and told myself screw my plan of winning or losing big, this way if I lost I'd leave even. Or, even better, I'd be up $600. I was lying to myself, I doubt I'd leave at that point. Those two big wins felt too good.

I won that spin, I can't remember what number came up but I know it wasn't one of my usual big numbers I was betting on the last spin. Had to be 13, or 15 or something like that.

All right, I'm up $600 at this point and M said his girlfriend was going to meet us there for drinks, and she was even bringing a cute friend. Eventually they arrive and I'm still up around $600. They want to get drinks and eat, and I wanted to stay at the roulette wheel! Couldn't believe it, this time it was M who wanted to be social and I was the roulette demon. I tried to hide how much I wanted to stay, and decided a break couldn't be too bad anyways. M and his girlfriend are on the same side of the booth quietly talking to each other which kinda leaves her friend and I there a bit awkwardly. She is kinda cute, but oh my god her voice. Didn't want to be mean, but she sounded like a deeper version of some weird kermit the frog/ray romano mix. That, plus she's LOUD and only wants to talk about how much she's into feminism and that she doesn't believe bisexuals exist.

**** me, if I had to hear her explain that bisexuals 'can't exist' because she just 'doesn't get it, they have to like one more than the other' I was going to jump off the terrace in the back. She made some remark about me seeming not interested at all, and that this was all wrong. I asked what she meant by wrong, and apparently M told her that I was looking for someone, and that I was excited to meet her etc. That bastard.

Anyways that was my cue. I told her 'Listen, I don't know what M told you, but I'm bisexual and swing more to the gay side,' before I excused myself. I'm not bisexual, but damn it was priceless seeing her face after I said that.. especially after all that **** she said earlier . M can deal with that, friends don't hook friends up with kermit the frog/ray romano's love child. I get another drink and saunter my ass back over to roulette, happier than duck tits I don't have to listen to that drivel anymore.

There's eight seats at this wheel, and all of them are filled except one. I sit down and there is a lovely hunched over 120 year old Asian man to my right, sipping his beer, looking up at the keno board, and then betting roulette. At least I think he was 120, if not I was sitting next to a real life goblin. Goblin looked older than time itself, and he seemed superstitious as all hell.

Goblin looked up at the keno board as numbers were drawing. I guess he saw 8, and some other number. He immediately bet 8, and some number in the 30's. He plastered the **** out of 8, and bet pretty damn big on 33 or whatever. Then he bet max on first twelve, and third 12. He even through $10 on both zeros for good measure I guess.

Holy ****ing ****, I found my way out. I'm still up $600, and this guy just laid it out for me. I threw $200 on second 12, which means goblin had everything else. Again I don't remember what it came, all I know is I won. WOOOOOOH, that's right around $1000 in profit. I was going to cash out and leave happy that I accomplished my mission, but goblin repeated his bet. I couldn't pass up free money, I'm a lock to win with him betting all that shenanigans.

I threw $50 on second 12, just for the little sweat and sure enough it comes 14. Goblin looks at me and goes 'FACK, I HAVE ALL DIS CHIT AND YOU HAVE..' before he trails off in another language, probably calling me all sorts of ****.

M didn't have work the next day and neither did I, so I decided to treat him and his girlfriend to a night out. He's always generous as all hell when he wins big anyways. It was pretty much only us who went out, all my nit friends have work and are too pussy to work through the hangover.. tough beat.

That's it, I'm happy as **** my designated degen night worked out. Was a few spins away from just leaving broke, I wasn't going to lose more than $1000.. or so I told myself.

Yes I was tilted and know it is stupid. I've been just under breakeven the last three months in PLO. I know it's not crazy because there's so much variance in PLO, especially with how I mix stakes and play a ton of zoom. Still though, being less than break even for that long almost makes me feel worse than just a straight up downswing. But for the last three months it has felt like I've taken 2 steps forward and three steps back every damn session. That was the first session I've made a bit of leeway towards my losses and everything seemed to go my way, only for me to dump most back.

Edit: I do truly know how stupid it sounds, but breaking even after all that time just tilts the living **** out of me. I'd rather they bring the pain and I just straight up lose so I can review/put more work into my game and adjust. I do that anyways, but I always put a lot more work into my game on a downswing. Oh well, hopefully that was my last degen story for a long time, I've been crazy lucky in roulette and I've seen how brutal the damn wheel can be.

You should always be working on your game regardless of if you are winning or losing. Just because you are winning doesn't mean you are playing well.

Maybe you missed it, but I do put work into my game no matter what. I just always put in a lot more work while on a downswing, it motivates me. Not only that, it reassures me that I'm not losing because I'm a losing player in the first place.

Few bucs? shoulda chopped it up equally.. if it wasnt for him the table would not hav hit the bbj.

Well I for one appreciate your stories Cantrell.

so last night i sign up for a freeroll online. I never played one hand. I min cashed in 54/1225 for 1.81$ and now have built it to 4 buyins at 01./0.2. How could i place so high just sitting out folding? This might be a sign, a lucky streak is coming soon!

good stories cantrell btw. kept me entertained at work yesterday.

Love it!!!

Biggest Loss of my 10 years of casino gambling.

Im happy in a way to say that my biggest loss in one day in my entire life was only 7000. And it only outshadows my biggest win on a similar game by $1000. However, when I lost it, 7000 meant more to me than it would now even. As I mentioned in previous tales of degeneracy, I started playing in the casinos at slots mainly, only slots, as the nearest casino to me when i turned 21 was almost 1.5 hours away and only had slots. I remember winning $100 on little green men and bragging about it lol. i didnt have much extra money ever back then, so it did mean alot. So anyhow I started gambling in slot parlors in west virginia, then couple years later moved to New york city. Found the greyhound route to AC right away. I was very extremely busy with school too though and also back then i liked online poker micros alot so didnt go that much the first year. I did not own a car either, so that greyhound to AC was the easiest casinos and a ton of them, to get too from Brooklyn. I kept going playing their slots. I started losing hundreds, then found ways to get more money now that I was in grad school, to take extra loans when I took for tuition. I paid all my own medical school fees by loans, and took some extra for AC and to live off. I still have some, but have paid back alot too. So I was playing $5 slots now when i rarely went, but win or loss 1-2k even some days. Started off very hot. Hit like $1500 on a 77double at Showboat, hit $1250 video poker Ballys, $1998 tiki torchs at Trumps. Was getting comped nice rooms, and i loved the mini vacation. WEll i blew alot of money once my slot + table games started. Oh boy. Try to recoup that blackjack loss with slots, win back to blackjack down 200 quick, 300 more on table. Lose in one hand type of sprees. So anyhow, sick of the grind roll on the table one night....

so the biggest loss for me came one weekend. I took the greyhound in, had a nice room waiting, and dinner at a nice place. I was staying at Ballys. I was alone, but enjoying the trip still. Had several drinks, gambled, ate dinner, gambled, walked the beach, stopped in Wild West and won on 3 card poker almost 500 on a 3oak. Story gets a little fuzzy to my memory, but I ended up back at the room, smoked out, and downstairs. Playing $5 slots was getting old, after all by this time I had a job and could afford to play more. I was also in a online masters program, and had taken 6000 for tuition recently, had a lot of bills, no savings, and didnt make that much back then. This was 6 years ago man. So anyhow I remeber playing 5, then 10, 25 dollar slots. Losing on all of them too. Before I know it, im down 1000. Took 1400 cash advance. Then move up to 25$ slots. A degen is playing 25 x3 every spin next to me. Talking about the one time she won 45k, it just makes you keep coming back she exclaimed to me. Well she hits for 2000 quick, I just keep losing. Down 2400, i head to the cash advance again, seriously took 5200, all of my limit at the time out. All hundreds, Im like the 3000 lost isnt even lost. Im drunk young and wild and feel rich. i go to blackjack. I put 250 out and get 10 10. Dealer has like 5. I say this is a great situation and immediately split them. So 500 out. The guy next to me goes man you are nuts, you dont split the 10's. I really hadnt played much, remember more the slot and 3 card player at this point. well i lost. and lost. Back to slot room, Ballys with the leather chairs, you can bet on the chair handle in that joint. And jackpot, i win 1250, the min jackpot on a 25 machine, but still, good amount back. Well now the big mistake, I wont drag it out too long, but started playing the good ol $100 slots. I got some play with cherry, 5 win, even like 1 10 win, but no over 1200 for a jackpot. And eventually lose 5000 within about 1 hour. All on cash advance with no way in sight to pay it back. The next morning I check out early. I have a backpack, am dead tired from a sleepless night of worry, and dead broke. With teh fees i am over my limit, but I still have my bus pass. I call my host, and she gave me $40 for breakfast. I felt so ****ty thinking this is what i have left of a 7000 night. I couldnt eat much and left. I walked the streets of AC. I was offered drugs, but i had no money to buy. I called my student loans company, and they said the max for the entire program i could borrow that was left was 7000. I swear to you, I did not know they would even let me borrow more. But i did. At 9%. And it took much long hard tedious labor to pay it back. But it cleared that debt away and i soon after quit gambling. For about a month. Then started but more focused on table games. Fairer games, no big jackpots. But did clear a few 1000s once or twice in blackjack where i bet purple chips. I didnt win big for several years at all it later seemed, but frequently lost it all even if ahead. Win 1000 on a penny slot? I did 100,000 pennies. Lost it all the same day. Thats alot of pennies. But last summer got my revenge for those $100 bad boys. Hit for $6000 on my 3rd spin. First reel, double with a loud ding, second triple bar, 3rd triple bar. I nearly **** myself i was so happy!

Online blackjack $250 max bet so fkkking tilting I was starting at $50 and pressing I get up to $250 win I try to press again I would have bet around $450 it wouldnt let me of course i win that hand the next hand after that I get an 11 vs a 6 I would have had a good $750-800 out there instead only got 250. fkkkkkk I doubled get a K for 21 then lost next hand after that i left up $1000 but could have been a lot more i always hear about people running it up to 25k or more I can never ever do that I always have small wins and big losses this was another example of that

Why are people like you on 2+2, I don't get it?

Don't you realise it's way minus ev doing what you're doing?

Hey Corey... GFY

This.


Why don't you go to the bar and ask people if they know alcohol is not good for their health?

Welp, turns out I didn't heed this advice. Whoops....pictures lot follow.....