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Punk da Bundo
Dec 29, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
remmeber that goon who played pool and hustled ppl, do u play poker where r the gambler goons

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Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
i play poker

last time I played I took $40 and turned it into $500 and then promptly lost it a few hands later going all in when the dude caught a card on the river that completed his straight flush

i was mad kinda but whatever it happens. was a good night.

root of all eval
Dec 28, 2002

Craps is fun if you live in a state that has craps. Play craps. It's fun.

Hesh Ballantine
Feb 13, 2012
*car needs a muffler, roof leaks, kids teeth are hosed up*

*blows a shitload of money on games that arent even that fun or challenging*

Punk da Bundo
Dec 29, 2006

by FactsAreUseless

Hesh Ballantine posted:

*car needs a muffler, roof leaks, kids teeth are hosed up*

*blows a shitload of money on games that arent even that fun or challenging*

uhh some of the games to make money at are pretty hard . poker and blackjack aren't e z

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
poker isn't easy but if you go to the local cardhouse at the right time there's always the dipshits that play all the time but still somehow have no idea what they're doing and if you play conservatively (ie only play the best 10 hands) it's not hard at all to walk away with their money

TOILETLORD
Nov 13, 2012

by XyloJW
i made 300 dollars off of penny poker once

Punk da Bundo
Dec 29, 2006

by FactsAreUseless

Moridin920 posted:

poker isn't easy but if you go to the local cardhouse at the right time there's always the dipshits that play all the time but still somehow have no idea what they're doing and if you play conservatively (ie only play the best 10 hands) it's not hard at all to walk away with their money

then you start walking down a dark path of being that guy who smells terrible and he's the best poker dude in all of The land

Crewmine
Apr 26, 2012
casinos, are depressing

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
3 of the best weekends of my life have been in vegas and i won more money than i spent each time, except for the trip where we went to some strip clubs (actually maybe even then)
walking around hammered and still drinking on a hot february morning rules

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
poo poo and for free drinking for free god bless america drinking for free all day and night drinking for free

as a male this idea intrigues me

free at last

TOILETLORD
Nov 13, 2012

by XyloJW

gary oldmans diary posted:

poo poo and for free drinking for free god bless america drinking for free all day and night drinking for free

as a male this idea intrigues me

every yime i got o vegas, i buy a bottle first thing so when i walk into a casino i'm easily identified as drunk at a distance and they run free drinks to me as fast as they can

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
Hi stakes Magic the Gathering is my jam

Mr. Pumroy
May 20, 2001

remember when poker was big, and people actually paid attention to poker players? like to the point where their names were spoken in tones other than pity for the broken number counter androids they've become?

root of all eval
Dec 28, 2002

I just walk around the strip and casinos with an open crave case of natty. I remember the first time I saw someone with a case of beer on a slot machine, euphoria washed over me, of course.

Seymour Butts
Jun 26, 2003
I break girls in like baseball gloves
I made $1,300 with a straight flush on Monday.

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
Come on! Baby needs a new pair of legs.

GrrrlSweatshirt
Jun 2, 2012
i dont know how to play poker

TOILETLORD
Nov 13, 2012

by XyloJW

GrrrlSweatshirt posted:

i dont know how to play poker

i played poker with your mom

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

Cribbage is where it's at, loving deal with that, motherfuckers.

root of all eval
Dec 28, 2002

Big Beef City posted:

Cribbage is where it's at, loving deal with that, motherfuckers.

How do you gamble in Crib? I am intrigued.

GrrrlSweatshirt
Jun 2, 2012

TOILETLORD posted:

i played poker with your mom

she probably liked it too the skank

CharlestonJew
Jul 7, 2011

Illegal Hen
im bad at gambling in video games which taught me that I'm probably bad at gambling irl too. I feel lucky I was taught this sooner rather than later

TOILETLORD
Nov 13, 2012

by XyloJW

GrrrlSweatshirt posted:

she probably liked it too the skank

i saw that she is real good at holding those texans

sexy young infidel
Nov 13, 2014

Faggot of the Year
2012, 2014
that is not how texas hold 'em works

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

BossRighteous posted:

How do you gamble in Crib? I am intrigued.

You put a price on winning the game and a smaller price for each point loss by. Amounts double if skunked, quadruple if double skunked.

So let's say we played for $5 a game, $.10 a hole, and you got double skunked (just at the line), you'd owe = (5+(60*.1)*4 = $44.

root of all eval
Dec 28, 2002

Big Beef City posted:

You put a price on winning the game and a smaller price for each point loss by. Amounts double if skunked, quadruple if double skunked.

So let's say we played for $5 a game, $.10 a hole, and you got double skunked (just at the line), you'd owe = (5+(60*.1)*4 = $44.

That's intense.

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

Someone should talk about all the loving insane golf bets there are, that's like it's own book almost.

"Hey you wanna press on the bingo bango bongo?"

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005

Big Beef City posted:

(5+(60*.1)*4 = $44.
(()
sloppy work sir

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

math is for fags

sexy young infidel
Nov 13, 2014

Faggot of the Year
2012, 2014
i gamble on more... exotic things than your bog standard cards

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

sexy young infidel posted:

i gamble on more... exotic things than your bog standard cards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt0w0_HYGS8&x-yt-cl=84411374&feature=player_detailpage&x-yt-ts=1421828030#t=9

open container
Sep 16, 2008
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raton
Jul 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
If you don't know how to play craps, poker and how to bet on sports you aren't a man. If you degen out and lose money you can't afford to lose at any of those you also aren't a man.

To learn how to play poker you read The Little Green Book and then put 100 dollars on Bovada using a prepaid credit card (if you live in the US) and try to apply what you read. (If you don't live in the US put money on Poker Stars with your normal card instead.) Poker is actually a betting game, not a card game, so you can't learn it without real money at stake. After a while you should buy and read Small Stakes No Limit Hold'em by Miller and Mehta and read that but it won't make sense until you've played a bit. Poker is the only sort of gambling you don't have to be a savant or an angle shooting thrillionaire to make money at and it's the best game anyway. If you can apply what you learned in those books really well you can probably make 15/hour playing the cheapest poker games at your nearest casino, but there will be upswings and downswings obviously. People who have a lot of experience and are genuinely good at poker make about 45/hour doing it these days (with more swings even proportionately). Savants can do better obviously.

To learn to play craps you read the rules on Wizard of Odds and then play some Java craps game until the rules click. Craps is really two games in one and it's actually quite simple once you realize what's going on. It's the most fun and social way to gamble and is almost always the closest you can get to a 50/50 bet in a casino. You cannot make money at it long term but it's the coolest table game. Craps is intimidating in the casino but if you go on off hours there's almost always a table with zero people on it, just tell them that you tried to learn online and now want to learn how to play live and they'll happily walk you through it. If you want fun just bet whatever, if you want to play smart you play pass with odds and place the 6 or 8 to spice things up once in a while.

Learning how to bet sports mostly means learning jargon and how different bets are codified on the displays / guides / sheets. You should have a sportsbetting guy walk you through it, fortunately many sports betters are either lonely old men or social friendly guys and they'll be happy to show you the basics. If you find a grumpy one that's because he's losing, just find another one. Making money on sportsbetting means finding bets where the payout you buy is worth more than you paid for it, so it's more like picking stocks than it is knowing who will win. The "broker" fees for buying these payouts make doing this reliably awfully difficult but there's a lot of knowledge that goes into it if you're serious about it and it can be a real skill.

If you have your girlfriend along play roulette. It's the most elegantly designed gambling conceit. Unfortunately the house edge on it is usually at least five times worse than craps and it's not as social. In Europe the rules and wheel are often a little different and the house edge is about equal to craps. An ape could learn roulette, only flipping a coin is simpler. Wizard of Odds to learn.

If you want to chill and have a casual gambling time Pai Gow Poker is a very good, slow paced table game. Wizard of Odds to learn.

90% of blackjack players are miserable cunts and I don't want to be anywhere near those dumb fucks. Blackjack is fast, grindy, and doing well at it is mostly impossible these days plus requires incessant tedious mental accounting. Not a fan.

Don't play the machines they're real dumb and bad and usually have a disgusting house edge. If you like machines you're wrong for liking them.

There are other weird table games. If you hear about one you want to try you can go to Wizard of Odds and they'll tell you if it's a real bad idea (usually the case) or if it's a decent way to have fun.

Gambling is still fun even if you know all the numbers because when you win the primitive part of your brain is real happy to see this unexpected reward. Some people are hardwired to lose their rear end if they try it. Most people can safely enjoy it as a form of entertainment. There are only a few people who are so good at it that they should do that as a job instead of something more conventional.

raton
Jul 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

BossRighteous posted:

How do you gamble in Crib? I am intrigued.

Dollar a point.

TOILETLORD
Nov 13, 2012

by XyloJW
1 dollar every time the actor tries not to act or look depressed about living in a poo poo hole

IzzyFnStradlin
Jun 19, 2004
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: this sovereign citizen stuff might be closer to the truth than we are willing to admit.
i gamble with my life everyday by walking the dark city streets alone as a straight white man. aka public enemy #1. aka this millennium's whipping boy, wrongly accused and convicted w/out trial.

Seymour Butts
Jun 26, 2003
I break girls in like baseball gloves

Sheep-Goats posted:

Some people are hardwired to lose their rear end if they try it.

I can't remember where, but I saw something (I think it was a movie) that mentioned this. Either you saw the same movie and just remember this part better than I do or there has been some more study regarding this. If it is the latter, I would like to read about it.

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Pon de Bundy posted:

remmeber that goon who played pool and hustled ppl, do u play poker where r the gambler goons

made 2500 dollars off of 100 dollars worth of old buttcoins


felt good to cash out on that bullshit racket

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Bubble Bobby
Jan 28, 2005
Basically how I've been running at poker

http://www.propokertools.com/simulations/show?b=th5c4d&g=he&h1=4c4s&h2=tdas&s=generic

I had 44

AT runner runner straight

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