Oct 23rd - Las Vegas - General Discussion & Gathering Thread III

[RedRocksU2]

The funny thing is that a complete rookie can win it all.

 

[Sicy]

ask Christine.

Who?

 

[RedRocksU2]

hehehee...from now on, it's Christine.

 

[RedRocksU2]

It does take longer to write it down tho'

 

[Sicy]

hehehee...from now on, it's Christine.

K Jose.

 

[lauramullen]

Someone maybe in trouble

 

[RedRocksU2]

lol

 

[lauramullen]

Carlos = Jose

 

[RedRocksU2]

Jose= Pedro= Carlos

 

[trojanchick99]

Blackjack is my game...however I'm trying to learn craps because it looks so fun.

Oh and Guinness is ... I especially like it car bomb style or half Guinness/half cider

 

[RedRocksU2]

I tried learning Craps, but I was too drunk.

 

[waynetravis]

Can we hibernate for the next 8 weeks

 

[trojanchick99]

Can we hibernate for the next 8 weeks

You could try cryogenically freezing yourself but you could overshoot and wake up in a world controlled by otters. That wouldn't be cool.

 

[WildHoney]

You could try cryogenically freezing yourself but you could overshoot and wake up in a world controlled by otters. That wouldn't be cool.

Or even worse squirrels

 

[lauramullen]

I can't hibernate. I have to go to some shows first. I just wish this month would end already

 

[beegee]

It's all about Let it Ride.

 

[kafrun]

Go Fish

 

[dmalezi]

:And Gin & Tonics. I have become a fan of gin again since it calmed a sour stomach last weekend.

Tanqueray gin I'll be havin a few while in Vegas!

 

[mtnfox]

It's all about Let it Ride.

 

[mtnfox]

I tried learning Craps, but I was too drunk.

LOVE CRAPS!!
Here is all you need to know about craps (at least for starters):
When you get to the table, look for the little disc on one of the numbers - it will say "ON" and be white. If you wish to jump in the game here, you will place your bet on the "COME" line. Otherwise, wait until the shooter either "sevens out" or "makes his point" (explained in a minute). The dealer will turn the disc over (black, "OFF") and place it next to his side of the table. This is now a new roll. Place a bet on the pass line. On the very first roll, if a seven or eleven comes up, you win, and it's a new roll again. If a two, three, or twelve comes up, this is "craps" and you lose, then it's a new roll again. If any other number comes up (four, five, six, eight, nine, ten) this is called the "point". Your bet stays where it's at until the shooter rolls that number again, (win your bet) or a seven (lose your bet). If, at this point, he rolls crap dice, it's a "push" and your bet stays where it's at.

Back to the "COME" line. If you want to bet after the shooter has already rolled and established a point, you cannot bet on the pass line. Instead, you place your money on the "COME" line, but the bet is exactly the same as a "PASS" bet. If, on the very next roll after you place your bet, a seven or eleven is rolled, you win. Craps (two, three, twelve) loses. If any other number is rolled, the dealer will take your chips and move them to that number. At this point it's just as if you had made a pass bet - i.e. you're waiting for the shooter to roll that number before he rolls a seven.

Learn these basics and you're on your way. The next step would be to learn how to make "odds" bets, which is kind of a back up bet for your pass line or come line bet, it just pays better. But we'll leave that for another lesson. Just remember to bet the pass line and the come line, and stay away from the "FIELD" bets or the proposition bets in the middle (hard six, hard eight, any craps, etc.) - these have very bad odds and are not good bets.

 

[lauramullen]

I'm not going to gamble. I don't have money to lose

I sure will drink though

 

[zuropa_fit]

I'm not going to gamble. I don't have money to lose

I sure will drink though

this

 

[corianderstem]

The two times I've played blackjack in Vegas, I ended up winning over $100 each time ($150 the first time, closer to like $120 the second).

I have to go in with a set limit of how much I can spend, and it helps to have plans to be somewhere else at a certain time ... otherwise I would have stayed and lost everything I'd won!

 

[WildHoney]

I think i'll limit myself to the slot machines

I can't win at strip poker let alone anything else

 

[lauramullen]

If I have some extra money, I may do some slots

 

[kramwest1]

I think i'll limit myself to the slot machines

I actually like playing slot machines.

I don't like to think when I gamble, and the "free" hotel rooms are nice.


M

 

[beegee]

I'm not going to gamble. I don't have money to lose

I sure will drink though

It can be pretty expensive to drink in Las Vegas.

 

[RedRocksU2]

Slots are the easiest way to lose your money, my suggestion; BlackJack.

 

[WildHoney]

Or just go shopping, NI loses a lot of money that way too

 

[lauramullen]

I do too.