rare occurrence... Harrahs Philly tonight..
rare occurrence... Harrahs Philly tonight..
JustaDiamind is now justa-seven-star..
Hi. Beautiful. You took the photo while the credits were still adding?
yes... I was in the high limit room by the hosts desk.. wanted to get the picture before the attendant showed up... they sometimes get cranky about that..
Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson
JustaDiamind is now justa-seven-star..
nice dealt hand on free play at Harrahs Philadelphia tonight : )
and since I know Rob wants to know, I 'reinvested' $200 of this on $5 Top Dollar, cashed out $900 and ran... left $2300 up : )
JustaDiamind is now justa-seven-star..
Nice, nice, nice Christmas present JustaDiamind. And congratulations for doing what we all would do -- keep playing -- and you won more!
Congrats! Those are beautiful hits --
Sweet! Congrats JustaDiamind!
Nice to think about after a win like that. But now let's hear from everyone who mostly loses it all after continuing to play when it's a stupid thing to do.Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson
This is really where you have your problem. And it is your problem. Those of us who are recreational players are going to go back to play again. So it's really nice to win from time to time to finance our next trip.Originally Posted by Rob.Singer
Ya know Rob, (and this might be hard for you to accept), but some of us really enjoy going to casinos and playing and that doesn't make us addicts or have a gambling problem or force us to file bankruptcy either. And some of us are not at war with the casinos and some of us do not have regrets about being failed APs. Some of us just have a good time.
Try to understand. You don't decide what's right for the rest of the world.
Yikes! It's been more than a month since anyone posted a big casino win in this thread.
This isn't mine -- it's Jason's. He played Mississippi Stud (table card game, like video poker) at Commerce Casino near LA last night. His buy-in was $400. He moved up in denomination as he won. His biggest win on the night was a flush which paid about $3600 and he was betting $100 chips at the time.
The photo is of his rack when he colored up and left the table. The white chips are $100 chips. He had a profit of about $9100 on the night and there was no "hole carding" or any other advantage play involved -- just smart betting based on his dealt cards.
About a year ago Jason hit a $20,000 royal at Commerce at the same game -- they have a table limit on the jackpot and $20K was it. He was also betting $100 chips at the time and if not for the table cap he would have won $50-thousand.
I've never seen white $100 chips, I always thought black was the standard for $100 chips.Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson
Is this common at the California card rooms and casinos?
Nothing is standard in Indian casinos.
Commerce is not an Indian Casino. It is a California card room and the biggest poker casino in the United States with more tables than all of the Vegas casinos combined.Originally Posted by jbjb
www.commercecasino.com
My mistake, I read it wrong. Ones of the Indian casinos near me has the white $100 chips as well. Their $25 chips are gray.Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson
A win is a win, even more so with a picture of the chip stack (I've been to Commerce Casino to know that they are white). It must suck for the financial company (not sure if they are from Hong Kong) who acts as the house and pays $2 per hand to Commerce in the form of commission compared to the players who do it $1 per hand (that is why you have to bet big in order to make it worth while).
Did not mean to throw a bucket of cold water on this win, but however I do find it hard to believe he was able to pull off a winning session like that with just a $400 starting bankroll. Even betting at $10 an unit stakes can go through hundreds of dollars quickly, you do not get a paying hand more than half the time and must bet at least 4 units to go through. A lot of times the player can get peaced out quickly with $400 to play with. To achieve these wins using a positive martingale or bet increase system, there has to be many severe losing sessions. With the maximum aggregate payout being $20k, $100 bets will give the house even a bigger edge in the case of quads, straight flushes, and the royal flushes.
Congrats again to Jason on the win, I would not play the way he did.
I've seen players buy in small and immediately go on a long win streak. I believe him.
As you might expect there were times when Jason bought in for $400 and more and lost. He does not claim to be an advantage player. There are photos of his $20,000 royal at this game at Commerce -- i think he put them on his Facebook page.
More poker tables, or more tables...period?Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson
Definitely more poker tables at Commerce than all of the poker tables in Vegas combined. I think when it comes to total tables, I am sure that the combined total of all tables in Vegas exceeds what they have at Commerce.Originally Posted by coach belly
Take Caesars Palace, for example. I think they have eight poker tables. But Caesars has dozens of other table games including blackjack, 3 Card Poker, Mississippi Stud, and so forth.
I understand.Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson
How big of a place is this? I'm picturing a warehouse, rather than a ballroom.
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