Well, I've had a chance to go to the casino twice over the past 3 weeks - once for Wiz's "fact finding" visit in late December and last night with Janice as a birthday gift.
(By the way - I'm trying to convince Janice to bake this cake - candles and all - for today, my 38th. She quickly rolled her eyes and called me a nerd. I love it!)
I swear, I think I see more odd things at the Indiana casino than the Vegas casinos. A list of the things that stick out from the last two visits:
- The pure joy that Don, Wiz, Mike and I all felt when we rolled into the casino and saw an open UTH table at 9 in the morning;
- The heart attack that our UTH dealer had when Wiz pulled out his camera phone and took a picture of the table - with the flash on! The woman admonished Wiz several times, with Wiz weakly stating "I didn't know I conuldn't take pictures!" Ha.
- Dealer is down! A dealer is down!
So we're playing craps, and on the other side of the table, there is an African American dealer handling the chips. After abotu 20 minutes, she starts complaining about something - we think it's because of some gamblers over there, although we're not sure what it's all about. 20 miuntes after that, she is replaced by the pit boss- the pit boss is now standing and dealing, paying out $7 when 8's are rolled.
5 minutes later, medics and a wheelchair comes by - and the African American dealer is seated with an oxygen mask - and after observation, is taken away.
Of course, the table doesn't see any delays. The show must go on.
- Wiz is the WORST gooch at the craps table. Saying "seven" at the wrong time, betting $7 unknowingly on the hard ways - just an idiot.......
- .....however, it was clear that I was the worst gooch at the UTH table. Don was ready to slug me multiple times. One hand, Don has 9-6. The flop came J-9-6. I triumphantly yelled: "Hey, you got it, Don!"
The rest of the cards were 8-4; the dealer turns over J-4. Oooooo, sorry about that, Don.....
- It's funny to see Wiz, Don, Mike and I all get critizied for our UTH play by a guy who is betting $5 on the Ante/Blind and $15 on the trips.....
- Janice is now a big fan of Pai Gow.
- I saw the dealer deal herself a Royal Flush last night; however, the 2-card hand was "8-6", so we all pushed.
- I received 4 Aces at Pai Gow. How do you play that? I split it 3-1, with A-K up top. Yes, I won.
- Was going to sit down at a UTH table (for a second go around) and asked a player if I could take the seat next to him.
"Yes - but it will be 45 minutes until we play another hand!!!!!" he yelled.
They were ending a hand....the board had A, Q, J, 10, all of clubs....
The dealer had a 9 of clubs........and this player had the K of clubs.
A Royal in UTH - and he had $10 on the Ante/Blind, and $10 on the trips. That's $5000 for the blind, $500 for the trips. Wow.
- So there was a second UTH table open - and I went over there - it was being dealt by a .....how do you say it now? Midget? Dwarf?....by a height-challenged dealer. Also, the automatic shuffler was broken, so he was shuffling by hand. It was odd. I felt like I was playing against mini-me.
- It wouldn't be UTH at Belterra without getting ripped by the dealer for strategy, as I went in 4x with A-6 suited. The dealer called me "gutsy" and said I shouldn't do that unles I had 10s or better. Yeah, ok. Just pay please.
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I am so addict to UTH. Its a disease.
I'm predicting a disaster at the UTH table this year. Wiz and I going 4 figures in on a hand? Don knocking out a dealer for critizing his playing style? Oh, its going to be crazy!!!!
Oh and happy birthday Eric.
I predict a disaster at the UTH table when the dealer starts to incorrectly pay me (note, this is not an IF situation, dealers make mistakes all the time at this game) more than what I'm owed and Layup, out of some unknown and unfounded sense of loyalty to the House, speaks up and corrects the dealer. Oh, its going to be crazy!!!
Its called integrity. Its obvious that none of my friends have it.
And the Mirage UTH dealer told me a story on how Pete Rose was overpaid by $10K at a craps table, got up and left, and the casino asked him for the $10K back later on that night. He told them to go stick it, which resulted in the floor supervisor, pit boss,and dealer all getting fired. So if you want that on your hands when the dealer pays you out $20incorrectly then go ahead.
So, did the dealer tell you about the time that they underpaid at the craps table, tracked down the client and paid him what was owed?
And the next time I have $10k at risk on the table, I'll worry about the pit boss and his job.
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