random thoughts on a sunday afternoon
the difference between democratic and republican politicians getting caught having sex outside of their marriage seems to be the republicans have to pay for it.
there was a shooting here in las vegas last week at NEW YORK - NEW YORK casino. the shooter was going to start firing at 10:30 pm but put it off until later because "there were too many children on the casiono floor." what kind of parent has children on a casino floor at ten thirty at night? when he finally started shooting at 12:45 am, one of the people shot was a 13 year old child. same question, different time.
the shooter was taken down by four tourists. the casino did not make a big deal out of their heroism because they don't want people to think that those kind of things happen here and just wanted the story to go away. had that happened in, say, a mall in any other city in america the four men would have been hailed as heros and given the key to the city.
when you come to vegas and want to gamble remember something: HOUSE WINS. the casino wants to get all of your money and if you stay long enough at any of the house games they will get all of your money, the odds are ALWAYS ON THEIR SIDE. that is why i play poker and only poker because it is the only game in town where the casino is not your opponent. speaking of which, there is now a company that makes video poker tables so that, before long, the casinos will eliminate the poker dealers, the cards and the chips and everything will be done electronically. that will be a sad day for all. even though it will save the players from having to tip the dealers and in the long run will actually add to a player's winnings for a given year, poker will lose some of its finer points; i watch how someone holds their cards, how they look back at their cards, how they put their chips in the pot, how they stack their chips as they are getting ready to bet; all these things give me clues to their holdings. when we go electronic i will lose some of my edge. shit.
what do you get when you cross a carpenter with a writer from utah? a morman nailer. (thank you ron f. )
go dodgers!
there was a shooting here in las vegas last week at NEW YORK - NEW YORK casino. the shooter was going to start firing at 10:30 pm but put it off until later because "there were too many children on the casiono floor." what kind of parent has children on a casino floor at ten thirty at night? when he finally started shooting at 12:45 am, one of the people shot was a 13 year old child. same question, different time.
the shooter was taken down by four tourists. the casino did not make a big deal out of their heroism because they don't want people to think that those kind of things happen here and just wanted the story to go away. had that happened in, say, a mall in any other city in america the four men would have been hailed as heros and given the key to the city.
when you come to vegas and want to gamble remember something: HOUSE WINS. the casino wants to get all of your money and if you stay long enough at any of the house games they will get all of your money, the odds are ALWAYS ON THEIR SIDE. that is why i play poker and only poker because it is the only game in town where the casino is not your opponent. speaking of which, there is now a company that makes video poker tables so that, before long, the casinos will eliminate the poker dealers, the cards and the chips and everything will be done electronically. that will be a sad day for all. even though it will save the players from having to tip the dealers and in the long run will actually add to a player's winnings for a given year, poker will lose some of its finer points; i watch how someone holds their cards, how they look back at their cards, how they put their chips in the pot, how they stack their chips as they are getting ready to bet; all these things give me clues to their holdings. when we go electronic i will lose some of my edge. shit.
what do you get when you cross a carpenter with a writer from utah? a morman nailer. (thank you ron f. )
go dodgers!
posted by Ron Shock | 12:32 PM
2 Comments:
Interesting note on electronic poker tables. What I found interesting is how you,as a player, appreciate the "signals" human contact affords the astute player. Your dilemma is not unlike the transition that futures traders have had to make and are still in the process of making going from the personal contact open out cry of the pits to screen based trading.
Some claim this transition to have the positive side effect of leveling the trading atmosphere from a bias to the floor trader in the pit having access to the "real life situation".
The other side is of course is that it has improved volume by allowing for rapid execution of trades from all corners of the world so exchanges are real happy with this.
Following the same thought, what are the chances of the casino turning over players and money at a more rapid rate with the electronic tables so revenue per hour is increased.
Next I know there is on line gaming (won't even touch legislation in U.S.)but in the future will these electronic tables be able to function in some sort of linked fashion similar to slot machines, or indeed have an on line extension, again to more efficiently generate greater revenues?
oh, absolutely there will be a great financial gain for the casino because a. more hands per hour which increases the rake and b. much less overhead by eliminating dealers, chip runners, cost of the actual cards and chips. my hourly win rate will go up somewhat because of not having to tip the dealer. the ambience of the game will suffer and, in my opinion, will be less "fun" to play.
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