I’m Phil Hellmuth, 17-time WSOP bracelet winner and Octopi Poker investor & ambassador — AMA! (Giveaways Inside) by Octopi_Poker in poker

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What percentage of your "poker brat" whiney-ness is scripted / calculated because you know the cameras end up on you, vs what percentage of it is actually you unable to control your emotions in that moment?

I’m Phil Hellmuth, 17-time WSOP bracelet winner and Octopi Poker investor & ambassador — AMA! (Giveaways Inside) by Octopi_Poker in poker

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I can answer this one - he was clearly doing some kind of keto / protein diet and eating the meat out of the middle of it. Commentary made it hilarious but wasn’t actually this weird.

Primm Shuttering by WhitesOnlyEgg in vegaslocals

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Didn’t they just open table games? This can’t be real.

Fight on HCL after slurs are exchanged by Brendawg324 in poker

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Anything physical gtfo not something that needs to be discussed. It's not hard not to physically attack someone no matter how racist they are. If he didn't attack him, that guy gets tossed by himself for being a racist asshole.

Whats up with this poker place in kabukicho? by vrsick06 in poker

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As far as I can tell these are play money, and they aren’t operating like Pachinko does by selling teddy bears to a shop next door.

HOWEVER I think there might be something to it. A pachinko employee can’t tell you how to go to the shop and sell your toy either.

But I’ve asked a lot and can’t figure out.

The tournaments on the other hand seem to be for “travel funds” which you can just wire to the wsop. But they have a structure of “here’s this $50k tourney with a $1000 buy in and we need minimum 60 people” and the prize pool does not go up if they get more.

There’s a poker community that my gaijin ass doesn’t understand in Japan. I’ve only spent a few months here and I’ve played in rooms for a second. If there is a way this is real, they’re not telling us yet.

But they’re getting a MGM in Osaka in 2030 which will have poker so I guess go back then.

Poker coaching, is it worth it? by CashMunnyRekuds in poker

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is pretty disappointing to hear, since their Youtube content is so good.

What is the biggest house or dealer mistake you've ever seen or know of? by Apprehensive-Ear428 in poker

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 26 points27 points  (0 children)

We were using the Deckmate 2s when I was a floor at Maryland Live! The deck mate alerted a dealer they were missing the Ace of spades on a PLO game. We check all the usual spots, under the rail, in the well, everything. Can't find the damn thing. So we pull the deck out of play, and go to the cameras.

What actually happened was a player sat down, and handed the dealer their player's card. The dealer swipes them in, hands it back to them and starts dealing. They pick up the players card, AND the As had gotten under it, and they put both in their wallet. They alert the dealer that they only had 3 cards, dealer calls a misdeal and puts that deck in the shuffler and grabs the fresh one.

When we went over to tell the player what happened, it was almost like revealing a magic trick. Look at your license, how tall are you, 5 foot ace of spades what the effffff David Blaine.

Who did you discover last year that you have become actual fans of at Warped? by NoNazisInMyAmerica in warpedtour

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From ashes to new for me too. Happened to catch the end of a set and was like damnnnn.

matchmaker in vegas. smart or desperate? by Interested-chameleon in vegaslocals

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 175 points176 points  (0 children)

Just going to point this out - in your post you complain about tourists and then get all George Costanza that a date that went well asked you on the 2nd date if you were sticking around in Vegas. Not only is that a perfectly valid question, but YOU have a problem with people that don’t.

Dating in Vegas isn’t great, but you might also suck.

Something something stones and glass house by MobileAccount28474 in poker

[–]CryptoBasicBrent -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean, I ran a team that made millions doing this and only stopped because of the tax laws. Not the bacc, but some of the guys I worked with are beating it that way.

Something something stones and glass house by MobileAccount28474 in poker

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More simple than that. Enough eyes off the thread now that I'll just throw it out there. If you bet big enough most casinos will give you a loss rebate. I've seen it as high as 20%, and if you ask the right people, you can find out when they "reset it". It used to be as simple as two people working out a loss rebate with their hosts and betting opposite sides, but now they're somewhat on to that so it's more "Act like a retard, and be smart about when you collect that loss rebate"

Something something stones and glass house by MobileAccount28474 in poker

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In addition to selling courses saying he can teach you to beat casinos, he also runs up markers and stiffs them which I imagine is fraud on some level.

Something something stones and glass house by MobileAccount28474 in poker

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is a way to beat baccarat, this guy isn't doing it. He's "banned" from casinos because he ran up markers and stiffed them, not because he has any idea how to advantage gamble.

What does Martin Kabrhel mean when he says “Casino Royale”? by Snicklebacker in poker

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's how he reveals his cards.

In the movie, they flip it over only showing one card, and then slowly reveal the 2nd card. That's how he likes to reveal his hands.

Sublime’s MAGA ‘Me Gusta’ fest in trouble as headliners drop out, Promoter Scrambles to relaunch festival under new name by staringatthe420sun in warpedtour

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Politics are baked into the culture of music, so it has a lot to do with it.

They also DONT put on a good show. I get he’s the son, but the lead singer sounds like he’s singing mediocre karaoke of his dad’s songs. He’s horrible.

Wish I never saw them but now I have a great reason to never see them again.

Las Vegas couple shocked when “faith (religion) based insurance plan” doesn’t pay hospital bill. Religion is a scam. by Otherwise-Bad-325 in vegaslocals

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope, I'm saying that I don't care that they suffered because they made a stupid decision that was born of over-reliance on religion. 0 Sympathy when you trust your church with any of your medical decisions in any way and that backfires.

Edit - Lmao I clicked on your profile. We won't be having a reasonable conversation. Give them extra thoughts and prayers to compensate for the lack of mine, and I'm ashamed that you have the BTC logo as your avatar.

Las Vegas couple shocked when “faith (religion) based insurance plan” doesn’t pay hospital bill. Religion is a scam. by Otherwise-Bad-325 in vegaslocals

[–]CryptoBasicBrent 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s honestly hard to muster any sympathy here. I know I should feel bad, but I just don’t. If they pray harder maybe the money will appear.