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Colonel Angus

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:21 pm

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$600 on a slot in Vegas.

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spanky

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:21 pm

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Colonel Angus wrote:

$600 on a slot in Vegas.

I love me some gambling. I will play just about anything, especially in Vegas.

But I'll be damned if I can find 1 ounce of entertainment value in playing slots. It's really, really boring - and even when I win something I have no idea why. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.............

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Chus

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:29 am

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spanky wrote:

Colonel Angus wrote:

$600 on a slot in Vegas.

Wheel of Fortune is the only slot that I play. They are boring.

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spmack

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:33 am

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There's a horse running today named Good Bye Greg that I'm very high on. Will be running around 3:40 today at Saratoga Race # 9. ML Odds are 4-1, and I'm hoping he might creep up to 5 or 6. Will be putting a "few" dollars on him.

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Krazy Ivan

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:36 am

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spmack wrote:

Keep us posted...

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good dolphin

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:57 am

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I've won a few hearts at CSFMB

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spmack

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:19 am

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Krazy Ivan wrote:

spmack wrote:

Keep us posted...

Had a chance to win $470 had he won, but in the end he's probably not good enough. It was just his 3rd lifetime start, going against much tougher competition and it was his first try running on the grass. Led for a little while but gave it away in the stretch. He'll be back though.

One of my twitter guys won $93k on the Pick 5 yesterday at Del Mar.

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spmack

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:22 pm

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Just hit a P4 at Saratoga.

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Krazy Ivan

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:23 pm

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Party this weekend?

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spmack

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:25 pm

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Krazy Ivan wrote:

:thumleft:

Party this weekend?

I might be able to afford the 6's at Arnies and not the 2's and 3's!

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Krazy Ivan

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:29 pm

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spmack wrote:

Krazy Ivan wrote:

:thumleft:

Party this weekend?

I might be able to afford the 6's at Arnies and not the 2's and 3's!

Wrap it up!

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spanky

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 5:58 pm

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Sat next to a guy at a $10 blackjack table last night. He emptied the dealers tray of black and purple chips. He colored up for just over $23k.

The whole time he's playing, his buddy keeps saying "show him (me) the check! Show him the check!"
As he's getting up to leave he shows me a check from Caesars Palace for $103k - also from blackjack.

As I'm at the cashier, I ask her about the guy and I told her about the check and she sheepishly says "we owe him more than that, he's been here for 3 days....." :shock:

He resembled Sam zell and said he was from Fairbanks Alaska.

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newper

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:57 pm

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He resembled Sam zell and said he was from Fairbanks Alaska.

He probably was also in a barbershop quartet in Skokie.

Most I won was about $1k in a NCAA pool at work several years ago. I offset it a bit with a $300 bet on the other team on bovada or something so I would be sure to cash.

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Hank Scorpio

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:37 am

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spanky wrote:

He resembled Sam zell and said he was from Fairbanks Alaska.

How does one make that much money at a $10 table? What was the max?

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T-Bone

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:48 am

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spmack wrote:

Just hit a P4 at Saratoga.

Nicest track I have ever been to.

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Hawg Ass

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:07 am

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T-Bone wrote:

spmack wrote:

Just hit a P4 at Saratoga.

Nicest track I have ever been to.

If you are ever in the San Diego area, take the time to go to Del Mar, absolutely gorgeous track.

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spanky

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:01 pm

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Hank Scorpio wrote:

spanky wrote:

He resembled Sam zell and said he was from Fairbanks Alaska.

How does one make that much money at a $10 table? What was the max?

$3,000 max

His chips were just in a giant, messy pile. He just picked out a hand full of purple/black chips every hand, put them in the betting circle, and the dealer would count out $3,000 for the bet and put the rest back on his mountain.

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Hank Scorpio

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:03 pm

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Why slum it at a $10 min table though??

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spanky

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:52 pm

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Hank Scorpio wrote:

:lol:

Why slum it at a $10 min table though??

That surprised me too. It wasn't one of the huge resorts either.

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Jaw Breaker

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:17 pm

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"Won" about $8k on the Buster Douglas- Mike Tyson fight, until I learned that my bookie skipped town (apparently unable to pay up on all the action he had taken, thinking Tyson was a lock).

Best actual winnings were about $5k at blackjack at Mandalay Bay.

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Douchebag

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:43 am

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Jaw Breaker wrote:

"Won" about $8k on the Buster Douglas- Mike Tyson fight, until I learned that my bookie skipped town (apparently unable to pay up on all the action he had taken, thinking Tyson was a lock).

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a retard

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:44 am

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Hit this yesterday while trying to stay awake at Ravinia. Along with two exactas and a DD friday at Arlington, it "capped" a good weekend.

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denisdman

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 12:37 pm

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denisdman wrote:

As a stock market guy, that is where most of my gambling occurs. I would make option plays on event driven companies, something like a stock that has an FDA drug decision coming out. One of my best was on Intermune where I bet the drug would fail. It was a fairly modest cost for the put options, maybe $1,000. It turned into $7,000.

I have a very similar play right now on Yahoo with the Alibaba IPO. I am already up about $6,000, and it may turn into $15,000 or so by the time Alibaba goes public in August.

If you want a tip on what we are looking at as our next play, try Kate Spade (ticker= KATE). We are pretty sure the stock is worth no more than $20-25/share. It is around $38, so we may buy some of the January 2015 put options with a $35 strike price.

Man, Yahoo is running ahead of the Alibaba IPO next week. I already cashed in half. This will be a ten bagger when it's all done. I don't mind an extra $15,000 in my brokerage account.

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a retard

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 12:53 pm

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Good call...

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spmack

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:40 pm

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Congrats to both of you.

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badrogue17

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:31 am

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The ubiquitous "guy I work with" just hit the lottery for 600k this week.

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a retard

Post subject: Re: What's the most you've ever won ?

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:48 am

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Seeing this on Twitter brought back good memories. I did not even know this was still in existence. 25 years ago or so I won close to $50 on a 25 cent bet on this thing. :lol: