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Pai Gow

#1

Maybe a change in topics is good at this time, even if it is not
video poker.

Well at least I was playing video poker when something happened
right behind me at a Pai Gow table. I mean less than 10 ft away! There was a sound, not unlike a whole table beating the dealer
in blackjack. Blackjack is the most common game played at these
few tables in this small "High Limit" room

Since my back was to them, I really did not know they were playing Pai Gow Poker. One of the players was dealt the 9 through Ace of Spades and the 7th card was the joker. They said he won $152,000
with that hand. The fellow was really calm, or in shock. He had
a lot of time to waste while management started to study the cards.
He did tell me that he got a similar hand in Vegas. It too was all spades, but the 2 through 7.

Okay, what are the odds of being dealt these 7 cards?

Interestingly, the bartender was very nice to him. He said the
person that it "could not have happened to a nicer guy". He did
seem very pleasant. The bartender say that he expects that he and
the dealer will each get $10,000 tips. He was serious about it
and said that was what should normally be expected. He was even
more confident because this gentleman had recently "written him
up". I guess he wrote a nice letter to management complimenting
the Bartender for his good service.

Anyway, very interesting to have witness this. I was wondering
if maybe everyone present in the small room might have gotten
a tip. I did not wait to find out. For those familiar, it took
place in the "Shutters High Limit Lounge at the Gila River Wild
Horse Casino in Chandler, Arizona (Phoenix) at about 9:00 PM,
May 9th.

Bob

#2

One of the players was dealt the 9 through Ace of Spades and the 7th card was the joker. They said he won $152,000....Okay, what are the odds of being dealt these 7 cards?

It's late and I'm getting tired but I'll take a stab at it. I'm assuming that Pai Gow is played with a 53 card deck.

53X52X51X50X49X48X47 divided by 7X6X5X4X3X2X1 equals 154,142,080. That's the chances of being dealt the 9 through Ace of Spades with the Joker. There are four suits so the chances of being dealt a suited 9 though Ace with the Joker is 38,535,770.

Hopefully, I did the math right. If he doesn't document his play the IRS will get the biggest tip, around $43,000.

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#3

Wow – $10,000 to TWO employees. High expectations that I wouldn’t meet!!!

I forget what we gave our host when we won the 1/2 mil tournament but we thought it was pretty generous. But she gave us dirty looks every time we saw her after that. Fortunately we quit playing at Caesars soon after that win - and when we went back recently we used another host.

Bartenders are known to expect far-too-big tips. Some hosts also.

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From: futrend
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 12:55 AM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE] Pai Gow

Maybe a change in topics is good at this time, even if it is not
video poker.

Well at least I was playing video poker when something happened
right behind me at a Pai Gow table. I mean less than 10 ft away! There was a sound, not unlike a whole table beating the dealer
in blackjack. Blackjack is the most common game played at these
few tables in this small "High Limit" room

Since my back was to them, I really did not know they were playing Pai Gow Poker. One of the players was dealt the 9 through Ace of Spades and the 7th card was the joker. They said he won $152,000
with that hand. The fellow was really calm, or in shock. He had
a lot of time to waste while management started to study the cards.
He did tell me that he got a similar hand in Vegas. It too was all spades, but the 2 through 7.

Okay, what are the odds of being dealt these 7 cards?

Interestingly, the bartender was very nice to him. He said the
person that it "could not have happened to a nicer guy". He did
seem very pleasant. The bartender say that he expects that he and
the dealer will each get $10,000 tips. He was serious about it
and said that was what should normally be expected. He was even
more confident because this gentleman had recently "written him
up". I guess he wrote a nice letter to management complimenting
the Bartender for his good service.

Anyway, very interesting to have witness this. I was wondering
if maybe everyone present in the small room might have gotten
a tip. I did not wait to find out. For those familiar, it took
place in the "Shutters High Limit Lounge at the Gila River Wild
Horse Casino in Chandler, Arizona (Phoenix) at about 9:00 PM,
May 9th.

Bob

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#4

Expecting a 10k tip is quite outrageous.

I'm not sure I'd give the bartender a G.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "futrend" <futrend@...> wrote:

Maybe a change in topics is good at this time, even if it is not
video poker.

Well at least I was playing video poker when something happened
right behind me at a Pai Gow table. I mean less than 10 ft away! There was a sound, not unlike a whole table beating the dealer
in blackjack. Blackjack is the most common game played at these
few tables in this small "High Limit" room

Since my back was to them, I really did not know they were playing Pai Gow Poker. One of the players was dealt the 9 through Ace of Spades and the 7th card was the joker. They said he won $152,000
with that hand. The fellow was really calm, or in shock. He had
a lot of time to waste while management started to study the cards.
He did tell me that he got a similar hand in Vegas. It too was all spades, but the 2 through 7.

Okay, what are the odds of being dealt these 7 cards?

Interestingly, the bartender was very nice to him. He said the
person that it "could not have happened to a nicer guy". He did
seem very pleasant. The bartender say that he expects that he and
the dealer will each get $10,000 tips. He was serious about it
and said that was what should normally be expected. He was even
more confident because this gentleman had recently "written him
up". I guess he wrote a nice letter to management complimenting
the Bartender for his good service.

Anyway, very interesting to have witness this. I was wondering
if maybe everyone present in the small room might have gotten
a tip. I did not wait to find out. For those familiar, it took
place in the "Shutters High Limit Lounge at the Gila River Wild
Horse Casino in Chandler, Arizona (Phoenix) at about 9:00 PM,
May 9th.

Bob