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01-15-2008, 09:44 PM
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i swear this really happened.
my friend and i go to a card casino in los angeles. i have no interest in betting there, but my friend, steve, he goes in with $50 and the intent of putting it all on the first hand and parlaying it two more hands. if he wins those first three hands, he has seed money, if he loses any of those three, it's time to go home. sure enough, he hits all three hands and in a few minutes, turned 50 into 400 bucks. after another couple of hours he's up to about 2,000 and decides we should go to vegas that night and play the bc the next day! after the several hour drive we get there and he loses a bit of the money back before turning in for the night. we get up the next day and seeing the crowd, i decide to place all my bets early and watch the bc from the hotel room. both of our best bet of the day was a horse named corwyn bay in the sprint. some horse in front of him has a heart attack and removes our horse from any chance of winning, and that pretty much set the tone for me for that day, as i ended up getting my ass kicked. steve too lost big on that race and a couple of other races i knew he bet on. figuring that he was broke, i patiently waited for him in the room and when he shows up, he's got the biggest s.hit eating grin imaginable on his face. seems out of nowhere he came up with a pretty large bet on unbridled in the classic and he came up to show me his winning ticket. between unbridled and getting red hot at craps, he was now up to about 12,000!! i couldn't believe someone could turn $50 into 12,000 like that, but it's true, i saw it with my own eyes. anyways, later that night he kicks me out of the room for a few hours as he hired a couple of hookers to come to the room. when i came back, he was gone, which could only mean one thing, he was back off to the casinos to try to make the hit of a lifetime. by the time i saw him the next morning, he had just enough gas money left to make it back to LA. From $50 to $12,000 to under $50 in about 24 hours. that dude was frickin nuts. easily the most compulsive gambler who was very obsessive. he's in jail now. 
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01-16-2008, 09:50 AM
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. Last edited by Kasept : 01-17-2008 at 08:13 AM.
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01-16-2008, 07:12 PM
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corwyn bay i think had to hurdle a horse but otherwise was fine. he just lost all chance.
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01-16-2008, 11:16 PM
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