Expecting a 10k tip is quite outrageous.
I'm not sure I'd give the bartender a G.
--- 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
>
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