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[CrookedLink]

Ok so last night I was at a charity casino playing 1/2NL when a guy takes a sit to my left. He's only got two green ($25) chips so he asks me for some change and I give him 10 red chips ($5). Then the dealer and another player at the table inform me that I can't do that.

I'm like wtf? I'm only giving him change. So the dealer instructs the guy to give me $50 in cash and I give the guy the $50 in red chips, then the dealer tells me to pocket the cash along with another $50 of my own chips, and he gives me a blue chip I think he called a lamer, which basically represented the $100 in my pocket.

By this time I'm confused as hell so I just go along with it, but I have no idea what the purpose of that was. If anybody actually followed what I just said, any input would be cool.

[rdtedm]

Ok so last night I was at a charity casino playing 1/2NL when a guy takes a sit to my left. He's only got two green ($25) chips so he asks me for some change and I give him 10 red chips ($5). Then the dealer and another player at the table inform me that I can't do that.

I'm like wtf? I'm only giving him change. So the dealer instructs the guy to give me $50 in cash and I give the guy the $50 in red chips, then the dealer tells me to pocket the cash along with another $50 of my own chips, and he gives me a blue chip I think he called a lamer, which basically represented the $100 in my pocket.

By this time I'm confused as hell so I just go along with it, but I have no idea what the purpose of that was. If anybody actually followed what I just said, any input would be cool.

After the dealer gives you a lamer, you need to request a "crook", which is a single yellow chip. This chip is redeemable to the dealer, and in exchange for it, you are allowed to play the "lamer" on the table, as if it were a $100 chip.

[AceJackOffS]

lamer is also a termed used for chips that you win for satelites for entries into live tourneys

[SpeedKills]

Its just something stupid they do, Im assuming it was Rockford Charitables. They shouldnt have done it if you were just making change, but when I have played there in the past, there has been many times when people bust out and just give another guy cash for chips and the chip would equal a hundred. If you lost the pot and had that chip in the pot, you would have to go into your pocket and give it to them.
Im sure she was confused and just to make it so you had a hundo in your pocket she made you put the other 50 in there.
They have horrible dealers there.

[CrookedLink]

Its just something stupid they do, Im assuming it was Rockford Charitables. They shouldnt have done it if you were just making change, but when I have played there in the past, there has been many times when people bust out and just give another guy cash for chips and the chip would equal a hundred. If you lost the pot and had that chip in the pot, you would have to go into your pocket and give it to them.
I'm sure she was confused and just to make it so you had a hundo in your pocket she made you put the other 50 in there.
They have horrible dealers there.

Thanks bro, you completely answered my question. Yea it was at Rockford Charitables, and I guess the dealer thought that I was taking money off the table when I gave the guy change so that's why he complicated things. I agree, dealers there are pretty crappy. The one from last night must have exposed the turn card about 3 times yesterday before all action was complete.

Oh well, don't have much of a choice though as it's the only 18+ place around to play cards.

[pt special]

how come everytime u come around my london london bridge wanna go down

[DCJ001]

It's spelled "lammer" in case you want to search for info online.

[CrookedLink]

It's spelled "lammer" in case you want to search for info online.

lol thanks alot dude, no wonder i kept hitting nothing on google.

[DCJ001]

lol thanks alot dude, no wonder i kept hitting nothing on google.

No problem. I didn't want you to think that the dealer made up the word as a part of a scam.

[SpeedKills]

Thanks bro, you completely answered my question. Yea it was at Rockford Charitables, and I guess the dealer thought that I was taking money off the table when I gave the guy change so that's why he complicated things. I agree, dealers there are pretty crappy. The one from last night must have exposed the turn card about 3 times yesterday before all action was complete.

Oh well, don't have much of a choice though as it's the only 18+ place around to play cards.

yea, i didnt get to take advantage of that too much because it came around when i was about 5 months from turning 21. Once I turned 21 I was driving the hour out to Majestic. This summer I was pretty much playing at Rockford during the week and would hit up Majestic on the weekends. It was working pretty good and they both have equally bad players. Now if I could ever not bubble their 7:30 tourney, I would be fine. Going on 7 straight 8-12th place finishes with about 6 of them being where I was ahead.

[CrookedLink]

yea, i didnt get to take advantage of that too much because it came around when i was about 5 months from turning 21. Once I turned 21 I was driving the hour out to Majestic. This summer I was pretty much playing at Rockford during the week and would hit up Majestic on the weekends. It was working pretty good and they both have equally bad players. Now if I could ever not bubble their 7:30 tourney, I would be fine. Going on 7 straight 8-12th place finishes with about 6 of them being where I was ahead.

I went kinda deep in the 4pm Multi Table but it's essentially a crap shoot along with the SnGs which are a joke. Which is why I think I'll be sticking to cash games there.

Have you tried the Chicago Charitable Games events? I hear their tourney structure is a little better with equally juicy cash games. I haven't tried them myself because their events are usually way out in the farther burbs while Rockford tends to stay closer to the city, which is kind of ironic given their name.

[Mercury69]

I give this thread two smiles up...

[Gallo]

yea, i didnt get to take advantage of that too much because it came around when i was about 5 months from turning 21. Once I turned 21 I was driving the hour out to Majestic. This summer I was pretty much playing at Rockford during the week and would hit up Majestic on the weekends. It was working pretty good and they both have equally bad players. Now if I could ever not bubble their 7:30 tourney, I would be fine. Going on 7 straight 8-12th place finishes with about 6 of them being where I was ahead.

What's the buyin and how's the structure?

[CrookedLink]

What's the buyin and how's the structure?

The 4:30:

$100+20

3k starting stack.

15 minute levels.

25/50 to start.

The 7:30:

$150+20

4k starting stack

20 minute levels

25/50 to start.

[SpeedKills]

The 4:30:

$100+20

3k starting stack.

15 minute levels.

25/50 to start.

The 7:30:

$150+20

4k starting stack

20 minute levels

25/50 to start.

Once it gets down to about 15 people it is just blind stealing and races. Horrible structure, but the players are so bad.
EX: One of my worst bustouts from there down to 11 and foreign donkey overvalues every ace he gets and slow plays big hands.
I have about 22k him about 23k(chipleader). Blinds 1k/2k. He makes it 6k, i go over the top AI with AK sooted, another guy in the blinds comes along for like 6k more and he insta calls with AJoffsuit. Blind came in with K10. I am dominating and the flop brings two J's. Good game.
So yea players there are terriable.

[Socrates]

There is nothing lamer than spelling lammer as lamer.

[TheWanderer]

Person who is lame?

[oldmangrimis]

One of my worst bustouts from there down to 11 and foreign donkey overvalues every ace he gets and slow plays big hands.

are foreign donkeys more donkeyish the native donkyes.