What is the most money you have won (or lost)?
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Took down the entire superfecta pool one night at the local harness track. just about 13K on a $24 ticket
Won $5,000 in the '90's at Foxwood's chasing Red/Black runs.....had it all figured out.......2 weeks later dropped $7,000 as I was on the wrong side of a 22 in a row Black Roll......I quickly found out the wheel doesn't have a memory.......:facepalm:
Won $4,500 playing craps at the Rio Casino on a 6-7 hour stretch on the same table about 8-10 years ago. Needless to say I don't play anything other table games now other than when I sit with the wife for a few minutes just to pass time but craps is my game :0074 "Come bets" at the right time and you can last for hours. I don't have many losing nights playing craps :toast:
Won 15k on a slot machine at the Nugget in 2000 waiting for few buddies to come down to leave for home after March madness weekend.
Not exactly a single wager but in 01 I had three teams and played them every way I could. Straight, teasers, parlays. Long story shot, 0-3 and lost 15,500 on them. I took a couple of weeks off after that one. You know you suck when not even one of your teasers hits. I get that "feeling" in the pit of my stomach just thinking about it.
Tunica WPT 2004
Tunica WPT 2004
playing 50-100 Omaha high and was dealt ace of clubs , ace of spaces, 3 of spades and 6 of clubs. I just won a 87,000 pot with a straight flush against two full houses. Anyways the flop came 2,4,5, with two hearts. Guy in the one seat, flopped a small straight with ace, three of hearts and bet out 800.00, guy in 5 seat raised to 2400., I called knowing anyone on hearts will call as it's a huge game with both the father and son in it from Chicago who own jewelry stores and are well known in the poker community, and both started with 100,000. each. Anyways the guy who flopped the straight with a nut flush draw raised to 8000. and I still called. Three players left, the turn is a king and the small straight bet out 24,000, the 5 seat raised all in, I called all in, the guy in the 1 seat with the straight and draw called. The river was a 4 which paired the board, the pot was 264,000.00 and the guy in the one seat shows his small straight, I show my large straight and are you sitting down, the guy in the 5 seat rolls out a pair of kings for a full house. I have never played high Omaha 50-100 again to this day. He was doing all the raising, and hit runner, runner to win the pot. And only because today is my birthday am I bringing it out, as I still get mad when I think about it!
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Tunica WPT 2004
playing 50-100 Omaha high and was dealt ace of clubs , ace of spaces, 3 of spades and 6 of clubs. I just won a 87,000 pot with a straight flush against two full houses. Anyways the flop came 2,4,5, with two hearts. Guy in the one seat, flopped a small straight with ace, three of hearts and bet out 800.00, guy in 5 seat raised to 2400., I called knowing anyone on hearts will call as it's a huge game with both the father and son in it from Chicago who own jewelry stores and are well known in the poker community, and both started with 100,000. each. Anyways the guy who flopped the straight with a nut flush draw raised to 8000. and I still called. Three players left, the turn is a king and the small straight bet out 24,000, the 5 seat raised all in, I called all in, the guy in the 1 seat with the straight and draw called. The river was a 4 which paired the board, the pot was 264,000.00 and the guy in the one seat shows his small straight, I show my large straight and are you sitting down, the guy in the 5 seat rolls out a pair of kings for a full house. I have never played high Omaha 50-100 again to this day. He was doing all the raising, and hit runner, runner to win the pot. And only because today is my birthday am I bringing it out, as I still get mad when I think about it!
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On one trip to Vegas I ended up losing about $2K. On a trip a few months later, I won about $3K. I'll take it as a $2K loss though because when I won the $3K I gave it to my wife to go shopping on the strip.
Most recently, I lost $750 at the casinos in Aruba. On a trip prior to that, I made about that same amount.
You can win some and lose some, but it eventually it evens itself out. Anybody that tells you they only win is full of shit. I have a buddy that's pretty well off that only talks about his wins, yet some of my friends have seen him gamble and lose his ass to the point where he needs to be pulled away from tables.
kneifl
Most recently, I lost $750 at the casinos in Aruba. On a trip prior to that, I made about that same amount.
You can win some and lose some, but it eventually it evens itself out. Anybody that tells you they only win is full of shit. I have a buddy that's pretty well off that only talks about his wins, yet some of my friends have seen him gamble and lose his ass to the point where he needs to be pulled away from tables.
kneifl
:0008 I was down almost 1k at the time. Spent almost 1k on a party for my pals and their wives the following weekend. Figured it was a once in a lifetime thing......
Besides the $131,000 won in 2004 in the Hilton contest my attorney Geoffrey Fieger suggests I don't divulge the rest of my winnings. :SIB
most I ever won was 1,250 on a slot machine and 1,200 playing blackjack in Shreveport Louisiana the same night. Most I ever lost was 1,500 in Vegas on a 5 day trip when I turned 21.
Lost 200 on the Super Bowl last year, my biggest loss on a sporting event, still pissed at the Seahawks to this day.
Love to gamble but not a big gambler.
Lost 200 on the Super Bowl last year, my biggest loss on a sporting event, still pissed at the Seahawks to this day.
Love to gamble but not a big gambler.
Have an interesting story... was done in St. Maarten about 25 years ago - when I was still a youngster, with my girlfriend. She hated gambling, but I was already into betting sports - and it wasn't as easy to get bets down back then. So I had to have action every day.
Went into the local casino in town, the only one with a Sportbook back then. Checked the lines, and saw that Northwestern was a 15 point favorite at Ohio State (hoops). Back then, NW was terrible. I talked to the bookmaker there and told him flat out that his line was wrong - it was reversed. He said "no way - I get them straight from Vegas". I insisted that it was wrong and that he would get pounded on this game. He stood firm. Since he did, I asked him how much I could put down on the game - and he told me $1,500.
Well, now he had me second guessing myself. Back then, there was no internet (except in Al Gore's mind). The only way I could confirm if I was right or not was to find a USA today (where we all used to get the odds each day on games - on the last page). Only place on the island that had the USA today was the airport - and they didn't get the current day's paper until 4:00 eastern (game started at 7:00 eastern). So I went to the airport where I had to buy the paper - they wouldn't let me look for free - which cost $2.50 for a paper that sold for $0.50 back then. I wasn't real happy about that, but they flew it in from the States, so I guess it was fair.
Anyway, I got the paper, and sure enough, Ohio State was a -15 favorite. So, I went back to the casino and asked the bookmaker again about the game - telling him that I saw it in the USA today and saw it was wrong (I forgot to bring the paper with me - we had to stop back at the hotel for umm... well, it only took a few minutes). The bookmaker stood firm on the line. I asked him if I could take a credit card cash advance to play the game. He sent me over to the cashier's cage.
Now this was a small casino. I was able to get a cash advance of $1,500 - which was primarily $10's and $20's. So I had this huge wad of cash, in small bills, which I put on the game. My girlfriend was pissed - thought I was crazy to "waste" this much money. I told her that the Bookmaker was being an idiot and that this was a sure thing. So I took Ohio State + 15 for $1,500. No, I didn't feel guilty, as I pointed out the line mistake over and over again to the BM - and he refused to change the line.
So, we are out at a different casino - no sports book - later that night. Again, there was no internet, nor TV's there, other than a small 19" TV that was showing Headline News. For you older members, you'll remember the days when you would sit glued to the ticker on Headline News, on the bottom of the screen, waiting for your score to scroll by - which seemed to take forever. Well, I didn't even check the score until when I thought it was late in the game - and Ohio State was up by 20. They ended up winning by 17.
So, the next day I go back to the casino to collect my winnings. The BM was a complete dick to me. "How could you bet the game when you knew the line was wrong?". Of course I told him that I told him I thought it was wrong multiple times, but he was convinced that it was correct.
He did pay me - ONLY because Ohio State covered the -15 "correct" line. He said otherwise he wouldn't have paid me, and would have kept my money. I'm sure glad that didn't happen, because down there, I'm sure I would have had no recourse and have been screwed.
The BM paid me, then made me feel very guilty for winning and demanded that I put that money back in play that evening. I ended up playing 4 games @ $250 each - and split, losing $50 in juice. Didn't go back - was happy to be up $1,450.
Of course, my girlfriend was now excited and said "she believed in me the whole time", which lead to another stop at the hotel for a few minutes. Needless to say, the rest of the trip was a lot of fun.
Sorry this was such a long read - but I thought it was an interesting story, so I thought I'd share. That was my biggest gambling win to date, although I've won probably 20 different fantasy baseball/football/basketball contests over the years that have paid $10,000 or more. And I've taken down a number of "bigger" contests in FanDuel the last couple of years.
But the St. Maarten bet was the coolest!
Went into the local casino in town, the only one with a Sportbook back then. Checked the lines, and saw that Northwestern was a 15 point favorite at Ohio State (hoops). Back then, NW was terrible. I talked to the bookmaker there and told him flat out that his line was wrong - it was reversed. He said "no way - I get them straight from Vegas". I insisted that it was wrong and that he would get pounded on this game. He stood firm. Since he did, I asked him how much I could put down on the game - and he told me $1,500.
Well, now he had me second guessing myself. Back then, there was no internet (except in Al Gore's mind). The only way I could confirm if I was right or not was to find a USA today (where we all used to get the odds each day on games - on the last page). Only place on the island that had the USA today was the airport - and they didn't get the current day's paper until 4:00 eastern (game started at 7:00 eastern). So I went to the airport where I had to buy the paper - they wouldn't let me look for free - which cost $2.50 for a paper that sold for $0.50 back then. I wasn't real happy about that, but they flew it in from the States, so I guess it was fair.
Anyway, I got the paper, and sure enough, Ohio State was a -15 favorite. So, I went back to the casino and asked the bookmaker again about the game - telling him that I saw it in the USA today and saw it was wrong (I forgot to bring the paper with me - we had to stop back at the hotel for umm... well, it only took a few minutes). The bookmaker stood firm on the line. I asked him if I could take a credit card cash advance to play the game. He sent me over to the cashier's cage.
Now this was a small casino. I was able to get a cash advance of $1,500 - which was primarily $10's and $20's. So I had this huge wad of cash, in small bills, which I put on the game. My girlfriend was pissed - thought I was crazy to "waste" this much money. I told her that the Bookmaker was being an idiot and that this was a sure thing. So I took Ohio State + 15 for $1,500. No, I didn't feel guilty, as I pointed out the line mistake over and over again to the BM - and he refused to change the line.
So, we are out at a different casino - no sports book - later that night. Again, there was no internet, nor TV's there, other than a small 19" TV that was showing Headline News. For you older members, you'll remember the days when you would sit glued to the ticker on Headline News, on the bottom of the screen, waiting for your score to scroll by - which seemed to take forever. Well, I didn't even check the score until when I thought it was late in the game - and Ohio State was up by 20. They ended up winning by 17.
So, the next day I go back to the casino to collect my winnings. The BM was a complete dick to me. "How could you bet the game when you knew the line was wrong?". Of course I told him that I told him I thought it was wrong multiple times, but he was convinced that it was correct.
He did pay me - ONLY because Ohio State covered the -15 "correct" line. He said otherwise he wouldn't have paid me, and would have kept my money. I'm sure glad that didn't happen, because down there, I'm sure I would have had no recourse and have been screwed.
The BM paid me, then made me feel very guilty for winning and demanded that I put that money back in play that evening. I ended up playing 4 games @ $250 each - and split, losing $50 in juice. Didn't go back - was happy to be up $1,450.
Of course, my girlfriend was now excited and said "she believed in me the whole time", which lead to another stop at the hotel for a few minutes. Needless to say, the rest of the trip was a lot of fun.
Sorry this was such a long read - but I thought it was an interesting story, so I thought I'd share. That was my biggest gambling win to date, although I've won probably 20 different fantasy baseball/football/basketball contests over the years that have paid $10,000 or more. And I've taken down a number of "bigger" contests in FanDuel the last couple of years.
But the St. Maarten bet was the coolest!
