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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
Tommy |
Cagliostro Inner circle 2478 Posts |
Good link tommy.
I moved to Vegas in 1960 because that was where the real action was. I was just a young man and just barely old enough to go into the casinos. I was "around" much of this but not all of it mentioned in the article. And boy did I learn a lot about how it was really done from some top pros who were doing it and not talking about it. A lot of crazy stories can be told of that era, some true and some not, but it was a fascinating time. The "real work," (top paper, signing up, peek joints and an occasional cooler) was how the money was usually made and for the most part still is. You could not beat these top pros, hustlers and rounders in the big games with BS moves like bottoms, seconds, hops and all the other nonsense crap that is bandied around by the new Internet crowd. All that "move" nonsense is really most favored by the "make-believe" magician type demonstrators who could not get the money in a million years even if their life depended on it. But of course they are not looking to get the money, just to entertain and imply they could. Most movers fall into that group nowadays and run around having fun BSing everyone as to how sharp they are, how well they can do some archaic move and how they could get the money if they really wanted to. Even when I was playing in Gardena for several years, the money was not gotten by all these moves you see now-a-days on videos, at least not in the big games. Of course, in the smaller games anything could be tried and sometimes was but that was Mickey Mouse nonsense for the most part and people that tried that usually did not last very long. Bottoms, overhand run-ups, the idiotic center deal and so on – lots of luck with that nonsense. I even remember the 10 cent craps games of that era. Crowds three deep around the table, hands everywhere and winning bets appeared after the dice decision was made from out of nowhere with six people claiming it was their winning bet. Fascinating stuff... |
Cagliostro Inner circle 2478 Posts |
Good link tommy.
I moved to Vegas in 1960 because that was where the real action was. I was just a young man and just barely old enough to go into the casinos. I was "around" much of this but not all of it mentioned in the article. And boy did I learn a lot about how it was really done from some top pros who were doing it and not talking about it. A lot of crazy stories can be told of that era, some true and some not, but it was a fascinating time. The "real work," (top paper, signing up, peek joints and an occasional cooler) was how the money was usually made and for the most part still is. You could not beat these top pros, hustlers and rounders in the big games with BS moves like bottoms, seconds, hops and all the other nonsense crap that is bandied around by the new Internet crowd. All that "move" nonsense is really most favored by the "make-believe" magician type demonstrators who could not get the money in a million years even if their life depended on it. But of course they are not looking to get the money, just to entertain and imply they could. Most movers fall into that group nowadays and run around having fun BSing everyone as to how sharp they are, how well they can do some archaic move and how they could get the money if they really wanted to. Even when I was playing in Gardena for several years, the money was not gotten by all these moves you see now-a-days on videos, at least not in the big games. Of course, in the smaller games anything could be tried and sometimes was but that was Mickey Mouse nonsense for the most part and people that tried that usually did not last very long. Bottoms, overhand run-ups, the idiotic center deal and so on – lots of luck with that nonsense. I even remember the 10 cent craps games of that era. Crowds three deep around the table, hands everywhere and winning bets appeared after the dice decision was made from out of nowhere with six people claiming it was their winning bet. Fascinating stuff... |
tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
I love a good story whether it is true not. The history in context is cool as it brings the characters to life. After the great depression here and the war there was little money to be won. We had no casino’s here as such up until the late 60s. In the 60s the average wage was about £10 a week. If one looks at inflation it is quite amazing but still, I think we were all struggling back then. The amounts of money they are talking about there, for them times, are massive I think.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
Tommy |
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