Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted July 9, 2018 Excellent Movie!! I like Sorkin's Narrative style to his movies. Recommend it!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaiderHaters Revenge 3,569 Posted July 9, 2018 a little history. before there was Molly there was others, and I was one of them I ran an underground private invite poker game at Jerry's Famous Deli in Beverly Hills one Sunday a month. The amount of money played there was in the hundred's of thousands, and it was awesome. I was the Director and 3 of my friends were dealers, there was anywhere from 20-40 people playing every time, with an average buy in of 50,000 How I got this was I was a Poker Tournament Director at Hollywood Park for about 4 years, and one day a couple of guys were in there asking if I could do a private "charity event" for them, and they told me they would pay me $500 for 3 hours + tips (which was over 1k each time) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,618 Posted July 9, 2018 a little history. before there was Molly there was others, and I was one of them I ran an underground private invite poker game at Jerry's Famous Deli in Beverly Hills one Sunday a month. The amount of money played there was in the hundred's of thousands, and it was awesome. I was the Director and 3 of my friends were dealers, there was anywhere from 20-40 people playing every time, with an average buy in of 50,000 How I got this was I was a Poker Tournament Director at Hollywood Park for about 4 years, and one day a couple of guys were in there asking if I could do a private "charity event" for them, and they told me they would pay me $500 for 3 hours + tips (which was over 1k each time) Nice. Anyone famous? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaiderHaters Revenge 3,569 Posted July 9, 2018 Nice. Anyone famous? dude who wrote the script for Rounders used to play on occasion, Norm Mcdonald, that blonde dude that is the host of WPT Van Patten?, some other guys I recognized but it was 20+ years ago, most of them were cool as ###### though, and obviously it was as hush hush as could be was funny we all dealt high limit poker for years in LA, usually you make a $1 per hand even on high limit like 100-200 games, so the first time I set up the live game they were playing 200-400 limit holdem, and I designated the chips to be a dollar so my dealers could get tips, and they were like don't worry nobody here is that cheap, make the lowest denomination 25$ chip so every pot was like a 25-100$ tip and at the end of the day we would just split it all up 4 ways 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbivore 905 Posted July 9, 2018 a little history. before there was Molly there was others, and I was one of them I ran an underground private invite poker game at Jerry's Famous Deli in Beverly Hills one Sunday a month. The amount of money played there was in the hundred's of thousands, and it was awesome. I was the Director and 3 of my friends were dealers, there was anywhere from 20-40 people playing every time, with an average buy in of 50,000 How I got this was I was a Poker Tournament Director at Hollywood Park for about 4 years, and one day a couple of guys were in there asking if I could do a private "charity event" for them, and they told me they would pay me $500 for 3 hours + tips (which was over 1k each time) Sweet. Why would anyone do this at a private event? You can't do this at a casino? Sounds like they are still paying for it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted July 9, 2018 We need gfiafp to take over this thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,552 Posted July 9, 2018 Playing poker on molly would be a good movie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaiderHaters Revenge 3,569 Posted July 9, 2018 Sweet. Why would anyone do this at a private event? You can't do this at a casino? Sounds like they are still paying for it... no juice, and it was hard to find 200-400 games back then plus you could sit in a bar and drink and smoke (which was banned in casinos late 90's) Poker was A LOT different in the 90's. As someone who started dealing in 93, I have seen a ton of changes. Also private games meant you didn't have to deal with doushbags in the casino Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbivore 905 Posted July 9, 2018 no juice, and it was hard to find 200-400 games back then plus you could sit in a bar and drink and smoke (which was banned in casinos late 90's) Poker was A LOT different in the 90's. As someone who started dealing in 93, I have seen a ton of changes. Also private games meant you didn't have to deal with doushbags in the casino all makes sense..sounded like the way they were tipping its like they were paying the juice anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaiderHaters Revenge 3,569 Posted July 9, 2018 all makes sense..sounded like the way they were tipping its like they were paying the juice anyway. oh yah it cost them more probably in the long run, but it was literally a home game, everyone had fun I also opened Hustler Casino for Larry Flynt as a poker manager, and the reason he bought a 35 million $ casino was because his 3x a week game he was tipped off was going to get raided 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nobody 2,037 Posted July 9, 2018 So you had anywhere from 1 to 2 million flowing through a Beverley Hills deli on a monthly basis. How did you handle security? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaiderHaters Revenge 3,569 Posted July 9, 2018 at least sometimes the games got bigger, but it wasn't cash, they usually played on credit/markers, they had enough cash on hand to pay the staff the chips themselves had no value, and they had a doorman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
