MONEY TALK
It took me close to an hour to get a seat at a no limit Texas Hold 'Em game yesterday at the Mirage. The conversation at the table was focused on money, not an uncommon topic on the Las Vegas Strip.
"Rumor says Madonna is throwing big bucks away at The Wynn."
"Really? At what game?"
"Texas Hold 'Em. What else?"
"I didn't even know she played."
"It's not Madonna. It's Bill Gates. And it's not The Wynn, it's Caesar's."
"Nonsense. Bill Gates plays blackjack at a maximum of $15 a hand."
"I heard he was even thrown out of one of the big hotels since he was occupying a suite reserved for a large bettor."
"Baloney! One does not throw the richest man in the world out of a hotel. He was asked to change rooms."
"What's the difference? There's no money to be gotten from the very rich."
"Someone once said they are different from you and me."
"If I were Bill Gates and a hotel told me to change rooms I'd buy the place out."
"What the hell would Bill Gates do with a Las Vegas hotel?"
"Owning all those hotels didn't do much for Howard Hughes when he was the richest man in the world."
"They named a street after him."
"They named a bank after J.P. Morgan when he was the richest guy around."
"He never was. Morgan might have been powerful, but he was not all that rich."
"Are you kidding? He was so rich they wouldn't let him play at Monte Carlo. I mean the casino in Southern France, not the place down the street."
"Not quite. They wouldn't let him play without limits. He would have employed the Martingale System, doubling his bet after every loss."
"A very bad system. All a player does is chase his initial unit."
"When that initial unit is $10,000,000 you can understand why they wanted nothing to do with the man."
"Nor he with them. He was a businessman, not a gambler."
"Can you imagine being a billionaire in dollars before The IRS existed?"
"The man was worth nothing near that. His estate was probated at $80 million. Of course in 1913 that was a sizable sum."
Not really. Rockefeller said "and here all along we thought he was a wealthy man."
"Gentlemen, please," interrupted the dealer. "Let's see some money on the table. That's a dollar for the small blind and two for the big."
"Rumor says Madonna is throwing big bucks away at The Wynn."
"Really? At what game?"
"Texas Hold 'Em. What else?"
"I didn't even know she played."
"It's not Madonna. It's Bill Gates. And it's not The Wynn, it's Caesar's."
"Nonsense. Bill Gates plays blackjack at a maximum of $15 a hand."
"I heard he was even thrown out of one of the big hotels since he was occupying a suite reserved for a large bettor."
"Baloney! One does not throw the richest man in the world out of a hotel. He was asked to change rooms."
"What's the difference? There's no money to be gotten from the very rich."
"Someone once said they are different from you and me."
"If I were Bill Gates and a hotel told me to change rooms I'd buy the place out."
"What the hell would Bill Gates do with a Las Vegas hotel?"
"Owning all those hotels didn't do much for Howard Hughes when he was the richest man in the world."
"They named a street after him."
"They named a bank after J.P. Morgan when he was the richest guy around."
"He never was. Morgan might have been powerful, but he was not all that rich."
"Are you kidding? He was so rich they wouldn't let him play at Monte Carlo. I mean the casino in Southern France, not the place down the street."
"Not quite. They wouldn't let him play without limits. He would have employed the Martingale System, doubling his bet after every loss."
"A very bad system. All a player does is chase his initial unit."
"When that initial unit is $10,000,000 you can understand why they wanted nothing to do with the man."
"Nor he with them. He was a businessman, not a gambler."
"Can you imagine being a billionaire in dollars before The IRS existed?"
"The man was worth nothing near that. His estate was probated at $80 million. Of course in 1913 that was a sizable sum."
Not really. Rockefeller said "and here all along we thought he was a wealthy man."
"Gentlemen, please," interrupted the dealer. "Let's see some money on the table. That's a dollar for the small blind and two for the big."
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