The story of two namesakes who came to play "The Messenger" presents certain difficulties in writing.
But it reveals another reason why people choose casinos as a place to spend their leisure time.
Both gentlemen we will talk about are very serious people and occupy far from the last places at the top of our political Olympus: one of them is a prefect, the other is a current deputy of the State Duma.
Let's start with the prefect. No interesting stories connected with him happened during his regular visits. He and his friend, the second Oleg, came to "Poslannik" during lunch break to have a snack (at the house's expense) and at the same time to play the traditional 5,000 dollars. (He did not always limit himself to this amount, increasing it to 15,000.)
The casino loved and valued him as a player: he did not pose any threat. Due to his character, he was satisfied with a small win and happily took it.
He played blackjack for $300 to $500 in boxing. When fortune turned away from him, he bet on poker.
The pit bosses and managers had no problems with him: there was no need to stand guard at the table, watching the twists and turns of the fight, because it was enough to sit in soft chairs with a cup of hot coffee or tea, light a cigarette and listen.
If the table was filled with the words: - F...k! F...k! - it meant that things were going well - the client was losing. But when a suspicious silence set in, there was a feeling that the casino was being "touched".
But since this Oleg is a very rational person, he "worked off the jump", taking away no more than 100% of the exchanged money as winnings. He did not try to develop his success, which pleased the entire management team.
Which can't be said about his friend. All casinos should be afraid of people like the second Oleg.
Firstly, his cash reserve was enormous: if necessary, he could send for money again and again. In addition, having even a minimal number of chips in front of him, he always aimed at achieving the maximum result. If you're going to break, then break! He could "spin off the grass near his house" and take away winnings valued at tens of thousands of dollars.
Unlike his friend, Oleg No. 2 was not so calm and balanced. With a height of almost two meters and being a master of sports in handball, he inspired respect with his whole appearance, and when he began to rage, the feeling of fear in those around him prevailed over all others.
Of course! Sometimes it seemed that he was about to take the head of an unwanted dealer and throw it at the pit boss who sent him to his table. Arkady recalls that once, while giving a session of simultaneous play on two adjacent tables, Oleg failed and, taking a table leg with each hand, swung them, standing in the middle of the gaming room. A kind of huge windmill that no one dared to approach. Sometimes his display of emotions went off the scale. Once he spent more than two days in a casino, having played out a huge sum of money and a bunch of credits. Yura had to live in the casino with him, because Oleg did not want to communicate with anyone else, and, in order to avoid conflicts, he was “locked” in the VIP room, so that other guests, God forbid, would not see his behavior. Dealers were forbidden to even perform their job duties that day: they had to do everything silently, this was Oleg's wish, and Yura immediately issued a corresponding decree. The pit boss even calculated the hourly result through the monitor - only waitresses, dealers and the general manager were allowed into the VIP room. When he won, which happened very rarely, or when he just came and had a desire to chat, it is hard to imagine a nicer person.
Once, in a confidential conversation, he told me that he would never run out of money because he had his own casino in Canada that brought in income, from which you could play, play and not lose - it was that big.
And then both Olegs suddenly stopped going to Poslannik. They went and went and then stopped… Why? Arkady got the answer to this question when he met with Oleg the deputy at the Old World casino, after Yura had already dealt with the old team, and Eric had taken all the managers, pit bosses and dealer-inspectors who had not suited the new owner of Poslannik to his place at Optichesky Illusion. The answer sounded frighteningly simple: there was no one to talk to! “What about Yura?” Arkady asked. “What about Yura? Do they even know how to talk there? You just hiss at them and they throw up their hands. It’s boring, there’s no drive, it’s not even interesting to yell – they allow everything and agree with everything. But sometimes I want to see a worthy rebuff and response to my provocations.
Start of discussion Avax, on 02 January 12:15
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Shpilevoy, 04.01.2017 08:55
Shpilevoy
the casino doesn't like those who have positive balances))))
I was recently banned in one hall on the ground for a balance of +12,000 UAH.
Well, they don't need those who know how to win and have the audacity to leave with winnings
Avax, 02.01.2017 15:16
Avax
In our opinion, the main reason that determines success or failure is, as always, the human factor.
The first and most important decision should be made at the preparation stage and be reflected in those people who will be responsible for the implementation of the plan. In order not to make a mistake with the choice, as it turned out, it is not enough to use the advice of friends and acquaintances, it is not enough to raise the archives and get out of them previous merits together with their owners. The fact is that knowledge tends to become obsolete, because everything is in motion, thanks to which new horizons and areas of knowledge open up in those areas that no one had previously suspected. Therefore, no matter how pleasant it is to rest on your laurels, you need to be guided not by previous merits, but by the present day. The day when students can outdo their teachers and go further, developing and improving the previous basic foundation. Knowledge of the existing market, its trends, new trends, the ability to navigate the current issues of internal security and the ability to adequately respond to the actions of competitors, winning back your niche, should serve as the main criteria for selection, because the general manager, although essentially an employee, can only be compared with the bride and groom with whom you go through life, sharing grief and joy until the very end.
Avax, 02.01.2017 14:22
Avax
When someone from the top management of the neighboring establishments or the owner himself came to the "Old World", the shift manager immediately received information about this, because opposite the name in the guest card there was a note: "Urgently inform the manager!" After all, these people do not suffer from altruism, they are not at all going to engage in charity, throwing money around left and right. On the contrary, their appearance can at best be justified by sporting curiosity and a desire to see what the new establishment is like, what kind of people work there, study the "menu" of games and try to find shortcomings in it, which will later become starting points in the big game.
And if the number of such people goes off the scale per square meter, then this is the first sign of professional failure of the management team, which made a miscalculation, which players, greedy for managerial mistakes, have already begun to take advantage of with pleasure.
One of these "technical" errors was the incorrect organization of incentive lotteries aimed at attracting more guests. It's not that people didn't come, they did, both out of curiosity and for the announced valuable prizes. But they couldn't win anything in the "suckers' contest." Everything went to professional Moscow players.
It is elementary that the rules for issuing lottery tickets in a large casino should differ from the rules by which small establishments work. After all, if you want to benefit the "Kuzmiches", separate them from the "masters of the game" and other VIP players. (Professional players never play for small stakes. Simply because the error they find in the rules is extremely small in percentage terms and insignificant unless conditions are created for its manifestation. And it is revealed only with a large stake, providing a minimal advantage over the casino to the player, an advantage that is imperceptible when playing with small and medium jackpots.) That is why people sat, hatched their lottery tickets, playing in the zeros from the point of view of mathematics and the result of the game. Because a large stake brings incomparably more tickets. Such perseverance was generously compensated by luxurious prizes, with which at the very beginning any casino tries to surprise and lure players. People are not blind! If during lotteries only the order of the "prize winners" changes, while others cannot even approach the podium, then something is fishy. And a doubt creeps into the player's soul: are all the prizes being given to their own dummy? No, no and no! No way!!!
Avax, 02.01.2017 12:36
Avax
The "internal organs" of the device allow you to set the required percentage of return: how much money from the total amount exchanged for the game will be returned as bonus points and free games. It is important to understand: not to a specific player, but by time. This indicator should have become decisive for those who like to watch funny cartoons when choosing a place to play, and also become a subject of competition among numerous clubs and halls of gaming machines in the fight for a visitor due to its constant increase. However, this did not happen. Players simply did not know about it. Which, first of all, testifies to the intellectual level of those people who, flaunting their ignorance, managed to leave their fortunes and apartments to the owners of such clubs. How can you sit down at a table or a gaming machine without knowing the basic rules and principles?
Avax, 02.01.2017 12:17
Avax
At one time, a certain Ivan E., a famous person in every respect, got into the habit of going to the “Messenger”. He “revived” and gave everyone the opportunity to try their hand at the legendary game of Stos, the game that drove Hermann from the “Queen of Spades” crazy. But his main merit before the gambling world not only in Moscow and the whole country, but also in neighboring countries was the game he invented called “Russian poker”, the craze for which can only be compared to a mass epidemic. It is indicative that 90% of poker lovers with casinos choose Russian poker. Of course, a person with such deep knowledge in the field of probability theory poses a threat to any establishment. But in the “Messenger”, Ivan played only roulette, card games were strictly forbidden to him.
If you bet on red in a casino and you're stubbornly unlucky, try betting on red!