Let me share, from the lowest-of-low-roller perspective. I have had some TOP end Vegas experiences courtesy of friends here. They play at that level, they love to share. In that enviro I can't "reciprocate." They expect nothing but that I enjoy. I'm also not a passive wallflower. I live in wine country. No DRC here but all sorts of great wine that isn't readily available, so if we have dinner at X, I'll show up with a horizontal or vertical. It's a little something in the grand scheme, I also think it is a big thing in the grand scheme.

We're all just peeps. We enjoy each other. That is what it is all about. It's not airs or heirs, red chips or banana bitches.

 

Very very very well said!!! Its all about friendships. When we were speaking about LA when I came out, another board member who is a great friend of mine drove out when I visited to see us. We met from the boards but he isnt a low player. He brought his son, we sat chatting at the pool while his son and my daughter played in the pool. He also went to get us all lunch. Unexpected but thats what friends do.

 

I'm not a high roller, but bet enough to get decent comps. I don't mind when folks watch or ask questions. But if I'm on a bad streak, I don't want to chat, I want to focus on the game.

 

The people I've met from here have all been good people. It doesn't matter if you're low roll high roll, toilet paper roll. I hope to meet up again with some people soon. I owe a few drinks. Plus I want to learn baccarat as long as I can play something like $15-$25.

Now as for lookie loos. The ones at the craps table kind of big me if they're right in my peripheral vision or standing way too close to me. I'm pretty sure I've had a chip or two lifted from the rail. I've had a few do this on slots too. I'll keep a side eye on them and when I've cashed out I'll walk around the casino a little bit to see if they're following me. So far i haven't had any trouble there. Probably just me being paranoid.

 

You guys wouldn't like gambling in Macau then... unless you are in a private room. On the main floor if you are playing the equivalent of a yellow chip you have a literal pack of lookey loos that can be five or six rows deep and most will follow you from table to table.

 

I like the camaraderie of gambling with others. I'm just usually too shy to insert myself into a group to do so. I also like to watch others play, get a feel for the game and the vibe, to decide if I want to play.

 

Can I give an honest and heartfelt answer?

Although it is great fun to diggle (a new word I just made up meaning mingle and cajole) with anonymous people on a message board, I would feel extremely uncomfortable and probably ashamed to hang with the big dogs. I am the big dog in my pack of mongrels and I like it that way.

Different strokes, different worlds.

I quit golf, I doubt there are any folks who lake fish from the shore (because I could not afford even a john boat) or Chesapeake surf, I would rather have a Longhorn steak than a fancy/schmancy $1000 dinner and dago red suits me just fine for wine selection.

I would never, never, never kibbitz over the shoulder of a high roller. That is just flat out rude and maybe worthy of a sock to the jaw. Conversely, when I built my BJ bet up to a green chip and hit a double situation, that to me is high drama.

In short no, people really should stay in their own worlds. Now, if one of you guys has a cabana party and you can arrange to have Halle Berry sit on my lap in a bikini with free rein to fondle her thighs, sign me up. Gosh, I got a semi-chubber just thinking about this.

 

Fixed it for you

 

Different strokes, different folks, not necessarily worlds. (Glad you gave an honest and heartfelt answer. Folks here are rather open and interested in the range of the world.)

You gotta be comfy in your skin and your setting, that's most important. But it's really not about the trappings, at whatever level, it's about the friendships. If a friend wanted to treat you to a high-end dinner, would you say no because it's high-end? If you like the grape, why not give it a slurp regardless price or perceived cachet? The whole point of the answers here is that no one is going to hand you half the bill come the end of the evening. The cost of it all is not the point. A quid pro quo is not the point. Nor is the point to somehow be engaging in some type of subtle shaming. No one I hang with here looks down on folks who aren't "big dogs."

Now if that "scene" simply grates on you, I get that. But it's not the peeps. They are genuine, one-pant-leg-at-a-time Joes and Joans.

I know I don't want to stay in my "own world." That sure would be boring.

 

Sorry, according to Ric Flair she's on Space Mountain