old thread brought back to life when we had r0ad players , gamblers and fun pool players from the past around here.
most are all gone from whatever.
i knew richie. we called him spin the ball richie back in new york as he was good at that trick of spinning and betting on kicking in balls.
lots we also good at it. some thought was because he was so good with english.
he had a pickup camper way back. and so did i at a time. and he was going around in it and headed for vegas or someplace in the desert. i told him when big winds come up he needed to pull off the road and face into the wind. he didnt and toppled it. didnt get hurt though.
richie was a good guy and as jay had said played as good as anyone. i saw him running around vegas trying to hustle people into staking him at craps as many broke hustlers would try to get someone to fall for that.
lots believed they had a system to beat craps but none exists. only one i know won over a longer period of time was archie and he cheated for a good part of it and ran up to 40 some million before he got broke and was borrowing money . i saw archies 40 million. told him to put a few million away and could live off the interest well forever. he laughed. wanted to bet it and said he would win the casino. he didnt. died broke.
richie has been gone a long time now but memories of him and his accomplishments and pitfalls live on.
