This scene is a casinos dream scene right here. Hot girls. Alcohol. Huge field bet. Add em all together and you get the fastest combination to lose your dough.
I was on my way to the elevator to call it a night, when I passed by a craps table with a lot of energy and shouting. After fives rolls I was up by $800. The next roll I lost some of it. I took my chips and cashed in and went to my room. I won back all the money I ever lost in casinos from years before and haven't bet money at a casino ever since.
I play craps 3-4 times a year and have made 1-5k more times than ive lost the few hundred bucks I started with. Money management is key. Gotta play with house money when you're up and quit after a loss if you're up. Do it right and you'll break even or close 80% of the time, lose it all the other 10%, but how much you win isnt capped. You only quit after a loss and I've won as many as 8 consecutive points. Had a $1100 run last Thursday on a $5 table that I started with $100.
Thanks for sharing! "The Cooler" was actually almost 100% lensed in Reno, Nevada, at the now shuttered "Golden Phoenix Hotel Casino", which was earlier was named the "Flamingo Hilton Reno ". Prior to that this hotel casino began life as "Del Webb's Sahara Reno."...The "Golden Phoenix" has been totally rebuilt as a condo project called "The Montage"...
Some 95% of the players visiting Vegas leave the town in the red. Every twentieth trip or so you might be one of the 5%, depending on what you play, of course.
This is one of my favorite movies. The casino used for filming was a closed casino in Reno, Nevada called the Golden Phoenix. Prior to being the Golden Phoenix, it was the Flamingo Hilton, and prior to that it was built as the Sahara Reno. It was located on the corner of West 2nd Street and Sierra Street. The Sahara Reno opened at midnight July 1, 1978. I was there. It was my first night as a blackjack dealer. I was dealing at a table that was two tables down from the craps table that Danny Thomas and Helen Reddy symbolically opened the casino by throwing large dice at the stroke of midnight. The ally scene in the movie was an actual ally between the casinos in Reno.
The nature of human psychology is that fear dictates success along with intelligence ofcourse. Here's the thing, the more accustomed you are to facing danger, the more likely you are to succeed because your sense of ability expands. Be assured their are intellectually brilliant people that are in a perpetual loop of failure, and completely average people that are vital, dynamic, and successful.
I agree. The music. The twists and turns. Bill Macy steals the show in every movie he acts in. Sweet love story. Cool soundtrack. Excellent, underrated film.
@@ahill4642 great write up! This one had elements of comedy, drama and romance. It was a Las Vegas love story that made popular romance movies look like Martin Scorsese pictures such as Casino and GoodFellas
50% rule says...You're up large, don't fall to 50% WITHOUT cashing out the other half or you won't stop.....Remember the 50% rule....Money management is almost as important as luck and talent..
If he knew he was going to hit those numbers it's not a bad bet. But yeah most people will do a smaller pass line bet with odds once the point is established. What's more unrealistic is the bets being placed. He places a 80k+ bet on a table with people placing $100 or less bets. The range is way too big. It would be closer to $10-$2500 or $25-$5,000
I'm looking at movie time 1:27:46, the 12 on the field is circled and written above it says "pays triple". In the script (found online) it is revealed Bernie calls for double six before rolling. Assuming he got his wish, he won 320k - 150k owed to Shelly = 170k
One of the most amazing movies about Las Vegas since Casino 1995. It’s directed by Wayne Kramer known for hyperkinetic crime flick Running Scared with Paul Walker & Crash-style film Crossing Over
That will be one of the biggest regrets of your life, learning how to play a particular gambling game of chance. I've been here before (not necessarily betting THAT much) with craps and it's the same ending to the story. In the end, you give it ALL back and more. Had this result multiple times over and you will eventually learn your lesson. Well, at least I did. Others? Not so. What's the best out come for a new gambler at the casino? You probably think it's "to win" but in all actual honestly, it's to lose. You lose so you never come back. If you win, you're hooked. You think it's some sort of "easy" income..
The house has a house advantage on every bet. The only time they do not is doing free odds which is why it’s the best bet in the casino. Anyone talking about insurers and hard ways and yolevens is completely off-base.
Good wardrobe on Macy. At first he wears the oversized suit, like a sad sack loser. Movie progresses as he finds love his suites are the right size and colorful.
Why does the term “cooler” even exist? The casino doesn’t need a cooler because the odds are always in their favor. Bringing in a new shooter or a new player on a BJ table is just as likely to help as it is hurt the other players.
Correct the odds drastically favour the house, however, there are some things a "cooler" can do to impact game play. In a game like craps a cooler may set the dice on all 7s after they've established a point as the shooter. More likely to 7 out and cause most players to lose. (Being that most players bet with the shooter). In BJ they'll sit on front of a winning player and keep count. On high counts they'll go against Basic Strat and hit unneccessarily to try and burn high cards and cool the shoe down. Also they'll engage with the player to distract them in the event they are also keeping count.
Casinos dont like paying big payouts that they hadnt planned on. They cant do a lot of things, but they will do what they can. Hell, they will toss a guy out just for being able to count cards in his head! A "cooler" is probably mythical. But it would be a legal way to end a streak.
@@Joemantlerthey just make you play out your bankroll through a shoe at the same amount. Get to keep what's left. They dont break your ribs like they used to
Mat Montgomery Most Casinos will take that bet if you came in with a Large buy in or you asked for high limits. They do in London at the victoria in Edgware Road.
any high limit table will let you make that bet. i have seen it hundreds or times at Caesar's in AC. hell I was shooting the dice when another player bet 250K in the field, and hit it
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My local casino only has double odds. Shit sucks. Cant wait untill the 1 down the road opens, had 5 times odds.
But in a fake movie, where the guy is the most unlucky guy ever. You expect him to roll the 2/12, so him betting on himself would be what they did. omg it almost like hollywood knows their own movies.
Silver Hunter True but I believe after the point has been established you gain even more of an advantage because of the likelihood hood they will crap out before rolling the point again. You gain odds before the point and then even more after the point with don't come. When you add them together it becomes clear you should be betting don't pass and don't come over pass and come. I don't care about the rest of the table. It also depends on the table as well. If the rollers are hot I'll ride the wave but if it's a cold table i have no problem betting against the table. I'm there to make money.
NEVER. A "true gambler's" goal is to lose it all. That feeling of regret and remorse is what gives us our "hard on." A story to top all other gambling stories..
Now I remember why I hated the anticlimactic, saxophone drenched, choppy slow-motion infused, art-for-art's sake, movies of the 90s and early 2000s. They were major movies, with big stars, that had the look, sound and feel of a "Skinimax" after dark soft porn!
I was wondering if there be an immediate fuck up within the first minute or so. I wasn’t let down. When he bought the dice up to the chip area and kind of out of sight that would’ve been an immediate nono. and they would’ve had to get new dice and it will cause a scene at the table. At the very least a scolding, especially if you're playing high stakes.
Adam Young I just looked up the movie. Yes,he hit the field then the gangsters had Alec Baldwin killed and had a corrupt cop try to kill he cooler guy and his girlfriend on the side of the road as they were trying to leave Vegas but the cop gets hit and killed by a drunk driver so the cooler and his girlfriend get away with all that money.
MsMimilala I dealt craps at Harrah´s in Reno ... the nerves are taut ... the pit boss carries the brunt of them ... if someone comes in winning big, he may be out ... watch ´em pacing ... you´ll see ...
Kyle Meagher When Whales are betting 150 Grand a hand at black jack The casino may win or lose a few million in a single night. So I don't think they would get too uptight about someone winning a couple hundred grand at craps in a night. Would probably offer you a free suite in reality. Whatever you wanted to get you to stay and keep Gambling because they know in the long run. The house always wins. In the end the casino gets it all.
Doesn’t make any sense any person who plays craps would know that you never just put all your money on the pass line you bet the min and then play odds why in the world would he play pass line for that much money
Wow, he is the BEST at throwing little cubes of plastic... that makes him the bestest ever “gambler” ‘cause he is so goooood at throwing plastic cubes! He walks in and gets the crowd excited and everything and all the females wanna suck on his thingie-thing ‘cause he is the absolute BEST at tossing.... plastic cubes. Dang! Throw those plastic cubes... no one else can do it! LOL 🙄😆
Ha. Mississippi grind is even worse. $286,000 on the field. Congrats, you were dumb 286,000 times. I don’t care if you do win. Field bet is no bueno. There’s a reason why it takes up a huge chunk of real estate on the table.
Which is where the REAL MONEY is made! And it's not gambling in any sense. I just recently got into Cryptocurrency extreme short trading myself. Find the trends and you find the treasure. The skill is knowing when is the right time to close the order.
Guy who play for “the action”, no matter how much they go up, always give it back with a cherry on top. Baldwin’s character understood this and let him continued playing even when he was ready to break the casino. My rule of thumb is when I get up what I brought it’s time to go. This is money, not entertainment to the real gambler. Everything else is addictive gambling.
I don't understand why people in movies and real life plop down a huge pass line bet but no odds, Its insanely stupid not to take the free odds. You're also telling me a guy who just shakes his dice has any real control over the outcome? Dice setters have way the hell more form and sets, this guy is just winging it. Also, if he is so good, why not spice it up and get a fire bet or come bets?
@@kingofrivia1248 it is good. Running Scared is a bit more terrible from Wayne Kramer as it’s hyperkinetic with the violent content, the strong language, sexual content and intense sequences. It also features children in peril
This scene is a casinos dream scene right here. Hot girls. Alcohol. Huge field bet. Add em all together and you get the fastest combination to lose your dough.
In this movie Alec Baldwin acts like a good and decent friend this is to remind you that it is a piece of fiction
harsh but fair
I was on my way to the elevator to call it a night, when I passed by a craps table with a lot of energy and shouting. After fives rolls I was up by $800. The next roll I lost some of it. I took my chips and cashed in and went to my room. I won back all the money I ever lost in casinos from years before and haven't bet money at a casino ever since.
I play craps 3-4 times a year and have made 1-5k more times than ive lost the few hundred bucks I started with. Money management is key. Gotta play with house money when you're up and quit after a loss if you're up. Do it right and you'll break even or close 80% of the time, lose it all the other 10%, but how much you win isnt capped. You only quit after a loss and I've won as many as 8 consecutive points. Had a $1100 run last Thursday on a $5 table that I started with $100.
Lies...
You are smarter than 95% of gamblers then!
Who gives a fuc
Thanks for sharing! "The Cooler" was actually almost 100% lensed in Reno, Nevada, at the now shuttered "Golden Phoenix Hotel Casino", which was earlier was named the "Flamingo Hilton Reno ". Prior to that this hotel casino began life as "Del Webb's Sahara Reno."...The "Golden Phoenix" has been totally rebuilt as a condo project called "The Montage"...
Love this movie. I honestly feel like my own Cooler when I go to the Casino because everybody around me wins but me 😂🤣
Some 95% of the players visiting Vegas leave the town in the red. Every twentieth trip or so you might be one of the 5%, depending on what you play, of course.
love the buildup and suspense of the video. makes you feel like you are at the craps table.
This is one of my favorite movies. The casino used for filming was a closed casino in Reno, Nevada called the Golden Phoenix. Prior to being the Golden Phoenix, it was the Flamingo Hilton, and prior to that it was built as the Sahara Reno. It was located on the corner of West 2nd Street and Sierra Street. The Sahara Reno opened at midnight July 1, 1978. I was there. It was my first night as a blackjack dealer. I was dealing at a table that was two tables down from the craps table that Danny Thomas and Helen Reddy symbolically opened the casino by throwing large dice at the stroke of midnight. The ally scene in the movie was an actual ally between the casinos in Reno.
The nature of human psychology is that fear dictates success along with intelligence ofcourse. Here's the thing, the more accustomed you are to facing danger, the more likely you are to succeed because your sense of ability expands. Be assured their are intellectually brilliant people that are in a perpetual loop of failure, and completely average people that are vital, dynamic, and successful.
Underrated comment
This is One of my most beleoved movies. All All of it! Superb acting!
I agree. The music. The twists and turns. Bill Macy steals the show in every movie he acts in. Sweet love story. Cool soundtrack. Excellent, underrated film.
@@ahill4642 great write up! This one had elements of comedy, drama and romance. It was a Las Vegas love story that made popular romance movies look like Martin Scorsese pictures such as Casino and GoodFellas
50% rule says...You're up large, don't fall to 50% WITHOUT cashing out the other half or you won't stop.....Remember the 50% rule....Money management is almost as important as luck and talent..
Baldwin speaks like an outlaw and fires guns like one.
All on the pass line? Haha. How about a smaller bet then max odds behind? Hollywood. Sheesh.
holy fuc this is so right
I've seen it several times irl from legit players.
Well it was the come out roll, so he could only bet the pass line. It's also the only time an 11 and 7 are winners.
It's the come out
If he knew he was going to hit those numbers it's not a bad bet. But yeah most people will do a smaller pass line bet with odds once the point is established. What's more unrealistic is the bets being placed. He places a 80k+ bet on a table with people placing $100 or less bets. The range is way too big. It would be closer to $10-$2500 or $25-$5,000
They call me "The Slot Cooler". When I walk by the machines start spitting out ice cubes. 😆
Umm I think those were actually just ice machines, Jim.
I'm looking at movie time 1:27:46, the 12 on the field is circled and written above it says "pays triple".
In the script (found online) it is revealed Bernie calls for double six before rolling.
Assuming he got his wish, he won 320k - 150k owed to Shelly = 170k
One of the most amazing movies about Las Vegas since Casino 1995. It’s directed by Wayne Kramer known for hyperkinetic crime flick Running Scared with Paul Walker & Crash-style film Crossing Over
He hit 12 again and won over $320,000 Just on that roll
12 is double in most casinos today. but yeah $320K.
umm 80k on the field pays 2 to 1 so 160k plus 80k is 240k can't see where that adds to 320 🤔
@@victorbonilla4839 In some casinos, it pays you 3 to 1 on the field.
Most are getting away from that and only paying out 2 to 1 .
No sir...he lost on that 12
@@johnnyebrown7028it was a field bet. He tripled it
How come Baldwin looks so cool with a drink in his hand?
Better a drink in his hand, than a gun.....
It's called acting! Same way Macy projects a look of someone who knows he's too small walking in to fight a dragon with only the tiniest of hopes.
Bernie is all Shelly had. Thats why he would never let Shelly go
Bernie was the living breathing underdog.
That was a great scene when Baldwin broke the guys are in the bathroom. "Harvard turd" Lol.
I like the way he said it with just a touch of accent. "HAH'vud"... XD
I think he says at one point "We do it old-school around here, Harvard."
Harvard is the oldest school in the United States.
One of the finest movies
I agree 💯
Coolers really exist I know 1 but he doesn't know that I know 🧐
I play that game for the first time in my Las Vegas vacation.
That will be one of the biggest regrets of your life, learning how to play a particular gambling game of chance. I've been here before (not necessarily betting THAT much) with craps and it's the same ending to the story. In the end, you give it ALL back and more. Had this result multiple times over and you will eventually learn your lesson. Well, at least I did. Others? Not so. What's the best out come for a new gambler at the casino? You probably think it's "to win" but in all actual honestly, it's to lose. You lose so you never come back. If you win, you're hooked. You think it's some sort of "easy" income..
Why is Owning Mayhowny free on the tubes but not this one?
It's Carlo, he's going to testify.
Well I went ahead and ordered some up for the table
Alec Baldwin made good movies. Far more impressive than his television work.
He should have insured his come-out rolls with any-craps bets.
Chad K bad odds? The game itself is bad odds. You dont play against the house..just play poker
Chad K
Long run?
Craps is a short game.
The house has a house advantage on every bet. The only time they do not is doing free odds which is why it’s the best bet in the casino. Anyone talking about insurers and hard ways and yolevens is completely off-base.
Good wardrobe on Macy. At first he wears the oversized suit, like a sad sack loser. Movie progresses as he finds love his suites are the right size and colorful.
So Bernie hit the field for 80 boxes of ziti
I love this movie.
What movie is?
+Paco Toledo The Cooler.
Why does the term “cooler” even exist? The casino doesn’t need a cooler because the odds are always in their favor. Bringing in a new shooter or a new player on a BJ table is just as likely to help as it is hurt the other players.
Correct the odds drastically favour the house, however, there are some things a "cooler" can do to impact game play.
In a game like craps a cooler may set the dice on all 7s after they've established a point as the shooter. More likely to 7 out and cause most players to lose. (Being that most players bet with the shooter).
In BJ they'll sit on front of a winning player and keep count. On high counts they'll go against Basic Strat and hit unneccessarily to try and burn high cards and cool the shoe down. Also they'll engage with the player to distract them in the event they are also keeping count.
@@misterchubbikins casinos don’t hire coolers 😒
Casinos dont like paying big payouts that they hadnt planned on. They cant do a lot of things, but they will do what they can. Hell, they will toss a guy out just for being able to count cards in his head!
A "cooler" is probably mythical. But it would be a legal way to end a streak.
@@Joemantlerthey just make you play out your bankroll through a shoe at the same amount. Get to keep what's left. They dont break your ribs like they used to
It's just a movie😂
He only lost $3,000.
True gambler logic right there
Stan Grossman called. Twice.
5:41 That would have been a good ending to the movie.
How so?
Other than the old Binions, can someone tell me who takes a 80k field bet?
Any casino would take that bet, it favours the house massively. A personal limit would have to be pre arranged though.
Field is a good bet ONLY when you're hot and constantly throwing 12s... They pay triple
Mat Montgomery Most Casinos will take that bet if you came in with a Large buy in or you asked for high limits. They do in London at the victoria in Edgware Road.
sweetpapajazz for whatever reason black ppl are obsessed with the field bet
any high limit table will let you make that bet. i have seen it hundreds or times at Caesar's in AC. hell I was shooting the dice when another player bet 250K in the field, and hit it
My local casino only has double odds. Shit sucks. Cant wait untill the 1 down the road opens, had 5 times odds.
3:15 sounds like he broke the guy's arm right there. Yeesh!
no real craps player would play that way. heres the rule...........mimimum on passline and maximum on odds. hollywood doesnt know
shit
Silver Hunter Don't pass odds are better.
But in a fake movie, where the guy is the most unlucky guy ever. You expect him to roll the 2/12, so him betting on himself would be what they did. omg it almost like hollywood knows their own movies.
Silver Hunter True but I believe after the point has been established you gain even more of an advantage because of the likelihood hood they will crap out before rolling the point again. You gain odds before the point and then even more after the point with don't come. When you add them together it becomes clear you should be betting don't pass and don't come over pass and come. I don't care about the rest of the table. It also depends on the table as well. If the rollers are hot I'll ride the wave but if it's a cold table i have no problem betting against the table. I'm there to make money.
Sooooo where does this casino exist that takes an 80k field bet lmao
And this folks is why you leave when you're ahead.
well he left with alooooooot more money than he had gained in the beginning so no....
He won that last roll
He rolled a 2 or a 12.
Blossom Utonium
Unless he was drunk he rolled a 5.
NEVER. A "true gambler's" goal is to lose it all. That feeling of regret and remorse is what gives us our "hard on." A story to top all other gambling stories..
What a dark dark movie
Now I remember why I hated the anticlimactic, saxophone drenched, choppy slow-motion infused, art-for-art's sake, movies of the 90s and early 2000s. They were major movies, with big stars, that had the look, sound and feel of a "Skinimax" after dark soft porn!
I was wondering if there be an immediate fuck up within the first minute or so. I wasn’t let down. When he bought the dice up to the chip area and kind of out of sight that would’ve been an immediate nono. and they would’ve had to get new dice and it will cause a scene at the table. At the very least a scolding, especially if you're playing high stakes.
Love the pass line bet with zero odds lmao
Frank Gallagher
What’s the movie?
3:30 why does no one have any place bets or center action?
The Casino boss is such a poser:D
Yes he hit the field and then i think he must have parlayed it and it hit again. I think...
Alguien me puede compartir el sountrack de esta parte de la película plis
At craps you can't close your hand while holding dice
Did he win the field bet?
Don’t try this at home kids
Sooo did he win ANY MONEYS to take home when he left?
so did he hit that field bet? Inquiring minds want to know!
Adam Young I just looked up the movie. Yes,he hit the field then the gangsters had Alec Baldwin killed and had a corrupt cop try to kill he cooler guy and his girlfriend on the side of the road as they were trying to leave Vegas but the cop gets hit and killed by a drunk driver so the cooler and his girlfriend get away with all that money.
Well it's a story, when comes to real life you will lose that bet for sure.
Why do casino bosses hate it when you're winning... it's not like it's their money...
Cause it's their job to throw you out if you win to much.......
And it's not like that is an easy thing to do.
MsMimilala I dealt craps at Harrah´s in Reno ... the nerves are taut ... the pit boss carries the brunt of them ... if someone comes in winning big, he may be out ... watch ´em pacing ... you´ll see ...
They don't hate it it's just they all ways got to suspect you of cheating
Kyle Meagher When Whales are betting 150 Grand a hand at black jack The casino may win or lose a few million in a single night. So I don't think they would get too uptight about someone winning a couple hundred grand at craps in a night. Would probably offer you a free suite in reality. Whatever you wanted to get you to stay and keep Gambling because they know in the long run. The house always wins. In the end the casino gets it all.
This was filmed in reno...a casino was going out of business
FRANK?
Don't know sh--t about gambling.(With the exception of slot machines) Someone explain to me what's going on
Gamblers do not go to casinos - losers go to casinos.
David Boson are you broke g?
Shelly just let him bet!
Ruined,in the end.
I was rooting for Bill. Too bad.
Doesn’t make any sense any person who plays craps would know that you never just put all your money on the pass line you bet the min and then play odds why in the world would he play pass line for that much money
Wow, he is the BEST at throwing little cubes of plastic... that makes him the bestest ever “gambler” ‘cause he is so goooood at throwing plastic cubes! He walks in and gets the crowd excited and everything and all the females wanna suck on his thingie-thing ‘cause he is the absolute BEST at tossing.... plastic cubes. Dang! Throw those plastic cubes... no one else can do it!
LOL 🙄😆
All right then you do it, you talk a big game now prove you got the chops.
@@adrianghandtchi1562 Now what?
cant tell what your point is but you sound like total douche
@@Opticillusion160 …and you sound like you eat rooster. 😎
I can't take this guy seriously after he was one of the dumb ones in that stupid Wild Hogs movie...
$600 horn high 12
Ha. Mississippi grind is even worse. $286,000 on the field. Congrats, you were dumb 286,000 times. I don’t care if you do win. Field bet is no bueno. There’s a reason why it takes up a huge chunk of real estate on the table.
Meh, it’s better than black jack especially if it pays double on aces and triple on midnight. There are worse bets in the casino
Only front betting? This is dumb af
I am a professional trader.
Which is where the REAL MONEY is made! And it's not gambling in any sense. I just recently got into Cryptocurrency extreme short trading myself. Find the trends and you find the treasure. The skill is knowing when is the right time to close the order.
Can somebody explain to me what that was
Guy who play for “the action”, no matter how much they go up, always give it back with a cherry on top. Baldwin’s character understood this and let him continued playing even when he was ready to break the casino. My rule of thumb is when I get up what I brought it’s time to go. This is money, not entertainment to the real gambler. Everything else is addictive gambling.
Shoulda regressed
I don't understand why people in movies and real life plop down a huge pass line bet but no odds, Its insanely stupid not to take the free odds. You're also telling me a guy who just shakes his dice has any real control over the outcome? Dice setters have way the hell more form and sets, this guy is just winging it. Also, if he is so good, why not spice it up and get a fire bet or come bets?
itinkle come on dude. Really? Dice setting. You're an idiot with a keyboard
That was lame
$80,000 in the field - one roll bet - rolls double 6's = $80,000 x 2 = $160,000.
Many craps tables pay 3:1 on a field bet when a 12 is rolled...so $80k bet pays $240k, leaving the shooter with a total stake of $320k.
Odds are he rolled a 5 LoL
God what a terrible film
tabber87 The film was actually pretty good
@@kingofrivia1248 it is good. Running Scared is a bit more terrible from Wayne Kramer as it’s hyperkinetic with the violent content, the strong language, sexual content and intense sequences. It also features children in peril
$600 horn high 12