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I found Annabelle's on Facebook.
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mu...@compuplus.net
Dec 13, 2018, 4:06:09 PM12/13/18
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https://www.facebook.com/Annabelles-Night-Club-Redondo-Beach-175851109110176/
Some years ago, I had posted about my going there to play
backgammon (and to watch bikini contests;) in the early
1980's when I was in my early 20's.
You can waste some time looking through the posts and photos
if you are curious, especially if you lived in that area, in
those years. I always wished there would be someone here who
had been there also.
Anyway, the short of it is that, the then owner Rudy Sneider
(apparently a drug addict and a gambler) liked bg enough to
make the place a sort of bg club with rows of bg boards built
into bar counter like long tables and organized weekly bg
tournaments attracting players from the greater LA area.
In the description it says "west coast studio 54 type club"
but I think it may be a slight exaggeration. I rememember
something about Magriel meeting some Arab sheiks at Studio 54
where bg gamblers hustled money out of the rich and famous
but I don't remember seeing any celebrities at Annabelle's.
(Granted, I've never been there where they had big parties
with paid entrance, etc. So, it may be that I never got to
see them and wouldn't have recognized them even if I did.)
Anyway, I played there four times, in tournaments that paid
about $200-300 to the winner ($500-750 in today's money). I
won the first two. They made me sit out one week. I won the
next one. They made me sit out two weeks. I won the next one
again. After that I got a new jobe and moved out of the area.
Half of the players were Greeks, Armenians, Arabs, etc. but
there were quite a few American early pip counters (using
their fingers:) who came from hundreds of miles away. I
resisted all offers to get me play for money aside from the
tournamnets. I never knew how good they were and never took
my beating them as a sign of my being a good player either.
But, looking back, if some of them were indeed Studio 54
type/grade professional gamblers, then maybe I was already
somewhat good even back then.
Forgive my blabbing on. Just reminiscing...
MK
Some years ago, I had posted about my going there to play
backgammon (and to watch bikini contests;) in the early
1980's when I was in my early 20's.
You can waste some time looking through the posts and photos
if you are curious, especially if you lived in that area, in
those years. I always wished there would be someone here who
had been there also.
Anyway, the short of it is that, the then owner Rudy Sneider
(apparently a drug addict and a gambler) liked bg enough to
make the place a sort of bg club with rows of bg boards built
into bar counter like long tables and organized weekly bg
tournaments attracting players from the greater LA area.
In the description it says "west coast studio 54 type club"
but I think it may be a slight exaggeration. I rememember
something about Magriel meeting some Arab sheiks at Studio 54
where bg gamblers hustled money out of the rich and famous
but I don't remember seeing any celebrities at Annabelle's.
(Granted, I've never been there where they had big parties
with paid entrance, etc. So, it may be that I never got to
see them and wouldn't have recognized them even if I did.)
Anyway, I played there four times, in tournaments that paid
about $200-300 to the winner ($500-750 in today's money). I
won the first two. They made me sit out one week. I won the
next one. They made me sit out two weeks. I won the next one
again. After that I got a new jobe and moved out of the area.
Half of the players were Greeks, Armenians, Arabs, etc. but
there were quite a few American early pip counters (using
their fingers:) who came from hundreds of miles away. I
resisted all offers to get me play for money aside from the
tournamnets. I never knew how good they were and never took
my beating them as a sign of my being a good player either.
But, looking back, if some of them were indeed Studio 54
type/grade professional gamblers, then maybe I was already
somewhat good even back then.
Forgive my blabbing on. Just reminiscing...
MK
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mu...@compuplus.net
Dec 29, 2018, 8:04:22 PM12/29/18
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On December 18, 2018 at 3:25:27 AM UTC-7, greedygammon wrote:
> Murat, since your posts are the only ones I bother clicking
> on, I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new 2019!
Same to you.
> I am finishing up the remote play feature of GreedyGammon,
> you are welcome to come play me.
I downloaded it and played against the bot but I couldn't find
out how to create a profile and play other people.
I like the interface and I think I had made positive comments
about it in the past. I don't like the forced full screen mode
though and only a narrow left part of the chat/player list box
is visible on my monitor. Keep us updated on the improvements
and instruction on how to use it.
> We can play for small stakes $5/5 pt match.
I won't play for money but we can play for match sticks ;) In
fact, I probably wouldn't mind playing against other people
from RGB/bgonline/etc. if I knew on what servers they play.
I wish there was (maybe there is??) a wiki type page about the
currently popular servers and who plays where.
MK
> Murat, since your posts are the only ones I bother clicking
> on, I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new 2019!
Same to you.
> I am finishing up the remote play feature of GreedyGammon,
> you are welcome to come play me.
I downloaded it and played against the bot but I couldn't find
out how to create a profile and play other people.
I like the interface and I think I had made positive comments
about it in the past. I don't like the forced full screen mode
though and only a narrow left part of the chat/player list box
is visible on my monitor. Keep us updated on the improvements
and instruction on how to use it.
> We can play for small stakes $5/5 pt match.
I won't play for money but we can play for match sticks ;) In
fact, I probably wouldn't mind playing against other people
from RGB/bgonline/etc. if I knew on what servers they play.
I wish there was (maybe there is??) a wiki type page about the
currently popular servers and who plays where.
MK
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mu...@compuplus.net
Jan 4, 2019, 2:44:27 AM1/4/19
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On December 30, 2018 at 8:04:42 AM UTC-7, greedygammon wrote:
> Regarding your screen issue.....if they reduce the
> magnification slightly everything comes into focus.
> http://greedygammon.com/support/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=301
My test pc is an older one and the display is only 1280.
> The tournaments you mentioned, was there entry fee
Yes $10 or $20, I don't remember exactly and the owner
was adding some to create interest and Sunday business.
> if you are not playing for something of value, it is
> almost meaningless.
Sorry, money doesn't add meaning to bg for me.
> You would rather just let the luck of the dice dictate
> the winner? Isn't that more of the "gambler" angle?
I have always argued to the contrary that cube magnifies
luck.
> So anyway, we are about the same age, according to your
> time frame in the post, I immigrated to USA in 1978
Yes, I immigrated in 1978 also. Now that I'm thinking back,
there were quite a few guys going to Annabelle's driving
very expensive cars, showing off their cell phones putting
them on the bar next to their drink (I think the first real
portable ones were Motorola's the size of an actual brick
with an antenna :) Maybe there were high stakes gamblers
among them?? Us young college boys didn't have money but
we was cute. Them was chasing younger women and we was
getting pinched by the older ones... ;)
> There is no third party server.
Ah, I see. I don't think that will work for me but good
luck with your project.
MK
> Regarding your screen issue.....if they reduce the
> magnification slightly everything comes into focus.
> http://greedygammon.com/support/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=301
My test pc is an older one and the display is only 1280.
> The tournaments you mentioned, was there entry fee
Yes $10 or $20, I don't remember exactly and the owner
was adding some to create interest and Sunday business.
> if you are not playing for something of value, it is
> almost meaningless.
Sorry, money doesn't add meaning to bg for me.
> You would rather just let the luck of the dice dictate
> the winner? Isn't that more of the "gambler" angle?
I have always argued to the contrary that cube magnifies
luck.
> So anyway, we are about the same age, according to your
> time frame in the post, I immigrated to USA in 1978
Yes, I immigrated in 1978 also. Now that I'm thinking back,
there were quite a few guys going to Annabelle's driving
very expensive cars, showing off their cell phones putting
them on the bar next to their drink (I think the first real
portable ones were Motorola's the size of an actual brick
with an antenna :) Maybe there were high stakes gamblers
among them?? Us young college boys didn't have money but
we was cute. Them was chasing younger women and we was
getting pinched by the older ones... ;)
> There is no third party server.
Ah, I see. I don't think that will work for me but good
luck with your project.
MK
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Michael
Jan 5, 2019, 10:55:22 AM1/5/19
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Care to explain what MB and cost mean?
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