fu-peg

Las Vegas - MAKE 'EM LAUGH/MAKE 'EM CRY!

Gonna roll out some crazy, wacky and wonderful gambling stories over the next few weeks, talking about the biggest $core you ever made, or, the wor$t bad beat that rocked your bankroll.

My biggest hit was back in the 2000 Kentucky Derby. First, lemme say that I ain't a horse guy. One of my boys, the brilliant Dr. B, who just might be reading this in the Albany Times Union, IS a horse guy. They have this Future Book here in Vegas for the Derby that comes out in like November, with names you never heard of and odds that are DELICIOUS. When my boy Dr. B told me we're down on Fusaichi Pegasus, I thought he was was talking about a new Lego product. Turned out "Fu-Peg" was a horse that the Doctor was eyeballing, and we bought at like 70/1. Maybe it was 60/1. The Future Book is obviously a gamble, because most of the horses NEVER make it to the Derby starting gate. Fu-Peg made it to the gate, actually went off as the favorite. As the race unfolded, my blood pressure spiked to 180/90. Watching the race right now on You Tube and man, starting to TINGLE all over again. When the announcer screamed his famous line, 'down the stretch they come,' and Fusaichi started to move toward the front, I lost my FREAKIN' mind. I was dancing, screaming, yelling, even doing the worm on the carpet, and pulled something in my groin that is still tender 20 years later. Fu-Peg paid only $6.60 at the window, but we collected almost TEN DIMES!!! PLZ don't mention any of this to the IRS.

If you wanna share a Big Bang, or, a Bad Beat, my Email is open, ben@americasline.com. Have a few dozen in my inbox already, and it doesn't have to be sports only. Got one about a YUGE hit in the stock market, some from the poker world, and even a bad beat from politics. YELL at me!

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