So I just beat Royal about 2 weeks ago and had an absolute blast. 10/10 would do again
Whist playing, however, I actually made a list of everything I personally discovered, though some things may be wrong.
If you want to add anything to the list, suggestions are appreciated!! And if you notice any mistakes, please tell me and I'll fix it up a bit, thanks!!
Oh, and there are
no 3rd semester spoilers! I only wrote down things between the first day and Christmas day, so don't worry about anything too major in this post djsjshks and I didn't write much about any of the Palaces besides from story related things
Anyway, here's literally everything I wrote down!! Enjoy, my dudes 🤠
The Atlus/Criwear intros have now been improved, with Atlus's intro having a bit of Joker at the start doing Jokery things
The loading screen for starting up the game now includes the PTs logo with 3 spotlights
Palace "distortions" that can be seen surrounding the screen now have a new look
You can now see the sillohetes of future party members in the Casino
The dialogue between Futaba and Ryuji are now actual dialogue boxes, not side dialogue that you'd see in Mementos
Loading screens are SO much faster and the "walking" loading screens now include more people
You can see Takemi walking towards the clinic when you arrive in Yogen
The scene after you cleanup your room, and going to school is now fully voiced
Sojiro generally has a kinder tone
The "New day" screen now has gone through some improvements. The clouds now move!!
Kawakami will accidentally hand you something whilst giving you your student ID. She quickly takes it back though before you can see it. Most likely maid service stuff
The ride back home now has additional dialogue of the road being extra packed at the end of Sojiro's monologue
You can meet Ohya interrogating a Station officer about the train crash
Arsène now has an "è" in his name
Arsène also talks with a "shouting" dialogue box. It's like a normal dialogue box, but it's shouting now
Not sure if this was in the original or not, but Ryuji has a bit of extra dialogue for him throwing the key away (not much, just a simple "ngh" but still)
The "ugh woe is me I'm a teacher and he's late boo hoo" is now voiced
A fuck tone of dialogue has been rewritten to sound better. Definitely an improvement
Sae now mentions what Kamoshida's crimes were ("He was guilty of everything - the abuse, the... violations...") (I think I'm not sure tho jdhdgh)
Kawakami when shittalking Ryuji will now get cutoff as soon as he approaches
While Ryuji waits for you on the roof, you can find Haru on the 3rd floor talking to a teacher!!! The teacher says how they'll leave the rooftop open so she go to the planters that she volunteered to take care of
The planters are already on the rooftop. I'm not sure if it was there last time in the original, but if it's not, it's a cool touch lmao
Sojiro's scolding for ditching half a day is now rewritten a bit +new dialogue options for Akiren
New dialogue from Justine about how neglecting your fate will lead to his death
New Kasumi scene
New Ushimaru question (The answer is Villians, or C)
New student thoughts scene talking about Kasumi
Kamoshida + Ann scene is now voiced + rewritten
Ryuji's search for the castle is now voiced (though it could've been in the original, in not sure)
Palaces now start at 40% security when you enter instead of 0%
After going through the Palace and meeting Morgana again, the dialogue of them going back into the Palace + so much more that I'm not bothered to write is now voiced
Safe room enterences are now all wiggly and distorted
Ammo is now replenished after battles
Morgana will ask after the gun tutorial if you want to directly command him or act freely instead of making new players go to the menu and find it
New scene of Ryuji and you discussing plans to take down Kamoshida + Goro and Sae walking in the background
New IM background. Messages now have sakura petals floating in the background
Whilst you're stuck at Leblanc, unable to go out, you can up all your stats! Studying at the booth helps your Knowledge, making Coffee ups your Charm, making Curry helps your guts, you can now clean Leblanc to up your Kindness (+some points for Sojiro if he's there) and making Tools helps your Proficiency!
Ann + Shiho can be seen walking in the background at 4/13
Some students walking to school now have voices
After the rally, Ryuji complaints about Kamoshida are now voiced
One victim of Kamoshida that you interrogate now has a voice
Students you can listen into now have a slighty darker "chatter" icon once you talk to them. Same with the "whisper" icon
Wrong answers to Ryuji's question about any names turning up are now voiced
After school when Morgana tells you about changing hearts, there's a little scene where you can get the students options on Ann
The scene after you chase Ann is now voiced
Ryuji post-suicide scene is now voiced
Makoto can be found post-suicide scene right outside the courtyard talking to a teacher about Shiho's suicide (Teacher's worried about it turning into a scandal while Makoto's like "bro wtf what about the fucking student??? Huh????")
Ryuji post running off to the PE office is now voiced
Ryuji shakes his arms when he gets pissed off at Kamoshida
Shadow Kamoshida's speech to the Knights after you enter the palace is now voiced + the scene after that
When a new weapon is found in a treasure chest, the person it belongs to will ask if you want to equip the item
After Ann's awakening, there's a little scene of the crew returning to the real world and talking about what the hell just happened
Sae's dialogue about Ann has changed
Sojiro tells you to "Stay upstairs while we're open for business." Not sure if it's in the original, but it's also voiced
Takemi has a new voice actor!!!
God, fuck, there's so many new voice lines, I'm not gonna put them in anymore since there's so MANY. I'll just mention important scenes that have voices from now on
Friends that go to Shujin will sometimes catch up to you and you'll both walk to school together
Some new people appear on Yongen street when you go to Takemi's for the first time! There's a stern old man who can't hear you (he thinks you're talking about Kindergarten), there's a talkative women (who actually mentions a "very good doctor who's very reliable." Possibly the Doc from Takemi's Route?) And a sick man who says he wants to go in, but doesn't have the guts. (alluding to Takemi needing Guts to rank up)
Iwai's first meeting is now voiced
Kawakami will talk to you after Kamoshida tries to get you expelled. There's now a new scene with Kawakami, Kamoshida and Kasumi
New student comments about you + Kasumi
There are new "thoughts" when quick traveling down near the lower right-hand side of the screen that give you hints (e.g. when hovering over the Library, it says "I think I could improve my Knowledge...")
By sitting on the toilet, you can find out how close you are to improving your stats
You can see your friends (Makoto, Haru, ect) walk to school
New Hiruta question (The answer is they're both the same, or C)
There is now a tutorial for baton passing since it's no longer a confidant ability
Chests now have a weird glitchy sound to them
Some items will give you some additional moves (Wind Ring will give you Garu, ect)
The twins will have new features for you in the Velvet room after you secure the route to the treasure.
The "Next Day" screen's weather will change depending on the weather in game
On 4/21, you can see Makoto and Sae hanging out in the background
The "Next Day" screen will also change when you send the calling card! A card will fly into the date instead of a dagger and the sky will become black and red
You cannot resell guns to Iwai anymore
The Palace security will actually go up to 100% when you send the Calling Card, not 99% like in the original
The Ass Chalice now has a sound effect for when you break it
Shiho and Mishima now appears as apart of Kamoshida's boss fight
New question, forgot which teacher tho (the answer is D, or all of them)
Morgana will tell you to work on your Kindness so you can talk to Ann
Confidants will now sometimes call you
Confidants will also have a little after scene after you hang out with them, mostly by phone call
The amount of people on the train will change depending on the time of day
You can get multiple choices for what to buy from the Home shopping channel now
Teachers will now sometimes call on your dumbass friends and ask them questions. Be a bro and help them out
New Kawakami question (answer is B, you stand by it no matter what, and then C, you have a duty to correct it)
Sometimes, when you're at the trainstation, confidants will come to talk to you. They are now voiced
New Usami question (the answer is B, or Four Colour Theorem)
Achievements for destroying Palaces have different titles now
Walking around the Wilton Buffet to get food is now voiced
Thieves Den, baby!!!!!!
Kawakami's lecture about Kamoshida is now voiced
When Kawakami goes on to explain multiple personalities and stuff like that, Akiren sits up a bit
There are more Chalk throwings by Ushimaru
The Library assistant will actually apologize to you if you spend enough time at the library!
New Kawakami question (Answer is Fatal Woman, or C)
The Monamobile will now purr when you rub the touch pad, and will yowl when you press it
Ryuji's Rank 5 now starts with a little scene of you two entering the alley to Protein Lovers gym (probably to show players where the gym is)
You can now also quick travel to the gym when you enter it
New Inui question (The answer is the Heian period, or C)
When traveling to places such as Inokashira Park, the windows on the train can change depending on the weather and scenery
New scene on 5/11. A school assembly is apparently happening on 5/13 after exams. Enter Maruki (He's the Counciler!!)
Maruki can now ask you questions in the classroom (Answer is the Placebo effect, or C)
The Morgana train button mash incident is now voiced
New scene on how to get to Madarame's shack
New Inui question (the answer is Hokusai Katsushika, or B)
New Usami question (the answer is 1:1.414, or B)
Treasure demon fights now have a new effect for when you enter battles with them (not unlike Disaster enemies, but this time it's yellow and sparkly)
New Chouno question (Answer is Together, or C, then Senses, or B, and then "Senses coming together," or B)
On 5/24, Kawakami announces a public cleanup campaign that the school will be participating in on the 30th
In Madarame's Palace, instead of you having to travel all the way back to the beginning to traverse the paintings, you can hop back in where you exited out of
Madarame's security guard is now no longer origami man, but instead it's this weird, blue angel dude with like a seashell horn?? Sorry idk all of the Persona names
New Kawakami question (The answer is Authur Conan Doyle, or B)
Operation Maidwatch is now voiced!
New Maruki class/question (The answer is the Halo effect, or B)
New scene with Ryuji, we're going to Kichijoji, baby!!!
When you unlock Lockdown during the Strength confidant, Lockdown will have a new feature called Incense. Incense will improve your Persona's focus and gives them more strength. You can find Incense not only in the Metaverse, but in daily life too.
The day when Ryuji forgets to change over to his Summer uniform, or 6/6, he will now catch up to you in the right uniform
The students walking around in the loading screens are now wearing their summer uniforms
Ann now wears a clover necklace with her Summer uniform (in her sprite atleast. Not sure if that was in the original)
Even MORE chalk throwing incidents with Ushimaru
New Kasumi scene
New Hiruta question (The answer is the number of legs, or C)
New Public Thoughts scene discussing Akechi and the Phantom Thieves (this is right before the Social Studies trip)
New Maruki class/question (The answer is Controlling public thought, or C)
Not sure if it's just me, but Kobayakawa seems a bit more of an asshole to Makoto
You actually exchange numbers with Akechi this time
New Hiruta question (The answer is Green, or B)
New Ushimaru question (The answer is Coins, or B)
Kinda newish scene of Makoto/Sae sister time? It's the same dialogue, but they're not eating this time and instead are talking in their living room
New scene of Makoto and Iida (the guy who got blackmailed by Kaneshiro and co.)
New scene of you and Ryuji finding the right line to take you to Shinjuku
The two trolls of Shinjuku scene has been rewritten.
New Usami question and Ann needs help answering it (The answer is Smartphone, or B)
Kaneshiro's introduction is now slighty different (the camera focuses on him talking to Makoto before zooming out and seeing her struggling on the floor)
New Inui question (The answer is a Pope, or C)
Kawakami's IM pfp has now been changed to her maid outfit
New scene on 6/25. Morgana/Ann's showtime introduction
When you enter Kaneshiro's palace, a dog enemy will spot you and will initiate a battle. You will be able to trigger Ann/Morgana's showtime!
New technical tutorial in the middle of Kaneshiro's palace since this is the first time you encounter enemies without weaknesses
Treasure demons will now sometimes appear in battles with other enemies
Kaneshiro's security cameras now have a sound effect for when they go out
In Kaneshiro's Palace, there's a miniboss right before the giant lock. In the og, right as you walked down the stairs, you were forced to fight before you could save in the safe room behind you. Now, in Royal, you can save before going to fight! (Credit to
u/Theroonco for this fact!!)
Kaneshiro's palace now has golden doors you need to pay for to open up (Specifically 10,000 yen.) Fortunately, you can just beat the shit out of them to get them to open.
Kaneshiro's Guard near the end of the palace has been changed. Instead of Armless Brainless mcgee it's horse skeleton man with weird hat (again, idk persona names fdjdhsk)
Special animations will play for Caroline and Justice when lockdown is in effect
New lines from Caroline/Justine when lockdown is in effect
New Chouno question (The answer is Dogs, or C)
On 6/28, new scene with Ryuji/Makoto for their showtime introduction though the date may differ depending on your playthrough. I got mine just as I was about to send the calling card, so who knows?
New Kawakami question (The answer is Gold, or B)
Kaneshiro's entire first phase has been deleted. Instead, you just skip to Piggytron
Kaneshiro also now has 3 phases
New Inui question (The answer is Barbarian's Head, or C)
New Chouno question (The answer is Julius and Augustus, or B)
New Kawakami question (The answer is The Milky Way, or B and then Soumen Noodles, or A)
New Usami question (The answer is a Triangle, or D)
New Maruki class/question (The answer is Memories that last for a long time, or B, then Infinite, or C and finally Forever, or C)
New Makoto scene
New Kasumi/Goro scene (I literally gasped outloud as soon as I saw him I'm not kidding that really caught me by surprise dkdkshhs)
New Inui question (The answer is Thievery, or D)
New Maruki/Makoto scene
New scene with some Gossiping students taking shit about Kasumi and Maruki
New scene on 7/17!!! Festival, baby!!!!! + Ryuji/Yusuke showtime introduction
On the day of the fireworks festival, on the train loading screens, you can see people dressed up in Yukatas!
Not sure if it was in the game last time, but there's now dialogue of Medjed claiming to be modern day Robin Hoods
New scene with Ryuji asking you to check with people in your neighbourhood about Futaba
You can no longer slide down the sand in front of Futaba's Palace while in your normal attire
Anubis will now warn you if he'll perform Mudoon or Hamaon (Anublis tips towards Curse (Mudoon) / Bless (Hamaon) or Anus reset balance (if Anubis decides to stop the Insta kills))
New mementos rooms
New Treasure Demon dialogue if you already have that Treasure Demon in your party
I've also noticed that there are a lot more Treasure demons in Mementos, whether they spawn in or appear right after battle with another enemy
You can sometimes fall into the ground in Mementos
I'm not sure if this was in the original, but you cannot hang out with your confidants in certain areas if the weather is bad
The Big Bang challenge without the special on is 2000 yen on the burger's second phase and 2500 yen on burger's final form
Cognitive Wakaba's 1st phase has now been sped up. She will now dive down on her third turn
New animations for Futaba working in Necronomicon whilst she is talking to Sphinx Wakaba
New Cognitive Sphinx Wakaba + Futaba Dialogue
Just as jobs can now text you and ask if you can come in, Lala can now text you and ask if you can take a shift. She even has a unique Profile colour!
Also, more people will come in on Sundays to Crossroads. Instead of receiving 7200 yen, you'll get 12000 yen instead for your hard work
Kasumi's ending text (Unbreakable bond) is now different. Also, I think it was a different voice?? It said you gained a glimpse, not the ultimate secret though. Very interesting
Also, there's no new Persona for you to fuse for her and Kasumi herself doesn't get a new persona (I finished this before she even awakened so huh??? Wha???)
Futaba's integration into the PTs is now voiced
The Shinjuku Trolls/Lobster incident is now voiced
New scene of the Gang hanging out at the beach (it's animated, but it's one of the 3D ones with the models)
The Movie Theatre Mementos request is now right after Medjed's takedown, and you do not need to search for the name this time as Mishima just gives it to you. You can still find Yasuo Jochi (the target) at the movie theatre threating the old man
New scene on 8/30. Ryuji didn't do his Summer homework
The Takases (Kawakami's blackmail no-good doers) turn into the butterfly man and green girl fairy now (I think. I could've sworn they turned into a Succubus and an Incubus but who knows? I do remember fighting the enemies they turn into now though so again, who knows?)
Naguri (the guy that attacks indiscriminately and can be found out through gossip in the Flower shop) is also now a Kin Ki (again, not sure if it was in the og but I do not remember fighting a Kin Ki)
New Inui question (The answer is Prosperity, or C)
New Maruki class (The answer is Chronostasis, or B) (I'm also pretty sure the second hand stopping question was in the og, but now Maruki asks you the question.)
Not sure if this is actually in the fight, but whilst I was exploring the Thieves Den, I noticed Kamoshida (Monster oogly bloogly form) had a mini him on the Ann Cup.
The Yusuke Hawaii incident is now voiced
New scene with Kawakami
New scene with Maruki, Sojiro, Futaba and Morgana
New scene of the gang + Kasumi shopping for soveineurs (with an additional Haru in the background!!) (Also, unfortunately, instead of the original scene of Kasumi scaring you (she originally said "Konichi-WA") being translated to "Alo-HA", it just got translated to "Hello, SENPAI" which kinda saddens me but it's eh)
When you get back from Hawaii, if you say "Aloha!" to Futaba, instead of saying "He's been influenced..." she now says "He's been Hawaiianized..." Not sure why they changed it, I mean, it was fine to begin with but it's whatever ¯_(ツ)_/¯
New scene with Ryuji and Kasumi
The conversation with Futaba about Morgana's fissy fit is now voiced
New Inui question (The answer is Money loans for collateral, or A)
If you interact with the stuff in your room whilst the game forces you to sleep and Morgana is missing, you'll get text like "There's something that relates to the cat... I'm worried about Morgana..." (E.g if you interact with your work bench, it says "A cat left paw prints in the dust... I'm worried about Morgana..."
Haru's Metaverse outfit sprites have been remade
After Morgana's + Haru's little spiel, if you check on the stuff in your room again whilst the game tells you to go the fuck to sleep, it'll have different dialogue. It's mostly Akiren wondering who "Beauty Thief" was and being worried about Morgana
Again, even more dialogue about Morgana and Haru on the next day. "Why didn't I noticed that something was bothering Morgana...?" oh Akiren you sweet little child hit me right in the Kokoro
New Chouno question (The answer is Cats eating human tongues, or B)
The Morgana chase scene is now voiced
Finally, when Morgana returns, he'll comment on everything saying shit like "Oooh this place is as drab as ever lmao I'm glad to be back ahahah"
New Kawakami question (The answer is Centeral Europe, or B)
ALSO VERY IMPORTANT!!! If you check on your calendar, you can see Akiren's thoughts and what he did that day!!! I didn't know until now djdjdh (also, Hawaii has some cool stamps?? Stickers?? Probably not stickers but they're cool lmao (ALSO THE BIG BANG CHALLENGES ARE CALLED "TRIAL BY BURGER" KSJDHDHH)
New Usami question (The answer is 20 white, 12 black or B)
New scene of Yusuke/Ann for their showtime
The Sad Oh no Okumura Robot dying wahh scene is now voiced
Maruki can now meet you at the station, surprisingly
New scene with Haru and Morgana for their Showtime
New Ushimaru question (The answer is Imperial Household Agency, or B)
God, I tried to not include that much Palace stuff in here - especially the bosses - but holy fucking shit Okumura is fucking hard as shit and it took me 3 tries to beat him oh my god beware of the Borger man and forehead girl I'm actually shaking as I'm writing this just know I hate Okumura and his stupid bossfight
New scene with Kasumi, Maruki and some random teacher
New Hiruta question (The answer is Stars, or B)
New scene with Kasumi and anime scene!! and WHOOPS we've accidentally entered the metaverse WHAT
Gun Customisation has a new screen and new mechanics
You can also now instantly go to the Gun Customisation screen when you buy a new gun
New Inui question (The answer is Joseph-Igance Guillotin, or D)
New Usami question (The answer is Bouba, or B)
New scene with Kawakami at lunch at 10/11 telling you to go see Maruki + Kasumi and Maruki afterwards
New scene with Maruki and Haru on 10/20
New Usami question (The answer is 15, or A)
Instead of Makoto getting Akechi's number from Sae, we give his number directly to Makoto since we actually exchange contact info this time
New Maruki class/question (The answer is Memory Bias, or B)
New scene after the school festival. Yusuke is missing and is found by Maruki
The post-festival party is now accompanied by Kasumi, though afterwards you can hang out with your friends
New anime scene too!!
Ryuji's phone call about being the shittiest of shitbags is now voiced
Goro's prince outfit reveal is now voiced
Also, I forgot if I mentioned this before, but Akechi's pfp is now a different colour. It was grey before, but now it's light brownish
Not sure if it just randomly happens in October, but on 10/30, I saw people dressed up in costumes! Nice little detail (I even saw a Jack Frost lmao)
You can also find people walking around Shibuya in costumes!
Haru will instead be outside the school tending to the plants instead on the roof on Sundays if you want to hang out with her
New scene with Makoto and Haru!! It's the girls' showtime!!! Time to kick ass
I only noticed until now, but if you hold down the R2 button, (the button that makes you dash if you're unfamiliar with the PS controller like I am) you'll instantly perform actions such as jumping across ledges and climbing up walls
Sae now has actual cognitive-human bodyguards when she approaches you whilst you wander around the Casino (they actually kinda look similar from the bodyguards at the beginning whilst you're being chased lmao)
In Sae's Dice room, instead of crawling through the vent to reach the backrooms, you can just select "crawl" on the vent and instantly teleport there without having to crawl through since the two rooms are in seperate "areas"
New scene with Kawakami! She informs the class that Maruki will leave on the 18th, so make sure to rank him up to Rank 9 so you can unlock the 3rd semester!
Not sure if I just didn't notice before, but there are now people in the Dark Maze
Didn't notice earlier since my sneaking skills are so good, but safe rooms now bring Palace Security down to 0%, or something like that idk I was on 10% so it could be something like 15% or 20%, who knows lmao (edit: According to
u/Theroonco, apparently this is a new confidant ability from Ohya! Thanks, worst girl, my opinion of you has slightly improved)
The battle areana is now voiced
Just like Maruki, Akechi will warn you that you will not be able to see him after the deadline, so rank him up so you can get to the 3rd semester!!
New Inui question (The answer is A Share of Stolen Goods, or C)
New Chouno question (The answer is a Sword, or B)
Futaba's Mementos scan is now a lot quicker
Also, I guess now is a good time to mention, but areas in Mementos can have certain qualities to them, such as all the shadows turning into the big hulky ones and the floor being weak which makes Morgana slip through them to the floor below. There's also a chance that the Reaper will spawn right away, which Futaba/Morgana will warn you that there's a certain strong shadow you have to look out for. These areas however will go back to normal after you leave them
New Ushimaru question (The answer is Any Age, or A) (And this was technically in the og, but they've reworded it so I'm just gonna put it in anyway lmao)
New Kawakami question (The answer is Crows eyes are hard to see, or B)
Nee Ushimaru question (The answer is because of high altitude, or C)
New Usami question (The answer is Cochleoid, or B)
New scene with Kasumi on 11/17
New scene with Maruki on 11/18, which is the day that he leaves
On 11/20, (the actual 11/20, not the one at the beginning of the game) you can see the SIU Director's face in the phone call thingymajig
True Justice now has actual text, not just question marks (it says "Cooperate as comrades who fight for justice and seek the truth")
Futaba's computer has now been translated in the subtitles, though I didn't get to read that much
New scene with Morgana. After the whole Interrogation Room incident, he asks you if it was Kasumi that helped you
New scene with Kasumi on 11/25
New angle/actions when hanging out at the downstairs Leblanc hideout
The Rats scene in Shido's palace is now voiced (And the rats voices are weird lmao rats rats we're the rats)
You can now eat cheese as a Rat in Shido's palace to regain Sp
After securing the route, Akiren thinks about keeping Akechi's promise to duel with him again (if you make it up to rank 8, that is)
The Eternal Lockpick is now called the Perma-Pick
On days that it is snowing, Snowflakes will fall across the IM screen instead of Sakura Petals (though they disappeared for some reason. Maybe because spring ended?)
New Vegetables for Haru!! Earth Beans that have the same effect as Charge and Star Onions that have the same effect as Concentrate
New scenes with Kasumi right before Exams and during Exams
Mementos Depths now have collectables that you can steal from
If you have reached the skill Live Painting (obtained on Rank 6), you can ask Yusuke to create skill cards in safe rooms
Your teammates speeches in the Velvet Room are now completely voiced
New ending Cutscene
And the entire 3rd semester :))
And that's about it!! Again, if anything is missing or incorrect, feel free to tell me!
Thanks for reading kdjsjs 🤠🤠🤠
submitted by Just to let everyone know, Casino Rama has closed the Poker Room, and moved the tables into the main room. It's located near the center bar, where all the table games like Roulette and Craps are. I don't like it...noisy and distracting. You also get shoulder surfers wandering about and watching the games. It used to be that the poker area was for players only.
PRO TIP: The Couchiching Buffet jumps their pricing at 4pm from $17 for lunch to $22 for dinner. Get there at 3:45pm, and dig into the freshly prepared Dinner dishes 15 minutes later, at Lunch prices. The salmon was fantastic.
More news...rumour has it that Poker is coming back to the Blue Heron up in Port Perry in the fall.
Session: Bought in for $200 about 6pm, and ran card-dead for 90 minutes, getting ground down by the blinds. Got down to $150 and packed up. Went to the room and watched TV for a bit.
Came back down at 11pm and sat back down. There was a $2/$5 running, and (2) $1/$2 tables. Still pretty card-dead. The $2/$5 table broke and some players came over to the $1/$2, and they were opening up at $20-$30, which really helped my decision making. I was getting impatient, and tempted to play marginal hands in shitty position...but not at those prices.
OTTH: I managed to bump my $150 up to roughly $220. Being card-dead, I had a very tight table image.
UTG, I wake up with Q♥Q♦ and open to $6. Six callers.
Flop comes J♦3♣J♣, and I check, waiting to see if anyone hit the Jack. Guy to my left bets $20, one caller, everyone else folds to me, and I call.
Turn is the Q♣. Very nice...so I hide in the weeds, hoping someone spiked their flush. Check. The opener from last hand fires $25, one caller, and I call.
River 6♦. Brick. I check again...putting more bait in the trap. The opener fires $45, again the same caller, and back to me. I hollywood for 10 or 15 seconds, and then shove for $129. The opener tanks, then calls, and the other player tanks, then folds.
I take the pot, over $500. Sweet.
MOST AMUSING HAND: Old guy and young guy are in a pot, the board is 99663. Old guy says "Whatcha got?". Young guy replies, "I have pocket 5's". Old guy flashes a 10-4, says, "I got nothin'," and throws them into the muck. LOL. One of the other players says, "Wait a sec," and the dealer replies, "Yeah, I saw it, too, but he mucked them so the hand is dead."
submitted by This actually occurred a little over a month ago, but is somewhat ongoing as I have not received the money I lent this bastard, but we will get to that soon enough.
For privacy's sake, we will call him "Jimmy", even though he deserves to have me post all of his actual info on here, but whatever.
About a month ago I am fiddling around on facebook while at work, and see a post from "Jimmy" about having Suite/Box seats to a Hockey game in the city. I am a HUGE hockey fan, so this caught my eye immediately. I decided I would shoot him a message and see how much he wanted for a couple tickets (I really wanted to take my g/f). He immediately responded with a great price, and his phone number so I could call him to finalize the deal. This all seemed perfect, until I remembered who I was dealing with.
Jimmy was the guy in our group of friends that burned every single bridge he ever made, while single-handedly shattering every amazing opportunity he was ever given (we all know a few of these guys don't we?). Basically he was the group fuck up, and that is what ended up getting him ousted from the group. He could talk himself out of anything he had ever gotten himself into, and had been for years. He wrote at least one check every day of some sort that "his ass couldn't cash". And I also believe at one point, he was also writing bad checks from an empty bank account, that he never had intended on putting money in to begin with, but that's beside the point. Jimmy was always getting into, and right back out shit. Always "borrowing from Peter, to pay Paul", all while fucking both their wives. I'm sure you get my point. Him being from a wealthy family; enabled this, and obviously he knew it.
Fast forward many years, to that facebook post (I hadn't seen or physically spoken to this asshole in a long time). I call him up, and though apprehensive, it seems he may have finally gotten at least some of his shit together (had a g/f, owned his own business, etc). It wasn't long after talking about meeting up to exchange money for tickets and so on that it all began. The endless trail of shit spewing out of his mouth, about how there were too many people (his g/f's brother and friend) that wanted to go now, so he had to try and come up with an extra ticket, for the game (to make everyone happy). It was then, he started to make me an offer, that I would have been silly for refusing. If I was to lend him the money for this extra box ticket ($150), he would in return not only pay me back in full, at the game, but hook my g/f and I up with a luxury suite at one of the nearby Casino/Hotel's. As an extra thank you, everything would be included in the stay (all drinks, food, etc..). He even offered to let me keep the required refundable deposit on the room. Keep in mind, I am was already paying him $150 for the two tickets I needed. Now, I am not dead broke or anything, but $300 bucks on a night of fun was a little out of the budget range. I must have sounded hesitant on the phone (I was), because he quickly started trying to convince/reassure me that it was only because he didn't have his debit card with him (his accountant cut it up because he was yet again, a fucking idiot), and was in a hurry to get this all taken care of before the game we all had to be at. I believe his words were something like "Kyleforshort, c'mon you can trust me, I am good for this, I am driving a $100K car right now, do you really think I am not going to pay you back?".
I immediately wanted to know what he was driving, and he calmly replied with "A Lotus" (and yes I know that they are more rare, than expensive, but c'mon it's a damn Lotus). I called bullshit right away, but he was on his way to meet me with the tickets, so I knew I would find out soon enough. We get off the phone, and my anxiety is through the roof. Do I let someone, who I have zero trust in, borrow this money that I need to pay rent/bills/etc with? Most would have said fuck that, this is too good to be true, but Jimmy has a way with words as I said before, and he sucked me right the fuck in like he had so many others.
A few minutes later I get a phone call, saying he's around the corner. I head out back into the rear parking lot of my job. Sure as shit, a dark green Lotus whips around the corner. The idea was to sneak away, hit an ATM, get the tickets and slip back into work like nothing ever happened (of course him showing up in that fucking thing almost completely prevented that). Though still skeptical, I begin to gain some faith in him. I mean after all he wasn't completely full of shit..he did show up in a Lotus, and gauging by the cracked bumper, and the shit show the inside was, it was in fact....his. I jump in, we run to the nearest ATM, and yup, as you assumed I gave him the $300. But not without some sort of collateral. I'm not a complete fucking moron. Before I gave him any money, I made him give me all of the tickets he did have on him, 4 in total. The only condition was that in his own words "YOU HAVE TO BE ON TIME". I didn't see that as an issue, so the tickets were mine, and the money became his. He dropped me back off at work, and we agreed to meet later, at the game.
Fast forward 3 or 4 hrs, and traffic (too many fucking accidents for an average day) has caused us to be "late", and I wasn't supposed to be late. I get a phone call saying he is no where near the venue, and has some shit to take care of, so he needs me to met up with the other people whom have bought the other 2 of the 4 tickets I have. We pull into the the hotel/casino valet, and register under his name. After multiple texts and calls, and no sign of him, or the people who's tickets we have. We head upstairs, to wait. This is where the fun begins...(I almost forgot, at this time my drivers license was suspended, and expired, and I couldn't renew it, due to it being suspended, so I knew there was no way in hell I was getting in the Casino part of the hotel.)
7:00 PM - People who need the other tickets arrive, I give them the tickets, and we agree to see each other later at the venue.
7:15 PM - Get a phone call from "Jimmy", he is no where near the venue, so we decide to head over to the game. One problem, you have to enter the Casino to get the "train" that goes to the arena. There are two more problems with this scenario, I have an expired I.D., and no cash for said train. I relay this to Jimmy, and he says he needs to make a phone call.
7:20 PM - (Game starts at 7:30) I get a phone call from Jimmy saying there is a shuttle bus waiting for us down by the V.I.P. entrance of the Casino. We head downstairs both confused, and pissed off because he is no where to be found with the money. We walk a block down the street, and sure as shit, there is a shuttle bus, sitting there specifically waiting for my g/f and I.
7:30 PM - We arrive to the arena, at an entrance I have never seen before. Present the tickets (which at this point I think may be fake), and are ushered to a near by elevator. We go up what seems like 15 floors, and arrive at a long hallway that resembles a hotel hallway, and are told which way to go to get to the suite. By this time, I am acting like a 15 year old girl that is about to meet The Backstreet Boys, and my g/f is getting pissed/embarrassed by said actions.
7:35 PM - We walk into the suite, and see the two guys we met up with at the hotel, and then get introduced to the guy who's suite it is (the host). We are welcomed to all the food and booze that we could possibly consume (me being the lush I am, I start in on the brews). Everyone is still waiting on Jimmy.
8:15 PM - Now like 6 or so beers in, I and everyone else are still waiting on Jimmy.
8:45 PM - Still no Jimmy. I had received a text (from Jimmy) a bit before asking how much in the game was left. With there not being much, I didn't expect he would show.
9:00 PM (Approximately) - Game over (we lose), and all of us head down to the shuttle to make our way back to the casino.
9:15 PM - We all unload, and the host stops us to ask what we have planned for the rest of the evening. Still agitated, I say we are still waiting on Jimmy. He quickly makes a phone call, and says Jimmy will be waiting at the V.I.P. entrance of the casino, so that is where we head.
9:20 PM - We stand inside the V.I.P. entrance for a min or two, and down the stairs comes Jimmy. I now present my expired I.D. to the lady at the desk. She says nothing and waives my g/f and I through to Jimmy. I immediately ask about the money that I am owed, and he says he has some of it, and is just waiting for someone to get there, so he can collect the rest.
9:25 PM - I immediately flag a waitress down, and Jimmy orders my g/f and I a drink (charged to the room of course). We begin to wander around the "High Roller" area of the Casino floor, and I start to notice that Jimmy is exchanging "hellos" and "how the hell are yas" with nearly everyone around us. I couldn't figure out how the in the hell he knew everyone from waitresses, and gamblers, to the damn custodians. I mean hell, I still couldn't figure out how he managed to have a shuttle come and get just my g/f and I like it was no issue at all. At one point I was even joking with one of the Valet guys about how big of a pain in the ass Jimmy's Lotus was to get in and out of.
10:00 PM - Jimmy walks my g/f and I over to the little kiosk thing where you manage your casino account/points and so on. He swipes is card, and proceeds to check on how many available points he has, etc etc. While doing this, I notice that he happens to be like one level below the highest level you can be at the damn place. Below that was a number, that nearly made me shit myself right then and there. Within 6 months of being a "member", he had spent/won upwards of $250K. (Which I then assume is how everyone knows this shithead).
10:30 PM - Jimmy takes us to the front desk of the Hotel, to check us in. We get our key cards, and head up to the room. Upon opening the door, I couldn't believe my eyes. Floor to ceiling windows over looking the city, separate rooms, a giant bathroom with a steam shower and a Jacuzzi, etc. This room was the size of a small apartment, and way nicer than anything I or my g/f had been in previously. I quickly go to the mini bar, and crack open a cold beer (I mean hey it's all free, so why the hell not). We all sit and chat for a few, and Jimmy explains his many life fuck ups, and how he got his shit together finally, has a great g/f, owns his own business etc.
10:45 PM - We head back down to the Casino, and I again have to show my expired license. Security guy looks at my I.D., and responds with "maaaaan this is expired" (I acted surprised of course) he then swiped it through the thingy (for lack of a better term), and waived me though. I again could not believe what was going on.
11:30 PM - By this time, I have downed 3 or 4 more beers, and my g/f heads back to our room (She's not much of the gamble/party type, and hates when I get too drunk). I am now continuously harassing Jimmy about my $150. I am also getting louder and louder while he grows more and more embarrassed. It now becomes apparent that all of these theatrics of his are just simply stall techniques. We head over to a few slots and he begins putting small bills in, and losing. In my drunken haze, I don't think anything of the fact that it's probably my damn money going into those machines.
12:00 AM - We head to a secluded little room directly off of the High Roller's floor, and Jimmy greets the guy, whom he also seems to know. He asks the guy if he could recount to him via computer the day that he had won $70K. It takes a second, and sure enough the guy rattles off some date a month or two back. They go back and forth with some Casino lingo and we leave the room with me drunk, confused, and now shaking my head at what in the hell is still going on.
1:00 AM - Jimmy says he'll be right back, and disappears. I notice there is a bar cart close by, so my drunk ass decides to go over and order another beer. The bartender rattles off a total and I tell him to charge it to my room. He tries, but the charge will not go through. I say naaah try it again. He does, and nothing. Just then Jimmy shows back up and I excplain the issue. We leave the bar cart, without the beer, and he again makes a phone call and wanders off.
1:15 AM - Jimmy returns, and encourages me to go try to get a drink and charge it (something apparently wasn't activated/working correctly before). We walk over to the bar cart, I order the same thing, tell the bartender to charge it to my room, and BINGO it works. I just look at him and shake my head. We go over and sit at a couple of slot machines, and he begins to try and borrow more money off me, promising a quick return via the Black Jack tables near by. I immediately shut him down, tell him he's fucking nuts, and begin loudly asking about my $150 again. Jimmy heads, of and I stay at the machines, ordering more drinks from passing waitresses.
2:15 AM - Jimmy comes back, we talk some more, and decide we are getting hungry. We head over to one of the restaurants down in the gaming area, stand at the entrance, joke with the hostess a bit, but never enter the establishment. We walk around for a while, and this is where shit starts to get a little fuzzy. I at one point lost my phone, and found it right where we were previously sitting back at the slots.
3:00ish AM - I find myself sitting at the slots (again), Jimmy no where in sight. By this time I really should be puking, in bed, or doing both. I fumble to locate my phone and call my g/f because I am too drunk to know how in the hell to get back to the room. No answer. I sit there for a while longer, call again, and still no answer.
3:30ish AM - Jimmy had to have shown up sometime within this time frame because I faintly remember him escorting me back to the room. He never came in though, just led me to the door. I loudly let myself into the room to find my g/f sound asleep. I am now pissed that "she left me down there alone", even though it was my drunk ass, that couldn't find my way back. We fight, and yell for a while. And eventually make up. ;)
4:00ish AM - Presumably around this point, I have passed out, and my g/f is back to sleep also.
7:00 AM - There is a loud bang at the door, that woke both my g/f and I. Turns out, I had locked Jimmy out of the room by using the room's deadbolt. He initially told me he wouldn't be crashing there so I thought nothing of it, and was too drunk to care.
7:30 AM - Slow to get up, we get dressed, and talk with Jimmy for a bit. He offers to walk us downstairs so we can get breakfast from the buffet (roughly $30 a person), he just needs to sign off on it.
7:45 AM - We gather our things and head down to the buffet. Both hostesses of course know Jimmy (smdh). They ring us up, and he signs the bill. We head in to eat and he disappears (again).
9:00 AM - We head over to valet to get our car, and head home. Still no word from Jimmy.
Jimmy did string me along for a few more days about giving me my money, but then he stopped answering, and I gave up.
UPDATE: I still haven't heard from Jimmy, and as you probably have guessed, still haven't seen my $150. My g/f and I totaled approximately what we had spent throughout the whole ordeal, and that far outweighed the $150. I think it was well up over $2K if you count everything that was provided at no cost to us. Plus it was/is tax time and we both got our refunds and so on a short time later. So all in all, I don't feel like I lost much at all, and had a damn good time while doing it.
We still have no idea what Jimmy was doing for the 3 hrs before he tried to get into the room at 7 AM.
(SORRY IF THERE IS ANY CONFUSION IN THE TIMELINE OF THINGS. I WROTE THIS OVER A FEW LUNCH BREAKS AT WORK. SO IT MAY BE A LITTLE CHOPPY.)
TL;DR - Let someone borrow money, got shitfaced, had an awesome night (free room, food, drinks), and never saw my money again.
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