I'D RATHER HEAR THE HARD, COAT
TRUTH THAN YOU SUGARCOAT THING.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE IT.
TAIZO: WORDS TO LIVE BY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR
SHOW WITH OUR MAN ON STREET
QUESTIONS.
IF YOU'RE IN THE OTHER ROOM,
COME BE A PART OF THIS.
WE LOVE VACATIONS HAWAII.
WE LOVE HEADING TO VEGAS.
AND I'M STOKED BECAUSE I'M
JOINED BY KEVIN KANESHIRO.
I WANT TO SAY ALOHA TO GUIDO
METZGER, WHO IS THE BOYD GAMING
DIRECTOR OF GAMING OPERATIONS.
AND, SIR, I'M SO STOKED YOU'RE
HERE.
LAST TIME YOU WERE HELPING TRINI
AND I AT THE CAL.
WINNING A LOT.
YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF WINNERS.
IT'S BEEN A HOT YEAR.
SO MANY MILLION DOLLAR
WINNERS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
JUST LAST WEEKEND, $301,000 THAT
WAS RONALD NICHOLS.
I LOVE THIS.
HE WAS PLAYING ON A QUARTER
MACHINE.
6 MAX BETS.
STHAT'S SIX QUARTERS AND WALKING
AWAY WITH $301,000.
WHEN YOU WALK PAST THE QUARTER
MACHINES AND SAY, DOES ANYONE
WIN?
YES, THEY DO.
TAIZO: AND SPEAKING OF THAT,
TALK ABOUT NOT ONLY IN THE CAL,
BUT THE FREMONT, MAIN STREET
WHAT'S GOING ON?
THERE'S SO MUCH FUN HAPPENING.
BUT IT'S STARTING TO WRAP UP,
RIGHT?
YES, YES.
WE'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS YEAR WITH
HAWAIIAN GUESTS COMING OVER
THERE AND WINNING A LOT OF
MONEY.
IT'S BEEN GOOD.
TAIZO: WHEN WHEN TALK -- YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT
CRAPS TABLE YOU HAVE.
WHEN IT COMES TO PLAYING CRAPS,
EVERYBODY HEADS TO THE CAL.
THERE'S BEEN SOME THING WITH
CRAP WINNERS.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
AT THE FREMONT, 24TH TO THE
27TH OF NOVEMBER, WE HAVE OUR
SHARPSHOOTER TOURNAMENT OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S THE LONGEST ROLLS, MAKE
IT INTO THE FINAL ROUND,
10,000-DOLLAR PRIZE.
FIRST PLACE.
FREE ENTRY.
TAIZO: IT'S ALMOST LIKE A
MYTHICAL THING IN HAWAI'I, THE
GOLDEN ARM.
IF ANYBODY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT
IS, WHAT IS THE GOLDEN ARM?
IT WAS SET BACK IN 1989 BY
STANDLY, WHO THREW 3:18, AN
INCREDIBLE ROLE.
I WAS DEALING AT THAT TIME.
TAIZO: THAT'S AMAZING.
WHEN IT HAPPENED.
SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD 27 YEARS
NOW GOLDEN ARM TOURNAMENTS.
WE HAVE ONE COMING UP APRIL 23RD
TO 27, AND $25,000 GRAND PRIZE.
10,000.
TAIZO: CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
EXCITEMENT?
THE GOLDEN ARM, THE CAL'S SO
PROUD TO HAVE THAT.
WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN
HAWAI'I -- AND BY WAY I'M GOING
TO BE UP IN APRIL.
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE GET
EXCITED?
WE'VE GOT A BIG TROPHY CASE
THERE.
WE'VE GOT A CAST OF STANLEY'S
ARM AND THE DICE HE ROLLED
THERE.
WE'VE GOT OVER THREE HUNDRED
GOLDEN ARM MEMBERS.
WE INVITE THEM ALL OUT.
WE'VE GOT A BIG TURNOUT.
WE USUALLY PUT EIGHT TO TEN CRAP
TABLES ON THE FLOOR WHERE
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE -- NORMALLY
OPEN TO THE FLOOR.
YOU MIGHT WIN.
TAIZO: I KNOW.
I WAS HOT LAST TIME.
TALKING ABOUT THE CAL, THE
RENOVATIONS.
RON MIZUTANI IS HEADING BACK.
IT'S BEEN A BUSY PAST FEW
MONTHS.
NEW LOBBY.
I HAD FRIENDS THAT WENT LAST
WEEK, AND WTF.
THIS PLACE LOOKS GREAT.
TAIZO: IT'S LIKE A WHOLE NEW
HOTEL.
THE BUDDHA IS STILL THERE.
MY FAVORITE THING, THE JEWEL
OF THE CROWN WITH ALL THE U.H.
GAMES PLAYED ON THE BIG SCREENS,
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE CALIFORNIA
HOTEL TO WATCH YOUR U.H.
SPORTING EVENTS.
TAIZO: THE GOOD, DRINKS AND
LOCATION.
THE EXCITEMENT WAS GREAT.
I WAS THERE WHEN THEY UPSET AIR
FORCE.
IT WAS AMAZING.
AND THE HOE HOLO HOLO HOLO BAR AROUND THE
CORNER.
WE WERE TALKING, BRUNO MARS
MIGHT NOT BE COMING TO HAWAI'I
BUT HE'S IN VEGAS.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF SHOWS
HAPPENING.
I'M GOING CHRONOLOGICAL.
WHO HASN'T SEEN A BOB NEWHART
SHOW?
HE WAS A COMEDIAN.
RIGHT DOWN THE CAL, I'M BE THERE
THIS WEEKEND.
NOVEMBER 19TH.
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT EVENT
LINED UP.
REO SPEEDWAGON WILL BE THERE.
AND JOSH TURNER DECEMBER 2 AND
3RD.
KELSEA TAKES THE STAGE
DECEMBER 1ST AND TENTH.
BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY THERE BE
WILL DECEMBER 29TH AND 30TH.
AND WHAT BETTER PLACE TO
CELEBRATE THE IN YOU YEARS THAN
LAST LAS.
LUKE BRIAN.
UFC MMA WILL BE AT THE ARENA.
AND BREW KNOWBREWBRUNO.
AND MAROON FIVE AT THE MANDALAY.
FOR OUR HAWAI'I GUESTS, WE'RE
BRINGING IT BACK.
THE 15 DAYS OF GIVING.
THAT STARTS DECEMBER 11TH
THROUGH THE 25TH.
SWIPE YOUR V CONNECTED CARDS IF
YOU WANT DINNER, THREE PLAY.
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, THE POINT
MULTIPLIERS.
YOU'LL ANK OR IN YOUR EMERALD
STATUS.
GET ALL THE DIFFERENT --
TAIZO: I'M THIS CLOSE TO MY
STATUS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MR.~SPENCER, I ALWAYS LOVE SEEK
YOU.