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Originally Posted by fuxxnuts
yeah... well while the dealers might not be speaking up the security always is watching to ensure they dont get nailed by the gaming commission for running a crooked game or suspicion of such, esp after a player complains.
rule of thumb is, it's not a home game, and dont treat it as such.
Lesson learned for sure!
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Originally Posted by Steve00007
You're probably going to have to wait a year and then write a letter apologizing to them. Don't expect anything better than that unless you have a great reason to expect special treatment. Strongly disagreeing with the decision to ban you is not a reason to expect special treatment unfortunately.
Edit: Well if it was in November then you only need to wait a little over a month to write the letter.
You should look up the casino number online and ask to talk to security first though. That's what I'd do.
Thanks, I'll give that a shot!
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Originally Posted by Rizzeedizzee
There are times when a specific event is punished less in relation to what occurred right there and then, and more due to upholding a general rule. Not the best analogy, but if you go 90 miles an hour down a completely empty road it's still as appropriate to give you a ticket as it would be if it was rush hour.
That having been said, if the story unfolded like you said, it seems like you should be able to find a way to get this lessened from a lifetime ban, ala pleading to a lower sentence, especially if the tapes show that everyone at the table was fully aware of what was happening. After all - this isn't a ban due to stealing from the casino. If this had occurred at regular table game then I think you'd be toast; but this is poker, which I'd argue is a least somewhat of a different animal.
What you need is someone who can liaise you to the right people at MGM/Aria, and then you can go ahead and calmly and articulately make your case for a lesser punishment.
It happened just the way I described. Dude from the East Coast whose name starts with P and is a Vegas local could attest to the fact that everyone at the table was fully aware as it was done completely out in the open. Matter of fact, the other folks at the table got a huge kick out of it and were glad that the middle eastern dude was staying around.
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Originally Posted by Tim Brice
I can't, under any circumstances, think of why you thought this was a good idea.
Really, can't think of one reason? How about making the game fun for someone who obviously doesn't care much about money and is going to continue rebuying and dropping money as long as he is in fact having fun. Guy was going to get up and call it quits for the night due to his "bad luck" until I offered to share some of my "good luck" by switching cards dark.
I wanna say I either read about DGAF or Limon doing similar things at their respective casinos to keep contributors around. Things like switching cards dark, the whole table putting in say 100 bucks in the middle without looking at their cards and then running out the board before finally looking down at ones hand are all things that I've been a part of in various venues in Europe when you have one or two players who will appreciate this sort of thing and hang around and drop buy-in after buy-in.
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Originally Posted by AngusThermopyle
Keep repeating that viewpoint and you will never get reinstated.
Try snail mail. Don't ask directly to be reinstated. Ask what you have to do, who to contact, to be reinstated. Be contrite.
Yea, I agree! I kept repeating that the day of the incident as I was just baffled by the severity of the ban over something that was done without a malicious intent and where no advantage was gained by me or any other player at the table having been disadvantaged.
I now certainly agree that I should have just continued playing the hands as dealt by the dealer.
Thanks for your post!