The Wheelchair as act

[Automatic Monkey]

Not to be disrespectful of handicapped people or anything, but I've noticed that casinos have reserved seating for wheelchair users, at a table that is usually low min and uncrowded.

An advantage player is always looking for opportunities, and this is one. Not only does it get you into some decent playing conditions, but due to the legal climate I think many places would be afraid of harassing or being perceived as harassing a handicapped person.

I'm not saying I'm going to do this, because I don't want to mock anyone with a disability and also if they realize I'm not handicapped I am a dead duck. Cellini had an essay in there about a guy pretending to be blind. Just as a thought experiment, I wonder what effect being in a wheelchair would have on your ability to count and get away with it.

 

[Felix Rue-de-Guerre]

It doesn't seem to me like the effort+risk to benefit ratio would warrant this.

You would need to use the chair all the time at a given place, or you'd have to use a facial disguise too.

>> "Not only does it get you into some decent playing conditions"

I don't think so.

You couldn't wong in to normal tables because they are too high up, and wonging out to hit another table couldn't happen because there are usually only one or two low ones. So, this pretty much eliminates shoe games. How many handicap-accessable single deck tables are there in any given area?

>>"I've noticed that casinos have reserved seating for wheelchair users "

If there is reserved seating, where one has to give up their seat if a handicapped person wants in, I'm sure there could be legal ramifications for posing as a handicapped person.

This just seems like an awful lot of work and risk to take advantage of anyones fear of harassing you.

Just my thoughts

-Felix

 

[Big Cowboy]

I agree with Felix. The disadvantages and limitations in movement would definitely overwhelm the advantages of lower minimums and usually having one less person playing (empty reserved handicapped spot) than at a regular full table. By the way, Larry Flynt plays away from the crowds anyway and not with the red chippers.

 

[The Mayor]

This is fairly old and well known

This ruse may have worked 10 years ago, but today anyone in a wheelchair is immediately a suspect for cheating if they pull up to a table (not so at the machines).

--Mayor

 

[Rob McGarvey]

Re: This is fairly old and well known

Great for reading hole cards if you can find the right dealer playing HC tables. Drop a roll or two of quarters into the slots between table sessions with your players cards and you might pull it off. And hope you never really need a chair. You might voodoo your own ass into needing one 24/7/365. This is one of the great cons the Grifter used to pull before he went to the crowbar hotel. What ever you decide to do, remember, it reflects on who you are. What appears to be voodoo is cause and effect working with you in the middle. Step on a spider and it will rain. The spider was coming in to hide from the approaching rain when the barometer in his body told him to, only to find your cruel soul on his back. There goes 1000 spider webs around the back patio this summer, and you wonder why there are so many West Nile virus mosquitos buzzing around your head.

 

[don]

Re: This is fairly old and well known

How about a good stuttering act? Most people look down on them and never expect them to be expert. Also a good way to clear out the table as it makes the other players uncomfortable putting with the excessive delays.