Vegas Trip Reoprt (LOOOOONG!) *LINK*

[Sonny]

You are all cordially envited to ready my trip report from last
December. I will warn you though, it is LOOOONG (18 pages in 10 point
font! Too long to post here).

It's not one of the usual "I went here, won this much, then went here
but the penetration sucked" type of reports. It is very detailed. I
tried to capture the sights, sounds, and smells (not all of them
thank God) of Vegas. It also includes a lot of personal tactics,
opinions, and the story of how I became a counter. If you are looking
for a report that will quickly describe the good and bad games, you
will be very bored and hate my report. If you are looking for a good
story about one man's experiences in Vegas, I hope you will like it.

I included a downloadable version because it's probably too long to
be staring at a monitor, so just right-click the "downloadable" link
and save the file to your computer. It was done on Microsoft Word.

(Dead link: http://home.earthlink.net/~aladygo1/BlackjackMain.htm)

-Sonny-

 

[alienated]

Re: Vegas Trip Reoprt (LOOOOONG!)

Thanks for a very entertaining report. I really enjoyed reading it. You have a lot of talent.

 

[Rob McGarvey]

Congratz Ali!

I see you have won Post of the Month at Wongs BJ21. Why don't you post it here for all of your "bj brothers & sisters" here??

I read the above post recently......I think it was posted here a month or so ago?

Rob

 

[hammer]

Re: Vegas

-noticed computer trackers at tables at Green valley (mindplay?)
-noticed many dealers ratting to the pit about us better players-
perhaps envy or with their lack of intelligence maybe they actually
think they will get brownie points-maybe they deserve a wake up
call, like being followed and getting slammed into their cars
-tried some of the funky sf21 and got heat...who says
there is none on the funky game
-good sd at silverton,good dd at the fitz
-had one pit critter stare into my eyes at close range and then
pull out a large book with photos as he browsed through??
-another place the critter said lets see how much
you can make from us--a challenge perhaps?
-not that much csm-but plently of 6.5 saw loads of losers playing
it with sh^&*^%& rules like only db 9,10,an no das,and bad pen/at the
slots of fun
-tried to educate players that they must raise there bets every
3 or 4 hands...if more players would do this instead of flat betting
then this would be the norm...that should be the object of all
skilled players... to educate the unskilled
not with everything of course...
- its bizarre one of the best spots in town to eat is at the dumpy
hotel ecortez,a nice dinner there.

 

[learning to count]

Re: Vegas

Hey the El Cortez may be smelly and dumpy but the food is good and cheap and they stil have one of the best single deck games around. That is inetersting about eduacating the players to increase thier bets. Excellent strategy. Then our raises would look the norm! HMMM! Sad about the 6/5. Good csm's are starting to disappear. Did you do well? LTC I miss vegas

 

[hammer]

Re: my Vegas as above

yes I increased my bk by 45%.

 

[learning to count]

Re: my Vegas as above

Excellent!

 

[hammer]

my trip report is below anyways gambler sues is

Return to the referring page.
Printable text version | Mail this to a friend

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Today: March 04, 2003 at 11:22:33 PST

MGM Grand ordered to pay gambler
By Cy Ryan
<[email protected]>
SUN CAPITAL BUREAU

CARSON CITY -- An appeals court Monday ordered the MGM Grand hotel-casino to pay a $3.3 million judgment to an unruly customer who suffered a heart attack after being detained by hotel security officers.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a decision of U.S. District Judge Howard McKibben, who had granted a new trial to the MGM.

The plaintiff in the case is Fernando Duk, a Mexican citizen and San Diego business owner. Duk was drinking and gambling heavily at the casino in October 1994, according to court records.

After he and his wife had a free meal provided by the hotel, Duk became disruptive, banging on wooden dividers between booths and blowing kisses at female customers, according to records.

When Duk refused to leave, a citizen's arrest was made and police were summoned. While in the detention room at the hotel, Duk's wife informed security that her husband was an insulin-dependent diabetic.

Duk complained of lung pains and an ambulance was called. Duk was examined but the attendants did not find any medical problem except that Duk was intoxicated. The paramedics did not evaluate his heart rate or blood pressure.

Duk was taken to the Clark County jail, booked and released the next day. He then went to the hospital, where it was discovered he had suffered a heart attack. He ultimately required a heart transplant in April 1995.

Duk sued MGM claiming damages and said he was unable to work following the transplant.

In Nevada, if the plaintiff in a suit is found to be more than 50 percent negligent, then the verdict must be in favor of the defendant. Despite being told that, the federal court jury found that Duk was 65 percent negligent and still awarded him $3.3 million. The judge found the verdict was inconsistent with the law and directed the jurors to continue their deliberations.

The jury returned with a second verdict finding the MGM 51 percent negligent and reaffirmed the $3.3 million award.

The judge ordered a new trial because of the discrepancy. At the second trial the jury returned a verdict for MGM.

The appeals court, in a decision written by Judge Michael Hawkins, reinstated the second verdict of the first jury.

"Allowing the jury to correct its own mistakes conserves judicial resources and the time and convenience of citizen jurors, as well as those of the parties," Hawkins said.

The appeals court said the jury did what it was instructed -- to further consider the question and come back with a new verdict. It said McKibben's decision to disregard the second verdict and order a new trial was an abuse of discretion.

Duk reached out-of-court settlements with American Medical Response, the ambulance company, and Metro Police, which paid him $50,000 and $10,000, respectively.

MGM Grand can appeal the decision to the rest of the appellate court. Attempts to reach the MGM Grand's attorney were unsuccessful.