Yeah, I am starting to think the same way myself.
Cheers
Wayne Stocks
Kiwiplan Consulting Service Team Leader
Waynes@kiwiplan.com
(513) 554-1500 ext 230
···
-----Original Message-----
From: VP Animal [mailto:vpani…@…net]
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 4:08 PM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Inventory Update - Table Mountain, CA
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "kiwiboy4921" <waynes@k...> wrote:
NOTES
One interesting thing did happen while I was there. I always carry
a
Pocket PC which has Excel. I store the paytable pecentages of all
games in one spreadsheet and I keep a gaming log in another. When
I
am bored or I am going to play for a long time I will keep track of
4K, SF and RF. With Pickem I was also track the Straights, Full
houses and flushes. This means that every 10 or 15 minutes I will
turn on the PPC and update my "score". After about an hour I had a
security officer come over and they told me that I couldn't use
this
in the casino. No problem (I've only had this happen one other
time
in two years). I politely said I wouldn't use it anymore. I then
pulled out a pen and paper and started tracking the old fashion
way.
Well after another 30 minutes, I had 2 security guards come over
and
they confiscate the paper (I offered the pen as well but they said
I
could keep that!). Never had that happen before! After another 15
minutes 4 of them came back again and asked me for my ID (I was
starting to become a hit!). They wrote down my details and then
left
me alone.
The ironic thing about all this, is that I always play with a
strategy card which I sit on the machine in plain view. They
didn't
seem to care about this. Very strange. I guess us 25c PKM players
are more dangerous to the casino than I thought!
My guess is that it's the use of the PDA that prompted all this. In
other words, had you not already been spotted using the PDA, I doubt
they'd have bothered you about writing on the pad. Just my guess.
I used to use a PDA in the casino for my gambling log, but a few years
ago I decided to stop that and go back to simple pad and paper. I
realized that even though security may not have approached me, I was
still drawing attention to myself as an expert (and therefore
undesirable) player. I figure we have a hard enough time trying to
blend in as "normal" players and not stick out as the experts we are,
and pulling out a PDA to use on the casino floor just confirms it for
them.
While the situation isn't quite there yet, I see the day when VP
experts may need to use some of the same tactics that blackjack
experts have used to disguise their play. VP experts can't really
disguise their play, but they can try to stick out less and blend in
more. I loved being able to use my PDA, but I later realized it
wasn't very wise in the long run.
vpFREE Links: http://members.cox.net/vpfree/Links.htm
Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
ADVERTISEMENT
<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=1292qflrp/M=298184.5639630.6699735.3001176/
D=groups/S=1705065732:HM/EXP=1103490592/A=2434971/R=0/SIG=11eeoolb0/*htt
p:/www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=60185400> click here
<http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=298184.5639630.6699735.3001176/D=group
s/S=:HM/A=2434971/rand=838330741>
_____
Yahoo! Groups Links
* To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vpFREE/
* To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
vpFREE-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:vpFREE-unsubscr…@…com?subject=Unsubscribe>
* Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]