andy bloch on 'The Casino'

ocallagh · 20-07-2005 2:15am #1

NOT Andy Black btw..

The Casino (shocking program) is a documentary following the management of the Golden Nugget. It is on Challenge+1 TV... anyway, they are busting Andy Bloch for being a card counter(blackjack)! Classic stuff.. I recommend watching if u are up!

Greg Raymer was a card counter too.. must be some money in it.

MadsL · 20-07-2005 7:42am

That wasn't set up, oh no. :rolleyes:
At one point the dumb-looking security/host guy gets to ask "What's MIT?", bit like anyone who actually went to school in Ireland asking "What's Trinity?"

...and wtf was the little morality story about the cottontail ranch..180 mile drive and $2000 an hour (sure...)

NickyOD · 20-07-2005 9:26am

I'm not sure if these are two separate incidents but I don't think it was for card counting, although the fact that he actually writes blackjack strategy and recommends DVDs that show you how to count cards probably doesn't help. He was actually arrested for "trespassing".

"After the poker tournament at the Plaza finished for the night, I met a friend who was staying at the Golden Nugget for dinner. We went up to his room briefly so he could check his email, then we went over to the Four Queens across the street to see if another friend was available for dinner (he wasn't -- he was still in a poker tournament there), then we went back to the Nugget and ate at the buffet. When we were done eating at about 10:15, the other friend called and said he was done and on his way over. We left the buffet and went to meet him at the Starbucks in the front of the Golden Nugget. Then I remembered that we hadn't left a tip at the buffet, so we went back to leave the tip. Oops, bad idea.

When we left the buffet again, I was accosted by two Nugget security officers, one in uniform and one plain-clothed. The plain clothed one pulled out his wallet and flashed a badge as though he were a Metro police officer. (Rent-a-cops *love* to pretend they are cops.) He asked me if I had been trespassed at the Nugget before. (Nice work Sherlock! It was on national TV a few weeks ago.) I told him I was just leaving, but he refused to let me leave and had me handcuffed TIGHTLY behind my back. I told him I was at the Nugget visiting a registered guest there, and that I had been invited in the past to play in the poker room.

(In fact, I had been back to the Nugget as many as 10 times since the "trespassing" without incident. I ate at the coffee shop several times, I met with friends and had a couple of business meetings in the hotel rooms, and I played $2-$4 hold'em one night for a couple of hours with some friends who were in town filming a poker show for Fox Sports. One night I saw a show there that included Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) as a guest on bass. I used the Nugget valet on at least one occasion, and even shared a ride with some friends in a Golden Nugget limosine.)

Well, the I-wish-I-could-be-an-undercover-police-officer security officer was intent on arresting me for trespassing. They forced me up a hidden staircase to the security office and wouldn't let any of my friends accompany me. They made me sit on a flat metal bench and used a second pair of handcuffs to keep me there. Only after I begged did they loosen the handcuffs. I asked them if I could make a phone call and they refused. I waited until about 11:45 before the Metro police showed up (nice response time!). I requested privacy while the police officer questioned me, which did a lot of good, because when he was done he went into the other room full of security officers to call in my info. The police officer wrote up a citation and had me sign it, promising to appear in court at the end of October. Finally I was free to go."

Fatboydim · 20-07-2005 1:25pm

I actually enjoy "The Casino" because as a "reality" show it's so badly scripted. It's fantastically cheesy. All the set ups are just that - set ups. And even the high rollers are skint.

The two guys have since sold the casino on and the programme was axed mid-way through it's run.

As for Andy Bloch who doesn't know that he was part of the MIT Blackjack team as outlined in "Bringing Down The House" A great read for anyone who hasn't read it.

BTW Nicky - It was 7Heo who scuppered me in the VC IPT event - Bugger got right up my nose as I knew he was at it. Raising every hand. Unfortunately I caught on my BB and should have folded, played to the turn on mid pair and nut flush draw and he we all in. After that I was crippled.

Seems like your luck wasn't much better that day and of course &Heo never made the final table.

NickyOD · 20-07-2005 1:51pm

Fatboydim wrote:

IBTW Nicky - It was 7Heo who scuppered me in the VC IPT event - Bugger got right up my nose as I knew he was at it. Raising every hand. Unfortunately I caught on my BB and should have folded, played to the turn on mid pair and nut flush draw and he we all in. After that I was crippled.

Seems like your luck wasn't much better that day and of course &Heo never made the final table.

Yes, funny how he got you HU in the small sat then again in the super. He was awful. The structure for the supersat was completely bloody ludicroud given what was at stake. I was playing very solidly and up to 4.8K before getting involved in a blind battle with the eventual winner "H" who is very very good. Dropped to 3.5K and then the blinds went up to 150/300. FFS!! I try to steal the blinds from a shorty and walk into AQ. Then I have no choice but to push with garbage, and I'm done just like that. Unless the deck hits you in the face and you're lucky enough to get the big stack early to go deep then you really have no hope. Savagabeat was v unlucky by the looks of it going out in 6th.

andy bloch on 'The Casino'

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