Oceans 11 left in the dark tonight.

[Joe Tall]

I headed down to the card shack tonight to find everything in disarray, the poker board was off, the auto-shufflers were off, strange light fixtures set up in the corners and there were generators set up outside the front and back doors. Some utility work was scheduled for a few hours and left the casino with out power. Then at 11PM there was an announcement that the lights would be going out.

I did not last too much longer. It was tough to see the cards, the bad players seemed to be playing more cautiously and the game grinded to a halt. The scene was surreal and I didnt feel as safe was I wanted to be, so I racked up and left.

I think a small card room like O11 could pull this off but the devil only knows what would happen at Commerce or Vegas:

Here is a shot I took with my phone. It depicts how dark it was. Notice the security guards immediately in front of the cage.

[Banditgberg]

LOL @ people if they still wore shades and baseball hats

i would have split too...

[SubGreen]

what game were you playing? I was there all day and when they said the lights were going out i racked up from 5-5nl and left.

even with the extra security I didn't feel safe playing in the dark.

[cardcounter0]

Is this what is meant by "betting in the dark"?

[mingorama]

Is it back up? I was planning on going after work in a couple hours...

[AngusThermopyle]

Any decent sized club has big enough generators to keep a normal level of lighting (they might turn of the TVs, etc).

[SubGreen]

they had rented generators in the valet area out front, didn't seem prepared for the worst

[toostoney]

they have plasma tvs now

[Squareview]

i go to oceans aswell from san diego

[HOWMANY]

The obvious solution here is to just keep playing until the natural light starts to creep inside in only 6 hours or so.