Wynn Poker room BS

[MaverickUSC]

Copied from my blog

I promise this is complete truth OK... so long story short, I took second in the omaha 8 event final table, and there wasn't a damn thing I could've done to improve that result. Sucks for me. Even if you factor in all the bad play from previous days and give me all the chips I should've had, I still take second. I ran really bad in the final four, and especially bad heads up. I won't bore you with details, but that is how it was.

Unfortunately, the point of this blog has nothing to do with my result or the good times had afterwards. The point is how poorly Katherine Martin, a "poker room shift manager" of the Wynn treated us after our celebration spilled outside of Tryst. I cashed for a little over $140k and we went to celebrate at Tryst. After much partying, several of us ended up playing 1-3 NL in the Wynn poker room.

Yes, we were drunk.

Yes, we were loud.

Yes, we were having a good time.

Yes, she asked us to "tone it down."

Yes, she said to us after we asked who was complaining, "There are many people playing for much higher stakes than you guys, and you all need to settle down."

No having fun at the Wynn poker room.

I had over $10k on the table. Apparently not high enough stakes for her.

Honestly... I pulled her aside and calmly asked her to speak with me for a moment. She said no. WTF?!? I finally got my way and had her in private conversation. I expalined to her that I am in fact a high roller. I explained that we were all at the table having a great time. We were playing Indian (put your cards on your forehead) NL Hold'em. The two tables that were near us had no complaints and actually thought we were all hilarious. After about four minutes of reasonable conversation with her not listening to a word I said, I finally lost it and yelled to the room, "Does anybody have a problem with how loud or how much fun we are having?" Several people laughed and nobody objected. There weren't even annoyed looks given in my direction. Anyways, that apparently was enough for her, and she called security and had them escort me out. I gave the ol' "I am a blogger and plenty of people will read about what happened tonight speech" and all that lead her to do was ask me for a card. I'm a professional gambler for Pete's sake... we don't have cards. I think I should look into that. She threatened me with "reporting to pokerpages how I behaved tonight" and I laughed in her face when I countered with the thousands of y'all who will read about how she treated us tonight.

The worst part about all this is that I conisder the Wynn my home turf. I play the cash games there more than any other joint in Vegas. The floorpeople and dealers know me very well and they know my reputation. Yes, I can be loud. Duh. Yes, I can be a drunken idiot. But tonight for one time I actually acted in a reasonable manner when told not to be a drunken idiot and she did not listen to any reason whatsoever.

Instead, when I got booted, the game broke immediately and ten people left the joint very frustrated.

Yes, I was the fish in the game.

So, up until this point I have supported the Wynn poker room at 100%, but now I doubt that I will ever play there again. It is complete bunk to threaten a 1-3 NL game with being kicked out because they are being loud and they are not the highest rollers in the joint, even though a few of the highest rollers in the joint are sitting at the table.

Food for thought. Go Venetian.

Devo

[onoble]

sounds like you were out of line.

[EricS31]

if i was playing anywhere in the room i would have objected to how you were acting...im sure many people did and were afraid to speak up when you yelled across the room...

"Even if you factor in all the bad play from previous days and give me all the chips I should've had, I still take second."

thats also a pretty dumb statement...congrats on the tournament though...how often do you play that game?

[7n7]

My favorite parts:

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I explained to her that I am in fact a high roller.

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and ...

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I gave the ol' "I am a blogger and plenty of people will read about what happened tonight speech"

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IMO, you probably annoyed a lot more people than you believed (or remembered)...it sounds as if you were pretty tanked after all. But, I wasn't there...so, no proof of my theory. I personally can't stand people that act like you did in the poker room. Having a good time is one thing, but being so loud that the entire room can hear it, is another. To each his own though.

I've never lost in that 1-3 game there (and I suck at NL). If I got tossed from the Wynn, I personally would beg to be allowed back in. Tourists at the Wynn don't seem to care about $$ at all.

[Dids]

So basically you weren't allowed to act loud and annoying and you're upset about it?

[PopeInRome]

First of all, congratulations on the WSOP 2nd place. That's a great accomplishment. Secondly, if you have Katherine Martin's E-Mail address I will write her and thank her for kicking your obnoxious ass out into the street where it belonged.

[kickpushcoast]

I AM A BLOGGER!!!!!

[Dale Dough]

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I finally got my way and had her

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Awesome.

[secretprankster]

Katherine was smart enough to know that money won in O8 is not real money.

[Clayton]

you acted like a douche and you were escorted. i see little error or anything wrong.

i went to the wynn for the very first time yesterday and was very, very impressed with everything, and if I had to deal with a bunch of drunk people 2 tables over it would have been something in the back of my head when I decided to play again live.

furthermore, the last thing any single person wants is to be *that guy* who is confrontational with a loud drunk guy, so obviously nobody was going to object to you.

congrats on the score, but wynn was in the right here. they should run a professional joint, and that includes booting you when you're being retarded.