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Ivey has a reputation for being superstitious, and plays incredibly high stakes, usually at private tables. Generally Casino's will comply with strange requests
by mwill 12y ago
Ivey has a reputation for being superstitious, and plays incredibly high stakes, usually at private tables. Generally Casino's will comply with strange requests like this from people like him, assuming it is just a weird superstition/luck thing.
Worth noting, having the cards flipped wouldn't work if the decks were being manually sorted, in at least one case he convinced the casino to use an automatic sorter, which retains the orientation of the cards, again probably a request chalked up to superstition.
- hermannj314 12y agoin at least one case he convinced the casino to use an automatic sorter, which retains the orientation of the cards, again probably a request chalked up to superstition. In my state, using a device (computer, electronic, or mechanical) to track cards that were dealt or project the outcome of the game is a class "D" felony and results in being barred for life from any casino operating under the jurisdiction of the racing and gaming commission of the state. The law does not appear to care if this device is provided by the casino itself, it is strictly forbidden to use any device (even one you don't physically possess) for that purpose. If these claims are true, and hypothetically if Ivey was in the State of Iowa (but similar laws exist elsewhere I am certain), I am wondering if he committed a criminal offense by his action of requesting the casino use a device (they otherwise wouldn't have used) so that he could a) keep track of cards dealt and b) project the outcome of the game.
- tempestn 12y agoBased solely on your comment I would guess not. The device wasn't used "to track cards that were dealt or project the outcome of the game". Rather, it simply didn't prevent Ivey from doing so (allegedly).