I remember the Richard Brodie incident at Caesar's. He had a blog about his gambling escapades on the internet. He was Microsoft #7 at the time and the inventer of Microsoft Word. In his blog he said he requested that Caesars put in a couple of 3-coin hundred dollars machines. He didn't say whether he requested FPDW or even deuces wild. It is still a point of contention today whether he requested FPDW or not. I personally think it was a technician's error on a multi-game machine.
Brodie actually hit two royals on those machines in a couple of days. He had also hit two other high paying royals on Harrah's machines that year, 2007. In his blog he said he later received a letter from Harrah's barring him from all Harrah's properties which interfered with his ability to play in the WSOP. With support from other poker players Harrah's agreed to let him play.
But in his blog I believe he said that many other high rollers had received such letters from Harrah's. And when questioned about it Harrah's said they simply couldn't figure out how to make money off these players with the comps they were getting. Brodie admitted that he had lost a lot of money at video poker on Harrah's properties in past years. But when he got himself over royaled they 86'd him.
This wasn't very smart on Harrah's part. Cut back the comps, change the payscales, even revoke a players card. But give them the opportunity to keep playing.
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Posted by: mickeycrimm@yahoo.com
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