Big Problem at Los Angeles Casino

[Gabe]

It is evident, from the photograph on page 54, of the current issue of Card Player Magazine, that the Bicycle Casino has yet to implement an effective drug-screening program for its employees.

[Rick Nebiolo]

Gabe,

I thought this was funny but Hero asked me to relay the following message to you:

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Happy Decoding,

Rick

[snakehead]

who did you guys borrow the suits from? greg looks like he just saw himself in the mirror, and rick appears to be thankful that he's wearing cutoffs.

as for the writing, I would have appreciated a definiton of the plaza and royal sections.

[Rick Nebiolo]

Snakehead,

This would have been posted the other night but I decided it would be a good idea to review it sober. It turned out I only needed to make a few minor changes.

You wrote: "who did you guys borrow the suits from? greg looks like he just saw himself in the mirror, and rick appears to be thankful that he's wearing cutoffs."

What are cutoffs? Anyway, I was one of those guys who had one suit for weddings and funerals but like most over the years I got a little bigger so for my parent’s Golden Wedding Anniversary I got a decent suit that fit. It turned out I liked wearing a suit (when you are pushing 50 you have a few flaws and suits hide them better then a t-shirt). Now Greg wasn’t a suit guy either but he had a few hidden away and he is a big guy who looks good in suits (in fact most of us do if we get a decent, conservative looking one).

Since we both decided we need more suits for this job we decided to take an early morning trip to “Roger Stuart Clothes” in Tijuana err, I mean downtown in the garment district of Los Angels. They advertise on the radio and Greg liked the suit he bought before. Greg walks right in and announces: “We want to buy suits”. Me, I’m the “I’m just killing time” or I’m just looking” kind of guy when it comes to shopping. I hate to be pinned down by a salesman.

Well, they had very good suits on the main racks for good prices but then they had this back room sort of thing where they had even better suits for a few more bucks (this is probably some sort of bait and switch technique – the back room holds the real merchandise). In the end, I got two of the better suits and Greg got one.

After our purchase, we go to a tailor around the corner who does everything while you wait. So in the two hours we need to kill we cruise around, check out the scene, get some other junk (e.g., back scratchers for $1), and have some real good Mexican food. The area is wild, with people setting up shop on the street selling DVDs and disappearing minutes later.

I’m looking for some perfume so naturally we walk into a store and Greg announces, “We want to buy some perfume” putting us in perfect bargaining position but mostly wanting to irritate me. Eventually we get back to the tailors and it turns out full alterations were only $20 per suit. So now I’m a four suit guy, which makes me a “suit” so to speak.

Yeah, I look horrible in that picture (I’ll gladly take donations for liposuction on my chin) but the suits are nice and wearing them takes the confusion out of matching pants to shirt to sport jacket. Come to the Bicycle Club on Tuesday, Late Thursday, or Friday to see me in a suit. Suits are no big deal.

”as for the writing, I would have appreciated a definiton of the plaza and royal sections.”

We didn’t write this article. The Plaza is the top section, which means games 9/18 and above with no jackpot but relatively low drop and full comp on food. Our strongest games are 20/40 stud eight or better and 20/40 holdem. We are trying to get 12/24 holdem to go on a regular basis.

The Royal Section contains the upper limits of the jackpot games (8/16, 6/12, and 4/8 holdem along with 6/12 Omaha) and is busy lately with some improvements to collections and structure.

Regards,

Rick