Asked for my players club card when cashing in?

[EagleA10]

Seeking advice from long-time LV casino veterans:

At a major Strip casino recently, I did very well in a short 1.5 hour session of black chip play, walking away with several times my original $1k buyin -- my biggest single session gain to date. Because we were leaving to go to dinner elsewhere, I immediately cashed in. The cashier asked me for my player's club card, which I've never had to show at a cage before, and instead of immediately giving me my money, went to the back of the cage and made some entries (in a book, I think, but might have been on a computer; hard to tell from where I was standing at the window).

What was that all about? Am I now in any jeorpardy of being backed off if I try to play BJ there again? I hope not, because I really liked the DD pitch game there.

 

[Renzey]

Standard Policy

It's pretty much standard policy to be asked for identification any time you cash in $3000 or more. Better to break it up into sub $3000 parcels.

 

[suicyco maniac]

instead of immediately giving me my money, went to the back of the cage and made some entries (in a book, I think, but might have been on a computer; hard to tell from where I was standing at the window).

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They were filling out an MTL (multiple transaction log) because you were over 3K. This is not really a big deal it is just a way for them to try to keep track if anyone goes over 10K in a day. They do many of these per day in the major casinos. If you want to avoid the hassle then just keep your cashouts under 3K as was indicated above.

 

[21forme]

In AC, I've cashed multiple orange and purple chips (over 3K but less than 10K) without a second glance and without any request for ID, ever.

 

[NDN21]

Asked for my plaers club card

You actually left during a winning streak and your biggest session to boot?!?!?!

 

[EagleA10]

Thanks; & yes, leave when ahead!

Renzy & Suicyco, thanks for your responses. Good to know about the $3k threshhold. Hopefully I'll face that situation again and again in the future.

And NDN21, why not leave when ahead? In fact, it seems one should try not to play under any time limitations so that one is free to leave when ahead or to stay long enough to play through a down cycle and into an up cycle, until even again or pulling ahead. Sure, this takes a good sized bankroll in order to weather the declines and a lot of willpower to suppress the desire to stay and try for even more instead of walking away (a/k/a "greed" :devil: ). But wouldn't you agree that money management and emotional control are two of the most important skills a good BJ player needs to master?

 

[suicyco maniac]

In AC, I've cashed multiple orange and purple chips (over 3K but less than 10K) without a second glance and without any request for ID, ever.

AC has always been a bit more relaxed about cash transactions. LV is more hardcore about following the laws (or often going beyond the laws and harrasing players)

 

[EasyRhino]

why not leave when ahead?

More time time be observed leads to more observation. I'm just a noob, but the two times I've experience blatant adverse action, I was behind, and trying to make a comeback. Both sessions were about 1.5 hours too. And I'm just a fairly small stakes noob.

I think that's why you never hear anyone recommending to play sessions over an hour.

(Which is kind of a bummer, since it makes it hard to play for traditional 4 hour benchmark for comp purposes)