There are certain things that are generally not funny. A person walking through an airport should not joke about carrying a bomb. A visitor to a hospital should not joke about death. A person staying in a high-rise hotel should not joke about committing suicide.
Poker player Scott Robbins learned this lesson the hard way. When he did make the comment about suicide at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, the property took him seriously. And when they took steps to address the potential problem, Robbins insisted he was joking. The Borgata didn’t think it was funny and issued a lifetime ban.
Things got complicated from there.
But now, Robbins is voluntarily dropping a lawsuit against the Borgata noting an amicable adjustment to the situation. What Had Happened Was…
Scott Robbins of Massachusetts is a professional poker player. Any cash game or online poker play is not on record, though his live poker tournament earnings date back to the beginning of 2018 and total nearly $426K.
According to court filings, it all started in September 2019. Robbins had won a satellite to play in a $3,500 buy-in tournament at the casino; it was the WPT Borgata Poker Open. He played a $400 satellite and won his seat, so he drove from Massachusetts on September 14 to check in to the Borgata’s hotel. He had booked a room online for nearly $350 so he would be on site for the start of the tournament two days later.
When Robbins stepped to the front desk to check in to his room, the clerk asked if he wanted a room on a high or low floor. He said, “If I had to jump from a high floor window, would I make it?” He later claimed that he was referring to jumping from a window in the case of an emergency, like a fire.
The Borgata employee told him not to jump, and he said, “I won’t.” However, he kept going by asking, “Would I make it if I had to jump out of a lower floor?” When she again said he shouldn’t do that, he […]
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