Alan Mendelson has passed - r.i.p.

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the vid - he was so handsome when he was young



https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...elson-dies-70/

[Tasha]

I saw this horrible news on DT. I am stunned! I definitely wasn't expecting Alan to die anytime soon. RIP, Alan!

Damn, that's TWO top Contributors dead just this year! First Moses and now Alan!

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My condolences to you and your family Slapinfunk on your father's passing.

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this link provides a brief bio of his life and career



https://2urbangirls.com/2022/11/kcal...on-dies-at-70/


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[redietz]

I am stunned and saddened. My condolences, Jason. I'm truly sorry that I never got to meet the man in person.

[Mission146]

From WoV:

R.I.P. Alan Mendelson

Since there is no cause to doubt this reporting, I suppose that I can reveal that I actually talked to Alan on the phone a handful of times.

Alan was very polite and well-spoken, but also, strangely very serious about things, in my observation.

I had wanted to co-write an article with him about casino etiquette that would be mostly an interview-style sort of thing. That article didn't end up happening because the one thing that I couldn't seem to prevail upon him was that casino etiquette wasn't really meant as a serious subject (on its own) and that the subgoal of the article was for it to be really funny.

For one reason or another, he just didn't seem to want to be on board with that.

It was a reverence for gambling and casinos that, quite frankly, caught me by surprise. Either way, I would have to say that Alan really loved the casino environment, and judging from his posts, he got to enjoy casinos either right up to the end, or, at least, near the end.

[kewlJ]

Condolences to Alan's close friend AndrewG.

I didn't hate Alan, despite that I frequently gave him shit. Alan started a lot of shit, so it was fair game to give him back some.

Alan, had a very definite anti-AP bias. I held a bit of a grudge because of his stunning dishonesty when he jumped up at 3am and ran to the strip and took intentionally blurry pictures of empty blackjack tables, attempting to prove that a player couldn't see the next table. For me, that was right up there with his 18 y.o. in a row claim. I know it wasn't for others.

In the end, Alan, wasn't a danger to anyone on these forums, like some of the other guys with there ridiculous stories. Alan was just a losing gambler that I hope at least enjoyed his gambling.

Alan did help me navigate the unemployment system, when my brother and I were trying to file (legally) during the covid shutdown. I had never filed for unemployment before obviously and the Nevada system was a real mess. Alan seemed to know how things worked and help me get through it.

A serious R.I.P to Alan and if his son does takes a gander at Alan's old forum, my condolences, to him.

[jbjb]

Obviously you guys don't read PFA.

[Tasha]

I still can't believe Alan's dead. Still in shock.

[mickeycrimm]

I always believed Alan had a good career in journalism. But he was certainly inept when it came to gambling. He was harmless. I found it funny more than anything else. It's sad news to me that he's gone.

[Ozzy]

YO Alan will always be a legend in VCT history. As the founder and as a truly one of a kind poster and gambling rube. RIP Alan YO Mendelson.

[Dan Druff]

Let's not turn this into a shitpost thread. Alan started this forum. I know some of you didn't like him, but the man just passed away. Show some respect. I have deleted a few inappropriate posts here.

Alan was a very interesting and unique individual. I didn't always agree with him, and we had our "issues" at times. However, he was one of those people I could absolutely never dislike, no matter what disagreements we may have had. I always thought the guy had a certain charm and generally meant well.

Alan loved gambling. That's not a slam against him. We are all on this forum because we love gambling. It was Alan's love for gambling that caused him to turn a boring forum aimed at supporting his TV show into an alternative hangout for casino advantage players. Alan wasn't an advantage player, and didn't really believe much in the whole concept of advantage play. Regardless, APs took residence on his alanbestbuys.com forum, and somehow it became an offbeat alternative to the more rigid environment of Wizard of Vegas.

As most of you probably know, this forum was once on alanbestbuys.com. It was Alan's forum, and I didn't even know it existed until it had been around for about 3 years. I found it in 2013, and noticed it was being destroyed by spammers, as well as having other technical issues. I offered Alan space on my Pokerfraudalert server. In addition, I asked him if he'd like me to administrate the forum from a tech standpoint, where I promised to do away with the spam. He agreed, and in return, he agreed to a (very small) quarterly payment to help pay for the PFA server expenses. At the time, I was not an owner of the site, nor did I assert any admin power. All of the decisions here were Alan's, aside from my removal of spammers, which I did on my own.

However, eventually the drama here became too much for Alan to want to continue dealing with, so he called me and asked me to shut everything down permanently. Having grown fond of this forum, I didn't want that to happen. I offered to take over, and he agreed, provided that I would buy a new domain name and rename the site. We announced it as a "sale", but it really wasn't. The pricetag was $0, and it was basically Alan handing it over to me because he didn't want the burden of running it anymore, which was understandable. I should note that I have never monetized this site, and in fact it runs at a (small) loss. That's how alanbestbuys.com became vegascasinotalk.com.

It feels a bit strange that we will never be hearing from Alan Mendelson again. I knew he had health issues, I knew he was 20 years older than me, and I knew he would likely be gone from this earth before I was. However, I didn't expect it so soon. From all appearances, Alan still had a number of years ahead of him. Even when Alan would leave the forum for awhile -- even when he asked me to ban his account to prevent him from coming back -- he always returned.

In Alan's heart, this forum was always part of him, and he could never completely leave it. He could be gone for months or longer, and I'd always know that one day I'd log in and see posts from Alan Mendelson again. It's sad to think that this will never occur again.

RIP Alan Mendelson. We may not have always seen eye-to-eye, but you always had my respect.

[dannyj]

RIP Alan

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[SLaPiNFuNK]

Thank you for those who have said kind words.

He definitely loved the game.

Thank you.

[Dan Druff]

Thank you for those who have said kind words.

He definitely loved the game.

Thank you.

My condolences, Jason.

Best wishes to you and your family.

[unowme]

Talked to Alan for years back in the days of the Las Vegas Advisor Free-For-All. He shared great Vegas content with the group there and I always thought he was a good person. Rest In Peace my friend.

[redietz]

Talked to Alan for years back in the days of the Las Vegas Advisor Free-For-All. He shared great Vegas content with the group there and I always thought he was a good person. Rest In Peace my friend.

Unowme's post reminded me of why I started reading things on this forum. Alan had experience and good insights regarding the comp systems in Las Vegas. Other than the occasional discretionary comp, I really didn't know much about them and had never utilized them properly. It was my reading Alan's posts at LVA that also led me here to get some tips and details. Not everyone is helpful and forthcoming with that information, but Alan was always willing to share comp systems info, which saved me money and made for better meals and better LV stays.

[Dan Druff]

I was thinking today about the fact that Alan started this forum way back in 2010, and nobody would be here right now if it weren't for him.

This thread kinda came and went, and it's possible that some people here (especially lurkers) are unaware that he passed.

I've decided to put up an RIP banner (though 2 months after the fact). Eventually I will take the banner down, and instead sticky this thread. One good thing which resulted from my takeover years back is that this forum will live on long after Alan passed.

[Rob.Singer]

I was thinking today about the fact that Alan started this forum way back in 2010, and nobody would be here right now if it weren't for him.

This thread kinda came and went, and it's possible that some people here (especially lurkers) are unaware that he passed.

I've decided to put up an RIP banner (though 2 months after the fact). Eventually I will take the banner down, and instead sticky this thread. One good thing which resulted from my takeover years back is that this forum will live on long after Alan passed.

FYI: Alan passed due to natural causes, per the Death Certificate. His transplants weakened his immune system over time and his body just gave in to infection. It simply shut down.

[TheGrimReaper]

FYI: Alan passed due to natural causes, per the Death Certificate. His transplants weakened his immune system over time and his body just gave in to infection. It simply shut down.

Probably on anti-rejection medication, which severely limits the immune system. I don't recall the time of his transplants, even that he mentioned such, as pre-2012, or, later, when new, experimental methods of didn't rely so much on anti-rejection medication. Certainly, transplants, themselves, don't weaken the immune system. But, the myth that transplants become more compatible with the host.

RIP Original Site Founder Alan Mendelson, one thousand nine hundred fifty-two - two thousand twenty-two.

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Narrowing the Field: Sudden Death Elimination! (Naruto episode).

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The numbers 4, 14 and 24 are associated with death for Cantonese-speaking Chinese people, as the words for these numbers sound like the words for "death", "must die" and "easy to die", respectively.

Now I realize that 124 was meant to mean death by all of the above. (And, that post #459, in the climate thread, comes from the integer approximation of absolute zero, at about -459.67 . I guess that I've, finally, finally hit it. Ha. Interestingly, 459 is 1224 ---> 124 in base 7.)

Mystery solved! As confirmed informally by the following.

RIP Original Site Founder Alan Mendelson, nineteen fifty-two - twenty twenty-two.

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Institute of Translation and Interpreting.

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