In my phone talk with Rob one of the last things he told me was how he had to request they enable the double up. But he wouldn't say double up, he would call it the "double thig-a-ma-jig" or the "double or nothing thing" trying to look like a novice. It was in a casino in 2009 when he requested the double up, they wouldn't activate it, and he knew an employee there. The guy brought out the worldwide memo that IGT sent around telling everyone to disable the double ups and not turn them on. He let Rob read the memo.

At that point you know for sure that Rob knew nothing of Kane and Nestor. He just knew that IGT had to have gotten hip about the double up bug or they wouldn't have sent out that memo. So Rob knew the play was over and he shouldn't monkey around with it anymore because of the information that had been put out to casinos. It wouldn't be wise to work the play after that.

So when the play ended what would Rob do then? Go back to grinding on his video poker system? If I had been making an easy 500K a year for five years there's no way I would go back to grinding it like before. And neither did Rob.

This is something that everyone that goes back far enough with Rob knows. In 2009, through the internet forums, Rob announced that he was retiring as a professional video poker player. No more filing Schedule C. That's right, 2009. He announces his retirement the same year the play goes down. Now you can all do your speculating. It was just coincidence, right? My opinion is no way in hell it was a coincidence.