Look, man, I would never offer a bet that I wouldn't take myself. You want to show how great you are, but fear that the next guy is better.
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Claiming I've won all these years is not jumping though hoops. Proving it to an asshole like you would be jumping though hoops. I claim I have had 21 straight winning years gambling for a living. If you don't believe my claim I don't care. Go jump though a hoop.
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At the end of the movie The Hangover, Stu is confronted by his girlfriend/fiancé at the wedding. After a bit of back and forth, Stu says "you're just a bad person", "right through to your core". That is you coach belly. You are just a very unpleasant person and unpleasant to engage with on this forum. I hope your nastiness is some sort of outlet for you dealing with some kind of unhappy life or situation, rather than you are similarly such a dick in real life, but I suspect that is not the case. I suspect you are a complete dick in real life. But here's wishing you happiness throughout the holidays and new year anyway. :)
I've got to go down and make another lap though the casino. See if I can pick up some easy money. Talk to ya when I get back.
Uh oh.
If Singer's son-in-law had the juice to do that, then obviously he knows who you are, where you live, and what your S.S.N. is.
Which might not matter worth a fig, but Singer is ... different.
He might tell his son-in-law to use his I.R.S. connections to audit you.
Singer might provide excerpts to him of the posts you've made about making a living at slot AP.
You haven't drawn a paycheck for decades?
Have you filed yearly tax returns and kept proof of wins and losses?
If not, it could be an AP for Singer.
Similarly, I am heading out as well. This will be my 3rd trip out today. I am closing in on $3000 Ev for the week which is about double my weekly average Ev. I am pushing myself for the next couple weeks, trying to make up for lost (down) time. Unfortunately, I am still not up to 10, 12, 14 hour marathon sessions, so I have to break it up into 2-3 smaller session a day.
I feel I owe it to my blackjack partner to at least attempt to get my Ev levels close to normal numbers, which is about 75-80 k annually from blackjack. I am not going to get to 75k, but with a couple more decent weeks, I am going to get to 70k Ev for the year. And for those that don't understand the significance of that...well I'll explain it some other time. :rolleyes:
Me, I'm heading to Chinook Winds casino tomorrow for two days of non-AP recreational gambling.
I've no regrets about playing casino games without an edge over the house: am I the greater fool?
Recreation often costs a lot of money; for example, a colleague of mine loves hunting, and goes on safari to Africa and to hunting lodges in bumfuck Canada and Alaska.
What's in it for him, other than the fun of it, the challenge?
Same with gambling, except I stay closer to home and gamble more frequently than he hunts.
The point is, recreation typically costs time and money; whether it is worth it is up to the person involved.
No need, coach. Just show up in LV post-rodeo and interview the clients. Or PM me your address, and I'll be sure to share the package with you, with updates to highlight this past stellar season.
Coach, you're a brave guy with keen insight. Just pop in and ask all the questions you want. As a bonus, my girlfriend, she of the 53-25 ATS LineMasters record (and 2017 LineMasters champ) will be in attendance.
OneHit, I've gotta ask. How do you manage to put your nose in the air regarding how other people spend their time? I mean, I argue with some of the recreationals, but only over stuff like whether win goals and stop losses and other mental masturbations affect math, not about how they spend their time. They can do whatever they want -- play keno, go to Roy Moore rallies (nothing wrong with picking up chicks), panhandle, whatever. That's their call. My way of spending time isn't better than their ways of spending time. I wouldn't even know how to quantify that or judge that.
I think it's better to win money from casinos than lose it, but I can't really judge people who want to lose. All of the classic "why do people gamble?" literature provides theories as to why losing is valuable to people. Some people feel like they want to punished for what they've done in life, so they gamble. Some people want to be "judged by God" with wins or losses being the metric. I'm sure you can think of other classic "reasons to lose" that make losing more valuable to them than winning. Some people like to play recreationally as a flaunt of material resources -- to impress or to bed. My way of spending time isn't better than theirs necessarily. It seems saner to me, but who am I to judge?
But you seem to think you have some value system all figured out for what's a waste of time and what's not. The only folks who could possibly be that arrogantly judgemental are running orphanages for blind children. So let me know the location of your orphanage, and I'll send some gifts there for Christmas.
Read and understand: you don't know when a dealer will flash a hole card. You think a dealer will, you hope he will, but you don't know. This is not the same probability offered by a deck of 52 cards, or by a shoe.
This "guess" about a dealer is akin to an art or coin speculator who has certain facts (like the probability with a deck of cards) but then makes adjustments to the forecast for those collectibles.
In short you are making judgments that fall within the same scope.
Again there's nothing wrong with this and we all do it in all types of ventures. But because we go beyond intrinsic value it all applies to the Greater Fool Theory.
I think the name Greater Fool Theory offends you and has you on the defensive. Again the Greater Fool Theory is not meant to insult. It's meant to explain.
A different name would be less offensive:
"Variables Added To Intrinsic Value Altering Market Forecast."
I love how Alan tries to define what APs do, as if he knows anything about AP to begin with, seemingly using an expression or theory he just heard a few days ago.
I didn't say it's pure science. I'm saying "the greater fool theory" is not applicable to AP, except for perhaps sports betting or very specific situations. It's laughable you think hole carding or any other AP 'move' is relatable to "I'm going to buy something right now then sell it later at a profit".
Yes I went to college. I took 2 courses of economics, but no, I don't care much for the subject....and I don't see how that's applicable here. If you really believe the stuff you're saying, I really hope you haven't studied economics or anything else you're talking about, because that would be sad.
You certainly never took Calculus I, II, and III in college -- ooooh, burn, I got you real good! Har har har!!
You don't see the analogy, do you, RS?
When you make a bet you intend to profit. That is buying something and hoping to win.
It's not all science. You also use skills including observation and experience and memory when you play, just as an art dealer uses skills that include understanding the tastes of customers so he can turn a profit.
Why argue?
Are you saying that the AP skill set is so unique it can't be explained using economic principles?
If it's true that gambling AP is so unique write it up and get yourself a Nobel Prize for Economics.
Meanwhile I'll be content knowing that APs have not reinvented the wheel.
Given the model that every thing evens out, including the evening out, it's hard to imagine an exception. However, gambling seems to fit the bill. In other words, if there is an advantage to being God, or even to figuring it out, whatever, then there has to be a disadvantage to running even the orphanages so far as also that is a gamble.
An analogy is when you compare two things. Saying "A = B" is not an analogy. Saying "A is like B" is an analogy.
Yes, I intend to profit. But no, it's not like "buying something and hoping to win/profit", because I'm not buying something and holding it to cash out in the future. There is no "I need to flip this for a profit".Quote:
When you make a bet you intend to profit. That is buying something and hoping to win.
Correct. But a football player uses skills when he plays his game, like running, balance, strength, etc. Should I say the basketball player is a football player because they both use the same skills? Use your head.Quote:
It's not all science. You also use skills including observation and experience and memory when you play, just as an art dealer uses skills that include understanding the tastes of customers so he can turn a profit.
No. I'm saying whatever bull-shit you're trying to apply to AP isn't true. I'm sure other economic principles can be applied to AP, but since I don't know much about economics, and you don't know much about AP, I suppose we won't be finding out anytime soon, will we? If you want, you can try to guess at another economic principle/theory. We'll let you know if you're getting hotter or colder.Quote:
Why argue?
Are you saying that the AP skill set is so unique it can't be explained using economic principles?
C'mon now, we don't need strawman arguments, that's just silly.Quote:
If it's true that gambling AP is so unique write it up and get yourself a Nobel Prize for Economics.
Meanwhile I'll be content knowing that APs have not reinvented the wheel.