Originally Posted by
Rob.Singer
First I WILL address the addiction issue. You ap's like to assert that Alan has an addiction--and I don't really disagree. Yet you folks regularly deny that playing in the manner you do--which is more often and for longer hours than he plays--that you have any kind of a gambling problem whatsoever. That undeniably is disingenuous.
As far as whether the next session is played immediately, next week, or next year....once you eliminate any fatigue factor, there's no difference whatsoever. In my particular case and with my particular strategy, it has always been about being satisfied with winning a certain amount ($2500 minimum), not NEEDING or CARING about winning any more than that in any given week, enjoying the 300 mile drive home knowing that I'm ahead of the Nevada casinos, and continuing to be satisfied with that as I spend time with my family---time I was severely lacking and still would be, had I stayed on working my job that had me constantly travelling the world. I have the special skillset (extreme discipline, intelligence, and extraordinary determination) it takes to be able to be successful vs. the math edge of the casinos--which as you know, is very slight when it comes to VP.
As you can see, this is a very different overall scenario than that of just about anyone else who chooses to become aprofessional gambler. But doesn't every PG have a unique story?
You should know this from being a vp player. Sure anyone can win more and bigger if they just keep playing after hitting something big. But they overwhelmingly will not. When I hit the 3 royals and four A's w/kicker on that $2 single line machine in the Silverado Bar at SP, I went in intending to play 4 sessions of ARTT strategy, with a win goal of $100/session. I far surpassed that each session obviously, but I did quit when I completed my 4th session. Yes I could have played another and another and hit several more $100 minimum win goals or even royals. But what's the point if I'm not doing what I said I was going to do? And that's what separates me from every other gambler.
Of course we're going to have our differences on my playing only short term sessions, and most everyone else believing all play is combined into some indescribable long term, while -EV means you lose and +EV means you win. But the latter is not how an intelligent gambler engages the game if they expect to win. The mind is more capable than any computer, and to say the math computer knows all is a big mistake.