Rob Singer's ban has been lifted.

[Alan Mendelson]

Rob's ban has been lifted -- with one giant condition: no offensive, personal attacks. He has been mentioned in many posts and many discussions and it's only fair to give him a chance to respond to the comments.

But absolutely no personal attacks will be tolerated.

[redietz]

Who didn't see this coming? Maybe Helen Keller and Matt Murdock.

[Alan Mendelson]

Well, redietz, le'ts see if Rob can be well behaved this time.

[Rob.Singer]

Red, I don't know when my last post was, but I believe it was months ago before we traveled to Oregon, Minn., Colo. etc. But I do remember somewhere that you asked about my articles for GT publication. I sent them to my former managing editor Dave Stratton but I didn't know he wasn't at GT any longer. Chuck DiRocco's wife Eileen doesn't like controversy and always had a problem with me in one way or another. Chuck OTOH absolutely loved everything I wrote. Once he died she gave me direction on how she wanted me to write. I refused and quit the column, and she agreed. I asked her to publish two articles last year after learning of Strato's departure. One was about arci welching on the tax return challenge, which was more about me at least partially proving how much I've won over the years, and I even wrote one idolizing her late hubby. She declined and that was that.

[redietz]

I generally enjoyed your GT articles, and read most of them. For those who weren't in LV back then, Rob's column often made the cover of the publication.

[Alan Mendelson]

I became familiar with Rob when reading GT which was distributed at Los Angeles card casinos. Often I would read his column playing poker at Hollywood Park.

[Rob.Singer]

GT was also distributed at NYC train stations headed to AC, once the column's popularity exploded--for a publication like that anyway. It helped having the total support of someone like Chuck, who not only commanded the respect of his employees, he was a well known and highly respected business leader in LV for over 3 decades. It also didn't hurt that when he required to watch me play a session of SPS with a full-up session bankroll of $57,200, I hit a royal on the lowest denomination (dollars) within probably 30 minutes, at Terribles.

[Alan Mendelson]

It also didn't hurt that when he required to watch me play a session of SPS with a full-up session bankroll of $57,200, I hit a royal on the lowest denomination (dollars) within probably 30 minutes, at Terribles.

That was lucky. You didn't have to risk losing the entire $57,200 before hitting your win goal. What was your win goal for a session with a bankroll of $57,200 ??

[Rob.Singer]

As it was every SPS session, $2500. About a 5% win goal, every week. Yes it's a lot to risk for such a comparatively small win, but it also made it a very easy task. Risk=reward. The monetary risk is high, but the opportunity was higher.

It was extremely lucky. It rarely happens. I don't really think a guy his size with some medical problems would have stayed as long as it took. To this day I believe what he was more interested in was seeing that I actually used that high a session bankroll.

[regnis]

Rob's ban has been lifted -- with one giant condition: no offensive, personal attacks. He has been mentioned in many posts and many discussions and it's only fair to give him a chance to respond to the comments.

But absolutely no personal attacks will be tolerated.

First Cuba--then Iran. Now Rob's ban. Sheeeesh.

[Rob.Singer]

Alan & Obama are blood brothers.

[redietz]

At least Cuba has an overabundance of real young hookers. Iran has no hookers. And Rob has just his schlong (didn't think we'd forget about that, did you?).

[Rob.Singer]

Nope, not one inch, I mean, bit.

[Alan Mendelson]

I'm hoping Cuba is back in the casino business real soon. The Bahamas is too expensive.

[arcimede$]

arci welching on the tax return challenge

Back one day and all he can do is lie.

Sorry Alan, what part of years and years of lying constantly did you miss?

[Rob.Singer]

Alan, I've been to Cuba twice, and based on the people, the history and the feel one gets when visiting, I agree casinos reborn there would be fascinating. In fact, if they ever do revive the life there, it would be a great place for us all to take our wives!

[Alan Mendelson]

Being realistic: Cuba would make a deal with some gaming companies to bring back multiple casinos with packages sold through various airlines. That wouldn't be a bad way to go and revitalize the industry faster.

[Vegas Vic]

Rob's ban has been lifted

and the forum standards have been lowered.

[Alan Mendelson]

and the forum standards have been lowered.

Maybe we can all raise our standards from this point forward so that the problems of the past don't repeat.

[Rob.Singer]

and the forum standards have been lowered.

You haven't been reading Vic. This forum has just made the "geniuses" on WoV look like the conniving, confused, conflict oriented theorists that they have long been. If anything, this forum has enjoyed being kicked up a notch or two. Rejoice.