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  1. #41
    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    Any problems with that?
    Not yet. What's the wager? Any escrow?

    Any limit on how many plays you can make per game?

    Will you post your picks on this forum,
    and what's the "post-time" to reveal your picks?

  2. #42
    Originally Posted by coach belly View Post
    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    Any problems with that?
    Not yet. What's the wager? Any escrow?

    Any limit on how many plays you can make per game?

    Will you post your picks on this forum,
    and what's the "post-time" to reveal your picks?
    LOL. Coach, Mickeycrimm cut you slack on your Montana wager. You would have lost your ass had you shown up at a casino of his choosing.

    I'm going to cut you some slack here, too. Think real hard. What do you have to pin down to assure that you have any chance to win? I actually think you may get this. Let's see if you do.

  3. #43
    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    I'm going to cut you some slack here, too.
    I din't know why you're veering off course so early in the negotiations.

    I'm going to ask you to agree to terms that give me a good chance to win.

    But you'll need to focus on the task at hand, maybe I asked too many questions,
    so we can take them one at a time.

    How much is the wager?

  4. #44
    Originally Posted by coach belly View Post
    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    I'm going to cut you some slack here, too.
    I din't know why you're veering off course so early in the negotiations.

    I'm going to ask you to agree to terms that give me a good chance to win.

    But you'll need to focus on the task at hand, maybe I asked too many questions,
    so we can take them one at a time.

    How much is the wager?
    Coach, I'm cutting you some slack. What do you need to do to assure yourself that you have a chance to win?

    There is no wager. I'm seeing if you understand what you need to do to assure that you would have a chance to win a bet like this. I figure you have enough wagering IQ to give a snap answer.

    I guarantee monet would get this in two minutes.

  5. #45
    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    I'm still waiting for someone to take me up on my big challenge
    You're not waiting for anything...you're a phony.

    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    There is no wager.
    Either get back to agreeing on the terms,
    or don't speak of this phony challenge again.

  6. #46
    Originally Posted by coach belly View Post
    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    I'm still waiting for someone to take me up on my big challenge
    You're not waiting for anything...you're a phony.

    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    There is no wager.
    Either get back to agreeing on the terms,
    or don't speak of this phony challenge again.
    Coach, this is a simple test to see if you are old enough to go around engaging in these kinds of wagers. What must you do to assure yourself that you have a chance to win?

    Mickeycrimm, I thought, was very generous to not take you to school by loading up machines on his home turf. You never would have figured that out, and yet it was kindergarten stuff. This is pre-school. What must you do to assure yourself a chance to win?

  7. #47
    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    Mickeycrimm, I thought, was very generous to not take you to school by loading up machines on his home turf.
    What difference does it make?...nobody was ever going to Montana,
    he generously threatened to shoot me if I did.

    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    What must you do to assure yourself a chance to win?
    I have no chance to win unless I can get you to agree to a bet.

    You've brought your challenge up 3 times, complaining that nobody will bet you,
    now I'm offering to take your action, and all you want to do is play word games.

    Shit or get off the pot, ditz.

    I am ready to make a sports bet with a self-proclaimed pro,
    and you won't take my action?
    Last edited by coach belly; 09-03-2018 at 05:00 PM.

  8. #48
    Originally Posted by coach belly View Post
    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    Mickeycrimm, I thought, was very generous to not take you to school by loading up machines on his home turf.
    What difference does it make?...nobody was ever going to Montana,
    he generously threatened to shoot me if I did.

    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    What must you do to assure yourself a chance to win?
    I have no chance to win unless I can get you to agree to a bet.

    You've brought your challenge up 3 times, complaining that nobody will bet you,
    now I'm offering to take your action, and all you want to do is play word games.

    Shit or get off the pot, ditz.

    I am ready to make a sports bet with a self-proclaimed pro,
    and you won't take my action?

    Coach failed the test. I am somewhat surprised. As per my original offer, I could take any teams I liked, with a minimum of 200 plays and no maximum. The minimum/maximum mention was fluff to distract him. I could have had this drag on for days or weeks, but I have things to do.

    The trick is that I'm allowed to take any teams I like. That means (drum roll please): I am allowed to take opposite sides of the same game. Monet would have gotten that in two minutes. I'm pretty sure Mission would have had in about the same. Would coach have gotten that in hours, or days, or until his money was in escrow? Any theories?

    The beauty of that wager is that it can be made at 50%, also. If you shop for lines and play for middles and know what you're doing, you will hit some middles throughout the season. Maybe not many, but all you need is one to be above 50%. Also, you can start off the first week actually handicapping, and if you lose, you can then switch to opposite sides of the same game for as many plays as you can fire, and you will eventually get to 45%, probably sooner than later. In addition, you could actually handicap, start off well, and only go to the opposite sides strategy if you were in danger of falling under 45%. In theory, you could (and the odds favor you to do so), maintain a percentage above 45% and never have to unveil the opposite sides strategy. You could save it for the next chump, or the same chump the next year.

    Now this is a sucker bet, obviously, just as what Argentino is proposing is a sucker bet. A lot of misdirection and fluff in both, but when the terms are pinned down, you can't lose unless your opponent, in my case, vetoes betting both sides of the same game. If he does, you simply say, "Not my original offer." Kind of like Argentino. In Argentino's case, he's offering even money on something he has a 40-45% chance to lose. Also a sucker bet. Also "word games" with denomination switches and special plays.

    Coach, really, how likely is it you would have come up with vetoing betting opposite sides of the same games by yourself? LOL. A pre-school angle. Argentino's stuff is third or fourth grade, so I have to give him credit.

  9. #49
    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    The trick is that I'm allowed to take any teams I like. That means (drum roll please): I am allowed to take opposite sides of the same game.
    I asked this question 2 hours ago.

    Originally Posted by coach belly View Post
    Any limit on how many plays you can make per game?
    You're nutty as a fruitcake, ditz.

  10. #50
    Ah, look how much this thread got off the rails.

    Sadly, I am suffering from two different health problems at the same time (maybe related, maybe not), and neither is easily fixed/cured.

    I've spent an insane number of hours researching stuff on my own, and have been to a lot of doctors appointments.

    Health is the most important thing in life. More important than money, social life, respect, and pretty much everything (except perhaps family).

    I remember a quote from "Good Times", where James Evans said, "What do you mean money isn't everything? Of course money matters. The only two worse things than being broke are being sick or being dead."

    I have to agree that being healthy and broke is better than being sick and rich -- unless the "sick" part is only temporary.

    I keep looking back at how I was just a month ago, and wish so badly just to return to that state.

    None of these problems appear life-threatening, unless there's something I'm missing (and the doctors are missing). But they are debilitating and have stolen all of the joy out of life.

    Hopefully I can make some inroads and eventually recover from both conditions. Then I will start gambling again, though it will probably be at a level/frequency to where it doesn't stress me out too much.

    But right now I'm just trying to get better.
    Check out my poker forum, and weekly internet radio show at http://pokerfraudalert.com

  11. #51
    Life and health is a gift we usually take for granted, no doubt about it.

    I had a health scare recently: an existential moment.

    Whoa.

    Keep on keeping on, and when you get a chance and have the energy you might want to look over some recent threads and take out the trash.

    One poster in particular is taking advantage of your absence to devolve to the level of a venomous serpent.
    What, Me Worry?

  12. #52
    The health problems you're having sound more annoying and frustrating than serious. If you were my age then I'd say that the other way around.

    I don't get the caffeine issue. I don't drink soda and I don't drink coffee, and I've never heard of "caffeine withdrawal" before. I hope you don't smoke, mess with weed or drugs, or take more than a moderate amount of alcohol. Either way, it sounds like the time is NOW for a healthier lifestyle all-around. At your age and with a young child around, that should be easy to pursue.

    Many people don't get a wake up call such as this. It should mean the world to you.

  13. #53
    Dan - I hope you feel better soon. Maybe see you at Rincon sometime...

  14. #54
    Get well soon, Dan. Just take life easy for awhile and leave the gambling to us hardcores.

    Now, for anyone thinking about betting that someone can't win 45% of their NFL sides bets I have a proposition. I'll make a pick for every game every week through 17 straight weeks. I'll post my bets in a thread here by Wednesday of each week. That's about 250 games. As everyone knows I'm not a professional sports bettor. But I will reveal to you the system I will use. I'll flip a coin for every game. Heads I take the favorite, tails I take the dog. I think I can win at least 45%. If the game lands right on the number the game doesn't count.

    Any takers?
    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

  15. #55
    Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
    I'm not a professional sports bettor. I'll flip a coin for every game.
    And yet the ditz won't offer to bet that he can win 45% unless
    he's allowed to bet both the favorite and the underdog in the same game.

    After all, isn't that how touts operate, advising half of their "clients"
    to bet the favorite, and advising the other half to bet the dog?

    Since you think it's standard for the person proposing the wager
    to put his money into escrow first, is that what you'll do before
    anyone accepts your challenge?

  16. #56
    Originally Posted by coach belly View Post
    Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
    I'm not a professional sports bettor. I'll flip a coin for every game.
    And yet the ditz won't offer to bet that he can win 45% unless
    he's allowed to bet both the favorite and the underdog in the same game.

    After all, isn't that how touts operate, advising half of their "clients"
    to bet the favorite, and advising the other half to bet the dog?

    Since you think it's standard for the person proposing the wager
    to put his money into escrow first, is that what you'll do before
    anyone accepts your challenge?
    It's not that Reiditz won't bet if he can't bet both sides. It's just that he hasn't so far said he would.

    On the coin flip picks. I'm not talking about some big outlandish bet like Singer proposes that never gets anywhere. I'm willing to put up 1K on it. And no escrow bullshit. You and me are honorable men. Besides, I need to protect my true identity. The loser will pay in the form of a postal money order made out for $1000 and everything else left blank, To be sent through the mail. I can have it sent to someone's address that won't give my identity away. If the loser doesn't pay then they should resign from the forum. And that would be backed up up by Dan agreeing to lifetime ban the bet welsher.

    I'll use Bovada lines and take pics of them to put up before I coin flip the picks. Picks will be up by Wednesday at the latest. Just the regular season. No need to extend it thru the playoffs.
    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

  17. #57
    Mickeycrimm after posting about your historical relatives and family history you now say you have to protect your true identity?

  18. #58
    Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
    Mickeycrimm after posting about your historical relatives and family history you now say you have to protect your true identity?
    Alan, you know my real last name but you don't know my real first name. There are about 700 Crimm families in the United States.
    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

  19. #59
    mickey what's the big deal about giving your real name out? I've had it for years but I never would make it public, just like I'm not outing kew. It serves no purpose. People only post anonymous people's real names whenever they get upset or agitated by them. I don't do that. Besides, what do you have to lose anyway....a thousand dollars?

  20. #60
    Originally Posted by Rob.Singer View Post
    mickey what's the big deal about giving your real name out? I've had it for years but I never would make it public, just like I'm not outing kew. It serves no purpose. People only post anonymous people's real names whenever they get upset or agitated by them. I don't do that. Besides, what do you have to lose anyway....a thousand dollars?
    Well, Robbie boy, you know how us lowlife's are. I'm on the lam. I'm wanted in 7 states for creating a nuisance. I don't have any kids I know of.. Ahem....but I'm probably responsible for 4 or five welfare checks a month. And I don't want to catch a bigamy charge. There's those fines I didn't pay. Don't want to tell the rest.
    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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