Originally Posted by
The Boz
Originally Posted by
MisterV
I can feel alan's pain.
We recreational gamblers pretty much all lose in the long run, and in the short run as well.
When we read tales of success penned by AP's who play the same casino games we do it is an instinctive reaction to think "Bullshit."
We think we're pretty smart guys, yet we lose: so our brain wants to dismiss APs' claims as "they're not smarter than we are."
Ah, but it is not intelligence at work so much as discipline, theory, and math.
That's how I see it, anyway.
Only thing you have in common with Alan is you’re both Rec players. Somehow I doubt you are broke, screwed your kids over and play until you have nothing left until the next check comes in.
And Alan would never admit what you did above.
The reason that casinos have many different types and degrees of casino games. All those types of players each reinforce their "chosen" narrative in contrast to the others.
The casinos want gamblers to argue, wherever. Oh, it's recreation; oh, it's a quick road to riches; oh, the food and rooms are nice; oh, it's a good way to vacation and see the country; oh, I entertain out-of-town people from work there; oh, make a little money, everyday, and shout it from the mountaintop.
The problem with MrV's argument is that he contrasts the AP's to the "recreational" players. But he doesn't have to gamble at all. No one has to. If I had to gamble, only then would I be a so-called AP, or recreational gambler, or whatever.
As long as you walk around in a casino, they "own" you. It's a zero-sum, closed system. No player is any better than another. Just replace the word player with sucker.