It's official

[MaxPen]

No way he sucks at the game, he is a survivor. He moved out there and supported himself from playing blackjack for over 4 years now, and continues to this day. A very tough proposition indeed.

Show me one proof of this. For all we know, he's a male hooker and blowing his income at Bellagio and Caesars.

I can confirm that ZenKing supports himself from card counting and is doing quite well actually. He is a GOAT....

[Ozzy]

No way he sucks at the game, he is a survivor. He moved out there and supported himself from playing blackjack for over 4 years now, and continues to this day. A very tough proposition indeed.

Show me one proof of this. For all we know, he's a male hooker and blowing his income at Bellagio and Caesars.

I can confirm that ZenKing supports himself from card counting and is doing quite well actually. He is a GOAT....

Is he as extreme as he portrays himself to be, or is he more rational in person, from your perspective ?

[tableplay]

Can't Casino Verite give you the probability of observing what you're observing Zenking (ROR, Nzero, etc) ? If so, why not make the investment if you haven't already. Or are you already using this software and you have observed results that the software indicates are virtually impossible ?

[AxelWolf]

Show me one proof of this. For all we know, he's a male hooker and blowing his income at Bellagio and Caesars.

I can confirm that ZenKing supports himself from card counting and is doing quite well actually. He is a GOAT....

Is he as extreme as he portrays himself to be, or is he more rational in person, from your perspective ?

He's been moving up in the world, he even got himself a nice place (I was impressed) and he has even been hosting a little. Everyone seems to like him and he isn't as crazy in person as one might believe from reading his posts. He's got a good sense of humor and always seems to be smiling. It's hard to say what he has going on in that head of his at all times, but if nothing else, he can at least fake being mostly normal.

[monet]

I can confirm that ZenKing supports himself from card counting and is doing quite well actually. He is a GOAT....

Awww this warms my heart.
First you and after AW comes in praising ZenKing.
Now we just need RS to voice his support.
You guys build that fire and sing every night or just once a week??

Seriously now... get on with giving us the dirt on Grandpa.
The suspense is killing me.
You are verbally committed to causing him Online Forum Pain or Worse.

For the Record, it wasn't long ago that ZenKing constantly stated he was going to jump off the bridge and destroy every Vegas Casino through his expertise in the Law.

[MisterV]

Funny, he came to Las Vegas to set the world on fire and all he got was a fizzle and a "pfffffffffffft."

Oh well, better than living with his folks (like he did in New Jersey IIRC).

Yeah, this guy is a threat to the casinos ... not.

Maybe if he quit running his mouth he'd amount to something in this world, but I highly doubt it: his type always seems to flame out badly.

His mom is still keeping the light on in his bedroom and clean undies in his drawer: mother always knows best.

[AxelWolf]

Funny, he came to Las Vegas to set the world on fire and all he got was a fizzle and a "pfffffffffffft."

Oh well, better than living with his folks (like he did in New Jersey IIRC).

Yeah, this guy is a threat to the casinos ... not.

Maybe if he quit running his mouth he'd amount to something in this world, but I highly doubt it: his type always seems to flame out badly.

His mom is still keeping the light on in his bedroom and clean undies in his drawer: mother always knows best.

I'm pretty sure he's not going to fizzle out. There's no doubt he might move on when he feels like it. I got to hand it to him, when all the other blackjack players were crying during the shutdown and doing nothing, he actually got a crappie side gig "a real job" so he wasn't spending money on bills with no income. Because he is actually a likable guy and has some brains(then again, that f***** lost me a lot of money betting on whether or not he would know the name of a baby kangaroo. I may have given 10 to one odds, I can't recall what the odds were at this point. How the f*** don't you know that?????? IT'S A JOEY.... YOU FUCKER!) There's been at least 10 people that have been willing to hand him some good information on a silver platter, but he refuses to accept, good or bad, he is determined to do things on his own. It seems to me The King has a compulsion with mastering something(just about everything he likes and enjoys doing, I guess) and he'll never move on until he is satisfied that he's done so, he probably doesn't even know when that is himself, he'll just know it when he gets there. Life seems to be just one big competition to him.

[AxelWolf]

dup.....

[MisterV]

I never met the guy so I can only base my opinion on what I've read: it's good to hear that he had smarts enough to get "a side gig."

Maybe I'd get along with him if we met; I suspect that he, like me, uses these boards as a sort of alter ego, e.g. Clark Kent v. Superman, and that we aren't the same in real life as we portray ourselves online.

[accountinquestion]

I never met the guy so I can only base my opinion on what I've read: it's good to hear that he had smarts enough to get "a side gig."

Maybe I'd get along with him if we met; I suspect that he, like me, uses these boards as a sort of alter ego, e.g. Clark Kent v. Superman, and that we aren't the same in real life as we portray ourselves online.

This is the case with most people online if I had to guess. Pretty easy to be likeable when you meet people. It isn't in anyone's interest to not be likeable in person, so it really isn't a thing. Now working with someone or being dependent on their actions in some way is a whole different game.

[AxelWolf]

I never met the guy so I can only base my opinion on what I've read: it's good to hear that he had smarts enough to get "a side gig."

Maybe I'd get along with him if we met; I suspect that he, like me, uses these boards as a sort of alter ego, e.g. Clark Kent v. Superman, and that we aren't the same in real life as we portray ourselves online.

Yeah he loves to vent. Obviously, he's not void of some issues in that brain of his.... ZK be crazy, all the casinos are cheating me, the government is out to get me, credit cards are evil. I don't know how he can sleep at night. It would suck not to be able to just chill out and relax. But, who doesn't have some issues?

[AxelWolf]

FYI, whatever the case, he's at least genuine and tells the truth about his money situations etc. he's not sitting around all day on the forums making up a bunch of fake stock trades, claiming to have millions in BTC all while living someone else's high roller life from his family's basement.

[kewlJ]

I am glad ZenKing's friends, Axelwolf and MaxPen have spoken up today, as well as ZenKing himself, so we know how he is doing. I am also glad he is doing well.

Besides that he was undertaking this dream of playing blackjack for a living and moving clear across country to do so (no easy task), he was further handicapped by it being the first time he was out on his own having lived ta home until 30 or close to it. I am not sure he even knew how to do laundry. He was further handicapped because he had no rental history and maybe no credit history, nor could prove income, which limited his initial living situation to those monthly type places. That can't be good for anyone...

So I am really glad to hear he is doing well, blackjack-wise, has moved into a stable living environment is friends with some of the other AP's. Good for you ZenKing. Sincerely congrats. I don't know why you are so hard on yourself about not winning everywhere you play. That seems to be one little aspect you haven't figured out yet.

Continued success.

[AxelWolf]

I am glad ZenKing's friends, Axelwolf and MaxPen have spoken up today, as well as ZenKing himself, so we know how he is doing. I am also glad he is doing well.

Besides that he was undertaking this dream of playing blackjack for a living and moving clear across country to do so (no easy task), he was further handicapped by it being the first time he was out on his own having lived ta home until 30 or close to it. I am not sure he even knew how to do laundry. He was further handicapped because he had no rental history and maybe no credit history, nor could prove income, which limited his initial living situation to those monthly type places. That can't be good for anyone...

So I am really glad to hear he is doing well, blackjack-wise, has moved into a stable living environment is friends with some of the other AP's. Good for you ZenKing. Sincerely congrats. I don't know why you are so hard on yourself about not winning everywhere you play. That seems to be one little aspect you haven't figured out yet.

Continued success.

I can't remember the exact terms anymore, but the only way I was able to get into a decent place when I first could afford it was to pay six months and advance along with a big deposit that was redistributed to my rent after I had been there for a year. I really didn't mind all that, however, it was still hard to get into a place even when I left there many places wouldn't even accept a full Year's worth of payments. Luckily they wrote me a glowing recommendation letter. And no, that wasn't because I was a glowing tenant in their eyes, yeah, I paid the rent on time, but every since they seriously pissed me off, I proceeded to break half their rules and make the management's lives completely miserable. They wanted me out so bad that they were willing to do anything at that point. You are probably asking yourself why didn't they just evict me or give me a notice to vacate? After they pissed me off, I started gathering lots evidence of many improprieties. I got down and dirty making sure I had some solid bargaining power. Once they sent me a notice, (it was 30 days if I remember correctly). I had me a little unexpected meeting with the manager at her local hang out where I showed a fraction of my evidence that included a recording of their miss behavior and why they were going to write me a glowing letter of recommendation, and back it up if they were contacted, give me back all my deposits, and as much time as I needed to find a new place.

[MisterV]

Heh heh, now THAT was an advantage play.

[tominnv]

What tilts me is NOT knowing if the games are fair or not.

The very fact that you can be tilted (ie operating based on emotion), is very clear evidence that you are no where near as good as you try to claim ("IM THE BEST TI EVER TOUCH THE BLACKJACK FELT").

Find someone else on the planet that could do that betting those stakes on 'shitty shoe games'.

There are lots of people who "could" do that. The guys who are truly the best have moved on to much different stakes. A better way of putting it would be of everyone who stays in the bottom, you are the very best.

[tominnv]

Compare to KewlJ who ended up in the red last year and gave up entirely!

Oh, really?

A bit of "historical revisionism" there.

IIRC KJ had serious health issues which impacted his ability to play, and coupled to Covid-19 he rightly weighed the risk and landed on the side of caution.

Sorry to have reality destroy your fantasy there old boy, pip pip, cheerio, and fuck off.

Don't waste your time with this liar MrV.

I did not end up in the red last year for the year.

I did underperform expectation and pretty significantly for the second time in my career, but still ended in the black.

I also played less than half of what I normally do because of covid. Casinos closed for 3 months, plus covid medical situation and precautions.

MFraud has been told repeatedly that I did not finish in the red, yet he insists on repeating this lie. And then wonders why few people believe anything else he says.

It seems that MDawg's words are lies and that he has zero sense of honesty. Is that really the case?

[MisterV]

It seems that MDawg's words are lies and that he has zero sense of honesty. Is that really the case?

It certainly looks that way, doesn't it?

To his credit ... oh never mind, I drew a blank on that one.

[coach belly]

It seems that MDawg's words are lies and that he has zero sense of honesty. Is that really the case?

That's only if you believe tewlj...who is a proven and admitted liar.

It's not really the case with MDawg.

[tominnv]

It seems that MDawg's words are lies and that he has zero sense of honesty. Is that really the case?

That's only if you believe tewlj...who is a proven and admitted liar.

It's not really the case with MDawg.

It is fascinating how you care so deeply about MDawg. It is so fascinating, that if you weren't the same person, it would be one of the most twisted and bizarre examples of infatuation any of us have ever seen.