Originally Posted by BoSox View Post

Regarding coach belly and blackhole in speaking their opinions, they do not hurt anyone at all pertaining to "real or not" influence people to bet in a negative expectation way. They do not deserve to be ridiculed in any way for standing up for their beliefs. I would never put them in the same category as an MDawg whose tunnel vision is self-centered with vanity. He is not concerned in any way possible if someone attempts to follow in his shoes. So even though he may not be a casino employee, in reality, he is in fact still doing the damage like he is one and he knows it and could care less.
That's not quite true. More than a few of my friends keep asking me to teach them how to win in casinos, and I never do. I tell them all that it's not something that may be taught, and that they should avoid going to Vegas for anything other than just fun. The extent to which I've acquiesced is by allowing a friend or two to sit at the table with me and place some bets alongside mine, but even that I don't like doing because then I have to worry about their bankrolls / fluctuations AND mine, especially because they're not exactly mirroring my bets so their results aren't perfectly in sync with mine.

And if you recall this story
MDawg's friend not doing too well in Vegas

that girl isn't even a friend of mine per se more like an acquaintance and I advised her to never gamble, because she sucked at it. She played alongside me on one trip and won pretty big and assumed she could do it all the time after that, and obviously could not.

As well, as far as marker play, I advise people constantly including online to make sure that even a full blowout of all of their combined lines would not create any kind of financial burden for them.