Originally Posted by MDawg View Post
It occurs to me that the reason UnKewlJ is so complacent about ending up in the red last year and quitting blackjack, is that he must be back on the dole. That's right - unemployment

I actually see no issue with his collecting unemployment. Just with his constant lying.
Despite that I have your ass blocked, I sometimes see some things you post, either through quotes, or if I view the site from my phone with out logging in. Unfortunately that is the way it works.

So I am going to respond to this because I think it is important. I am sure you will make me regret that decision.

I already posted about unemployment. I am not on it current. I collected my 11 weeks when casinos were closed. I have thought about reopening my claim and seeing what happens recently, but haven't done so. Well see what happens in the next month or so with vaccines and me getting back to the casinos to earning a living. If it is going to be months and months down the road, I might look into it. And I really am not embarrassed about that. But right now I am not collecting and haven't been since casinos re-opened.

So my issue with your repeated lies about my year have nothing to do with that. The problem is that it is a lie. I am not a math guy that is going to have some new super duper counting method of card counting or advantage play. I just go by the old, antiquated but still viable method of card counting with a few little twists that I have incorporated. So being that I am not a math guy that is going to be sharing any grand new hocus pocus way of winning, I have always just tried to share my journey of being a mid-level grinder type card counter. And I have shared in as much detail as I can without doing real harm to myself. I like to say I have shared the good, the bad and the ugly.

And this year was ugly, but it wasn't a losing year. I was in the red as late as early October, which is a new unpleasant experience for me, but I pulled into the black low 5 figures my final month or so. Now had I had an entire year in the red, I would have shared it. I know other players that have. No shame. Unlike other AP methods with higher advantages and lower variance, blackjack card counting is a high variance deal. Anyone that gets into it has to understands that and be able to deal with that. So maybe some year I will have a losing year, but it wasn't this year and I really don't appreciate you repeatedly lying about it. I mean seriously, if you are going to lie about that, and continue to do so even after I have corrected you, why should anybody believe anything you say.

If you absolutely feel the need to bust on me and put me down for having a significantly below expectation year, at least be honest about. I mean, hey I made less from blackjack (14k) than a fast food worker. If it somehow makes you feel better to put me down, do that, but at least be honest....that's all I ask.