Originally Posted by
AxelWolf
Originally Posted by
kewlJ
I am trying to think: Has any AP ever posted pictures like Dawg and Singer have done for the purpose they have done? I can't think of a single one. Anyone, anyone? Bueller? Anyone?
You would have to Define exactly what an advantage player is. Would you consider someone like small cap an Advantage player?
I don't know what types of stuff Bob Dancer posts about regarding his play.
Wow! are you trying to make it so I am universally hated by asking me to judge people?
I like SCG (doesn't he have a different screen name now?) I used to talk with him privately way back on Norm's blackjack forum. Lets just say, some of his "difficulties" don't surprise me. Dancer, well he is a guy that has or had an agenda. He was profiting from both sides.
I suppose the purest definition of an AP is someone who only plays when he is at an advantage. Not a single round or spin, when not at an advantage. But that is not my definition. That would actually eliminate all card counters except those that only wong into games at an advantage, because most of us play rounds, including the first that are neutral or at a disadvantage. It is the overall play or session that become advantageous.
Additionally, while 99.something of what I do is at an advantage, I have engaged in sports betting for a decade. And until this year, every year was at a disadvantage, even though I had 1 or 2 small winning years among them. So by my purest definition some might disqualify me.
My late partner was even worse. When I met him he was a losing video poker player. he didn't play that often, a couple times a year but he was a typical losing player. Although I put him to work handing our machine advantage play, I am quite sure some of that former mentality stuck around. I never said anything, but some of our results weren't up to real expectation. Did he play a little too long after reaching what we needed to hit to reach our goals for future mailers? Probably. So I don't know that he was really an AP.
What about a player that does some things at an advantage and some not. I see guys like this at casinos all the time. What if the totality makes them a small winner? does that qualify as advantage player? I don't know.
Same scenario, except instead of a small overall winner they break even (not playing for a living). They have flipped the advantage from the house to break even. Does that qualify as advantage player? I don't know.
I am not even going to say Mdawg isn't doing some things at an advantage. What I have said is his story as he tells it, just is not real. And he didn't help his caause today with that talk about emotions.
So, no sorry to disappoint but I am not going to define axactly what an AP is, and certainly not going to list who I believe is or isn't. That is something for each person to do. But that said, we all know when someone isn't. Blatently isn't.