Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
He sent this to me to point out that he doesn't always use his special plays
Nice try, but I'd guess the real reason he sent it is because he has a perverse need to always be in the limelight, and nobody would bite on this win over at WOV. It is also interesting that after previously stating he would only play at lower denominations the amounts keep rising higher and higher. Curious from someone who has repeatedly ridiculed others for doing the same, as well as claiming here that his days of playing high denominations were over. Sounds like addicted behavior to me.

He explained to me that while he normally would use a "special play" in this hand, he had to go for the big win, apparently because he was down by about ten-thousand dollars.
(Alan quoting Rob)
If just the three 3's were held and a 4th 3 was drawn, the $10,000 win would NOT have attained the win goal.

It is the overall reason why negative EV games (and notice the "pitiful" 9/6 pay table on this "losing" game) consistently are beaten in my strategies. Here, to the tune of a $49,295 profit.
Lets take a closer look.

He was down $10,000 and needed something more than the $10,000 win four 3's would have given him.

The win was for $50,000, which he states netted him a $49,295 profit.

If he was down $10,000 prior to that win wouldn't he have netted somewhere around $40,000?

The win meter in the image shows a total of $50,705. This is irrelevant from the standpoint of how far down he was because we don't know how much he put in. However, it is relevant in that the $705 is the reverse amount from $50,000 he claimed was his net win.

I'm must admit I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tell ya that something doesn't seem quite right.