Ok, first of all Dan Druff stated that I haven't been honest about some things. Mickeycrimm told us that no real advantage player is honest about everything. We can't be. That is why most don't post too much on forums and share what they do. Those of us that do, have to hide and yes even lie about some things. BUT it isn't our actual gambling experiences that we sometimes are not honest about. It is the non-gambling details, and that is done intentionally to throw people off that may be out to identify and harm us and our careers.
Dan Druff is a professional poker player. That is a little different from a professional AP or blackjack player. I am not aware of casinos out to identify poker players (they already know) because poker players are not taking from the casinos. they are taking from other players. So I don't know how much Dan Druff understands the dynamic of just what a blackjack player or other AP playing for a living goes through in that regard.
And yes, I know Dan Druff is an AP on some level. I don't know if he considers himself making a living from that. Earlier this year, I think in January, Druff told the story of being backed off (No more blackjack) at a casino he hadn't played in I think he said 10 years. While, he didn't give all the details of that, that is exactly the kind of thing real professional APs encounter and why we are less than honest about some details on forums. Druff thinks I take it to the extreme, more than I need to I guess. Anyway Druff did NOT say I have lied about what I do, although he did question it...which is fine. I don't want people to know everything. I share what I want to share.
Anyway, this isn't about me. It is about you and your claims, redietz. But I do want to distinguish what a professional gambler, or professional player, now-a-days called AP really is. Being an professional gambler, AP involves risk. We put our money where our mouth is on a daily basis. And if we don't win, in a relatively short period of time we don't eat. We don't pay rent. If we can't win long-term, in a relatively short period of time, we better have a spouse that can support us (ala Rob Singer) or a rich daddy like Mdawg.
What you are talking about doesn't involve that. There is no risk. You are a marketer. You don't know what it feels like to lose for days on end, weeks on end, months on end. No matter how well and properly bankrolled you are, it takes a special mental constitution to handle that and come out the other side.
This is what a real professional gambler, professional player, now called advantage player is. NOT what you do or did for 40 years. But congrats to you on a successful marketing career.
And by the way, you will notice the posers, frauds, people like dawg and Singer, never talk about losing. Everything is winning, winning, winning with these people. That is one of the ways you can almost immediately spot them. They are telling and selling a fantasy (even if they aren't actually selling anything).
Some of you guys give ZenKing a hard time, because he comes here and vents. That is one of the reasons I KNOW he is real and what he claims is basically real.
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