Originally Posted by coach belly View Post
You've made assumptions that are not based on Alan's own words.

And, you used your assumptions to criticize him...thus speaking ill of the dead
The question is rhetorical: .





Yes I was, and I can even go back and read Alan's own words.

Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
My play level is based on my current income as a retiree. Only an addict and degenerate gambler would gamble in excess of their current income, especially a retiree.
Pshaw.

Sure, he gambled for lesser stakes because he lacked the money to bet at the higher levels he once played at.

Riddle me this: if his gambling hadn't "hurt" him financially, why didn't he have more money at the end?

He was a celebrity earlier, he had an e-tail business...where was all the money from his lifetime?

The casinos got most of it.

Alan was a gamblin' man playing negative expectation games, often at a pretty high level, while not having an edge / not being an AP.

Which is how it goes...how it's gone for me...I've pissed away $70K to date gambling: it happens.

But $70K is pin money for me: with my savings, my investments, and my investment income I could lose a lot more and not sweat it.

We pays our money and makes our choices.