Ramblin' and Gamblin' thru Nevada

[mickeycrimm]

I should have read it when I had the chance. Can't find it in print anywhere:

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[accountinquestion]

He always regrets only having 5 million copies printed.

[Dan Druff]

Maybe he can scan it and put it online. I'd like to read it.

Rob, do you have a copy? How about donating one to the forum?

[Garnabby]

Ramblin and Gamblin thru Nevada, by Rob Singer

--->

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey.

Burning Man (Third Eye Blind song).

https://anagram-solver.net/ramblin%2...r?partial=true

[Garnabby]

The Undeniable Truth About Video Poker, by Rob Singer (plus the unreadable cover)

---> The Great Cornholio (Beavis and Butt-Head episode).

https://anagram-solver.net/The%20Und...)?partial=true

Another recurring gag is Beavis's alter ego, Cornholio. When Beavis consumes too much sugar or caffeine, he pulls his shirt over his head, acts erratically, and calls himself “the Great Cornholio.” In this state, he often mutters nonsense and repeatedly demands “TP [toilet paper] for my “bungholio.”

Oh, now I recall years ago calling Singer's second book good for TP. Ha.





And who can forget his interview in the dark.

[accountinquestion]

meh this software is so outdated it won't use webp but this is another fine piece of art many here will enjoy.


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[Garnabby]

meh this software is so outdated it won't use webp but this is another fine piece of art many here will enjoy.


https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...g?format=1000w

Talk about coincidences. The image above of Cornholio was a WebP file until I converted it to a JPEG file. The very first WebP file that I came across.

[Garnabby]

meh this software is so outdated it won't use webp but this is another fine piece of art many here will enjoy.


https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...g?format=1000w

Talk about coincidences. The image above of Cornholio was a WebP file until I converted it to a JPEG file. The very first WebP file that I came across.

Okay, I see it now.

This is a painting titled "ALERT" by Canadian artist Sarah Hayek. It is an oil on canvas piece that depicts people at slot machines in a casino.

---> IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.

https://anagram-solver.net/This%20is...o?partial=true

The IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence publishes articles on all traditional areas of computer vision and image understanding, all traditional areas of pattern analysis and recognition, and selected areas of machine intelligence, with a particular emphasis on machine learning for pattern analysis. Areas such as techniques for visual search, document and handwriting analysis, medical image analysis, video and image sequence analysis, content-based retrieval of image and video, face and gesture recognition and relevant specialized hardware and/or software architectures are also covered.

ALERT: The machines have already taken over. Ha.

[Rob.Singer]

Dan, I do have one copy but I'm not up on how to "scan" the thing. Maybe one of the mensas here who has SO much more worldwide & everyday experience than I ever could have accumulated, can help?

[Garnabby]

Dan, I do have one copy but I'm not up on how to "scan" the thing. Maybe one of the mensas here who has SO much more worldwide & everyday experience than I ever could have accumulated, can help?

You ought to do one of those reading books, or whatever they call 'em, so that the people who can't read, or write, like MrV, have a chance. Ha.

P.S. You may want to chip in a few dollars, too, that MrV doesn't have enough money either yet.

[DGenBen]

Dan, I do have one copy but I'm not up on how to "scan" the thing. Maybe one of the mensas here who has SO much more worldwide & everyday experience than I ever could have accumulated, can help?

You ought to do one of those reading books, or whatever they call 'em, so that the people who can't read, or write, like MrV, have a chance. Ha.

P.S. You may want to chip in a few dollars, too, that MrV doesn't have enough money either yet.

“Reading books” lol.

I think you mean audio books.

That’s actually a really good idea, because no one buys physical books anymore but plenty of people are buying audio books so Rob could make some money on it by republishing as an audio book,

The only question would be, who would narrate it?

Rob could narrate it himself, but if he wasn’t up for that Dan has the smooth radio voice.

Some other ideas would be ZenKing, or pinchingyourballs as they could punch up the material.

Tasha or Kewlj too if he wanted to go after a more diverse audience this time,

[Garnabby]

“Reading books” lol.

Noun
reading book (plural reading books)

(education) A type of book designed for individuals who are learning to read in a particular language.

(obsolete) A book of church lessons; a lectionary.

You ought to do one of those reading books, or whatever they call 'em, so that the people who can't read, or write, like MrV, have a chance. Ha.

---> Sleeping at the Starlite Motel: and Other Adventures on the Way Back Home.

https://anagram-solver.net/You%20oug....?partial=true




For the gamblers to work their way up to something like this.

[accountinquestion]

Dan, I do have one copy but I'm not up on how to "scan" the thing. Maybe one of the mensas here who has SO much more worldwide & everyday experience than I ever could have accumulated, can help?

https://www.google.com/search?q=chea...anning+service

I didn't look at hte price but here's Rob's chance to show us his big success and pay whatever.

I'd read the book.

You can put it out on the internet and it'd have a whole new wind behind it. You could bother to try and sell it on Amazon I suppose.

[theywontpayontuesday]

Sounds like a nice little dick adventure only your mom would love.

[Ray Finkle]

Dan, I do have one copy but I'm not up on how to "scan" the thing. Maybe one of the mensas here who has SO much more worldwide & everyday experience than I ever could have accumulated, can help?

You ought to do one of those reading books, or whatever they call 'em, so that the people who can't read, or write, like MrV, have a chance. Ha.

P.S. You may want to chip in a few dollars, too, that MrV doesn't have enough money either yet.

“Reading books” lol.

I think you mean audio books.

That’s actually a really good idea, because no one buys physical books anymore but plenty of people are buying audio books so Rob could make some money on it by republishing as an audio book,

The only question would be, who would narrate it?

Rob could narrate it himself, but if he wasn’t up for that Dan has the smooth radio voice.

Some other ideas would be ZenKing, or pinchingyourballs as they could punch up the material.

Tasha or Kewlj too if he wanted to go after a more diverse audience this time,

Send that bad boy to me.
I'll sport an ascot, pour a dram of Glengoyne, light a cigar, and read that bitch to ya'll.....

[DGenBen]

You ought to do one of those reading books, or whatever they call 'em, so that the people who can't read, or write, like MrV, have a chance. Ha.

P.S. You may want to chip in a few dollars, too, that MrV doesn't have enough money either yet.

“Reading books” lol.

I think you mean audio books.

That’s actually a really good idea, because no one buys physical books anymore but plenty of people are buying audio books so Rob could make some money on it by republishing as an audio book,

The only question would be, who would narrate it?

Rob could narrate it himself, but if he wasn’t up for that Dan has the smooth radio voice.

Some other ideas would be ZenKing, or pinchingyourballs as they could punch up the material.

Tasha or Kewlj too if he wanted to go after a more diverse audience this time,

Send that bad boy to me.
I'll sport an ascot, pour a dram of Glengoyne, light a cigar, and read that bitch to ya'll.....

Rob, looks like we found you a narrator

[DGenBen]

You ought to do one of those reading books, or whatever they call 'em, so that the people who can't read, or write, like MrV, have a chance. Ha.

---> Sleeping at the Starlite Motel: and Other Adventures on the Way Back Home.

https://anagram-solver.net/You%20oug....?partial=true




For the gamblers to work their way up to something like this.

Thanks,

We are not too familiar with that term here in the US since we don’t use British English or really care that much about education.

From AI: The term “reading book” in that sense does exist, but it’s more commonly used in British English or educational contexts, especially in primary school settings.

[Garnabby]

Reviewed by Nick Christenson
October 16, 2008

Rob Singer is well known as a video poker iconoclast. In summary, he believes that VP pay tables are largely irrelevant and that one can be a long term winner by setting modest session win goals and progressing in stakes until one meets that goal. I, along with the majority of the serious video poker community, believes his strategy is fundamentally flawed. I gave a very negative review to his first book, The Undeniable Truth About Video Poker. His second book is Ramblin' and Gambling' Thru Nevada.

In Ramblin' and Gamblin" Thru Nevada, Singer makes a video poker road trip through just about the entire state of Nevada. He says his goal is to play using the "long run" strategies that he perceives most serious video poker players advocate. It's unclear why he plans to do this, since he derides those who advocate playing this way, and he thinks these are losing strategies.

There are three major problems with his plan. First, serious video poker players won't play any game in which they don't have an edge. The author will basically play any video poker game he wants to, regardless of the pay table. Second, it's rare for a serious video poker player to just play as long as they feel like without taking advantage of slot club benefits such as cash back, free play, or bounce-back mailers. Singer doesn't give this much regard, and he seems to deeply misunderstand what the advantage players are trying to accomplish. Third, even though he almost seems to be trying to lose as he plays, he actually makes a little bit of money on this trip. If he's trying to convince us that his methods work and others don't, this book doesn't provide a compelling argument for either position.

I don't think he's trying to be deceptive, but he doesn't provide enough information for someone to thoroughly evaluate his play on this trip. We don't get hand counts and we aren't always told pay tables for the games he's playing. Also, he messes up either his arithmetic or his record keeping or possibly both, as in several places his numbers just don't add up. I think it's fair to say that math just isn't one of his strong points. Singer admits to not always playing "perfect" strategies, but he doesn't tell us how often and when he deviates from them. It seems to me like he may not be able to specify what he's doing himself. All of this means we really have no means to evaluate how he plays, except to say that he isn't playing a +EV game, and that he doesn't show any signs of understanding video poker "advantage play" at methods all.

Singer claims to have tried at one point in time to play the way the advantage players do, but that he was a loser using those strategies. If he played during that time anything like the way he played when he says he's trying to mimic those strategies, it's no wonder why this would be the case.

That said, there are actually two different ways in which this book almost works. By providing some descriptions of the places the author visits and the casinos he patronizes, Singer almost provides an interesting Nevada video poker travelogue. In places, it's almost a video-poker version of Barry Meadow's Blackjack Autumn. Also, in talking to many of the people he meets, he provides occasional insight into the psyche of video poker players. I think he's often projecting onto those folks the "old Rob Singer" before he found his own brand of "video poker religion", but that doesn't mean that he's never correct in his evaluation of some of the folks he encounters.

He doesn't completely succeed on these marks for a few reasons. First, the interesting information he provides is scant. The book is short enough as it is, and the sidelights just aren't featured enough to make the book worthwhile. Second, Singer's agenda rears its head throughout the book. For me, this interfered with much of the otherwise interesting narrative. Third, while the author is a capable writer, at least enough so to get his point across, in my opinion he's not skilled enough to make his adventure truly come alive.

Even though I don't recommend Ramblin' and Gamblin' Thru Nevada, I did enjoy this book more than Singer's first one and more than I expected. In fact, if the author could suppress his urge to address his silly video poker agenda, he might even have a worthwhile book in him. This isn't it, though, so I recommend that prospective readers pass again.

We are not too familiar with that term here in the US since we don’t use British English or really care that much about education.

Off hand, I think that it's firstly, secondly, and thirdly.