Originally Posted by
Rob.Singer
I became a professional gambler after losing around $250k as an AP in the early to mid nineties--but only after hundreds of hours of studying where I went wrong, then developing a perfect method of play for my particular set of circumstances, that had a very high percentage of succeeding. Those looong airplane rides were good for something. It made me sick to lose, esp. considering I listened to and purchased all the edge-acquiring products from the "gurus" whom I was tricked into trusting and believing by their statements and ads. THAT is why I hate casinos. They're in the business of doing everything they can to take my money. The only way I could get satisfaction and back at them was to get my lost money back and much more, which is exactly what I've been doing. But these gurus needed to be cut down to size also. They all know that goal has been attained--and many times over throughout the years.
As a bonus, I've gotten to watch several of them fail, die after going broke, I've watched as their personal lives have been reduced to rubble....as I simply continue on with a wonderful long-term marriage, a family second to none, the ability to look back at successful working & video poker careers, the happiest and most personally fulfilling retirement possible--and all with a great big smile on my face. Gambling maybe was not so good for them, which is probably why they have always blasted my strategies. So maybe you can see why when haters like Eddie and Spock spout their jealousies and disturbing little voices in the back of their minds, it only serves to make all I've accomplished all the more enjoyable.
You'll never see me go to a casino like maybe you and many others do: for hours and hours. I want to win and get out, or get the nice room, have a few great meals and leave in the morning. The luxury aspect I like; the gambling part for me is a fight between me and the casino. I sit down loaded with hate for what they used to do to me, and the past 15 years I've mostly left vindicated, over and over again. The money I do not need; I saved & prepared for retirement long ago like any gambler should first, or else they'll end up working forever like Dancer.