Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
Arc and Redietz both of you missed the point about raising your stop-loss when you are winning.

I raise my stop-loss if, by luck, I sit down and quickly hit quads. It happened once where I sat down and in a few hands hit quad aces on a $1 DDB which paid $800 which was far and above my win goal, so I raised my stop loss and went on to play a $5 game and won much more. However, I will not deny that I have given back more than I have ever won. Somehow, I am the only person on this forum who admits to losing. How can that be? Am I the one who keep the casinos open -- all by myself?

Rob wins, Arc wins. redietz wins. And I lose? Gosh gee wowza!!
I've told you that I only win 40-50% of the time. Hence, I lose more often than I win. I lost the last time I played. In fact, I lost almost everything I had won with the RF on the previous trip. That's the way it goes with high variance games. I've had a RF and lost it all before I left. I've also had a second RF several times.

Alan, you're like a stuck record. You can't forget about the times you've lost a big win. Yes, it happens, but losing the big win next time you play (like I just did) is exactly as likely. Once you understand the fact that when you quit has no effect on your long term results you can relax and play when you want to play, not according to some worthless rumor. The time you've spent wishing and hoping for some way to overcome a negative game would be better spent trying to figure out how to play only when you have an edge.

Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
Anyway... You guys believe that the math will insure your wins, yet the math does not insure YOUR wins. The math insures the machine and the casino. If we cannot agree on that there is nothing else to discuss. Keep playing your way. I'll keep playing my way. I would be very happy leaving a casino each time with a $150 or $200 win. Heck, a $200 win five days a week is a thousand dollars a week-- or a thousand dollars after five day trips. That's my goal now. And if I get lucky and make it a $250 win, so much the better.
Actually, the math does insure our wins over time on positive games. The math also insures the casino will win as well. It's the same math. Since very few players know how to play with an edge, the casino ends up with an edge overall. However, the few of us that can find an edge take away a small part of their profits.