Originally Posted by
Alan Mendelson
Let's ask Arc how many years he has won playing $1 video poker, and how much he won each year. I think the comparison would be interesting.
Secondly, people win at negative expectation games. Playing 8/5 Bonus at the $10 level it doesn't take "too much" to reach a profit level of $2500. No one says he wins every session... after all he does admit to dropping $35,000 in one session. But he was probably playing a lot of sessions.
Honestly, I think his claim of winning about a hundred thou a year is a non-issue at the higher denominations. I think there are other issues worth discussing.
And yes, Singer says his system depends on luck. Gosh he says it. He doesn't dispute it. And what he did with his special plays IN SOME CASES increases his chance for getting lucky. And the biggest example is where he broke up trip queens to hold three to the royal and got the $100,000 royal. That is ONLY luck.
Here's the bottom line... we can question his system and strategy and methodology from today till doomsday this coming December (LOL) but we'll never get a straight answer from Singer or an answer that can be tested to be able to verify it.
So, I have an idea: let's just forget about it. He's not here, so let's talk about something else. For example, yesterday I was playing poker at Hollywood Park and the same player (seat 4) got pocket aces five times. They held up twice, and got cracked three times. And that was in less than two hours.