I appreciate any advise Jean gives. I wouldn't be a knowledgeable player without discovering her writings. I'm not a professional player because I live in CA and due to bankroll considerations. But when in Vegas I lead a pretty good lifestyle because of the knowledge I've acquired. And when I met Jean and Brad at the HRH, they were very nice even though I was very nervous meeting her.
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To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
From: queenofcomps@cox.net
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:41:52 -0800
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: Bob Dancer's CasinoGaming Column - 16 NOV 2010
<<Why do those who directly profit from selling software, lessons, books,
strategy cards, trinkets, etc. continue to make these preposterous claims?>>
I don't know any of "those people" you refer to who claim to make
"millions." Bob Dancer wrote his "million dollar" book back when it was
possible - and that covered just one 6 month or so period when he had
several concentrated lucky events . I have mentioned many times that it
took us over 20 years to grind out a million dollars of true profits (not
counting comps).
Both Bob and I merely try to give you nuggets of information you might be
able to use to lose less and win more. It depends on your goals how many of
these you want to or can use. So many variables: how many hours you want
to spend at gambling, what your bankroll is, how motivated you are, whether
you want to make a profit or just lose less, etc.
Any gambler, writer or not, will tell you that it is hard work to make
gambling profitable and it is definitely harder these days than it used to
be. There may be people making big money in VP these days, but I don't know
any of them. All the ones I know that play VP skillfully, whether as a
part-timer or full-time are scrambling like mad. And many are finding it
hard to make a decent living if it is their only source of income. Some are
supplementing their income with part-time non-gambling jobs. Some are
switching to part-time or full-time live poker. Some are leaving town to
start a "real" life somewhere else, doing something besides gambling. Etc.,
etc.
One reason I am running the series in my blog about losing, taken from a
couple of articles I wrote in 2001, is to show that it still takes the same
basic building blocks today that it did back then. Of course the details
change - and I point that out.
What is funny to me is that some people are so critical of that series. It
really is an outline of how we made our "million." And even in today's
rough casino atmosphere, there is enough help in that series that if you
want to take the information and really use it, it could put hundreds of
dollars back in your pocket that you ordinarily might lose - and for those
that really want to scramble, it is a map to profits. Maybe not as much as
used to be possible, but with extra work and greater flexibility, we are
still able to pull out a profit - and I know many others who are doing so.
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Jean $¢ott, Frugal Gambler
http://queenofcomps.com/
You can read my blog at
http://jscott.lvablog.com/
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