I used to play a lot of poker until the fall of 2005 when I had taken
a class Bob Dancer taught on VP at the Nugget in West Wendover. (Bob
may remember because I brought my pinochle playing mom who took to VP
like a duck to water.) It has made the trips I have taken to the
casinos last longer on a lot less money. It has been a win for me
because the savings has allowed me to make more trips. When I was
stationed in Kansas I would make a nice bit of income playing poker
on the side. I know there are a lot of people that make a living
playing poker. Besides the Dancer family and the Scott family are
there a lot of people that make a living playing VP?
Making a living playingVP
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On 15 Apr 2008 at 0:04, Chris wrote:
Besides the Dancer family and the Scott family are
there a lot of people that make a living playing VP?
It would be interesting to run this poll again since membership has significantly increased since 2002.
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I personally know about a dozen people who play mostly VP full time
with apparently no other major source of income. (This doesn't include
me, since I have a "regular" day job.) I say "mostly" VP because these
people will typically have other AP skills such as blackjack, live
poker, or tournament skills in order to take advantage of good non-VP
opportunities that may come along, but their main play is with VP.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Chris" <cb_ray@...> wrote:
I know there are a lot of people that make a living
playing poker. Besides the Dancer family and the Scott family are
there a lot of people that make a living playing VP?
The bulk of my income for 11 years has come from video poker. But I
can't say that will be true for the next 11 years. I just don't know
what or if opportunities will exist in the future. Only time will tell.
I lost another spot on my $35 an hour play last week. I know that's
not a huge hourly rate but I'm only running $450 an hour in action.
That makes it very easy on the brain.
I have 4 machines left, two in one casino and 1 each in two other
casinos. When they go I guess I'll have to leave Montana. It's gonna
be a hard spot to leave. Big Sky Country is addicting. I've made a
lot of friends here. Montanans are wonderful people. They don't know
jacksquat about gambling but they are wonderful people.
I'll have plenty of time to seek out other plays. I could go at least
a few years without hitting a lick at a snake if I wanted too. I don't
know what the future holds, but up to this point, the game has been
damn good to me. It sure as hell beats riding freight trains and
working day labor.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "eecounter" <eecounter@...> wrote:
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> I know there are a lot of people that make a living
> playing poker. Besides the Dancer family and the Scott family are
> there a lot of people that make a living playing VP?
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mickeycrimm wrote:
I'll have plenty of time to seek out other plays. I could go at least a few years without hitting a lick at a snake if I wanted too. I don't know what the future holds, but up to this point, the game has been damn good to me. It sure as hell beats riding freight trains and working day labor.<
thanks for sharing your adventures with us, Micky. I always read your posts. You are obviously a very smart guy that has chosen a different kind of lifestyle than most.....
May good luck follow you.....
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You Go mickey. I hope your run lasts forever:)
>
>
> >
> > I know there are a lot of people that make a living
> > playing poker. Besides the Dancer family and the Scott family are
> > there a lot of people that make a living playing VP?
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>
>
The bulk of my income for 11 years has come from video poker. But I
can't say that will be true for the next 11 years. I just don't know
what or if opportunities will exist in the future. Only time will tell.
I lost another spot on my $35 an hour play last week. I know that's
not a huge hourly rate but I'm only running $450 an hour in action.
That makes it very easy on the brain.
I have 4 machines left, two in one casino and 1 each in two other
casinos. When they go I guess I'll have to leave Montana. It's gonna
be a hard spot to leave. Big Sky Country is addicting. I've made a
lot of friends here. Montanans are wonderful people. They don't know
jacksquat about gambling but they are wonderful people.
I'll have plenty of time to seek out other plays. I could go at least
a few years without hitting a lick at a snake if I wanted too. I don't
know what the future holds, but up to this point, the game has been
damn good to me. It sure as hell beats riding freight trains and
working day labor.
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Theres a race of men that don't fit in. A race that can't stand
still. So they break the hearts of kith and kin. They roam the world
at will. They rove the field, they ride the flood, they climb they
mountain's crest. For their's is the curse of the gypsy blood. They
don't know how to rest. If they just went straight they might go far.
For they are stong and brave an true. But they tire of the things that
are. They want the strange and new. They say "If I could find my
proper grove what a deep mark I would make." So they chop and change
but each fresh groove is just a fresh mistake. And each forgets as he
strips and runs, at a brilliant fitful pace, it's the steady, quiet,
plodding ones, who win the life long race. And each forgets that his
youth has fled; forgets that his prime is past. Until he stands one
day with a hope that is dead, in the glare of the truth at last. He
failed! He failed! He missed his chance! He only lived one half! Life
has been a jolly good joke on him and now it's time to laugh! For he
is one of the legion lost. He was never meant to win. He's a rolling
stone. It's bread to the bone. He's a man who won't fit in.
ROBERT SERVICE
I can quote this poem any time. Drunk or Sober. Any day of the week.
For any amount of money. If you thing I can't, I will double through
on your ass.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Money Works <worksforthemoney@...> wrote:
You Go mickey. I hope your run lasts forever:)