I see you have reverted to incessant babble. Add that to your
constant self praising makes you a really poor debater.
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... Likewise, my play results
also drastically turned around when I recognized the faulty and
misleading ways of the gurus teachings in 1996.
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Please provide concrete evidence. I know you will just avoid this or
throw out preposterous claims with no supporting evidence.
In addition, you stated:
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... most people who play video poker are
overweight, they on average drink much more than others, their income
level is far below the norm, and their levels of discipline,
determination & self-confidence are severely lacking. We're not all
like that, but in general, overwhelmingly that's what our group is
like.
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Since you should have now seen the study I refered to what is you
take on this?
Clearly, you are not the expert you claim to be.
Dick
--- In FREEvpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "deadin7" <deadin7@y...> wrote:
> Puting down Americans now?
> >
> > Where did you get that?
>
> I read what you wrote. I see you snipped that to avoid the
obvious.
Reading with understanding may be the main shortcoming of all math
geeks.
>
> Once again you are making uninformed assumptions about my
knowledge.
> This is typical in all your writings. But, if you must know, I
have
> quite a bit of experience dealing with people both in and out of
> casinos. That comes from working over 30 years in a good job,
> traveling all over the country and using some of my spare time
> gambling for over 25 years.
I didn't really need to know that, because it's not much different
than what most people do. Most. I chose to become knowledgeable
about
video poker and who plays it by going several notches above that
level, which is why I write books about it and have the most
popular
column on the subject in the country. I compare you and your video
poker views about me to the few around this country who like to try
to be heard protesting the war on terror and in Iraq. They can moan
all they want, chant all they want, march all they want, and make
fools out of themselves all they want....but it ain't gonna change
a
thing about the war and the fact that we're doing the waaay right
thing.
> Just because you have no problem telling us how great you are
does
> not make that a personality attribute most people desire.
You think I'm telling people 'how great' I am, but that's only a
position you take because I believe you know I'm right about what I
say regarding video poker, and you reject my reported extreme
results
because any player who could do so well, in your mind, would make
you
understandably very jealous. Generally, when someone is so bold as
to
publicly come out and tell the truth about a subject - no matter
how
irritating or vain it may appear - some will be offended. That's
why
I was prepared for all the critics and bad-mounting, and why I
continue on when every one of the old guru crowd said I'd be gone
in
60 seconds.
> If I'm so easy easy to read then why have you been wrong on every
one of your comments about me. Maybe you're not as smart as you
think ...
So you say....
> > So you're a loner, and would your only comrade be the casino
ATM?
>
> Wrong again, never been to a casino ATM. And I have lots of
friends. I let this one hang to see what you'd say. What you said
is
the exact opposite of what you said before pretty much showing you
have no capability of reading anyone.
So you say, again.... I kind of think you're the one who said two
different things about your video poker play.
> Although you are a "self-proclaimed" expert, you don't appear to
>know as much than many posters on the vpfree forum. And if you
took
>the time to read what I wrote above, I was not claiming to be an
>expert.
If you're referring to the mathamaticle psycho-babble that people
post on vpfree, I have no interest in knowing all that nonsense on
bankroll calculations ridiculously created in the clouds, risk-of-
ruin baloney that has no meaning whatsoever to anyone who goes into
a
casino to play, what holding a deal this way vs. that way is worth
in
terms of incredibly comical cents/hour, or how they formulate
foolish
percentages that when added to theoretical pay back amounts, the
addicts can have at it because it's 100.01% when they won't touch
one
that's 99.9%. Other than that, no one I've read comes close to my
knowledge about the game.
>I do listen to those who have something useful to say.
>Say something useful instead of denigrating others and maybe I
will
>listen.
You've shown you won't listen to common sense. You may want others
to
believe you will, but your responses clearly show you have a firm,
one-track mind about the game. Why? Because I've heard from others
like you that, once they understood my message and altered their
long-
term/math-models-are-right-for-video-poker-play approach to short-
term strategies, they found playing much less every time they went
to
a casino did not satisfy their insatiable compulsion to sit and
play
on and on for hours--so they went back to chasing that tiny
percentage that only appears if they get lucky enough times before
they are put to rest.
> It appears to me you are patting yourself on the back again.
Lot's
>of us don't smoke or drink, however, just about everyone I know
has
>some bad habits. Are you saying you're perfect?
I have some bad habits, yes, but they have nothing to do with
disrespecting and abusing my body - and other people's.
> Anyway, that has little to do with the topic at hand which is a
> typical obfuscation you use when someone points out how
impossible
> your claims are.
???
>>Dick, that's the way you'd like it to be, but it just ain't so--
>>and deep down inside you really know that.
>Nope, wrong again. Deep down inside I perceive you as a mean
>spirited scam artist.
Well, scam artists don't last, experts in business recognize them
almost immediately when it very well could effect their bottom
line,
and those gurus who've been exposed by them would totally ignore
what
they do. Your heroes Dancer, Scott, Paymar, Hughes, Wong and the
rest
of that clique continue to lash out at me in a very predictable
way.
That's Ok if you believe I'm mean-spirited, but I have access to
many
details about others that these 'gurus' know I have based on the
ways
I present it on forums and in the media without mentioning names.
As
in most cases, the truth hurts, so they do the things they do with
me. Those of you who idolize them have no idea what I'm saying when
I
write these things, so you take the simpleton's approach and say
I'm
mean. I consider that fair.
> > The problem with most vp
> > players--and I'd qualify that by using the term 'locals'
>
> If that is what you mean then that is what you should say.
I did. Look at it again.
>There is a huge difference in referring to casino players all over
>the country/world versus referring to Las Vegas locals.
No kidding.... That's why I qualified it.
>And, how does your previous claim of living in 6 other countries
>contribute to your comments about this redefined group?
It doesn't.
> I see this type of behavior all the time. When losing a debate
you
> try the ole " ... what I really meant was ...". Really laughable!
Once again, ???
> > is that they
> > are foolishly addicted to everyday play--and that really is a
>waste of lifetime.
> Is it? What makes you think your opinion on _other_ peoples
> lifestyles is important? Your ego is showing again.
Yeah, it is. That's part of being a public writer. Telling the
truth
about video poker players so some may be able to get the help they
need--from me or elsewhere. Are you one of these players who play
too
often, and who can't go on a regular vacation like you used to any
longer because it's boring without the machines? There's so many
people who write to me from LV and Reno about this, and it's really
unfortunate. Casinos control their lives, whether it be from the
need
to chase promotions all over town or thru the use of their slot
club
cards to get as many points as possible. I've helped people
overcome
that curse because I was there, and I overcame it myself. So what's
your qualifications.
> Maybe _your_ lifestype was pathetic, that doesn't mean it is for
> others as well. You have all the earmarks of a person who
_always_
> thinks he knows what's best for everyone else.
My lifestyle wasn't pathetic. I had lots of income, I'd been and
seen
just about everything everywhere, but I didn't have any spare time
because I was always rushing off to Nevada whenever I got home to
give the casinos money for as long as I could stay awake.
Experience
is a valuable tool, and people listen to it now. Those who reject
it
today will hear it tomorrow. (What does _xxxx_ mean anyway - Are
you
hitting the wrong key?) Bill Velek does that too.
> I won't deny there are people with gambling addications that
should
> never set foot in a casino. SO? There are lot's of people who
>gamble for fun and profit. Unfortunately, you like to lump
everyone
>together in your unending generalities.
I agree there are those who play for fun, and most every one of
them
lose and go back to where they came in from. That's one of
those "lump generalities" I give that you don't like, but you know
it's true. Casinos like these people for their small deposits once
or
twice a year of course. But I've taken this a step further and
asked
maybe 9 or 10 casino managers around Nevada how they feel about
those
who say they're expert, computer-perfect players that claim to win
all the time and take away tons of comps, gifts, cash-back and
other
freebies from the slot clubs. Only once (at the former Regent) did
the manager tell me he was leary of Mr. X playing there because he
always seemed to win. Of course that was luck and he knew it, but
when he added it up it could only be answered in that way to him.
The
remainder of the managers' comments ranged from extreme laughter
to "why do you think we have those promotions all the time" to them
thinking I was nuts for asking such a dumb question.
RS