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#1

You've been wanting to follow your VP Hero's footsteps!!!

Your VP Hero (like Bob Dancer) has:
- the VP Strategy "Perfected"
- won over a Million Dollar playing vp
- written books, strategy cards, vp software, etc.
- won many many many gifts/prizes/cars from different promos

then, you see him/her lining up for $50 drawings or eating burgers or
hotdogs at the Gold Coast.

Would you still want to follow your hero's footsteps?
What would you do?

(me, I'll still try to follow but, not all the steps) :>

#2

gilbert_616 <gilbert_616@yahoo.com> wrote: You've been wanting to follow your VP Hero's footsteps!!!

Your VP Hero (like Bob Dancer) has:
- the VP Strategy "Perfected"
- won over a Million Dollar playing vp
- written books, strategy cards, vp software, etc.
- won many many many gifts/prizes/cars from different promos

then, you see him/her lining up for $50 drawings or eating burgers or
hotdogs at the Gold Coast.

Would you still want to follow your hero's footsteps?
What would you do?
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  Those dogs are pretty damn good, BTW.
   
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when their team is winning."

"No sense being pessimistic. It wouldn't work anyway."

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#3

Your VP Hero (like Bob Dancer) has:
- the VP Strategy "Perfected"
- won over a Million Dollar playing vp
- written books, strategy cards, vp software, etc.
- won many many many gifts/prizes/cars from different promos

then, you see him/her lining up for $50 drawings or eating burgers or
hotdogs at the Gold Coast.

Was this message meant to be hypothetical or perhaps a metaphor? I have
never eaten burgers or hot dogs at the Gold Coast (I do play there
sometimes on double point days) and $50 drawings aren't my style ---
unless there's a potential for a lot more. If this note was inspired by
my recent online column, the drawings at the Fiesta were worth a lot
more than $50.

In general, though, I agree with the point. Every player has to forge
his own path.Shirley and I, for example, go West Coast Swing dancing
regularly, and few of my "students" do, nor would I argue that dancing
well is mandatory for proficient video poker play.. A player may be
guided by others, but tweaks need to be made due to his/her own
strengths, desires, and idiosyncrasies..

Bob Dancer

For the best in video poker information, visit www.bobdancer.com
or call 1-800-244-2224 M-F 9-5 Pacific Time.

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#4

Bob, he said "like" you, not specifically you. So he meant some other VP Hero :wink: Not sure who, though....
   
  Personally, I wouldn't care if I saw him or her eating hot dogs, hamburgers, or a big pile of seaweed, for that matter! What, do they have to eat caviar? But someone like that bothering with a $50 drawing would seem like a waste of their time, so I would be a bit puzzled. It would make me wonder, yes. But you could always go up and ask them, maybe there's more to it, as Bob said.

    > Your VP Hero (like Bob Dancer) has:
  > ...(snip)...

then, you see him/her lining up for $50 drawings or eating burgers or

hotdogs at the Gold Coast.

Was this message meant to be hypothetical or perhaps a metaphor? I have
never eaten burgers or hot dogs at the Gold Coast (I do play there
sometimes on double point days) and $50 drawings aren't my style ---
unless there's a potential for a lot more. If this note was inspired by
my recent online column, the drawings at the Fiesta were worth a lot
more than $50.

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#5

I believe you have seen the light as I have about 6 months ago.

Remember the Wizard of OZ? "Pay no attention to the man behind the
screen!"

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "gilbert_616" <gilbert_616@...> wrote:

You've been wanting to follow your VP Hero's footsteps!!!

Your VP Hero (like Bob Dancer) has:
- the VP Strategy "Perfected"
- won over a Million Dollar playing vp
- written books, strategy cards, vp software, etc.
- won many many many gifts/prizes/cars from different promos

then, you see him/her lining up for $50 drawings or eating burgers or
hotdogs at the Gold Coast.

Would you still want to follow your hero's footsteps?
What would you do?

(me, I'll still try to follow but, not all the steps) :>

#6

>
> You've been wanting to follow your VP Hero's footsteps!!!

then, you see him/her lining up for $50 drawings or eating burgers
or hotdogs at the Gold Coast.

> What would you do?

ask him / her if they know of any good promotions going on.

timmer

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "truthseekr99" <ydoc21@...> wrote:

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "gilbert_616" <gilbert_616@> wrote:

#7

<<You've been wanting to follow your VP Hero's footsteps!!!

Your VP Hero (like Bob Dancer) has:
- the VP Strategy "Perfected"
- won over a Million Dollar playing vp
- written books, strategy cards, vp software, etc.
- won many many many gifts/prizes/cars from different promos

then, you see him/her lining up for $50 drawings or eating burgers or
hotdogs at the Gold Coast.

Would you still want to follow your hero's footsteps?
What would you do?

(me, I'll still try to follow but, not all the steps) :>

Liking those Gold Coast juicy hot dogs on warm buns with all the trimmings - and only 75 cents plus a quarter tip - you don't have to be hero material to love them. One of our favorite treats - and we sometimes make a special stop there when we have no other "business" in the casino. We don't play there anymore because they took our name off their mailing list - but we haven't been barred from their hot dog cart!!

What level we play has nothing to do with what we get hungry for. We could take time off from playing $5 Five Play at Caesars to get a Mexican pizza at the Taco Bell or walk over to the Barbary Coast for their hot dogs. (Haven't done the latter for awhile though - is the hot dog cart still there? Last time we passed through the Orleans, we noticed the cart in the sports book now served only big pretzels - did the hot dog cart move somewhere else in the casino or completely disappear?)

$50 drawings - most higher-level players wouldn't make a special effort for one of these, but they might participate if they were playing in the casino at the time anyway. We don't make a special effort anymore to use $5-10 BJ coupons, but we'll stop by any BJ table we pass if I have a coupon for it and there is a seat open, no matter how small the coupon is. For me that is still fun. Brad laughs at me. We'll lose $3,000 at Ellis Island, and after we finish dinner I get happy winning with the two $5 BJ coupons I cut out of the restaurant placemat.

We do have to think about the use and value of our time when we analyze which promotions and offers to do - but being a successful VP player has always been a grind-out-the-profit endeavor. Sure, once in awhile you might get real lucky - like Bob Dancer's one six-month period he wrote about in Million Dollar VP - but most of the time, and I'm sure Dancer would agree, it is a day-by-day grind, always playing in positive situations, but a continuous roller coaster ride, spending lots more time in the valleys but keeping the faith that you will reach hilltops every once in a while - and the mountaintops on special but rare occasions.

If I wrote a book, I'd have to give it a much less glamorous sounding title, like "Grinding Out A Million Dollars in 25 Years." Oops, I did just write a book on the subject. But I went for short and just called it "Frugal Video Poker."

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#8

It does make you wonder.

>
> You've been wanting to follow your VP Hero's footsteps!!!
>
> Your VP Hero (like Bob Dancer) has:
> - the VP Strategy "Perfected"
> - won over a Million Dollar playing vp
> - written books, strategy cards, vp software, etc.
> - won many many many gifts/prizes/cars from different promos
>
> then, you see him/her lining up for $50 drawings or eating

burgers or

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "truthseekr99" <ydoc21@...> wrote:

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "gilbert_616" <gilbert_616@> wrote:
> hotdogs at the Gold Coast.
>
> Would you still want to follow your hero's footsteps?
> What would you do?
>
> (me, I'll still try to follow but, not all the steps) :>
>

I believe you have seen the light as I have about 6 months ago.

Remember the Wizard of OZ? "Pay no attention to the man behind the
screen!"

#9

If I wrote a book, I'd have to give it a much less glamorous

sounding title, like "Grinding Out A Million Dollars in 25 Years."
Oops, I did just write a book on the subject. But I went for short
and just called it "Frugal Video Poker."

so are you saying you've hit the million dollar mark in vp
winnings???...if so congrats...big time...

#10

<<"Grinding Out A Million Dollars in 25 Years." >>

<<so are you saying you've hit the million dollar mark in vp
winnings???...if so congrats...big time...>>

Not exactly - yet - but if you play at the level we have been playing VP for the last 10 years (since we went up from quarters to dollars and higher), based on yearly averages, that is about what a well-bankrolled skilled player who scrambles could realistically achieve, playing about 20 hours per week.

Interesting mainly because when we started playing VP 16 years ago, our goal was only to break even and have lots of free vacations!

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#11

The Orleans hot dog cart was retired last September.
Taking its place is a small snack bar in front of Don
Miguel's that serves the 75c hot dogs.

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vpFae

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On 3 Jun 2006 at 14:32, Jean Scott wrote:

Last time we passed through the Orleans,
we noticed the cart in the sports book now served only big
pretzels - did the hot dog cart move somewhere else in the casino or
completely disappear?)

#12

...or playing penny 50-play Jacks at the Palms.

I can't figure the guy out, but one thing is clear: he has passion for
video poker, so if he's having a good time at it, then let him be.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Jean Scott" <QueenofComps@...> wrote:

<<You've been wanting to follow your VP Hero's footsteps!!!

Your VP Hero (like Bob Dancer) has:
- the VP Strategy "Perfected"
- won over a Million Dollar playing vp
- written books, strategy cards, vp software, etc.
- won many many many gifts/prizes/cars from different promos

then, you see him/her lining up for $50 drawings or eating burgers or
hotdogs at the Gold Coast.

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#13

"Jean Scott" <QueenofComps@...> wrote:>

   What level we play has nothing to do with what we get hungry
for. We could take time off from playing $5 Five Play at Caesars to
get a Mexican pizza at the Taco Bell or walk over to the Barbary
Coast for their hot dogs. (Haven't done the latter for awhile
though - is the hot dog cart still there? > We do have to think
about the use and value of our time when we analyze which promotions
and offers to do - but being a successful VP player has always been
a grind-out-the-profit endeavor.

Jean… I was in the Barbary Coast using a coupon for a free dog and
a beer from the LVA I believe. There was no line. With the
Boardwalks demise…where will the next good dog be???

Lets get some Royals,

Beachstu