Are some APs "luckier" than others?

Single decker with surrender option, LMFAO....this isn't any time in the last 30 years, right?

By all means, please shoot me a PM explaining where this single decker with surrender is if such a mythological beast should exist

You could still be a loser for the rest of your life and never run out of your bankroll how would that sit with you? So your statement if not true.

Yeah, I have that problem, my long-term wins tend to have a high correlation with being followed by purchases of new boats or trucks! :cool2:

Which leads to a philosophical question- would you rather be a green chipper with a new boat and truck or a black chipper without those things?

Yeah, I have that problem, my long-term wins tend to have a high correlation with being followed by purchases of new boats or trucks! :cool2:

Which leads to a philosophical question- would you rather be a green chipper with a new boat and truck or a black chipper without those things?

I think we can presume that both AM and Dye are joking and that both would agree that DISCIPLINE is a requirement for successful AP!

BillyC1

Single decker with surrender option, LMFAO....this isn't any time in the last 30 years, right?

By all means, please shoot me a PM explaining where this single decker with surrender is if such a mythological beast should exist

Hell no! I "live off" my bankroll so there is no separation of bankroll and other monies. When I win a lot, I can enjoy it some of that money while still increasing the roll!

And I'm the exact opposite, with a decent salary so I can spend my bankroll on anything I want (or more likely, lose it at the table!), and I'll have another one in a month.

You are assuming my motive for playing is profit. But you're right to the extent that I don't want to lose money. Frankly, if I break even, I'm happy. I relish the social aspects of the game, meeting people from all over the world, the excitement (which does not occur that often), the free rooms in first class hotels, the free meals, dollar comps, free shows, and other giveaways. I bring my wife and it's a nice outing, her shopping, me playing, and then a nice meal and show, courtesy of the house. What's there not to like? If I win money, that's icing on the cake. If I played for a living and not recreationally, that would be a different story.

Besides, if you never had luck, good or bad, your skill would decide your fate, and would describe a straight line according to your expected win rate, as it is when luck evens up and cancels out in the long run, except you won't have to wait for the long run. Of course, no luck is impossible. As the gambler moans and groans, "If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all!"

Here is a little story about luck. I was playing BJ at the casino. I had a $400 hundred dollar bet out there as luck would have it I got a ten and a 4 for a total of 14 against a dealers face card. It looked real bad but the dealer flashed her hole card and I seen it plain as day it was a 4. She had a ten and a four for a total of 14. I thought what a lucky break we both have 14 so I waved the hit and stayed she drew a 7 for 21 and swept up my money. The point is was I lucky or unlucky to see the hole card ? I think unlucky otherwise I hit and get 21 and have $800 for in my pocket. Luck plays a big of a part of this game.

What's your incentive to play then?

If one has totally replenishible bankroll, spending win money is no problem. Does it matter whether it comes out of the left pocket or the right pocket?

Sure, then its probably important to try to play at a consistent level, to not let withdraws force a temporary lowering of bets. So one can reach the long run.