gordon5432 said:
Anything based on superstition (playing hunches, bad players hurt you, the flow, etc) or flawed logic (clumping, any progressive betting system unless it's somehow tied into the count) rather than sound mathematics is voodoo. Ignorance of BS is not voodoo, but knowingly going against it,..
So where does a self-confessed "voodoo" player like me fit in?
Am I not applying "math" if I know when flat-betting I will win at least a half-unit 90+% of the time in the next x rolls with a 12 unit roll?
If I know a 2000 unit roll using Oscar's Grind will succeed in winning my one unit 99.9+% of the time, know the average number of rolls that result in a success of one unit, know how long I will be playing that trip, know the min-max spread of the table and know how often my "voodoo" system calls for a bet I cannot make, know the average number oif rolls that will result in a "win" of one unit when a win of one unit actually occurs, know the risk to my roll, can one deride me for choosing to accept the known risk of losing my 2000 units versus winning x over so long?
If I know when flat-betting I'm expected to lose one unit every 3 hours and know on a trip I will be playing for 15 hours with a goal of just breaking-even, can one blame me for using some "voodoo" system(s) to have a very high chance of picking up those 5 units?
Sometimes I think, the way I think of "voodoo", I'm betting with more discipline to the voodoo system(s) of my choice, pretty much "know" what to expect from it, compared to AP's, who, it sometimes seems sometimes actually, apparently, for some reason, they have all the excuses, make a bet without having a clue what to expect from it.
Why they do that I will never understand. That, imho, is way beyond voodoo.
Making bets cluelessly - hopefully a voodoo player at least knows what to expect.
Then they maybe call such a departure "voodoo" as in "I think any good, profitable player has been guilty of a little voo doo here and there." as if "voodoo" means "bad". Why didn't any profitable AP player already know what to expect before making a bet?
This "voodoo" player would rather slice his wrist with a dull butterkife than be guilty of betting cluelessly.
I know I play -EV games. My little challenge within that context is to excede EV by breaking even lol.
Voodoo, proper use and understanding of betting systems, is respectable to me.
What's life like for you guys with your "AP" selfimage occasionally betting whatever lol
You want to "camo" bet or wahtever - what's your excuse for not running your sim ahead of time for that?
Hey, it's voodoo - just having fun lol.