Recent content by The Chaperone

Totally agree. I recall having multiple six figure losing streaks in less than a week. Granted I was playing mediocre shoe games and betting 7x500 but still. Not trying to rub it in, but the run KJ had where he at one point had won more in one shoe than he ever had as a drawdown was truly...

I wouldn't recommend doing anything for cover at those stakes, but if you some day want to employ this camo, I would recommend hands like A6 vs. 2,3 or 12 vs. 2,3 like someone above suggested. For A6 it doesn't much matter how much you double for. For the 12 hands you want to double for much...

Trying to beat 6:5 is like choosing to walk across the country instead of fly. It can be done, but you are making things unnecessarily difficult on yourself. You'd be much better off just driving down the road to a better game.

Your max bet is 50 bucks. Forget about cover.

Personally, I wouldn't play any of these games. The one I would be closest to considering is Game #3, but not splitting aces is kind of gross. Did you mean no *re*-splitting of aces? If so, and if the game was heads up, I would probably sit down if I didn't have anything better going on. But...

Seattle to Reno by bike is 759 mi. I came up with a route on my own (with avoiding mountains and elevation changes in mind) and then tried it on Google maps and google agrees with me. You go Seattle to Portland (not on I-5 obv, you will be on the old Pacific highway for much of this part)...

I was being completely sarcastic in the 670k RF thread. Aslan and some others were basically saying that playing that game was silly because you have to pay taxes. By the same logic, working any job is silly because of taxes. Makes no sense. Anyways, apologies for derailing the thread. Did...

Seriously, I mean why does anyone generate income when they have to pay taxes? It's a wonder people actually work.

I didn't realize this was such an old thread, but wrt the OP, I just flat out tell beggars in a firm tone, "I don't loan money to anyone in a casino." Even the beggars can usually see the logic in this. If they keep pushing, I say something like "Hey, I wouldn't give my <mother/best...

This was my last point, which I forgot to mention. And yes, there was 40k left in the machine. A lot of people have thought this was crazy but it's completely normal for the stakes he was playing.

So many clueless posts in this thread, but Nynefingers finally chimed in and cleared things up. Let me add on with some bullet points: -The game was very, very +EV, but high variance. Probably a few million required for a BR, maybe 8 figures if you are risk averse. -He's not getting...

I bought in with quarters from my car's ashtray once to finish off a double down. The look on the dealer's face was priceless. It's a long story, but it was a low limit promo where I flat bet 2x25 so I had only brought a few hundred with me. I had a very bad run to start and lost what was in...

I tend to agree. APs often overlook the very viable option of just keeping your mouth shut. It might be good to have some ploppy reasoning to back up your play in case you are really pressed. Same is true for reasons of why you are in XYZ casino or in the town in general, but usually the best...

You can't really make a blanket statement like that. For example, I'm fairly confident I could scrape out a living playing poker if it was the only game available to me, but I'd make far, far less than I would in my typical gambling pursuits even if I were limited to just counting cards. You...

It's still there. It's just really boring.