What Do You Do?

lfigueroa said:

The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost, 1874 - 1963

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
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And that has made all the difference.

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Great quote, Lou. It was worth slogging through this whole thread to be pleasantly surprised by the Frost diamond in the rough.

~Doc

wincardona said:

Yes we have choices, and in regard to this situation I have traveled down the many roads that this type of a situation offers and have concluded that the best path to take is Rodney's choice. Maybe i'm missing something here but i'll stick with the road Rod travels because that's the one that made all the difference. (TO ME)



Dr. Bill

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petie said:

If you mean play if you like the game--don't play if you don't like it, that's fine but you would have to be very tolerant to like it. You know very well by now that your opponent is not going to lose more than one barrel. You also know that, at least for a lot of you guys, if you get stuck you'll fire the rent at him along with the good money. I just don't see it. Find another customer.

He's playing for a fortune if he wins--one barrel if he loses. You're playing for one barrel if you win--a fortune if you lose.

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Cory in dc said:

Rod's got the only answer that makes sense to me: "If you don't like the game don't play. If you do like it, play til you get broke or win or he does you a favor and quits."

This money odds stuff is nonsense. If you think otherwise, then I am going to help you become very rich with a can't lose strategy (patent pending)!

Step 1. Go to Vegas or Atlantic City.

Step 2. Pick your favorite game that gets you closest to 50/50. This is probably video poker, craps playing full odds, or loose rules blackjack.

Step 3. Place a bet.

Step 4. If you win, keep going until you lose.

Step 5. If you lose, go home and come back tomorrow.​

This is just Player A's master strategy for getting money odds in one pocket, applied to casino gaming.

Of course, since it's infallible, why go home and come back tomorrow? You should just take a few hours off and come back. Wait, it always works, so maybe just one hour. Infallible? Ok, just a trip to the bathroom and then restart the foolproof system. Wait, maybe just think about something else and then restart the unstoppable money-odds-creating system?

Everyone who wins with this system owes me 10% vig (PayPal will be fine). Anyone who loses did it wrong.

Cory

P. S. The odds are the odds. You can't change them by resequencing the wagers. You might say, "Well it takes me time to warm up" or something. That just means you're overestimating your odds of success in early sets and you should adjust accordingly. E.g., If that's true, you should say "I never play well until the second set, so I'll play you this one even and then play 9-8 thereafter." If they say no, see Rod's Rule!

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LSJohn said:

I think the question is whether A should let the fact that he could have won only one set influence him regarding whether to play another after losing the first. Rod's answer was No, and it's a reasonable answer. My answer is that he should have decided what to do in this situation before he lost the first set.

Either decision he made would be OK, but I think it's worth mentioning that for some players there may be a detrimental effect on the quality of his play by being stuck a set, and maybe also by not being able to get rid of the thought that he was now risking losing more than he could have won. A may be a person who knows he'd be better off starting fresh on the next day. He could want to play, and like the game, but decide he'd like it even better starting fresh.

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Mkbtank said:

I mentioned the 1 and done guy who I played. I knew he would quit. I didn't care. I loved the action even if it was short. That's just me. I know many may have done differently.

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androd said:

I was playing Bill Cress, we'd been playing a few hours. Bill went to the restroom and a triple smart sweater came over and said "do you know what you could've won ?" I said no, he said, he only had $40 dollars.

I said " I personally know he now has more than $1200 dollars , should I quit " He resembled a cow watching a passing train.

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gulfportdoc said:

Great quote, Lou. It was worth slogging through this whole thread to be pleasantly surprised by the Frost diamond in the rough.

~Doc

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petie said:

Full disclosure, I just realized that I am that type of player now. If I win or lose a race to three I'm all done. Its mostly my knees and back. Since I got my heart shocked back into rhythm, its not that anymore.

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