I realize the con men tout otherwise, but you cannot turn a negative
expectation game into a positive one. You cannot beat BJ with a card
counting system no more than you can beat craps with a betting system.
Doug Grant (Tm)
"andrewsimons" <andrewm...@amjsimons.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> Often I find a voice in my head tells me when to leave the table but
usually
> I don't heed it carry on playing and end up losing a pile. Luckily
I've got
> money so that's not the problem but why chuck money away. Is it a
common
> phenomenon to have this wise voice that knows when to quit?
>
>
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That is unless you are a complete and utter moron that thinks you can
change a negative expectation game into a positive one simply by
leaving the table when you might be ahead of the game.
Doug Grant (Tm)
"Olie M. Narky" <olie.m...@GoFor21.com> wrote in message
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> "andrewsimons" <andrewm...@amjsimons.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >Often I find a voice in my head tells me when to leave the table
but usually
> >I don't heed it carry on playing and end up losing a pile. Luckily
I've got
> >money so that's not the problem but why chuck money away. Is it a
common
> >phenomenon to have this wise voice that knows when to quit?
>
> Yes, it's very common. Where I play blackjack the players around me
mention
> it all the time, and just like you they tell me that they should
have
> listened. I usually nod my head sympathetically.
> --
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Doug Grant (Tm)
"Not2ProudforfreeAOhelL" <phoqu...@aol.comGaBaHey> wrote in message
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> >Subject: Sensing when to leave the table
> >From: "andrewsimons" andrewm...@amjsimons.fsnet.co.uk
> >Date: 2/6/01 3:33 PM Central
>
> >Hi all,
> >Often I find a voice in my head tells me when to leave the table
but usually
> >I don't heed it carry on playing and end up losing a pile. Luckily
I've got
> >money so that's not the problem but why chuck money away. Is it a
common
> >phenomenon to have this wise voice that knows when to quit?
> >
>
> I experieince this only when I play craps. (Ducking from all the
potential
> flames from everyone telling me it is a sucker's game.)
>
> Craps is like cocaine for me. I know its bad, I know it will ruin
my life, but
> sometimes the voice in my head tells me one hit won't hurt.
>
> Back on topic, though. I actually feel a sense of nausea overwhelm
me, (mostly
> in my chest) a lot of the times just before the shooter is going to
crap out.
> The dice are out, and just as the box-man says dice are moving, I
want to cry
> "All my bets off!" But, the nausea overwhelms me, and I usually
even start to
> walk away before the dice stop rolling.
>
> It has never happened to me in blackjack though.
>
>
> --
> Not2ProudforfreeAOhelL
> -----
> "For years, we thought that a million monkeys
> sitting at a million keyboards would produce the
> complete works of Shakespeare. Today, thanks to
> the Internet, we know that's not true."
> --Gordon T. Thompson
>
Wow, let me get my crack-team of attorneys to start drawing up the papers for
the law-suit. You overemotional half-wit.
--
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Your only limitation is the shit between your ears ...
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YOU'RE RIGHT ASSHOLE .... NOW GO BACK TO YOUR TV AND LET THE REST OF US
DECIDE HOW TO THROW OUR MONEY AWAY .........
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