> You want the truth, VPFree costs me probably $15-$20K/yr in
> expectation because the gaming public is too stupid to realize the
> casino is not in the business of making anyone money except the
> casino. The naivete is annoying after a while.
>
> If you think I'm a little too arrogant, look at it from my shoes. Your
> hobby is my business, your theory is my practice, and I'd appreciate
> it if you'd have more respect for that concept.
>
You are working from a flawed premise--that the knowledge that VP is a
beatable game (at least until Stations, Harrah's, et al finish with it)
has REDUCED your opportunities. The exact opposite is true. VP is
popular precisely because it can be beaten. The casinos knew this from
the get-go, but operators like the Maloofs realized that good games
were a "loss leader", in that positive EV VP machines still made money,
and that the presence of those machines drew in business from
slot/BJ/bingo/
plays never was any kind of secret to the casinos; the fact that they
now have changed their mindset to seek-and-destroy has come from their
unwillingness to give anyone a decent deal, NOT because the information
that we all foolishly share on VpFree has made the casinos collectively
wake up, startled, and say, "Gawrsh! Ah guesses them video porker
machine thangs kin be beat after all!"
To address your other point: I think I share this viewpoint with the
vast majority of VP players, here and elsewhere, when I say that I
could care less if every VP pro in the US dries up and blows away. VP
pros contribute nothing to the VP-playing community at large (except,
in some cases, for a fee), and in cases too numerous to list, have
caused the destruction of good VP plays. Our goal here is not to
provide you with an ongoing alternative to getting a REAL job; it is to
maximize our return from VP as a RECREATIONAL activity.
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