I wanted to add something for the readers out there. Mickey's story about Tuna is accurate and true. I can confirm it: Tuna tried to snap me off on several occasions...and failed.
What Mickey did not add in his story is a judgment of Tuna's behavior as good or bad.
I think it is bad, and likely an indicator of obsessive gambling.
Mickey, if I'm putting words in your mouth, please chastise me severely. I just don't want people reading your story about Tuna and thinking it is a recommendation on how one should be.
My knowledge of Tuna is severely limited, but from what I know he was a perfect example of a winning professional with a severe gambling addiction, and exactly the kind of person the prompted me to do my radio show the other night on professional gambling addiction.
If I'm wrong please correct me.
FK
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:
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> > Interesting story. I have a subheading in my book entitled "King of >the Hill" about just such a person, who played quarters just to be >competitive, long after he had attained a $5 token bankroll and then >some.
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> Tuna Lund had similar tendencies. He'd jump your flush attack light if he was passing by and it happened to be on. Some advantage slot games were on multi-game machines. If he was passing that way he would always punch them up and take a look. Even if it was a nickel game like Red Hot Sevens, which if you found a play it was generally only worth a few bucks. Tuna absoolutely wouldn't leave it if there was a play there.
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