Ted,
Unfortunately, in real life cheating goes on all the time. You may not always be aware of it, but it is in your own interest to educate yourself. Where there is competion there is cheating. If you want to participate you should have a strategy for dealing with the type of cheating that you expect to encounter.
Casinos almost always have the advantage so why would they cheat when there is a big possible negative outcome if they get caught. But we know that sometimes they do even when the risk reward ratio indicates it is a stupid move.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, TedChee@... wrote:
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> What you've posited sounds like a black-or-white situation. In real life,
> you don't see many of these situations. To relate it back to the casino
> environment, I would assume that the casinos rarely try to cheat the customer.
> This is real life. However, real life is pretty boring to watch & to talk
> about so that's why we get our kicks watching shows which showcase
> extremes-of-reality.
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> We can start an endless discussion to justify must-cheat-to-win or
> win-without-cheating but the important thing is to recognize what it does to you &
> how you value yourself & your friends. Your friends are a reflection of
> who you are. You can see through them how much of your soul you've sold.
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> In a message dated 3/6/2011 10:54:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> vpFREE@yahoogroups.com writes:
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> _Re: "BIG teams became extinct due to IRS pressure" _
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> Posted by: "kcace1024" _cy4873@... _
> (mailto:cy4873@...?Subject= Re:%20"BIG%20teams%20became%20extinct%20due%20to%20IRS%20pressure")
> _kcace1024 _ (http://profiles.yahoo.com/kcace1024)
> Sun Mar 6, 2011 1:37 pm (PST)
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> Bruce,
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> Of course I have the desire to win without cheating, but let's dicuss how
> you would handle a real life situation. You are closely matched with an
> opponent, but you know your opponent is cheating and you know that unless you
> cheat to level the playing field you will lose. Do you cheat or just accept
> defeat. When you know you can beat someone even if they cheat and you
> don't, they probably know it too and there is no payoff for cheating.
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