On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:08 PM, jwboothjw <traveller88888@hotmail.com>wrote:
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> "only to have some drunk or bling festooned 20-something stagger up to tour
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> "flow" is Voodoo.
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I am saddened to learn that you've never been at a friendly table where
players, dealers and sometimes even the house are having a good time.. Some
may be winning, some losing ...but all are having an enjoyable session. You
may call it "voodoo" but it actually does happen ... and it is easily
disrupted by the sorts of anti-social intrusion I mentioned.
> In one of your first posts you clearly state that someone entering
> mid-shoe creates bad luck (or words clearly to that effect).
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No I said "effectively the tables luck". I erroneously left out the word
"changes", an error caught earlier by another reader. I did not suggest that
the luck changed for the better or worse -- my point was, and is, that such
ad hoc intrusions inevitably alter the hands dealt after the intrusion.
But I followed that up (and closed) with:
"It should be a matter of common courtesy. If I see a seat at table that I
want to join, I wait until the next shoe to start playing....unless invited
to join by those already in the game."
Finally you accuse me of grumbling that "the"flow" has been "disrupted""
I plead guilty to that charge --- although you wish to perjoratively
characterize respect for other players as "voodoo".
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