"jim_mason7" wrote:
> Coach V
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> 9-6DDB is a 99% game at best. At the $1+ levels that you play,my rough estimate for your action, based on your posts, is a minimum of $5 million annually. This could translate to a potential negative(loss) of $50,000 cash on cash out of your pocket per year. Do you get enough comps, cash back and casino perks, etc. to at least break even? Good luck aside, the math always seems to balance out any winning streaks. I am not being critical, just curious.
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> Jim Mason
Perhaps not my place to comment, but this "curiosity" seems at least modestly condescending.
Coach gives ample evidence in his posts of being reasonably rational in his play. Since you know the math, you should find it quite feasible that decent cb/promotion value alone should have a fair chance of whittling his expected loss down to something quite managable, before factoring comps/perks. Do you need specifics from Coach V to presume that it's a desirable picture in his eyes?
(Further, given the long tailed DDB distribution curve, I wouldn't argue if Coach states that his lifetime play has been profitable -- particularly given some extraordinary multiline deals)
The continued pleasure Coach V and Hedy derive from the DDB ride is evident in his posts. I have no doubts (or qualms) about the fact that neither of them would get a modicum of the satisfaction from grinding out, say, a 1/2% edge playing Jacks (were that even possible any longer in their local AC venue).
Bottom line, Jim, I don't think you really anticipate any surprise answer from Coach (or would find one credible). So I suggest a focus on the satisfaction he shows in his continue play (which is far more avid that that of the average player) as sufficient rationalization for his play choice.
- H.
