RE: [vpFREE] Re: Gambling with an Edge --- June 14

 


mickey wrote: I think the old saying "Screw me once shame on you. Screw me twice shame on me" applies here. Were I to encounter a tournament of that structure in the future, I would have to make my concerns known to tournament personnel before the tournament starts.

That's the most sensible solution that's been suggest to me so far. The invitation will come several weeks before the event (assuming I'm invited again.) That's plenty of time for them to arrange to make changes. Bob

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[vpFREE] Re: Gambling with an Edge --- June 14

 

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Bob Dancer <bobdancervp@...> wrote:
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In the last 5 minutes of last week's show http://www.slot-machine-resource.com/podcasts/jbeen2.mp3 I mentioned a cheating incident that occurred in an invitational tournament I attended recently. We'll be talking to Snyder about how rampant cheating is at poker and how players should protect themselves against it.
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Bob, I think the guy got away with palming the three big chips because it was a shoddily run tournament.

They could have counted down the chips before the first round, then counted them down again after the first round, but that is not a very good solution, in my opinion. It opens up too many cans of worms. If there are chips missing, who stole them? They could review film and might find the culprit(s). Or they could watch the second round closely to find the culprit(s). But it's all too much work. The easy solution is to use different colored chips for the second round.

I think the old saying "Screw me once shame on you. Screw me twice shame on me" applies here. Were I to encounter a tournament of that structure in the future, I would have to make my concerns known to tournament personnel before the tournament starts.

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[vpFREE] Gambling with an Edge --- June 14

 



This Thursday's guest will be Arnold Snyder, one of the all-time great gaming authors, talking about his book "Poker Tournament Formula." If we don't scare him off, he'll be back next week as well talking about "Poker Tournament Formula 2." Snyder's books are considered controversial by some players partly because they disagree with Dan Harrington's books, which are widely read and admired. Some of the questions we'll be asking Snyder will cover the points of disagreement between the authors. In the last 5 minutes of last week's show http://www.slot-machine-resource.com/podcasts/jbeen2.mp3 I mentioned a cheating incident that occurred in an invitational tournament I attended recently. We'll be talking to Snyder about how rampant cheating is at poker and how players should protect themselves against it. You'll probably follow this week's discussion a little better if you listen to the original.
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[vpFREE] XVP - Belmont Result

 

Hi Gang:
I, like everyone else, was shocked and disappointed when I'll Have Another
had to be scratched the day before the Belmont Stakes ending his quest to
become the 12th Triple Crown winner in history. But, the race certainly was
an exciting one and put an exclamation point on an excellent Triple Crown
series this year. All three races were won in the final stages and,
hopefully, will give racing the boost it so dearly needs.
If you're curious what my picks were in the third jewel you can log onto my
web site _www.tomthebombpicks.com_ (http://www.tomthebombpicks.com) .
There are links on the home page to my picks for all three races.
I will also be posting a Triple Crown wrap up in the next day or two on
"The Bomb's Blog" page.
Regards,
CoachVee

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[vpFREE] LVA Question of the Day - 11 JUN 2012

 

LVA Question of the Day - 11 JUN 2012

Q: In a recent issue of Time magazine, there's a picture of
"Old Vegas". It's titled Sin City, circa 1955, and it's from
the Life.com gallery of pictures. I recognize the Golden
Nugget but not much else. Seems to me the GN should be on
the right side of the picture. Can you help identify the
other casinos/signs in the picture? Thank you.

Read the answer here:

http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/qod.cfm

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