Bjaygold on this board in 2007 sayz:
"He knew exactly what he was playing, though he might not have been in
practice on the strategy for that game. After all, he plays much
higher denominations than FPDW is usually available at. Half an hour on his laptop would have taught him the basic strategy if needed.
And he only plays with an edge, though that might include perceived
comp value. He is one very smart person! That's how he became "some rich guy" in the first place!"
(My recollection is he was the inventor of Microsoft Word and retired with 3% of the stock. Also, think it was Paladin who said Brodie feigned ignorance in his blog in an attempt to keep a low profile).
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "nightoftheiguana2000" <nightoftheiguana2000@> wrote:
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> > High rollers can usually request whatever machine they want, and get it: http://www.brodietech.com/liontales/2007/04/lucky-me.html
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> NOTI, there's a little more to this story in the link than just Richard Brodie's blog post of April 26, 2007. In the blog he doesn't appear to be that knowledgeable of video poker. I don't think he knew the difference between FPDW, NSUD or Ugly Ducks. All he did was request that they put a certain denom machine in, he was a deuce player, and got very lucky in the short term. He would have booked a win even on Ugly Ducks. But because he didn't return to play after they changed the paytable they undoubtedly figured him for a pro.
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> This comes from memory but it was in the poker forums at the time that a couple of months after the above event a poker player showed up at the WSOP and was told by Harrah's execs he was 86'd from all Harrah's properties for taking advantage of them on the $100 machine at Caesaar's. The 86'ing hit the poker forums and all the internet poker news sites. Probably because of the bad publicity they were garnering, Harrah's relented and allowed him to play the WSOP.
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> I couldn't remember the name of the poker player involved so I googled Richard Brodie, and sure enough, it was him.
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