< And in my post of just a moment ago, it seems I again "overreached" ... using the term "jibe" where my intent was to paraphrase "tongue in cheek comment", having used a similar phrase already. Had second thoughts and looked it up -- the term carries a suggestion of sarcasm, which definitely wasn't characteristic of the post.
"Better to try and fail than never to try at all?" > ;)
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vp_wiz" <harry.porter@...> wrote:
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> Appreciate the compliment (occasionally, I awkwardly "overreach" a bit ... as Bob has suggested in the past ;)
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> Influenced at an early age by the RD/Funk column "Pays to Increase Your Word Power" ... loved the quizzes.
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> Re the "between x and y thousand" ambiguity, I caught Bob's earlier column. (His tongue-in-cheek reply to you was a clue also.) Still, it seemed that the posted "challenge(s)" were broader than just questioning your jibe. (I may have engaged in a knee-jerk reaction.)
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> - H.
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "bradr19" <briffel@> wrote:
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> > I'm impressed with your verbiage vp_wiz. Really great use of the English language. I'm not trying to be funny either. You did a really good job of posting your beliefs.
> > BTW when I play between 4 and 5000 hands an hour, it is usually about 800.
> > Bob used a similar senario on his gambling with an edge podcast. Therefore I was sure he would know.
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> > Brad
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> > --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vp_wiz" <harry.porter@> wrote:
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> > > I'm puzzled, and more than a little amused, by any suggestion that someone might inflate their reported play speed (or, generally speaking, otherwise embellish some fact about their play experience).
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> > > Somehow, it seems to have escaped the notice of some that most casinos these days employ tier credit systems and display a count from which coin-in, and consequently play speed, can be directly confirmed.
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> > > There's little question that inaccurate claims of one kind or another frequently pop up on this group. But those typically involve assertions that are speculative which can't readily be affirmed.
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> > > I've long been satisfied that the egos of most competent players are sufficiently healthy that they find little benefit in exaggerated claims. And it's apparent to me that my own experience is hardly sound ground from which to question the claims of those whose play experience far outstrips my own.
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> > > Everyone is, of course, entitled to air their views and impressions here (within civil bounds). Just bear in mind that when someone is inclined to challenge (even tangentially) someone else's claim, they lay bare the potential fragility of their own ego.
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