Re: [vpFREE] Bob D's no brainer at Palms

 

The reason some people want to know is because it ends the story.
Let me try to explain that premise to you.

1. You mention a tournament.
2. You tell why it would be good to enter it.
3. You tell that you entered it.
4. You end the story.
5. You leave people hanging for the ending.

You could have made your point without saying that you entered the tournament and then nobody would have cared.
BUT you did, so you should end the story.

You are a writer and should know better.

A.P.
 


From: "Bob Dancer bobdancervp@hotmail.com [vpFREE]" <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
To: "vpfree@yahoogroups.com" <vpfree@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 8:29:38 PM
Subject: RE: [vpFREE] Bob D's no brainer at Palms

 
I also found the article very interesting, but the ending was missing - did he or Bonnie win anything in the tournament after all that effort?

 The short answer is no, neither one of us won anything (other than me winning the $1 from her in side bets that I "forgot" to collect) although I did talk a host into a $25 lunch comp.

The longer answer is, "why do you even care?" Even if you found out I won $1,000, what would that tell you? You still wouldn't know my year-to-date score within $50,000. You wouldn't know my net worth within $1 million. You wouldn't know whether I won or lost $100, $1000, $10,000, $100,000 later that weekend. So if my wealth/bankroll before the event was a big unknown to you, which it was, (big unknown + $1,000) is still a big unknown.

Had I won, it wouldn't have made it a better play. Even though I lost didn't mean it was a bad play. Whether a play is good or bad depends on the information available BEFORE you actually make the gamble. And as I argued in the article, this was a good low-roller gamble.

Bob




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