[vpFREE] Re: PLAYER'S EDGE - 18 DEC 2009

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "what7do7you7want" <what7do7you7want@...> wrote:
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Bill Coleman <vphobby2@> wrote:
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> Let's not be confused here. Bob is interested in helping Bob.
> The damage he may or may not have done to the players in Vegas
> (and possibly elsewhere) is not on his list of priorities.
> He (and the casinos) knows that 99% of his students will not
> become expert players and at least a few will probably
> lose MORE money at VP because they took a class and think they
> have a clue.

You are correct, sir.

> So rather than attack Bob for making a choice that would has
> not been popular, I'll attack him for being shortsighted at
> best, and probably just plain stupid.

Actually the words "megalomaniacal" and "intellectually dishonest" would be the ones I'd use.

> In the long run, the VP winnings he has cost himself by
> educating casinos will most likely be greater than the profit
> from selling his information to the casinos. I know he is not
> enjoying nearly as many good plays as he did even a year ago.
> I don't think anybody in Vegas is. And he has played at least
> some role in the demise of so many plays. What I don't understand
> is how he could not have understood this would probably happen.

He did see the future. For him, the future is in consulting. It has taken the worst economy in 80 years for the casinos to pay attention to VP.

BTW, advantage play has never been a team sport. The everyday stuff, well, that information is readily obtained, but of my top three-four plays right now, I'd just as soon not have the competition.

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