I agree about the slots btw. The attraction at the time was lack of rules to know. Mildly hypnotic but definitely a loser's game. Haven't messed with them since. I have kicked around the idea of brushing up on blackjack or poker, but eh, have other things to do.
I do see a lot of people losig a lot of money at the casinos though and so have some familiarity with the psychology. There are six or seven casinos in the immediate area here after all. Dana On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:59:00 -0500, Tony Weeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. fuck slots, there is no bigger waste of money, that i have EVER > seen. (my wife loves to waste money on them -- hence the hatred :)) > 2. play 21, your odds are THE BEST of any game in the casino > 3. if you can handle holdem, and have enough bankroll to withstand the > ups and downs, and get through a couple dead hands and some bluffed > losses... > > tw > > > On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:49:05 -0700, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > but it is not really human nature to walk away from a bad investment > > in time/money. Most people don't. So if the idea is to calculate the > > odds of a player's behavior this should be taken into account (queue > > theory). If the idea is to calculate the winning strategy, then of > > course you are right. > > > > I initially did not answer in this thread because I am not a serious > > poker player. However, there are a number of non-poker factors. I had > > a little windwall last year and spent a couple hundred of it in the > > local casinos. You see a lot of people in there saying "I just want to > > win back what I lost" and "Hey, I won! If I put my winnings in I > > should win more!" > > > > The correct strategy of course is to attempt to beat the odds. The > > longer you sit putting money into one slot machine the better the > > chance that the odds, which favor the house, will work against you. > > But any *one* coin *could* lead to a jackpot. So you are somewhat > > better off to roam around putting a coin in here and a coin in there. > > > > This is not however what 99% of slots players do and the casinos count on > > that. > > > > Dana > > > > > > On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:36:57 -0500, Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Most poker books will read that there is no such thing as investment. > > > > Once you put the money into the pot it should influence you to make > > > > another call. IE. I already put in $5 to try to hit this guy-shot, I > > > > should call another $10. I disagree with them though. That is why when > > > > I calculate the odds on the flop, I'm always thinking about if I will > > > > get the right odds on the turn.. > > > > > > > > Once the money goes in, it does get factored in though. The pot will > > > > better odds because at least your money is in. > > > > > > > > > > Should read, it shouldn't influence you to make another call. But I > > > disagree with the authors and agree with Tony. Beyond the just the > > > math, nothing upset a player more then making what he/she believes was a > > > bad fold. and that could really influence the player the rest of the > > > game. As long as the bet isn't too big it's not a bad idea to call. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. > > > > > > Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140900 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
