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- From: jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Steven R Jacobs)
- Subject: Re: craps
- Message-ID: <JACOBS.92Nov20064758@cells.cs.utah.edu>
- In-reply-to: jacob@ocf.berkeley.edu's message of 20 Nov 1992 11:59:59 GMT
- Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
- References: <1992Nov19.082233.10603@netcom.com> <JACOBS.92Nov19070000@cells.cs.utah.edu>
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 06:47:58
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- In article <1eijvvINN1ob@agate.berkeley.edu> jacob@ocf.berkeley.edu (Jacob Jin) writes:
- >In article <JACOBS.92Nov19070000@cells.cs.utah.edu> jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Steven R Jacobs) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov19.082233.10603@netcom.com> edan@netcom.com (Edan Shalev) writes:
- >>> my last 2 visits to vegas proved that betting on the 6 and 8 (with odds)
- >>> when the table was "hot" and betting on the dont pass when the table
- >>> was "cold" seemed to have worked well. I only made about $75/hr
- >>> but for the 2 trips i have gone craps has gotten me ahead, where
- >>> blackjack (with the 5 decks) usually empties my pockets.
- >>
- >>You got lucky.
- >
- > Psh! Do I detect a little babyish cynical envy here?
-
- Nope. I play craps occasionally myself, and when I win I figure I got
- lucky. In my book, you got lucky any time you come out ahead after
- playing a negative expectation game.
-
- >Next thing you be
- >telling me that I didn't deserve to win my 8-5off vs black rockets.
-
- Perhaps you deserved to get lucky (but knowing you, I doubt it :-)
-
- >(To quote Highway 61: Yeah, I was lucky. Lucky I got to play with a
- > bunch of losers like you.)
-
- Them's fightin words.... :-)
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-
- --
- Steve Jacobs ({bellcore,hplabs,uunet}!utah-cs!jacobs, jacobs@cs.utah.edu)
- "Don't worry, I just have these harmless pocket rockets...."
-