I have a serious question(s) for those of you who are involved with the Crypto game.

What is the actual PLAN for your crypto "investments"?

Is it merely to make money, as in any gambling endeavor?

Is it to build something for on down the road when retirement looms large?

With your holdings in crypto, can you use it to live on or plan with for future expenditures?

Do you consider it a real investment in the future or merely something to dabble in while stumbling forward in life?

If you have a substantial amount in crypto, do you sell some to hold back some kind of profit or do you plan on just keeping it until it hits the magical 1 million dollar mark?

Do you have a tax strategy for any of this?

Can you use your crypto holdings as collateral on something in an emergency should the need arise?

I see the alure of the BTC game to many people but somehow I just don't see or visualize the outcome of this.   There simply has to be something I'm missing here.

I just moved another $70,000 from an asset that got called into another product that will produce a similar profit moving forward.  I would not even think about moving that money into a BitCoin.

Am I truly a Luddite in the 21st Century of money management in real life or am I simply not seeing the big picture in the digital world?

AD

WEll, I was kind of bored today as I got up way too early and after reading through a few threads decided to start this one.

Things we do other than the casino.

Here's my Monday nights.

AD

Had to spend a week or so "up north" in Minnesota and tracked down a few casinos while I was in the Minneapolis area.

Three places I went to were the Mystic Lake Casino, the Canterbury and a smaller Little Six casino.

Didn't play at Little Six as it just didn't appeal to me at all.  Barely got into the place before we turned around.  Just a weird feeling.

The Mystic Lake Casino is their big casino and had all the usual amenities EXCEPT for baccarat!!   Say what?

They had every card game, slots, bingo, and probably a few things I might have missed.

Finally checked out the Canterbury Casino and that was my sweet spot.   All cards, NO SLOTS!

Yes, not a single slot machine in the place but plenty of poker, baccarat and blackjack including a stadium blackjack area.

As my normal casino does not offer the Panda/Dragon setup, I was slightly taken aback the first time I had a good win on Banker and didn't get paid due to the Dragon scenario.   Had to take a break and regroup for that table.   Finally got it figured out and had a good, albeit frustrating, day on the table.

The lady friend wanted to play blackjack as all her "girlfriends" raved about it awhile back so we sat down at the stadium setup for blackjack.   An unusual $1 to $300 spread with what I can only assume was a continuous shuffle machine that the dealer kept feeding after each hand.   Also a "bad for the player" 6 to 5 blackjack payout, but we were teaching a new player and at a dollar a hand, not much harm can come of that.

She eventually won $30 (on a series of $1-$2 bets) and we called it a day.

I never realized just how noisy a casino is with all those slots going.  When they are gone, it's a very relaxing atmosphere!

AD

Finally.

Roulette has finally arrived at my closest casino here in SW Florida.

As I have been shying away from the baccarat tables of late due to excessive manipulation of the chips during play and the fact that the bac tables are always crowded with some really odd people lately, it was a nice change to be able to sit down and not touch anything while playing for awhile.

Although the Tampa and Hollywood casinos have had roulette for a long time, it has just recently come to the Immokalee casino.

I'll be glad when some type of stadium baccarat comes to my local casino, but I'm thinking that won't be for some time way off in the future.   For now, if I want to avoid playing with chips, these roulette tables will have to do for now.

AD

With this hurricane about to tear up my neighborhood in a few more hours, I wonder if I could have used the Immokalee casino as a shelter?

Would have been nice to sit at the table and play instead of sitting here at the "table" in the kitchen and watching my boat take a beating out the window.

Oh well, tomorrow brings a new day and we'll see what happens overnight.

AD (about 4 hours away from getting center punched by Irma)

All,

  I do believe that "Stephen" is finding that running a successful forum is much harder than it would appear.

  After storming out of here a month or so ago, he has collected 8 members in "his" forum of which probably three are actual real members.

  Of course there is no content to speak of other than more advertising and wild claims about his "service" and writings.

  If anything of substance shows up, I'm sure someone here in this forum will mention it.

  AD

All,

  Hmm, I didn't realize I could start a new thread in this area, so instead of posting up in the "General" area, I'll use this one.

  As several of you have Stephen's book and are testing his play, you can use this area to post up your worksheets showing the ongoing development of what originally started out as a mere OPP play.

  Stephen has the option to remove this from his area if he wishes but for those of you who are working this play, here's my first post on the subject.

  These are the three "fake" shoes that Alrelax posted up a few days ago.  If you haven't tested your play on those, you are falling behind.   

  If our results vary in the extreme, then some of us are not on the same page.  So run those sheets and see what you come up with.

  There are three different plays being run on each sheet.  Zip/F12 and TUBS and of course VDW.

  AD

As this is the "Off Topic" area, I figured I'd post up something other than a gambling subject.

One of my other past times is flying the Phantom drone around.

I have been waiting for about a year to catch this particular train coming out of the trees and crossing a specific drawbridge over a river down south of me.

This would be the result.   

Not my best effort, but it was getting late and the wind was picking up so this is what I managed to edit to completion.

AD (hmm, didn't realize it would fill the screen here)

Yes, we're off to a good start.  It's only January 2nd and Albalaha has already closed a thread.

Well done.

AD

As the above mentioned online casino is currently in discussion in another thread, I would like to ask if anyone here is actually playing there lately.

I have been researching their site and rules but haven't seen any mention of our forum members who play there here on the board.  (with one exception).

So, if anyone has any FIRST HAND information to relay, this would be a good thread for that data.

It doesn't matter if you're a $1 player or a $100 player, just real time, first hand information would be nice.

One just never knows when they might need a back up online casino.

AD (this editor is driving me nuts)

All,

  Yes, it was me.   I removed Rolex-Watch/Johno/Mahatma and whomever else he comes in as at least until the end of the month.

  The continued harrassment and negative attitude towards other players, continued disruption of threads and overall bad attitude just got to be too much to let ride for free so he has been put on the "No Fly List" so to speak.  He is not banned.  He has been put on the "Group W" bench as it were.  If you're old enough to know what that is, you'll understand.

   He will be welcome to return later as a fellow gambler, as long as the never ending hatred demonstrated over the last several months is left behind.

   In a message earlier today he has stated that he "is out of here" as this forum is of no use to him.   We shall see if he'll keep his word.

   So when another brand new member shows up later this afternoon and starts slamming the active posters again, we'll take it one day at a time.

   AD

   

All,

  Really guys.   Is your ego so weak that the mere mention of a comment or remark that "you" don't like causes you to blow up and start deleting individual messages?

  Although when the topic came up in an Admin meeting, I voted against having a thread starter being able to delete messages, I was outvoted and the ability became a reality.

  So, let's give some thought about removing messages in your own thread.  Unless there is a true reason to remove a message (something not suitable for a civilized human to view/read) then leave it alone.  Thread continuity is important and although we've had several "high profile" members literally take their ball and go home, removing entire threads, we really don't need to behave like that.   In other forums where this has happened, it just looks silly and childish.   Uh, kind of like it did here!

  So, if you have a problem with a message, mark it for the Admin and let them take care of it.

  Or, if a few words really bother you on whatever it is you've written, you may be in the wrong sport of gambling.

  AD (insert some lame video or photo here attempting to impress the unwashed masses)

All,

  Is it really necessary to completely remove any thread that may have a post in it that the "owner" of the thread doesn't like?

  Kind of defeats the "let's discuss stuff" theory of a strong forum.

  Sorry if I've offended anyone with a mere comment, but evidently there are those among us who don't take to rebuttal in any manner!

  Besides that, I've never subscribed to the theory that anyone who starts a thread can automatically delete it on a whim, but it's not my call here.

  AD

All,

  Well, this is the "off topic" section and I was feeling a little bored this afternoon so decided to post up this video of something I do when I'm not wasting incredible amounts of time doing casino stuff.

  Yes, I'm a shooter.  I have been all my life.  For those of you who are not from "The States" you may not understand our ways with these things, but it's just something a lot of us were brought up with and it's no more odd than carrying a cell phone.  (Which I don't normally do!)

  Hmm, now that I think about it, I carry the sidearm more than I ever carry a cell phone.   Oh well, I like Chicken Fried Bacon too.   Go figure.

  So, to make some sense of this video, my friends were giving me a ration of junk about my shooting for the night and wanted to see if I'd go for a tough shot right out of the box.   One of the clowns puts a tin can on the opening target and I'm supposed to take them both out.  They figured two shots and some time.  I figured to split the difference.  Take a close look at the can on top of the white, steel target for the first shot.

  Also notice the complete lack of respect I get from these "friends" of  mine.   Obviously it's all in good fun, but they just never relent!

  The gun is a Glock 23 and the Seminole Indian Casino in Immokalee, Florida was kind enough to pay for it after a session at the baccarat table last year.

  AD (hopefully this shows up as a video and not just as a link)


  http://youtu.be/lCwDByOSsMw

All,

  Well, it is that time of the year when we determine just how well we did (or didn't) in the casino environment.

   As no one will be able to see how anyone voted, you should at least try to be honest with yourself and your fellow forum members.

   The poll will run for 30 days which should give everyone a good chance to participate.

   Hopefully we'll have a few "winners" in the bunch.  No names are attached so let's try to be honest about it and see where we stand.

   AD

All,

  I keep hearing about this Bovada place (evidently it has something to do with the Wiz guy, who is a topic all its own) and I keep hearing good things, good games, etc.

  So I go over and the sign up is easy enough with just enough advertising to clutter up most screens, but that's pretty typical for the internet side of things.

  Then I go to play some test games on the live baccarat games.

  Hmm, things come to a crashing stop at this point.  There is not any LIVE baccarat game.

  OK, at least I didn't make any deposits, just merely signed up and got an account.

  So I rummage around the place.  Seems nice enough but without a LIVE game, it's pointless (for me) to even think about playing for money there so I at least take a look at their RNG baccarat game.

  Played 20 hands.  Won 19 of them.   Yep, that seems legitimate to me!  I'm sure once I had plunked down some money, that this instant 95% winning pace would continue.

   So, it would appear that my hour of time was not completely wasted.  At least I confirmed to myself the RNG gaming, especially for play money, is kind of out of whack.

   AD

 

All,

  Yes, I finally got something "right" in roulette for a change.  Literally "predicting the future" as it were.

  Had a chance to drop into the local Indian casino in the middle of the state and the automated roulette machine is GONE.

  The first time I saw it, I commented to the manager on duty that they needed to change the minimums on that table or it would be gone in 6 months.  They asked why and I told them that old, retired folks who show up on the bus to play bingo will NOT play roulette with a $5 minimum on EC's and a $1 minimum inside.

  We discussed it for awhile but they were pretty sure they understood their customers.

   The machine is now gone and replaced with two banks of slot machines.

   I called it but missed by a few months on the timing.

   Oh well, I don't normally go to that one and they don't have baccarat so it's back to the southern casino from my house again.

   AD

Well, let me start this one off with one of my favorite things.

Shooting with my buddies for beers and burgers!

The guy taking the video is the one I needed to beat and he was not about to help me out at all.  Heckling is usually NOT part of this sport, but among friends, anything goes!!

I figure this can be in a gambling forum because of my tee-shirt.

AD

http://youtu.be/H-08VQsLGnk

All,

   I have a question that may have consequences down the road, assuming the stars align and all that.

  The question is:  What are the primary duties of a bot with regards to your roulette programming?

  Are you placing individual numbers?  Reading numbers?  Reading results?  Reading a screen position?  Multiple positions?

  Approximately how many "spots" or "areas" do you have to monitor to get the data you need to perform any calculations and place a wager?   That last question is probably the main one I have at this time.

  I currently have no need for a "bot" and don't forsee one in the future but knowledge is golden so I'm asking in preparation for an idea session that's coming up.

  If there is a link to a "bot" wiki or something, I'd like to take a look.

  AD