Hey Mathemagician we don't know each other.  But from one board member to another I hope for a speedy recovery for you, Graham Souness went through the same thing, and he appears okay.  So am I understanding this right, you went walking to keep fit and it resulted in you having a triple by-pass?  Also maybe leave the roulette alone for a while, gambling is too stressful..  Get well soon.

Thanks for posting that Crow and I'm sorry to hear it.  I was just curious if you were sized up inside a casino, which wasn't the case...

Quote from: The Crow on March 20, 2015, 06:42:20 PM
I have been rolled twice in my life time, at gun point.

Hi The Crow, I'm interested in this, did you get rolled after a gambling session?  Were you clocked in the casino before hand? If so how far away were you from the casino??  Don't say the lobby only j/k...

Quote from: soxfan on March 19, 2015, 05:17:59 AM
Wow, so the john-o/mr.tilt has mental toughness? I'm laughin so hard I got Guinness comin all out of mouth all over my damned keyboard, hey hey!

Pathetic adolf Fergus, you must be one fat SOB with all that Guinness and those Cashews you consume, 

hey hey hey hey hey hey      

Quote from: Natural 9 on March 17, 2015, 10:22:09 AM
Hi Mike.

Thanks for sharing this post.

Life as a Pro Gambler is possible if you have: 1) the gambling funds, 2) the mental & physical toughness, and 3) a solid system of play.

Yes I have all three.

Quote from: Natural 9 on March 17, 2015, 10:22:09 AMA bankroll of at least 1,000 units could give you a very good advantage over your chosen casino table game.

I have a bankroll of 1000 units but would never risk a 1000 units

Quote from: Natural 9 on March 17, 2015, 10:22:09 AM
Unknown to many, gambling is a very stressful activity both mentally & physically. Have you tried playing 6-8 hours of your favorite casino table game, 5 to 6-times a week, for 1 whole month under a smoking environment?

A solid system of play prolongs your bankroll under the worst possible table conditions. So, when the favorable conditions come, you can easily recover & profit at the same time.

If you satisfy these three requirements, then, you can commend yourself for being the very few who gambles for a living.
Natural 9 

Yes I know all about it.  I gamble for a living, yes it can be extremely stressful, yes you have to be very determined, hard nosed and not lose your cool.  Yes I play on average 6 days per week and play for as long as it takes to get the job done, I don't have to put up with the smoking though...

My guess is that Victor was totally unaware of your association with Mark Teruya and the insidious promotion of Ellis scams over the years. 

Regarding this link, http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Mark-Teruya-Maverick-Ultimate-Baccarat/internet/Mark-Teruya-Maverick-Ultimate-Baccarat-A-proven-sociopath-Internet-697663

Quote"I wish it was a secret. I would still have my grand.

I signed up for Teruya's "Get Off Your A**" money back guarantee program. He promised to show me how to make my $1,000 sign up fee back in 30 days or give me refund.

He did not show me how to make my money back. He failed to make any money. My emails to him asking for help were unanswered.

He now refuses to give my money back and has banned me from the member's site.

Mark Teruya is a liar and a soulless con man."

Andy Dulay's name should be up along side Teruya, as our moderator answered dealt, with the enquiries and complaints (by blocking people it appears). 

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I was a student in the Maverick Ultimate forum. I was Mark Teryua's first MU customer. I practiced for weeks, I can't remember now specifically how many weeks, maybe 4-5 weeks... My practice was all on Maverick and Maverick Ultimate.  I had very good practiced sessions. I have a baccarat sim that randomly shuffles 8 decks of shoes...I practiced on that. I practiced on old shoes from my local casinos, and I practiced on BetPhoenix.

It came time to try Maverick for real. With Mark's blessing I went to my local casino, (Pala Indian Casino and Bingo) and had a ugly session. Lost 20 x $25 units. Quit and came home. Mark was not pleased.

Mark then said that if I got an account on Bet Phoenix with real money then we could play there. I practiced some more and then we played. We played one shoe that made a few units and then he had to go.

I waited for a few days and admittedly grew impatient and went back and played by myself. I exited a losing shoe at -10 units. Thought what does Mark teach? So I doubled up my unit size for the next shoe and had to exit at a -10 units on that one as well.

When I called him and told him I lost -30 units on Bet Phenox, he went ballistic. He was not happy. And for the first time I saw the anger that is possible coming from Mark.

For the next few weeks, I stayed away for the most part. I posted some on the forum. I tried to get another teacher Andy Dulay to post a losing shoe so that I could see what causes him to lose....he never seems to lose at all.  He refused.  In fact I was ridiculed for my request.  It was always directed back at me...

So after I that I felt real unwelcome at the forum and it was made clear to me that Mark didn't want anybody posting problems or critical questions about members or the Maverick method.

I then decided that maybe the best thing for both Mark and myself and my family, was to quit trying to win at gambling and to go away never to heard from again.

I emailed him and told him of my intentions and while I know he never said his method was a "guaranteed" method that maybe he could show some pity and think about refunding all or part of my membership fee to the maverick forum.

That pissed him off. He was insulted. And since then he has banned me from the forum. Has blocked me from his Skype contact, and took me off his Skype group.

I still have his email and phone number but he won't respond to either of them.

Now that he has banned me from the forum but won't refund my money I feel scammed. It feels like he stole that money from me. Its ok to me if he won't refund my money but not ok that I can't access the forum or play with anyone on Skype.

I'm not the only one who has lost playing Maverick. Another member, Sporeauct tells me he's been losing as well.  Maverick Ultimate has completely confused him...he says he sometimes wins with Maverick but over all has lost thousands playing baccarat over the last 10 years or so.  He wasn't happy with Mark's method.  He also said that Mark was less than polite with him on the phone and on Skype when he had critical questions about Mark's system.

Now as Andy was the gate-keeper, we can assume it was Andy who was banning those that discovered they had been SCAMMED.

While discussing the deletion of messages, it is unfortunate the scam that Mark Teruya was involved in is no longer around.
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Mark-Teruya-Maverick-Ultimate-Baccarat/internet/Mark-Teruya-Maverick-Ultimate-Baccarat-A-proven-sociopath-Internet-697663

Also heavily involved, was our own moderator Andy Dulay aka seahog, who from memory was rather scathing on those that complained MAVERICK DID NOT WORK  He tried to claim he was only a gate-keeper because he knows about BB software, hogwash, he was directly involved in promoting people to join the forum at a cost, and then lambasted those that discovered it was all a scam.

Well done ADulay our moderator, who's is well known for promoting various Ellis scams over the years.     

http://excoboard.com/MaverickUltimate/140234/1707894

Quote from: horus on March 14, 2015, 06:06:17 PM
There is one simple reason for picking roulette over other casino games at least.

A single hit pays 35/1!

No longer does Roulette offer the best return for casino games, well not in the UK at least.  The Super Egalite offers odds through 22/1 to 160/1.  Some casinos pay even higher than 160/1, the max I heard about was 220/1 for predicting a Tie on 1, 200/1 for an 8 on the Player side resulting in a 3-3 Tie.  Sure the odds are long, approx 10%, but what are the odds for guessing a single number on a Roulette table?

Then again, the Euro lottery offers the best return of all, shame the odds are so long.

Many years ago I spent a long time trying to get this "penny ante" to work with Baccarat and was unable, from memory because the house has to declare a path in terms of B or P, which obviously it doesn't, so it is a non-starter. 

Thanks for the link to the PDF....

Quote from: Nickmsi on February 09, 2015, 04:56:38 PM

For example, if you get a gap of 7 Blacks which would be RRRRRRR, then after the next gap of 2 Blacks(RR) you would then bet Black for 1 spin and if won, end of session.

What is the point of the second gap trigger, why not just state after 9 blacks bet the opposite for 2 spins, or simply set an initial gap of 9???  It appears this is what you are doing regardless.

Your heart is in the right place Vic, but your flogging a dead horse.

One look at the content on the site should tell you that.  Firstly it is an open forum, so don't expect successful gamblers to start posting working methods, why would they.  You have newbies that couldn't differentiate their a$$ from their elbow when it comes to gambling. 

You have moderators here, who are deeply offended by the use of the word bullsh1t, when was the last time they actually played in a casino and heard the amount of swearing and cursing that takes place, in many languages.  You have another moderator, whom despite claims to have been successful for many years playing a negative expectation game, has shared nothing (but that is his prerogative), however when it comes to promoting a scam, if the opportunity presents itself, he'll be all over it, but you made him a mod?? 

You have the wash-up players, such as Alex, who simply wanted to place to chat and feel appreciated sharing his exploits from eons ago, nothing useful rather just wanting to feel wanted.  Then you have a few frequent posters, one touting for business, another not wanting to reveal anything (his words) in fact I don't see what his purpose is other than waffle about Roulette.  I personally don't care, I know I made more money than him in the last week [fact as Rafa would say]. 

This is a site were the software ain't that great, it's cr@p really, typing lock-ups, slow loading, full of smiley options that makes it look like it is a kiddies forum, do you really think any serious Poker, BJ?? or even Baccarat players would chose to post here when there are smoother running, more intelligent boards out there.

I've said more than I wanted to Vic, like I said your heart is in the right place, but that doesn't build a decent forum.  If I had to offer any advice, I would suggest focus solely on Roulette.  Baccarat is too subjective, attracts too many wet-behind the ears, scammers, game-players, that things go nowhere and end in tears.  Roulette is your game, but many boards already do it better than you. 

Anyway, good luck, hope things work out for ya.

Well this is going to be interesting, alrelax has turned up at the WoV site, in search of acknowledge one wonders.  Maybe somebody should have told him what happened to GR8 over there.

Soz I didn't realize this place was morphing into some teenage schoolies FB page extension.  "What I did today", who likes me this week, please let me know".

Quote from: Bayes on January 10, 2015, 10:28:45 AM
Don't know whether this is "old skool" as in the sense of:

But I'm all for free and open debate and keeping it simple. Personally, I would get rid of all the personal blogs, community votes etc, which just distract from the purpose of a forum IMO. This isn't a "community", it's just a venue for like-minded people to discuss gambling and related topics, so I don't think there should be any requirement that we all get along.

Well said, some sense spoken.

Hi Victor, putting bread on your table is the be all and end all, not giving space for others to waffle, talk in riddles, post ambiguous casino exploits or run polls to strengthen their weak ego. 

This forum is called "betselection" I assume you called it this with a goal in mind, a distant ideal at present. 

So focus on getting paid while you pursue more fulfilling and rewarding things.