Great, I will swing by Joe's and the Blueberry Almond Joy donuts will be on me!  By the way, please divulge your 'secret method' only 2 people on earth know!  Please, all the roulette players want to make millions and millions of dollars!  Maybe you can get together with an author and write a book??

EZ Back with no commissions if you are in the USA usually one property nearby has it available. 

You know, there is nothing wrong with selling something as a sponsor on a message board or website, through ads and editorials.  Happens all the time in our culture, on TV, on the Radio, Billboards alongside the road, etc.,  Heck, in casinos in the restroom with advertisements as well as elsewhere throughout the casino property. 

Those people are buying advertisement space to reach other potential customers.  Simple, accepted all over without complaint, why here?  Like about Stephen Tabone.  My problem with him, was he came on the board and with a sheer commercial approach--started his dialogs and they all were based around his book and book sales.  Sponsor the board, pay your advertising money and carry on.  Don't slander others and sell your product. 

If you as a member, do not approve of it or you do not enjoy or like his style or info--skip it.  What's the big deal???  Same with a poster that you do not enjoy or like, skip their material.  When you go to a restaurant do you demand the owner of the restaurant remove all the things you do not happen to like on his menu??  Same thing.  It costs Vic money to run the board, are you donating or paying for your space or the privilege of reading, learning, enjoying or sparring with others??  Well? 

Personally, I don't care who sells what through a sponsorship.  In every industry/field there will be great products, mediocre products and junk/worthless products.  That is the pecking order.  I buy many things for the business I partner in.  Most of the time I buy the great products, however--once in awhile I purchase something that is clearly inferior in design, technology and/or 'real life field results' on a job as compared to another brand/product.  Hell, in my own kitchen I run into it all the time with various brands of food.  Everyone coming out with a service, product or something else for sale, might believe and think and market as that particular item is the best thing since slice bread--but in reality--their will always be like I said, great--mediocre--junk/worthless.

There is room on the board for all kinds of sales and marketing if they support the board.  The same as Amazon and other websites.  You give them a commission to be on their site, etc.  It is business. 

And you are very correct, that is part of the game, like it or not, participate in it or not.  I see it each and every time I play.  Sometimes great camaraderie and sometimes evil fights.

I knew a very large player and we used to play together frequently in Vegas and he grew tired of this, so he refused to every play together with another player at a bac table.  He always reserved a table or had the limit raised very high, like $1k to $25k which places like the MGM, The B, Mirage and Wynn will do for its regular players.  He was doing very well and eventually after a couple of years went bust, big time.

But had some great examples of this the other night with that great shoe we had, I will post them later.

Just FYI. 

           
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Last couple of night at the casino.  Great weekend!  My buddy took over $50k from them and that is generally not like him, I do believe that is his biggest score ever.  Mine was well over $30k, one of my best in the Midwest that is for sure.  In Vegas, AC and CT no, but the Midwest yes.  Especially how the highest majority of the idiots play here always, I mean always play only for the cut.  Even when it is cutting/chopping, they still play for the cut--which is the repeat.  LOL.  At least they all took some good coinage off the table. 

Last Night, Oh My Lord!  My buddy, whom is a retired, highly decorated with every conceivable award, medal and ribbon of honor and service with the New York City Police Department called me up about an hour before I headed out to the casino last night.  Asked if I felt like going to the casino to play some bac.  LOL, I almost choked on my drink.  I haven't heard from in in a few months and last I heard, he was back up in New York City with his family.  I said sure, meet you there.

Last time we were together, I picked up the entire shoe and tossed it in the middle of the pit with a standing ovation from the table and a wink from some dealers around the table and a 30 day ban slip of course.  Okay, I promise to be good. 

We got to the bac table and a bunch of dealers were snickering, they all remember the previous time us two were together at that same table.  Well, we play a shoe and a half and it was horrible,  I mean horrible.  Everything went the opposite way, no matter which one of us did anything to capitalize on it or for the matter, anyone else at the table.  Bear in mind, this is a Friday night now.  The table was full.  A couple good players and the rest follow as the norm.  Like I said, it was bad, win a few and then lose a whole bunch.  I tried my best to control myself and wagering sparingly.  Lose, lose and lose.  I had about $500.00 left, so we just got into a new shoe.  Maybe about the 15th hand or so.  I told my buddy I wasn't feeling it and he about agreed.  He takes my money and splits it in half, $300 and another stack of $275.00.  He does the same to his, he had about $750.00 and he splits it into two stacks of $400 and $350.00.  Tells me to put the stack of $275.00 into my pocket and he puts the one with $350.00 into his.  We both stand up,  He says, "One more wager and see what we can do".  I agreed.  We both stood up and put both of our wagers on Players which it was already a double Player.  It was all 1's and 2's to that point.  We looked at each other and said, "Run or we go home".  We both slammed our chips down.  The Players went all the way down and to the right. 9 Times.  I pressed once and kept pulling down each winning and he pressed twice and then pulled down each winning hand also.  I just profited $3,000.00 and that replenished my $1,200.00 I was down.  Then we looked at each other.  We held the game up, no biggie, all the Asians were doing that all night anyway.  We talked, we asked the dealer, we asked the others---he felt a Banker run was coming out to match the Player run and most agreed and others adamantly argued and called us fools.  I placed $500.00 on the Banker and he did too.  Most of the table followed us and a few did not.  Players returned a 7.  We all broke out into the old chant, "7 Never Wins" and then the Banker had a 3 card 8.  I pressed, he pressed, everyone else pressed.  A few wagered bigger, larger and against us and the table--very clear, even verbal.   

We won again and I pressed and that was table max $2,000.00 and the same with my buddy.  A couple of others did as well.  Well the Banker went on to an 11 run streak with a tie at hand 10.  Made one more after that and fell off to the Players after the 11 bankers.  Half the table fought it for the first 5 hands and then jumped on it with the 6th banker. We both tipped the dealer and called it a night. 

We did our version of the Double Dutch Bus dance by Frankie Smith in the aisle way and I must admit, no one asked us to be on America's Got Talent.  But a whole lot of people laughed their butts off! 

A nice bit of change and we headed down the highway a bit and had a huge late night meal at Perkins.  Nothing better than 2 New Yorkers talking a bit loud inside of a Midwestern Perkins late at night.  Might go back tonight with a grand or so and so what we can do once again.   

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Quote from: toknoy on June 16, 2017, 07:35:40 AM
wow, this is better than spicy spiraccha huh   ? alrelax? congrats stephen on your 2nd edition debut!!

Be respectful.  It is sriracha.  Come on seriously, sriracha was better, no??

Some people

Quote from: Blue_Angel on June 14, 2017, 07:44:21 PM
''Angelonis'', this one has my name on it! (literally) 

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Quote from: BELLA on May 07, 2017, 04:48:18 PM
I don't use your euros over here. I'm in Atlantic City New Jersey I use live online dealers at Golden Nugget minimum bet $1. After I tweaked the system and only increase the net after every 3rd spin your bankroll you need is about it a thousand. And if you don't have access to $1,000 bankroll you should not be in the casino. This is how we roll in New Jersey, instead of condemning the system  try playing it. Not RNG. Just live wheel.
Spudik if you need a loan I know a guy.

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