Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: Fail gracefully

  1. 10-08-2017, 02:28 AM #1
    vagabond
    vagabond is offline
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2015
    Posts
    117

    Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No

    Fail gracefully

    It’s something I have always taken to heart, but I just today discovered how applicable it is to AP. Don’t be afraid to try new things and learn how to fail gracefully.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 10-08-2017, 02:47 AM #2
    Ustonzen
    Ustonzen is offline
    Senior Member Ustonzen's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2017
    Posts
    481

    Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
    Care to elucidate
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 10-08-2017, 02:49 AM #3
    Ustonzen
    Ustonzen is offline
    Senior Member Ustonzen's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2017
    Posts
    481

    Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
    I'm sure Zee could add something from his vast well of experience in the subject
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 10-08-2017, 05:34 AM #4
    ZeeBabar
    ZeeBabar is offline
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2013
    Posts
    4,772

    Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
    Quote Originally Posted by Ustonzen View Post
    I'm sure Zee could add something from his vast well of experience in the subject
    To me, fail gracefully means never blaming the dealer, other players, banging table, cussing and shit.

    If you mean fail gracefully in SO carser, it's not happened to me.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 10-08-2017, 06:17 AM #5
    21forme
    21forme is offline
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Posts
    4,467

    Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
    It's the crooked ASM's fault!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 10-08-2017, 07:34 AM #6
    Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky is offline
    Senior Member Jabberwocky's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2012
    Location
    Agharta
    Posts
    1,868

    Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
    Quote Originally Posted by drunk View Post
    I think every great gambler throughout history has experienced gigantic losses at some time in his career.

    One of America's legendary gamblers, Nick the Greek, Nick Dandolos, (Jimmy the Greek took the the Greek part of it from him) won and lost huge sums of money.

    Legend has it that he lost between $2 and $4 million to poker legend Johnny Moss in 1949.

    Another legend has him winning $1 million in in one session. This was way back when a million was a gigantic sum.

    I read his biography which is a great read.

    One of his famous quotes was "never bet on anything that talks."

    He was near broke when he died playing $5.00 limit draw poker in California.

    What a character he was.
    Archie Kara's was another similar character
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 10-08-2017, 08:46 AM #7
    Ryemo
    Ryemo is offline
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Posts
    1,086

    Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
    Quote Originally Posted by 21forme View Post
    It's the crooked ASM's fault!
    Haha!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 10-08-2017, 10:37 AM #8
    Midwest Player
    Midwest Player is offline
    Senior Member Midwest Player's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Posts
    2,568

    Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
    Quote Originally Posted by drunk View Post
    He was near broke when he died playing $5.00 limit draw poker in California.
    If he was broke, he was far from great. He needed a course in money management.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 10-08-2017, 05:18 PM #9
    BoSox
    BoSox is offline
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Posts
    2,199

    Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
    Quote Originally Posted by drunk View Post
    I think every great gambler throughout history has experienced gigantic losses at some time in his career.

    One of America's legendary gamblers, Nick the Greek, Nick Dandolos, (Jimmy the Greek took the the Greek part of it from him) won and lost huge sums of money.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jabberwocky View Post
    Archie Kara's was another similar character

    BJTF, has one of its own legends with an extraordinary history to reflect upon. Senior member ZenMaster Flash has quite a history to say the least. Starting out in the early 60'S he played live poker, bet the horses, and a few other games losing a half a million dollars of discretionary money over a thirty year span. Until discovering blackjack in the very early 90'S and turning professional I believe in 1992, and the rest is full of a long and successful career. Quite extraordinary to say the least a truly fascinating story, that I hope he will opine on, and share with us.
    Last edited by BoSox; 10-09-2017 at 06:30 AM.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules

Other QFIT Sites

Internal Links

About Blackjack: The Forum

BJTF is an advantage player site based on the principles of comity. That is, civil and considerate behavior for the mutual benefit of all involved. The goal of advantage play is the legal extraction of funds from gaming establishments by gaining a mathematic advantage and developing the skills required to use that advantage. To maximize our success, it is important to understand that we are all on the same side. Personal conflicts simply get in the way of our goals.