Jan: confident persons on this forum?

[Jan]

gambler is right. i agree if he warns rainer not to give too much infos.
i just want to go a step further: do not give any info to anyone, maybe you can make an exeption with your closed friends. but be even then careful: maybe your friend does not want to cause a damage, but he may trade the info because of being innocent!
you know: if you give any info it may be distributed. i refer to persons that deal infos professionally. the number of persons that know and exploit the game increases exponentially. your games will be eliminated!
do not tell about places where you are barred: maybe a new casino opens in the same city.
do not give negative infos, for example about cheating places, csms, etc. if you tell the csm places you can tell the hand-shuffled games, too, this is clear. let it be the problem of the others to verify bad places. do not help them to avoid a waste of time! every hour the other spends at a bad place is an hour he does not play at your place!
of course do not make friendship with an anonymous by e-mail. it is most easy to use several addresses. it is clear what the other wants! do not even if he speaks your own language! you can chat, but you should not give infos! most people are not good collegues! so you should not be, too!
enjoy your places, but enjoy them alone. but i think that most people already know here. obviously there are much less people than some years ago. obviously they consider it tedious here :-). me too: when i start the forum i already know what i will read before. so i will close it now and vever open again.
have i forgotten anything?

[BJTr]

[Odysseus]

> How about:
> 1. Thorp should not publish "Beat the
> Dealer".
> 2. Close bj21.com and advantageplayer.com.
> 3. Close Gambler's Book Club.

indeed: divide the world in good and bad countries. it is clearly equivalent if you tell all good or all bad countries. so: if anyone wants to know the bad countries, do not tell him gratis!
you have forgotten: you may trade an info, but think very well how much you get and how much the "partner" of the trade gets. you should not only demand comission from his own BJ winnings, but even at least 50% of his winnings by resell the place. then it may be ok. maybe it should be even more, about 70%. because it is still your discovery. to get 10000$ and the other 100000 just by resell would be very dumb, dont you agree? i would say: 10% from his inmediate winnings and 50-80% of his resell-info-winnings. opinions how much, 50% or 80% or between?
Example: if you sell a game with ES, 6D, DAS, RS4, RSA, D2 and between 1000 and 1500$ maximum and know that the partner resells it you should not be content with less than 50000$ commission. maybe this is still too few.

"Beat the dealer" is a great book that appeared in a time when computers were still slow. other info about Thorp: he was the person who really invented the formula that is called now "Black-Scholes" to calculate the value of stock options. the fame went to the false guys.
of course the game is easy to calculate for an amateur programmer in 2008. books no longer necessary.
close the forums: why? everyone can open an own page and put any info in the net. sense?
last part: shall i trade with YOU? OK, the mentioned example costs $50K. i forgot to mention that there is only heat after big winnings and they can be fooled easily. if you begin occasionally with a big bet in this positive-off-the-top game you are not suspected at all. i can tell you the rule details and opening hours if you want to know if you already know the place. with less than 50k comission we need not waste time by writing e-mails. just say yes or no.

[BJTr]