Matchbook Commission Update

[Matty]

video poker accomplishes the same thing

not sure which is more boring

 

[reno cool]

very nice Monkey :

Matty, casinos are mostly wise to everything video poker. Although there is still some value to be had.
Good thing about races is that it's possible to reduce the vig or even turn a profit through good play and still make the book money.
Of course you are taking money from other gamblers technically, but at least they're not sitting at your table

 

[MonkeyF0cker]

video poker accomplishes the same thing

not sure which is more boring

Not really. They can boot you from the book and you can still play VP. They can't boot you from the book and continue to play horses.

VP is far more boring. If you like sportsbetting, horses aren't a great deal different. You're still looking at lines and picking off +EV numbers.

 

[Saulty]

You can lose a ton of money betting horses. It only takes 2 minutes for your bankroll to disappear. I have watched Casperwaits lose his bankroll in Vegas in 30 minutes while I was trying to cap a single game to bet.

 

[reno cool]

Casper was making indiscriminate show bets when me and Blitty met him. Talk about a way to give yourself no chance :

 

[roguejuror]

casper and maxxie and dave oh my

 

[cobra_king]

20 cent options divide the pool into far too many pieces that it leaves the larger bettors who use to be willing to attempt to bring down entire pools pretty much out of luck. I used to be a big superfecta player who's goal was to take down entire pools. This was no longer viable the second other players could now play the multiple combinations that they could not do before. My edge was not only my skillset but also my ability to place more combinations than most when it was a $1 base. My handle dropped by over 50% the first year they brought 20cents in since I no longer could play the Superfecta's with the significant edge I had before. (Not coincidentally the size of these pools dropped substantially as well even though more players had 'access' to them). This gripe probably doesn't apply to the really big tracks but most definitely does for any mid size track.

 

[reno cool]

aha, so it sort of speaks to the idea I raised about favorites being overbet in the Superfecta pool.

 

[Matty]

very nice Monkey :

Matty, casinos are mostly wise to everything video poker. Although there is still some value to be had.
Good thing about races is that it's possible to reduce the vig or even turn a profit through good play and still make the book money.
Of course you are taking money from other gamblers technically, but at least they're not sitting at your table

Not really. They can boot you from the book and you can still play VP. They can't boot you from the book and continue to play horses.

VP is far more boring. If you like sportsbetting, horses aren't a great deal different. You're still looking at lines and picking off +EV numbers.

Was referring to online, I don't go to actual casinos.

 

[reno cool]

well aren't you special. but yes that makes sense

 

[Matty]

SIA cut my limits to 10% when I won 30k in one month, then they reinstated them after I dropped 2k at their full-pay JoB.

 

[CASPERWAIT$]

Casper was making indiscriminate show bets when me and Blitty met him. Talk about a way to give yourself no chance :

Reno, correct me if I am wrong but was I not up at the end if the day?

 

[rito]

Reno, correct me if I am wrong but was I not up at the end if the day?

Ever have a winning year?

Are you still gambling Casper?

 

[reno cool]

It didn't look like it Casper. Can't say for sure, but sure didn't look like it. Maybe started winning after we left