Misc WizardOfVegas Forum is Dying

Now speaking of lying, tell us some more of the un-shuffled bacarat story that you claimed happened in Las Vegas, when no one that plays and lives in Las Vegas including Wizard, has ever heard of.

You mixed up a well known story that occured at Golden Nugget, Atlantic City and now are doubling down ala Alan, saying you spoke to the pike involved when there was no pit involved because it didn't happen in Las Vegas.

The dead Pope of Las Vegas is rolling over in his grave.

 

Like I said earlier. Read the first 4 words of each paragraph Kewlj writes. Predict what you think he's going to say. Then go back and read whole essay and see how easy it is to speed read a compulsive liar.

 

Meantime back at the MDawg Ranch,

 

UnKewlJ is #1 too. #1 at lying.

Monet on the UNKewl one:
Cause he is nothing but a Gay, Lying, Dirty, Stinky, Smelly Rat!
Rob Singer is Right.
kewlJ is a Phony Bullshit Artist.
And not a very good one at that.

 

Is Michael Shank from WOV that much of a special gambling mathematician?

Isn’t there an abundance of gambling mathematicians? Mike S. was a failed AP posting a tin cup for donations. A full-blown broken-down shoe until he sold his site to third world online casinos who knew they could take advantage of the dumb gamblers that visited the site. I still wonder what the true deal was when dealing with Mike S. who at the time was a desperate loser. Obviously, he had to stay active with the site as part of the deal.

Gamblers are liars and will say anything to prove they outsmarted the rest of the world. That 99% phony impression is what keeps most of these gambling forums alive. Mike S. is no different then all the other hard gamblers and we will never know the truth of the deal.

Yet, everyone treats him like he is some type of an authority figure. Whenever one of those phony attempts on one of these forums for a bet between people they always request Mike S. or Dan the guy with dandruff another compulsive gambler as people to trust.

Their fucking compulsive gamblers. Why would anyone willingly put a penny in their hands?

 

I feel weird that at WOV the Admins suddenly changed the Format for the worse without giving regular Posters any heads up warning, leaving regular Posters to scratch their heads at why the format suddenly changed, and for the worse. If it's not broke, don't fix it.

 

And no one even noticed that anything had changed until I pointed it out.

I'm very observant - including at the casino tables!

Unlike someone like AxelWolf, who can barely remember what he said a few days ago, let alone keep track of what may and may not be done in a casino.

 

You can think what you want, Blackhole, but please keep it within the bounds of reality: you strayed far afileld in your flame of Mike.

This man, whom you derisively describe as "a broken down shoe" is well srespected; fact is, he's an adjunct professor of actuarial science and mathematics at UNLV.

He monetized his websits for over two million bucks: now THAT"S an advantage play.

Keep pissing on him if you wish, but it seems to me that his accomplishments overshadow his imperfections.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shackleford

 

So now it's up to 2 million dollars. When he sold it it was said for less than a million, plus it was piece payments providing he stayed on board the forum for several years. As you could see, he's still there.

I'll check in with you next year. Maybe it'll be up to 3 million.

Aren't you also the only one that believed in Kewlj? Just saying.

 

I don't disagree with that final statement, MrV. The question I have is does he have any actual bona fide gambling accomplishments?

Doesn't seem to. Promoting yourself as a mathematician is one thing. Promoting yourself as a gambling expert is something entirely different. One would hope that "gambling experts" actually win money gambling lifetime. I haven't seen anything regarding Mike that suggests he does more than piddle paddle.

The issue isn't his math expertise. The issue is his gambling expertise and bona fides.

Adjunct professors are a dime a dozen, and unfortunately paid that way. I just had lunch with a bunch of full-time professors, at least one of whom taught college statistics. From a credential standpoint, he would "outrank" Mike.

 

Just sayin' what, exactly?

That I am a bad judge of character?

Sure, sometimes I get it wrong, and maybe I did with KJ, but I do believe he knows his stuff about blackjack and AP's in sin city.

Unlike many of his detractors I don't give a flying fuck if he sucks cock or eats pussy: macht nichts.

As for the Wiz: his objective accomplishments far exceed those of most of the hard-boiled gamblers who haunt these boards, seeking a bit of solace from their gambling grind.

Red, you're right, he isn't a known successful gambler, but he's done a lot of work to help those who gamble, e.g. odds-wise.

The guy has a job outside the casinos and a family to keep together, so I doubt he can put in the time to support himself via AP.

He talks about it as a pro, however.

 

Today's Zen questions:

If a gambling expert isn't ahead lifetime, is he a gambling expert? Or is he an expert about gambling?

P.S. The statistics guy I mentioned in the previous post was a Fullbright scholar and is currently on a board that chooses Fullbright scholars.

 

Not sure if it is you being a bad judge of character. The fact that you are always stoned might influence you to be gullible. Just like Mike Shank got 2 million dollars just to give away access to his small amount of members. I don't even believe close to a million was accurate. Once again it would of depended how desperate Mike was at the time. And from what I remember taking 100 dollar donations is a sign of being desperate.

Part time work at a college isn't much to hang your hat on either.

Regardless what everyone claims, being stoned will fuck up your judgment and logical thought process.

 

disregard

 

Sure, were that the case, but it is not.

Yeah, I get high, sometimes daily, but almost always late at night.

Recently I spent two weeks in New England and while I was offered weed I declined.

While living at home I fequently take a break from getting high, "just because."

I spent forty years practicing law and weed didn't seem to impact my performance: I never screwed up, i.e. no founded bar complaints, no legal malpractice claims, no clients out to get me.

All the while I quietly (and until recently, illegally) puffed my pipe at night and on weekends, flying under the radar.

YMMV

 

Glad to hear you air out the tumble weeds between your ears once in awhile.

 

I see your link to Wikipedia in your above post is where you got your information on Mike Shank. I would not be surprised one bit if LCB the people that bought his sites wrote the whole article with the hopes of a backdoor promotion.

The whole article looks like it was written by Kewlj. LOL


Michael Shackleford
This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards

Wikipedia is not a reliable source. As a user-generated source, it can be edited by anyone at any time, and any information it contains at a particular time could be vandalism, a work in progress, or simply incorrect.

Wikipedia is a volunteer-run project, it cannot constantly monitor every contribution. There are many errors that remain unnoticed for hours, days, weeks, months, or even years (see Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia). Additionally, it is possible that some errors may never be fixed.

The online encyclopedia is not 100% reliable, because information can be manipulated, and sometimes almost undetectably.



Other than this article do you have any confirmed proof he got over 2 Million for that shit hole?

 

Wikipedia is fine, if you know absolutely nothing about a topic, to start. But you can't trust any single line or factoid on a Wiki page. Nobody doing actual research is going to use Wikipedia as a reference.

I use Wikipedia for movie summaries when I'm trying to figure out whether I want to spend two hours watching something. Other than that, I don't use it other than as a stepping stone to other sources.

I think it's quite possible Shackleford got two million for his site. Pesos. Or maybe rubles. I hope it wasn't yen.

 

LOL Redietz

You would think MrV a lawyer could have done a better job with research on the Shank.

I think the only people who think that Shank (in MrV’s words) “is well respected” are the members who use that site. That alone should tell you how much shit the members must be full off. Think about it. Guys like Axelwolf and Darkoz call that place home. Those two guys alone should be able to wipe out a few of the online casinos they promote with their talents.

Imagine how foolish the monitors there must be to monitor that place for free. They really think they are privileged.

The buyers got a steal. I value the place worth at least 4.5 million American dollars.

 

He never tried to pass himself off as a successful AP that I can see; no, he's simply an actuary who created and monetized a website helpful to gamblers.