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I've written 35 books and did chapters or introductions to about 15 more. Add to that two produced plays, several television shows and...I need a nap.

I did a quick check on the guy you mentioned (I'd never heard of him before) and it seems to me he is selling a "betting system" as opposed to an advantage-play method. A betting system is a way of playing that alternates your betting pattern but is not based on any kind of edge for the players. In short, it is just a different way of playing a random game and will result over time with the house edge taking the house's edge from the player's bankroll.

My books and articles are different. In games where the player cannot get the edge I advocate betting in ways that slows down the games so that a player faces fewer decisions. Fewer decisions over time will mean fewer total losses. At games where there are a multitude of bets such as craps, I advise the player make the bets with the lowest house edge. I also advocate ways of slowing these games down or at least betting on fewer decisions.

Now in games where the player can get the edge; in those games I recommend advantage-play techniques that can be proven.

So in a nutshell, that's my approach to casino gambling writing.

 

Frank is NOT in competition with Matatya - Frank doesn't sell bogus betting systems.
BTW, I enjoyed the way you took Matatya to task for his baseless win-rate claims, here -
http://albalaha.lefora.com/topic/18734637/chat-Izak-Matatya-systems-specially-latest-Izaks-Holy

 

Well, Izak is all about reverse engineering but still his methods are interesting and appealing to a layman, not me. I believe a mechanical system can win in long run but only that which takes care of the worst probabilities of the game too. If you ignore the bitter side of a random game, losses are more than sure, in long run. You can not be perpetually lucky.

 

There is no difference between a player playing a random slot machine and a machine playing a random slot machine. Each will have good streaks and bad streaks and everything in between.

 

Frank S - you are welcome for my advise on changing the cover to regular casino dice from the monopoly dice .... I will look forward to my 1% royalty for consultation services

I was having lunch on the Strip the other day with a fellow DI that had finished your book .... I asked him how he liked it ... He said there was a lot of repeated information from your previous books and that you threw a few former business and dice partners under the bus ... I asked who ?

Your reader mentioned that he was contemplating taking a dice class from Howard Rock n' Roller, but after reading your book he said he would never take a class from Howard

I asked if anything else good in the book - he said No, that he learned nothing from the book that would help him do Advantage Craps play and that he would probably never reference it again for craps -- that it was more like a novel of stories instead of offering anything useful to a DI

.... in fact he said if I could meet up with him later that I could have his copy .... so I now have your book and will actually try to read it

 

That is not the cover. It was a preliminary cover that needed to be fixed. It was. The cover of the actual book is correct.

As for your review of my book by way of conversation...well, that was a unique approach.

 

Great job Harley, I expected no less from another FS attempt to milk the cow. Maybe you could have one of your friends post the gist of this on WoV?

 

Slowing down the game or not betting every trial is no panacea to the uncertainties gambling of any kind offer. If fewer decisions mean fewer losses, no decisions will mean no loss. Then why should someone follow you instead of stop gambling? Can you teach them how to win and do you really feel your so called "advantage play" is doable for a common gambler?

 

Two things: First to Harley and DeMango: I am surprised Harley's friend did not reveal to him the big event / situation in the book. The whole book lead up to that. I would think that would have been the bombshell as opposed to the light treatment of Howard.

Albalaha: For casino gamblers playing a game they can't beat, the fewer decisions the better. Would it be better not to gamble at all? Probably. But you and I know gamblers want to gamble.

Yes, the average person can learn how to count cards (especially Speed Count in my book Beat Blackjack Now: The Easiest Way to Get the Edge) and a determined, disciplined player can learn how to control the dice and bet properly. Except for the Captain, none of the great dice controllers I've met are in Stephen Hawking's league.

 

You heard it straight from the horses mouth: We are all dumbasses on this board. On the other hand Stephen Hawking attributes the creation of the universe to the Law of Gravity. Since he cannot explain that, that makes him a dumbass too!

 

Peace...........................

 

DeMango, what are you talking about with such fierce emotion? I merely said that average people such as me (and I assume you) would have no problem learning how to count cards and with work and discipline could learn how to control the dice and proper betting. I never said that the people on this board are idiots or dumbasses.

I'll leave you with this:

Hamlet:
Madam, how like you this play?
Queen:
[DeMango] doth protest too much, methinks.

 

What does it mean when the FS says you are not in Stephen Hawking's league? Here is your sign, as Jeff Foxworthy would say.

 

DeMango, DeMango, DeMango, please read the sentence again. I never wrote about a "you" as in "you folks who belong to this web site." Instead I said very clearly that none of the dice controllers I've met (again, I'll repeat, that I've met) are in the Stephen Hawking league of genius, although I do think of the Captain as a genius (of sorts).

I think you are getting yourself all wrapped up in some kind of angry-lashing-out state.

(Is possible that you are not an average person as I thought you were? Perhaps you are a genius. Is that where I made a mistake? That the you you are using in your response is just a you you you?)

 

Frank Scoblete .... I can tell from reading your book that you are very bitter towards your main GTC partner Dom .... I will have to go back and count how many times you quoted Dominator as saying "Fvck" .... so far I have a few questions bouncing around in my head, especially this one:

..... on page 233, you start the story about how Dom charged your joint GTC business American Express credit cards for $50,841.89 over approximately 18 months after you resigned from GTC ..... Come'on Man - I thought you were born in Brooklyn, New York !! Do you have no Street Smarts ??!! ... Your version of this story makes you look like the fool for allowing Dom to do this unchecked - fides tamen quin (Trust but Verify)

 

You are right; I was a fool. I think I even say in the book that I was a fool. You see I have a tendency to trust people. Growing up in Brooklyn didn't make me a hard and suspicious type.

As for the "fucks," anyone who knows Dom will know I probably under-used the word.

 

My 5 minutes ran out in the above post.

I am bitter, yes, but I am far more hurt than bitter. The little inklings I write about in the book were shoved aside because I wanted to see Golden Touch succeed --- and it did, fabulously. What little, tiny nagging doubts I had I just pushed away. I paid for that. An expensive (cost me $50,841.89) but well-learned lesson.

 

Frank, what was the 89cents for?

 

LOL. Damned Thief! Could have left Frank the $.89 cents for a Stamp, Huh?

 

It was a brilliantly done swindle. It wasn't easy to write that check.