Man Miami that is a solid tip.

Jrr I like your commitment. I think the 9/9/9 play is fine in a vacuum but you can't go wrong with 729 tickets. Is this a GTO vs. exploitable situation?

DGAF if it doesn't chop it's actually +EV to play at this point. If you had $800M you could make people fold 53s!

Tell absolutely nobody if you win, at risk of torching all of your normal human relationships

Had a thought today: I'm essentially colleagues with these dealers. We share a professional, work relationship. I effectively have over a hundred professional-type relationships. Never had anything like that before, and it's great

I just want more after-work relationships with them now, since it's fun to contrast the two

I actually won $1500 once at Keno sitting at breakfast in LV, but I'd been up all night and did not track the pattern I used. I'm sure I'd hit on the perfect strategy unconsciously and if I'd only noted the strategy at the time I'd be as rich as Trump by now. But fortunately I have the winning strategy for powerball, thanks to Miami for correcting my oversight.

Guys, if you like Making A Murderer, go watch The Staircase right now.

I actually preferred it because i think theres more guessing involved.

I joined some joke lotto group a few years ago when it was like this. I also bet the ring leader of the group on some basketball game that night. I won the game, no idea about the lotto (for some reason I think our numbers baby cashed if that's possible), and I never saw him again (despite seeing him like twice a week for 2 years straight, sharing fatherhood stories/pics at the table, etc). I sent him some texts and he finally replied something like, "What are you going to do about it?" And that was that...

Good luck tho and don't sleep too hard on the lucky numbers imo, I mean at least do the math on the relationship between how overplayed they are vs how much more likely they are to hit than the weaker numbers. Also...

The avg dealer car is 2x the avg pro car ime fwtw.

thanks dawg, I watched "The Other One" last night and was pretty underwhelmed. I'm guessing you would like it more tho.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...-a6799126.html

Forgot how amazing Paradise Lost was...

Are you talking about the Paradise Lost with the murdered kids? I started it but the subject matter is awful enough that I won't continue unless you confirm it is good.

And BTW, MRI scans were negative so it looks like I am just a big pussy with Bell's Palsy which is fine by me.

That's the one. Agreed, I almost didn't watch but someone told me I needed to. It was v v good (in v subtle ways iirc). I think there were 2 follow up films. And maybe 'Whitey' was made by the same people?

I thought 'Whitey' was interesting too.

edit: congrats on the scan

Yeah I thought is was good but not as interesting as murderer. It is amazing how Arkansas 1994 seems like it could be 1894. They all just seem special ed.

Some decent equity in the powerball now...come on boys build up that pot for me!

Well I woke up on Saturday daunted by the immensity of the task of buying 579 tickets, so I decided I had to "abort mission" (a phrase often used by the noted poker commentator Robocop). Fortunately the pot of gold is still there.

Unfortunately the magic formula incorporating seat number, date and number of tickets won't work for the 13th, so I'll have to consult some references and come up with a new formula.

So picking #13 for powerball is a given yes?

My biggest fear is hitting it with #13 on the 13th, seems like you're just asking for monkey paw type repercussions.

Well it's hard to read the powerball omen, since 13 was the power ball Saturday the 9th. It could be some sort of "transfer code" where 9=13, then you have to figure out the right progression to pick the correct powerball number for the 13th.

I definitely understand the cautionary note about hitting it with 13 on the 13th.

Fortunately I found this reference that ameliorates the concern (and it was on the "Sacred Scribes" website, so must be reliable):

"The Number 13 is a karmic number and is the number of upheaval so that new ground can be broken. The number 13 has great power. If this power is used for selfish purposes, it will bring destruction of the self, and in turn, this will bring dis-ease and illnesses. Adapting to change gracefully will bring out the strength of the 13 vibration, and decrease any potential for the negative"

yay finally someone listens to my recommendation

best show I've seen since Fargo S1.

1 episode to go and have been stalling for a few days

Don't want it to end yet

What do you guys think about the Vegas-vs-outsideVegas debate for best games during WSOP?

Well for my situation there is no comparison - Vegas mid to high stakes games during WSOP are the nuts compared to poker games in Arizona during that time (or any time for that matter).

It will be interesting to hear from guys in areas where mid-high stakes games are running regularly.

ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG the X-Files are being re-opened I have soooooooooooo much excite.

Movie buffs itt

What are some good movies where the main character was once powerful / important / known but now has fallen from grace and isn't recognized by common citizens?

Kind of like Gladiator. More like Man in the Iron Mask

Birdman- goat movie.

Surf,
How's the health?

Hey, thanks for asking. I am doing so much better. The pain is nearly gone and the viral syndrome feel bads are way better. The face is moving fairly well and my eye can almost close so the vision is better and I can drive again. Been able to play some online and focus is ok. Tomorrow is return to the hospital work so that will be a pretty big test. I think I am about 80% so that should be good enough.