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Originally Posted by OurSurveySays
lol there is a lot of things which are -ev but + life ev. drinking some free beers from the casino, high fiving eisenhower and other swedish guys that you have a lot of common ground with is perfectly fine.
paying 1000% mark up on bottles of vodka in clubs or 100$ for 15 minute lap dances in the rhino (+ the fkn compulsory $40 drink) ((reportedly) is hardly the wisest choice ever.
it seems like he grinded really hard all summer, by the end he was burned out and busted the main event and wanted to have some fun. most fun things in vegas are expensive!
not condoning any of the stealing or scummy things that went on, but nobody should tell others that they should or shouldn't play blackjack, just like id never tell you not to smoke weed or whatever else.
As much as i am anti-gambling , i understand that it could be enjoyable and life +ev, however id guarantee you that i could show you 36362626 better ways to spend that same money.
The big difference here is that some people gamble for fun, which im okay with , while others are doing it in pursuit of profit which is insanely stupid.
Whatever Ben was doing in this case was clearly not for fun, he was trying to win back money to afford the 5k which is just so ****ing stupid. It led him to dig a deeper hole and then clearly go against his own morales and screw people and his close friends over. That s exactly why im anti gambling because not only does it ruin lives but it turns people into something they re not.
Ive read your blog pads and i saw you had some "gamboling" fun a few times. Personally i would never do that but you seemed to enjoy it so obviously to each their own. But it was clear you did it in the sole purpose of enjoyment and clearly with money you re somewhat okay with losing.. Not when you re cash busto and trying to run up funds for other MTTs.
Id honestly love to start some sort of blog to persuade people away from casino games and help them realize there s much better ways to spend time and money. Not to say i never gamble, i did some drunk bowling and bet 50$ a game or so and that was infinite times better than sitting down on a table and slowly losing money to the casino, for me of course.
There s never success stories from casino games, they always ruin lives .