Rolanddude's Trip

[Eduardo]

Ted, that is exactly what i usually do. I set my win goal the same as my losing goal. But by lowering your win goal you will win a higher percentage of sessions. You don't need to win as much, and you have more bankroll to play with.
 
Of course, if you set a win goal of $200 and win, then play again later with the same win goal, you are really putting your winnings on the line any way. At that point you're basically just playing with a win goal of $200 more and a loss stop point of -$300 from where you started.
 
The more sessions you play, the closer your total outcomes will be to any other win/loss stopping strategy.
 
All that really matters is how much money you have put into the machine since the first day you gambled, and how much you have now.
 
Sessions are nice to keep track of, and I like having the goal to double my money on a trip. But the only real value I ever look at after that is my money since the first time I stuck a $20 in a machine. I'm down a little right now overall, and I really don't care if I won 10 sessions in the process while losing one big one, or lost 8 sessions and had 2 big winners. I am where I am and any combination of goals could have led me to the same point.
 
Anothe thing that can be fun is seeing how you do with every 20 dollar bill. Keep the money from the winning 20's (stopping at any point you want... $40 up to $100) and keep track of how many 20's vanished. Then see where you are.

[cddenver]

Why wouldn't you set the same number as you winning/ losing session goal ?
 
The lower the "take home" target, the easier it is to reach, and that leads to a higher session winning percentage.   It's easier to win with a $10 target than a $100 target, and easier to win with a $100 target than a $500 target.  If your session winning percentage is high enough, than the total dollars from wins can be more than total dollars from losses, even if your personal "bust" limit in dollars is higher than your "take home" target when you win.
 
Here's a simple example I've given several times showing a run of five sessions.  These are just made up numbers:
 
+$100, +$100, +$100, -$500, +$100
 
Four out of five sessions won for an 80% winning percentage, but as far as dollars go, a net result of -$100.  If you turn around all of those plus signs and minus signs, you end up with a 20% winning percentage but a profit of $100.   There are all kinds of possible bottom line results depending on what your "take home" target, your "bust" limit, and winning percentage are.
 

[cddenver]

And THEN...I come back and stun them all with pics of my awesome room and view and an accurate accounting of my play.     What happens?......................................................Silence..................................
You can hear a pin drop.............................................................................

 
I'll use an analogy that shows how I feel about the subject of your trip.
 
Suppose that at the end of a business day, you take the cash you made at your store and spread it out on the counter by your cash register and then took a pic of it, and posted the pic here.  Would I doubt that was real cash made that day in your store?  Nope.  Would I take that pic as indicative of the health of your business over time?  Nope.
 
Cash goes into your business' account as plus dollars; outlays for whatever employees you have, and things like the rent for your store, advertising, phone bill, purchases of inventory, etc. come out of that account.  How well your business does isn't determined by individual deposits or withdrawals, but by the difference between the two, over time.
 

[cddenver]

Sorry buster, but oej does not have a group or alias's.

 
Hell I thought you were my alias.  Boy was I wrong about that.
 
(Love that line!)

[rolanddude]

I am so jealous of the pianoboy fairy tale. Bla bla bla.
I just new he would be a big winner. He realy knows how to tear them casinos apart. WoW. Way to go pianoboy or chemoboy or lonely boy. Bravo.Oej, you just keep on showing to everyone what an ass you really are especially when you are proven wrong and backed into a corner.I could quote no less than 5 other times in various threads that you tried to discredit what I would say by telling the forum that you had "proof" of who I really am.  And then tell everyone that I am another alias.  Well I have a suggestion...Give yourself a BIG THUMBS UP...then SIT ON IT AND SPIN.I would never wish what I am going through on anyone...EVEN YOU!  You should think seriously about what you are doing before you take jabs at me using the cancer/chemo nicknames.   I think all will agree!!!  My opinion of you as a "#%'!"  is only strengthened when you act like this.

[oej719]

Wow you are one upstanding dude. Here is my olive branch for you to play with and frustrate yourself with. I am sure you know which end to use first. I had you pegged from the getgo all along and so did eduardo and the rest og the GANG.
Hope this improves your opinion of me. I will sleep better now. Aloha!

[rascal]

Rolandude, how was the cancer-chemo thing originally raised on this forum? As I recall, you raised it yourself. Which makes you fairly unique. In my experience (medical professional with 29 years of clinical, teaching and textbook experience) cancer patients rarely if ever attempt to draw attention to their disease and/or treatment, much less attempt to draw sympathy.

[rolanddude]

Sorry buster, but oej does not have a group or alias's.
You must have me confused with someone else.You don't have a group huh?I had you pegged from the getgo all along and so did eduardo and the rest og the GANG.Had me pegged as what?  And who is the rest of the GANG?  Maybe they are the "good ol' boys" club here that only tolerates you because of your occasional tasteless comedy and uneducated rants.  There is entertainment value for them with you.You are a highly delusional, immature, man.  You wouldn't know the truth if it kicked your hind-end.  Rude, inconsiderate, emotionally insecure, miserable, obsessed with RS, ... should I go on?  Who has who pegged oej?  For proof of who I am you need to look no further than this thread.  For proof of who you are as a person, again, no need to look further than this short thread.  Hopefully you will learn someday that what you say about and to others has consequences...I call it "Karma".   I would only advise you to wise up...it is not too late to change as long as you are still breathing.  You sure wouldn't want to be known as "Chemo-boy" if you were suffering through it.  Take it from me!!!   And by the way, even though you haven't asked,  I forgive you. (this time)

[oej719]

I forgive you too.
So we BFF now?
Aloha again.

[rolanddude]

Rolandude, how was the cancer-chemo thing originally raised on this forum? As I recall, you raised it yourself. Which makes you fairly unique. In my experience (medical professional with 29 years of clinical, teaching and textbook experience) cancer patients rarely if ever attempt to draw attention to their disease and/or treatment, much less attempt to draw sympathy.It was raised months ago when I was questioned about why I had not posted here before.  I then told everyone that I was stuck at home going through my 5th and 6th months of chemo.  There was doubt that was brought up in the forum of my identity.  They all thought I was RS.  I don't look for sympathy.  I did not need counseling or group support during my treatments.  I was in fact proud of my strength in confronting and fighting my cancer, so were my doctors.  I sure was not afraid to tell anyone about it.  So in your 29 years of textbook medicine I would hope that you do not condone being ashamed and trying to hide the fact of your illness.  All of my doctors encouraged me to talk about it as often as possible...