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Originally posted by: alanleroy
Having to make this kind of decision implies you're being threatened by another player....otherwise you could just stop and win the car. What do you do if the stakes escalate...like sometimes happens between two bidders in a auction? Difference is, in a normal auction, if you don't win you don't lose any money either.
Isn't this the environment the Casinos are trying to set up...to get a couple of high rollers playing for the prize and when they've got so much money sunk into the game, it becomes a real emotional shootout....like an auction...and the coin-in escalates to the Casino's advantage.? Or are they just doing these contests to be nice and say 'thank you...have a Range Rover on us' to their loyal customers?
Originally posted by: alanleroy
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Originally posted by: snidely333
Stopping during the session is a bad move. You're giving away all the money you've lost when the game from that point forward is still, to Dancer's estimation, +EV. The session has the Range Rover. Playing tomorrow without the Range Rover is a less optimal play.
Having to make this kind of decision implies you're being threatened by another player....otherwise you could just stop and win the car. What do you do if the stakes escalate...like sometimes happens between two bidders in a auction? Difference is, in a normal auction, if you don't win you don't lose any money either.
Isn't this the environment the Casinos are trying to set up...to get a couple of high rollers playing for the prize and when they've got so much money sunk into the game, it becomes a real emotional shootout....like an auction...and the coin-in escalates to the Casino's advantage.? Or are they just doing these contests to be nice and say 'thank you...have a Range Rover on us' to their loyal customers?
I thought it was interesting how Dancer warned off his rival that he would match whatever volume of play she made for the rest of the competition. I was surprised that a player would do that to another player. Comes across a little like bullying or dick waving. But it actually is more like collusion between players--trying to avoid getting into the kind of bidding war that the casino is trying to encourage. Of course the casino still has the upper hand in such a negotiation, since the players can never really trust each other.
