https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/frugal-vegas/brad%e2%80%99s-gambling-life-%e2%80%93-part-3-childhood-adventures/ A Las Vegas Advisor Blog from the "Queen of Comps" Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:06:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.4 https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/frugal-vegas/brad%e2%80%99s-gambling-life-%e2%80%93-part-3-childhood-adventures/comment-page-1/#comment-8732 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:19:43 +0000 https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/frugal-vegas/?p=999#comment-8732 Brad said that at the age of eight he wouldn’t have been able to articulate the concept of EV vs risk. But he already had mastered the concept of not overplaying his bankroll. Here that concept was re-enforced by the memory of that long corn row in the hot sun. 🙂

]]> https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/frugal-vegas/brad%e2%80%99s-gambling-life-%e2%80%93-part-3-childhood-adventures/comment-page-1/#comment-8729 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:28:50 +0000 https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/frugal-vegas/?p=999#comment-8729 Back then rebuilding his bankroll was probably a lot harder. So despite the absolute size difference, that tossed dime was a lot more risk. I wonder if Brad realized the dime has a much better chance of winning. Perhaps his first exposure to balancing EV vs risk?

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