I remember reading a section of Anderson's? book regarding the typical counter. Quiet, young, white, thin Etc, Etc. What I would like to know is how about married? How many of you are married, with or without kids. I'm not married by the way.
Sundance
And yes, Anderson is right, most counters are the young white nerdy asocial male type.
I have been married for virtually my entire career. I agree with Anderson that a single person could win the most money. It is much easier to travel the world and pursue the best games in the outer parts of the globe if you are free of any entanglements.
But life is more than money and the positive aspects of having a family to return home to after those tough trips more than offsets any financial drawbacks.
feel lonely when daddy's away for so long and so often? Or worry about you? Most of the best games are located in dangerous third world countries, littered with diseased women and violent brutes. Besides, they are not too much better than Vegas games, cost of travelling is enough to cancel the edge.
Maybe foreign developed locations may be good for cover for an active player but most offshore games are worse than U.S. with the exceptions previously described.
but at other times Whaaooo!!!! Hey, Que pasa? Wanna booze and boogie baby? Ohhhh ahhhh, hehe!!!!!LOL
OK, back to your question. I'm very young, no need to get marry so soon. But one day I'm going to get marry to a divinely beautiful, sexy, sweet, tender loving care, and smart women. She will take care of my 2 kids, a boy and a girl, while I go out to make money. Once in a while, I'll take my family out of town for vacation and I check out some casinos, but not too much because I got to spend time with my wife and kids. When I have spare time I'll teach my kids statistics, finance, computing and probability at a young age and play some friendly games and sport.
When they grow up and I get older, they will get very rebellious and start doing things and not telling me. Even arguing with me, but I'll play it loose at this stage and give them some liberty.
Then my son and daughter will come home with their boyfriends and girlfriends, some of them will be bad and ugly, but some will be ok. Eventually, they get marry and move out and continue their lives, while I retire and travel around the world with my wife and checking out casinos until I die peacefully.
The End.
"Most of the best games are located in dangerous third world countries"
For example?
After many years of living, I have come to the conclusion that I am not a "team player".
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Some might say I'm a bit selfish, but I am most happy doing what I want to do, when I want to do it, until I want to do something else. I don't like compromising and so I believe I was meant to be single.
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A friend of mine is currently going through his 4th divorce and has finally realized the same thing about himself! What an expensive lesson, though!
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He is pretty sharp guy and is interested in getting into counting, and I think would make a good counter. But in spite of the fact that he has a decent job and doesn't live lavishly, IMHO, he will never be able to put together a proper bankroll, due to all the alimony and child support he pays.
On the otherhand, no one ever held a gun to his head and forced him to say "I do", either!
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My 2 cents worth,
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Cyclops
When I was single I definitely travelled a lot more. I still have to travel to play but I make fewer foreign trips. I find I spend more time with my kids than a father who works a 9-5 job even though I am away maybe 10 days a month.
Meeting women who understand this "business we have chosen" is not easy. When you find one, marry her.
while you're away on your many BJ junkets, your wife fools around with the mailman. she gets pregnant with triplets but dosen't tell you they were sired by the postman. the triplets are born, but you are so CLULESS that you don't realize that they look nothing like you. by the time the triplets are 5 years old you FINALLY realizr they bear an uncanny resemblance to your favorite postal employee. you finally do the math and realize that the triplets, plus the new infant, couldn't possibly be yours. you confront your wife about this. she breaks down and admits to infedelity. you sue for divorce, but the state in which you live indicates that you've "bonded" with these kids that aren't yours. the judge awards custody to your wife, also awarding YOUR house and YOUR car to her, also awarding her alimony and child support. you go homeless, while the postman who sired "your" children moves in with your ex-wife and kids. HA-HA!!!
And then she wonders why I dont want to get married. Cause marriage is the tax on being a male, thats why.
Acehole, is this your story? No wonder you're so cynical. :-)
...where the divorce rate is about 67%, and in some places, like Launa Beach, it's 75%. i'm single, NEVER been married, and i've seen some disaster divorces around me!!!!
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Anyone want to explain the components of that one?
