Let me ask you this, does anyone think on line books casino games are honest? Those things are as rigged as you can get. I wouldn't had said anything about a misgraded bet. Take the money and run. With all the slow pays we have to endure and hassles we deal with to make a deposit I wouldn't think twice about it.
Not a question of being honest...smart money does not play online casinos....
Bottomline....Integrity and honesty goes a long way on both sides of the counter...if you knowingly accept payment on a bad line or book error(wrong side graded incorrectly) you are a scumbag...there are hundreds of shot takers out there just waiting for a book to put up a bad line and pounce...books make errors grading and you would be surprised at the players who wait for books to make that error and play those funds on the next game coming up....for those gamblers who called in a bad line to the book, I ALWAYS gave them a Bonus Play(I worked at Bookmaker)....that's just the way things were done back in the day when I worked and I'm sure most books still follow this policy....
I don't even remember seeing the ivey thread but I have two different opinions on the two topics. I think of Ivey's situation similar to counting cards. Casino's don't like it but it isn't against the rules to study card patterns (not deficiencies). He is doing his job such as we do by studying games before we bet on them. All he did was raise his edge and lower the house adv. He still lost a reasonable % of those hands.
in my opinion, a book never ever make a mistake then they probably have very few players and don't have much to manage. Just like a person, a person who never makes mistakes probably is doing dick all to begin with. The key is to fix a mistake quickly and try not to repeat the same one over and over.
Gamblers are shot takers. So if someone didn't tell the book they graded a wager incorrectly in their favour I certainly wouldn't hold it against them. In almost any other business relationship I probably would be more vocal. Still, honestly is the best policy.
Gamblers are shot takers. So if someone didn't tell the book they graded a wager incorrectly in their favour I certainly wouldn't hold it against them. In almost any other business relationship I probably would be more vocal. Still, honestly is the best policy.
