So we find ourselves back at the pool room 2 days after the initial $3,000,000
score,actually several hundred thousand more on the side.
The kid is seated back at his table,chicks in tow with the stuffed bags,but more important to his overall plan,the real money is deposited at the cage of the casino owned
by our man we call Casino who accompanies the Drug lord we call King pin or KP for ease
The pool crowd is composed of a different kind of player from the normal pool room,the hangers on and $5 players have been replaced by the wealthier sorts like casino owners,and execs,smaller druggies than KP,show piz personalities,show performers , Book makers and the sorts that can really place bets.
You might ask why they are here,but many of them played when they were younger and the taste for this down and dirty action still remains in their blood
It is time for them to have one more fling,win money,easy money and maybe just maybe get a little recognition for being "smart" "with it sorts" ego fed as well as money
motivated.
Everyone there appears eager to win but the fun lovin lucky stiff kid,who in their opinion would already be out of money,flat,dead broke had it not been for one lucky shot.
One lucky shot that Eddie "the Knoxville Bear" Taylor did not even think would go
Suspicion is kept to a minimum by the kids foolish dress,Ivy league penny loafers button down shirt,no socks and clean cut hair do and demeanor. He is nothing like these sharks,and that alone separates him from them.leading them to conclude with a syllogism that goes something like this,we are smart and hip and look alike,minor premise...he doesn't l;ook like us dress like us or act like us
Conclusion:He is not smart like us
No one says this is set up like a formal reason,but it makes do for them.heck the major premise might contain fals information,but hey!!! this is still the pool room
So the kid sits back as one after another of the patrons approach the kid with offers of pool games with Gigantic spots like 8 to 2,the break,a hand span etc,and the kid takes a few loses most of them but wins about 1 of every five bets
Along the way people bring proposition bets ,one after another,some pool propositions.card propositions,even Maverick solitaire.
The kid falls for one after another,laughing when the proposition is explained,he is seen paying off $1000 here saying"you got me" another "I must be a sucker"
and another"I love it,that's the best so far"
Here we are seeing how the kid is skillfully buying himself an image ,in short it screams "i don't have to have the nuts to play"
Poker players are aware of this,When I returned to playing a little poker I realized I was playing too tight,I was stuck in the 60s where fundamental percentage play would win most of the time,but this is 2016 where people have gone beyond the basics of mathematical probability
I quickly discovered that when I bet big,everyone folds their hands,I might as well have had a sign on my forehead saying I
"I have great cards"
I needed to develop a style that mixed bluffing and random large bets to encourage confusion,fear,pressure in my opponents minds.
Power poker was what I needed
but alas you guys don't want to hear how I did that and the few scores that....
back to our hero the kid,he has the right image and therefore when he offers to bet,no one is threatened,they just comply
So as time goes by a certain bookish looking professorial sort comes up with a cagey yet simple algebra problem.A word problem
he brings the problem to the kid,the kid loses $500,the prof brings another ,the kid misses but says 'I need to adapt a little quicker,I think I am getting the hang of it"
after each loss the professor has to show how to work each problem and the Kid is rolling in laughter .
The professor pulls another out of his little book and entitled 100 tricky yet simple math puzzles or something to that effect
so he brings up this problem on the pool table he rolls one ball one way it passes another ball rolling the other opposite way and explains that his is what he means to describe
The problem he offers IS THIS"TWO BOATS FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE River EACH GO THE THE OTHER SIDE AND BACK,THE FIRST TIME THEY PASS ITS 3 MILES FROM SHORE,THEY REACH THE OTHER SIDE AND MEET THE SECOND TIME At 7 MILES FROM THE SHORE" How wide is the river?
NO TRICKS,FOR OUR PURPOSES THE BOATS MAINTAIN THE SAME CONSTANT SPEED,EACH HIS OWN SPEED NO TIME EXPENDED TURNING AROUND,PURE MATH
Well the kid says Ok and offers to bet $2000,the professor seems slow to take the bet and the kid says forget it.
But the patrons rush in 'I will take it"echos through the room,before the noise dies down the KP offers to take $100,000.the casino say $250,000,and other casino owners say the same. The kid says whoa,you guys must think I'm stupid, I can do this if I had the time
How much time?
Oh,maybe 2 hours
No talking to anybody,you can't leave the room
I don't need help.I am going to college,I made an A in Algebra.you guys could be losers just like when I made that pool shot.I suggest you hold onto your money"
How dumb can this kid be"? if he could do it he would be making them post , !not giving them time to weasel out.Besides these guys don't want to look f like flakes in front of the whole world
So KP says i will take $1,00,000 its at the cage" Casino says "the casino acknowledges this and will stand for the bet and also for his fellow casino owners"
At last about $3,'00'0,000 is covered
About this time a Knocker arises and says"it is not that difficult a problem,its a trap
The kids laughs and says "I told you guys ,how many want out? no one wants out ,they remove the knocker from the premises for the tome being
For now i leave you guys with the problem and i will resume the thread when somebody comes up with the answer
score,actually several hundred thousand more on the side.
The kid is seated back at his table,chicks in tow with the stuffed bags,but more important to his overall plan,the real money is deposited at the cage of the casino owned
by our man we call Casino who accompanies the Drug lord we call King pin or KP for ease
The pool crowd is composed of a different kind of player from the normal pool room,the hangers on and $5 players have been replaced by the wealthier sorts like casino owners,and execs,smaller druggies than KP,show piz personalities,show performers , Book makers and the sorts that can really place bets.
You might ask why they are here,but many of them played when they were younger and the taste for this down and dirty action still remains in their blood
It is time for them to have one more fling,win money,easy money and maybe just maybe get a little recognition for being "smart" "with it sorts" ego fed as well as money
motivated.
Everyone there appears eager to win but the fun lovin lucky stiff kid,who in their opinion would already be out of money,flat,dead broke had it not been for one lucky shot.
One lucky shot that Eddie "the Knoxville Bear" Taylor did not even think would go
Suspicion is kept to a minimum by the kids foolish dress,Ivy league penny loafers button down shirt,no socks and clean cut hair do and demeanor. He is nothing like these sharks,and that alone separates him from them.leading them to conclude with a syllogism that goes something like this,we are smart and hip and look alike,minor premise...he doesn't l;ook like us dress like us or act like us
Conclusion:He is not smart like us
No one says this is set up like a formal reason,but it makes do for them.heck the major premise might contain fals information,but hey!!! this is still the pool room
So the kid sits back as one after another of the patrons approach the kid with offers of pool games with Gigantic spots like 8 to 2,the break,a hand span etc,and the kid takes a few loses most of them but wins about 1 of every five bets
Along the way people bring proposition bets ,one after another,some pool propositions.card propositions,even Maverick solitaire.
The kid falls for one after another,laughing when the proposition is explained,he is seen paying off $1000 here saying"you got me" another "I must be a sucker"
and another"I love it,that's the best so far"
Here we are seeing how the kid is skillfully buying himself an image ,in short it screams "i don't have to have the nuts to play"
Poker players are aware of this,When I returned to playing a little poker I realized I was playing too tight,I was stuck in the 60s where fundamental percentage play would win most of the time,but this is 2016 where people have gone beyond the basics of mathematical probability
I quickly discovered that when I bet big,everyone folds their hands,I might as well have had a sign on my forehead saying I
"I have great cards"
I needed to develop a style that mixed bluffing and random large bets to encourage confusion,fear,pressure in my opponents minds.
Power poker was what I needed
but alas you guys don't want to hear how I did that and the few scores that....
back to our hero the kid,he has the right image and therefore when he offers to bet,no one is threatened,they just comply
So as time goes by a certain bookish looking professorial sort comes up with a cagey yet simple algebra problem.A word problem
he brings the problem to the kid,the kid loses $500,the prof brings another ,the kid misses but says 'I need to adapt a little quicker,I think I am getting the hang of it"
after each loss the professor has to show how to work each problem and the Kid is rolling in laughter .
The professor pulls another out of his little book and entitled 100 tricky yet simple math puzzles or something to that effect
so he brings up this problem on the pool table he rolls one ball one way it passes another ball rolling the other opposite way and explains that his is what he means to describe
The problem he offers IS THIS"TWO BOATS FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE River EACH GO THE THE OTHER SIDE AND BACK,THE FIRST TIME THEY PASS ITS 3 MILES FROM SHORE,THEY REACH THE OTHER SIDE AND MEET THE SECOND TIME At 7 MILES FROM THE SHORE" How wide is the river?
NO TRICKS,FOR OUR PURPOSES THE BOATS MAINTAIN THE SAME CONSTANT SPEED,EACH HIS OWN SPEED NO TIME EXPENDED TURNING AROUND,PURE MATH
Well the kid says Ok and offers to bet $2000,the professor seems slow to take the bet and the kid says forget it.
But the patrons rush in 'I will take it"echos through the room,before the noise dies down the KP offers to take $100,000.the casino say $250,000,and other casino owners say the same. The kid says whoa,you guys must think I'm stupid, I can do this if I had the time
How much time?
Oh,maybe 2 hours
No talking to anybody,you can't leave the room
I don't need help.I am going to college,I made an A in Algebra.you guys could be losers just like when I made that pool shot.I suggest you hold onto your money"
How dumb can this kid be"? if he could do it he would be making them post , !not giving them time to weasel out.Besides these guys don't want to look f like flakes in front of the whole world
So KP says i will take $1,00,000 its at the cage" Casino says "the casino acknowledges this and will stand for the bet and also for his fellow casino owners"
At last about $3,'00'0,000 is covered
About this time a Knocker arises and says"it is not that difficult a problem,its a trap
The kids laughs and says "I told you guys ,how many want out? no one wants out ,they remove the knocker from the premises for the tome being
For now i leave you guys with the problem and i will resume the thread when somebody comes up with the answer
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