Just an observation...
In a thread below, Phil Ivey was accused by a casino of taking advantage of a defect in the card pattern while playing baccarat and profiting $9.6 million. Reading the responses in that thread, it seemed the general consensus was Ivey did nothing wrong and it was the casino's fault for not noticing the error. In other words, it seemed posters felt Ivey was justified in taking advantage of the casino.
Now, in this thread, the book made a grading mistake and the general consensus is that it would be immoral, dishonest and a "character defect" for the poster to take advantage of the grading error by not notifying the book.
Im not saying these are 100% analogous but am surprised how the board came to two different outcomes on two similar scenarios.
In a thread below, Phil Ivey was accused by a casino of taking advantage of a defect in the card pattern while playing baccarat and profiting $9.6 million. Reading the responses in that thread, it seemed the general consensus was Ivey did nothing wrong and it was the casino's fault for not noticing the error. In other words, it seemed posters felt Ivey was justified in taking advantage of the casino.
Now, in this thread, the book made a grading mistake and the general consensus is that it would be immoral, dishonest and a "character defect" for the poster to take advantage of the grading error by not notifying the book.
Im not saying these are 100% analogous but am surprised how the board came to two different outcomes on two similar scenarios.
This happened to me once.
I got the yankees a few years ago with their ace on the mound at something like +250 the night before the game. The next day the line was at yankees -180. I decided to not tell the book because i felt like it was my job as a gambler to find flaws like this. However, the book discovered the error after the Yankees won and graded my play as no action. So, by not being honest with them I lost the play completely when I at least would have hit it at -180 had I told them. Something to think about.
I got the yankees a few years ago with their ace on the mound at something like +250 the night before the game. The next day the line was at yankees -180. I decided to not tell the book because i felt like it was my job as a gambler to find flaws like this. However, the book discovered the error after the Yankees won and graded my play as no action. So, by not being honest with them I lost the play completely when I at least would have hit it at -180 had I told them. Something to think about.
Funny they waited till after the game to cancel the bet. Would they have graded it a loser had it lost? Who knows. The question is where do you draw the line? Smart bettors are always looking for the best line possible. So where exactly does the point start where its simply you taking advantage of a juicy line vs you stealing from the book for getting a good line?
Haha how would you look like a scumbag for doing nothing? You really think its the customers job to go out of there way and call them to tell them about the error? If you went shopping and noticed when you got home they didn't charge you for a bunch of bananas, would you go back to the store to pay them the buck you owe?
