A lot of trouble could have been avoided

[CLC]

This is similar to the Side Bet optioin.

I put $10 in while playing the BBJP tables a couple weeks ago. Ran the $10 up to $40 playing $1 bets, and then lost $10 in 10 hands. Nuff is nuff. Haven't played it again. Never would have thought about it if it wasn't RIGHT THERE.

[RikaKazak]

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IMO the only real sleaze here is the fact that Party will not block it or tell players how. Obviously the first day people figured it out here. I wonder if Party will figure out a way to block the ability for deleting tht images to work. Short term gold mine for Party, future downfall.

I know from a Granny post a while back Paradise will block it, any sportsbook will too, whats Party's excuse? Ah greed and no care for the players.

I still find it laughable I was blocked for a week because of a supposed "gambling addiction" but yet Party pulls this sleaze.

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you're an idiot,
learn some self control man, it's not hard to see the image and simply "not click on it." If you have no self control to avoid -EV games, then that's your own fault, not pp's. Stop acting like a little kid and take responsibility for your own stupidity and stop trying to blame others.

[MicroBob]

This is mostly what I was thinking too.

I understand the whole bit about 'because it's right there' for some addicts.
But I still don't seeing it being very different from the fact that the 100/200 poker-games are 'right there' too.

For many fish at the low-limits, the 5/10 and 10/20 tables are 'right there'.
They get on a nice little run at 1/2 and 2/4....then move up that same night to 5/10...and then to 10/20. and then lose it all. And repeat the whole thing the next night.
They keep trying at 10/20 with their 15 BB's because they know they are a winning player.


without these options being 'right there' we wouldn't have any fish in our particular limits' poker games to begin with.
In this case the fish are the ones with really bad self-control. (not only playing too high stakes....but also not having any patience at the tables and always playing 50% of the flop or more).

It shouldn't be any different with the blackjack or side-bet things as it is with higher stakes poker or the various satellites, steps and other high-ish entry tournaments.

If it's not in your best interest to play sats or steps or blackjack or side-bets or high-stakes then just don't do it.

[Pokeraddict]

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IMO the only real sleaze here is the fact that Party will not block it or tell players how. Obviously the first day people figured it out here. I wonder if Party will figure out a way to block the ability for deleting tht images to work. Short term gold mine for Party, future downfall.

I know from a Granny post a while back Paradise will block it, any sportsbook will too, whats Party's excuse? Ah greed and no care for the players.

I still find it laughable I was blocked for a week because of a supposed "gambling addiction" but yet Party pulls this sleaze.

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you're an idiot,
learn some self control man, it's not hard to see the image and simply "not click on it." If you have no self control to avoid -EV games, then that's your own fault, not pp's. Stop acting like a little kid and take responsibility for your own stupidity and stop trying to blame others.

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Idiot? For explaining the theory of many? I havent lost a penny in it, It does not mean I think it is any less sleazy. Bob has a good point though, the casino isnt going to ban you and Party doesnt have that responsibility either, it doesnt make their greedy move any better though. Their refusal to remove the game as I said before however is not industry standard.

How many fish have been losing their weeks worth of poker money in 10 minutes of BJ? These players may not even know how to find online blackjack. Dont give stupid fish too much credit. They also may not be able to fund it since Party accepts phone cards (basically accept all credit cards, western union and other methods not widely accepted) thus Party is fleecing many fish before they can go make the games juicy.

This is my beef with it, the other reasons are just icing on the cake. I've said it before I think Stars will be beating them in the long run, maybe even in the next 6 months. Stars already leads in tournament players.

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A 25k lesson

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lol

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I paid less for a software engineering degree. However, I think OP wins on ROI.

[Skipbidder]

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can anyone say Gamblers Annonymous

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dudes username is Gamblor and all...

To the OP, sorry to hear about your troubles with party blackjack, I havent heard a success story yet...

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I've played zero hands of Party Blackjack.
Success!