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I knew Blair Hull. He got started on the Pacific Coast Options exchange and was
successful there before he moved to the CBOE. He was very bright as well as
being a very nice guy. He and several others from Vegas became market makers
on the coast and a couple went back to the CBOE. Some of them blew out and
would go back to Vegas to get refinanced. In the end I believe that all of them
were successful traders. Some would trade options during the winter and them
during the summer they would by private planes and fly them to Europe for sale
and a vacation they could write off. All were very entrepreneurial. Blair was
the most successful of the group that I know of. Blair deserves everything he
has. He worked for it and took the necessary risks to reach that goal. I
retired with far less then his net on $535 million, but I have had 17 years of
fun in retirement. I really don't know which is worth more, but I am happy.
Have a good week. Ira.
Norman Winski wrote:
> Ira,
>
> An interesting note is that the Las Vegas casinos don't consider what they
> are doing gambling. They call it "gaming". That is because gambling implies
> that you have roughly an even chance of winning, such as flipping a coin.
> The casinos argue that the customers should pay to play. The casinos get
> mad if anyone starts winning on a consistant basis. These people are quickly
> photo I.D.'d and escorted out of the door. There is a network between the
> casinos to exchange information about those who win "too much" money.
>
> Ira, do you know Blair Hull? He was a pioneer of card counting and made
> his first fortune in the casinos in the early 70s. He took this money to the
> CBOE and became a trader. Not long ago, he sold his trading firm for about
> $535 million, so he could have more personal time. I think he had about a
> 50% equity in the firm, so he won't be going hungry soon.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Norman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ira Tunik" <irat@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [RT] System? What System?
>
> > I have never heard anything that is more incorrect then this statement.
> There
> > are blackjack players that were banned from casinos because they had a
> system
> > that changed the probabilities and consistantly beat the house. They even
> > beat the multiple deck games that the casinos were forced to use. If
> there is
> > no system then how do the casinos consistently make money? They make
> money
> > from those gamblers that have no system. The only players that the
> casinos
> > hate to see are the professionals. They are the only ones that can beat
> the
> > casinos. Just like the markets. The only ones that can consistantly beat
> the
> > markets are the professionals. Everyone else is searching for the Holy
> > Grail. They are grabbing at penny stocks and buying lottery tickets
> looking
> > for that one big hit. The professional just operates a system that works
> for
> > him. Makes a little all the time and accepts the loses as part of the
> > system. Nothing is perfect, but there are some systems that are better
> then
> > others. Just like there are some traders that are better then others.
> There
> > is a system for everything. Because you don't have it doesn't mean that
> it
> > doesn't exist. For how many years was the earth flat, did bleeding cure
> > illness and remember you couldn't fly to high because the wax on your
> wings
> > would melt. Do you belong to the flat earth society?
> >
> > TheQuant wrote:
> >
> > > Hello realtraders,
> > >
> > > I saw a real good program on TV lately about gambling and a casino
> > > operator said gambling systems? Gambling systems did you say? There
> > > are no gambling systems, and if anyone tells you they have one that
> > > works their a liar. He went on to point out that a system - If you
> > > think you have a system. Is a method which you follow - that when this
> > > or that happens you have rules in place to do this or that.
> > >
> > > Think about this what trader wakes up each morning and decides what
> > > action they will take when they see what happens? Answer - a looser
> > > thats who. Any trader (discretionary or mechanical) will have to trade
> > > mechanically with or without the use of a computer to succeed else you
> > > are betting on random luck.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best regards,
> > > TheQuant
> > >
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