As baccarat (an even money game) is the main game for most GGC members, coming to a split decision is common. For one moment we are damn sure it is banker. Then a sudden fear strike us. We have doubt and then we switch our selection to player. As we lay down the wager fear hold as back again. The selection then ding-dong between banker and player. When the outcome is revealed (banker or player), we will think we are right because we were too engrossed with the ding-dong decision that we had selected both choice. If this is a familiar feeling check out the dangers of such phenomena in SavySeph's Tip 16.
This reminds me of the Chinese metaphor known as the "two headed snake". When it serves your advantage you will take a bite at the good guys. If you have more to gain the other way, you take a bite at the bad guys. Should both parties eventually see your agenda, you will be an enemy to both. So, it is like "player cannot, banker may not work also". In the end "no bet, no win".
Even money bets are as cunning as a fox.
ReplyDeleteEquating the fox with slyness makes me think about the farmer loosing his chickens to the fox. This makes me think of the Chinese idiom "stealing chicken".
DeleteI like this "two headed snaked" idiom.
ReplyDeleteYou want me to create little fb-like button on that idiom? LOL.
DeleteSo, this had turned into another Chinese idiom lessons again. Heylong, how could you leave us hanging with the chicken thingy?
Stealing chicken is about activities that that are up to no good and usually done in the wee hours of the night. Moonlighting is the closest equivalent term.
DeleteBack in the times when the world was pretty much and agrarian society, stealing chicken was common in China. The best time to steal chicken was about 4am where people and mother hen were sound asleep. All you need to do is climb the fence and take the chickens out without any fuss.
Trying to date both Mary and Sally will end up with having no date. Betting both red and black in roulette is not only futile but will drain you bankroll in the long run due to house edge.
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