Yes the questions come...fast and furiously every week after each article is published. There are many, I welcome every comment, question and vent, and I always answer them all. So I thought it would be interesting to review the highlights of the heaviest hitters from what I’ve received and how I responded to them in the past – sometimes going as far back as 7 or more years.

My Position On Casino Tipping: Bartenders, valet parkers, drink gals and waiters/waitresses: always. And if I played table games i'd give them something too. But I NEVER tip the cashier - and I NEVER tip those who give you your hand pays at machines. Why is this? Well, there is no reason to do it and every reason not to. You’re risking your money and you hit a winner, but since the machine won’t pay it you require a hand pay. And if you go to the cashier with a winning ticket, why should they receive some of it?

How long does all that take anyway – 5 to 10 minutes? And if you're awaiting a $1000 hand pay, is that worth $20 or more? Tell me, do you find yourself tipping your bank tellers when you and they are basically doing the same things? Then why do so many people not blink an eye while they’re handing over a portion of their winner to a stranger in a casino?

You know all those floor people who pass you by occasionally as you're playing? Do you think they're hoping you lose--thereby securing their jobs--or do they want you to win so they have a shot at a tip? Think about that the next time you're getting a hand-pay....

The whole tipping business in gambling revolves around intimidation anyway and plays on people’s fears. You know those last five twenties that most casinos give you on jackpot pay offs? What do you think they do that for – so you will have change to give to your kids later? Then there’s the sudden round-up of floor people congratulating you after hitting a $5 Royal or similar jackpot.

All that well-wishing chatter you hear...sometimes even from the suits. What does it really mean? You receive a wad of hundreds, and every surrounding employee is drooling as they await your counting out several of the bills for the purpose of handing them over to say “thanks”! Thanks for what? What were they doing while you were losing earlier anyway? Gambling offers no guarantees, and when you win there is no entitlement to anyone but you.

I’m constantly asked about carrying around huge amounts of cash: I do it all the time, and I have absolutely no problem in doing so. Why? Because I use my head. I almost always valet park, I don’t ever put myself in a compromising situation, and how does anyone know what I have with me anyway? Is it written on my shirt?

It’s all in your own perception. If you’re going to be nervous and show it after you either win big or go to the bank to get gambling money, you’d probably be better off playing 10c bingo at the local church on Saturday afternoons rather than gamble in casinos. If you think everyone’s out to get you, you’ll never have a good time even if they aren’t.

Face it folks, there’s few places on earth safer than the casinos we have. Security personnel are everywhere and so are the cameras, and they are all there to protect YOU! Some people won’t valet park because of the buck or two tip they are expected to shell out later, but they have no problem dropping $80 at the machines! Use your head when you carry money and you’ll be fine.

Players are always asking how they can leave town a winner most of the time like I do: For most people who come in for a few days visit, it’s nearly impossible. Why? The laws of nature I guess. I’m a professional gambler and I set win goals and then leave, period, because that’s what I do. But the majority of visitors can win big today, say they aren’t going to play again, but ambience and temptation almost always win out.

All I can do is advise those who are interested in what is really the only way to consistently win, and hope they understand and approach their trips in somewhat similar fashion. I know it’s not easy and is in fact nearly non-existent for vacationers and partying fun-seekers to do as I do, but at least they get the point: It CAN be done.

Your taxes must be a nightmare because of all the W2G’s you get gambling. Who does them for you? No one but me, and it is not a daunting task if you’re prepared in every facet of what you are doing. And audits, while challenging at times, are not nightmarish if you respect your auditor and what the Government is trying to accomplish. If you think they’re out to get you, then your goose is cooked. If you believe they’re simply looking for accountability that makes sense, then if you do the right things it’s nothing but an inconvenience.

All your critics – do they ever get to you? Never, and in fact, in every single instance of attacks against what I do and how I do it or what I say and how I say it, I’ve turned it around into the faces of those making the unsupportable assertions. When I came onto the video poker scene in 2000, I did so very prepared and determined.

My primary mission was to win money of course, and that has come to fruition many times over. But I also wanted to help as many players as possible see the light that evaded me for over 6 years as an optimal-play expert before I woke up, and I have been succeeding in that endeavor on a continuing basis.

The critics and naysayers are always there and some will never learn, however, since I was prepared for every bit of it, the bad-mouthing and lies simply roll off my shoulders. I attribute most of the criticism to the fact that winners like to hear about other winners; losers hate them. I am hated by a select few for my views and my reported results. Most people are not like that, but then again, most people are not advantage players.