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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1318529, member: 26302"]Just remember that while poker is both skill and luck, the crackout game is mostly skill. Always repeat to yourself probably 100 dealers before me with cumulative 1000 times the experience has seen this coin and didn't believe the risk was worth it, or it would not grade higher. This game is truly a game for the experts in that narrow field dealing with that series. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not trying to be a downer, just a realist. Chris Moneymaker made horrible plays but got his bracelet, in the coin industry I do not think that kind of blind luck is possible. Its more of a Lederer type of game. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>WE are all wishing you best of luck here, but simply trying you to be patient, learn every iota you can the best way you can, and before you know it you can be in a position to play such a game. If you really want practice, go get a bag of circulate nickels and a BU bag. Sort them out by grade, then go over each grade with proven examples to judge by. Learn what mistakes you made, and learn to distinguish the grades quicker and quicker by sight. This is an excellent baseline of knowledge to have. I did this exercise over and over when I was 12 and can grade ever since then, (though I disagree with today's US grading as too lax, but that is a different story).</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1318529, member: 26302"]Just remember that while poker is both skill and luck, the crackout game is mostly skill. Always repeat to yourself probably 100 dealers before me with cumulative 1000 times the experience has seen this coin and didn't believe the risk was worth it, or it would not grade higher. This game is truly a game for the experts in that narrow field dealing with that series. Not trying to be a downer, just a realist. Chris Moneymaker made horrible plays but got his bracelet, in the coin industry I do not think that kind of blind luck is possible. Its more of a Lederer type of game. :) WE are all wishing you best of luck here, but simply trying you to be patient, learn every iota you can the best way you can, and before you know it you can be in a position to play such a game. If you really want practice, go get a bag of circulate nickels and a BU bag. Sort them out by grade, then go over each grade with proven examples to judge by. Learn what mistakes you made, and learn to distinguish the grades quicker and quicker by sight. This is an excellent baseline of knowledge to have. I did this exercise over and over when I was 12 and can grade ever since then, (though I disagree with today's US grading as too lax, but that is a different story). Chris[/QUOTE]
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