I’m only one post into this blogging adventure and I’m getting pushback from the cognoscenti. In my intro post, I advised APs to avoid using the word “stuck.” A player then tells me, “Using that word doesn’t make you a pro—it just makes you old school.” Sigh. I’m not sure where to start. First of all, you don’t want to be old school! You want to be an idiot tourist, one of the millions of new gamblers who only recently discovered the wonders of the Pairs Plus when gambling (er, “gaming”) was finally legalized in their state last year. You want to be the guy who boasts to his friends that he now has been to Vegas 6 times, oblivious to the fact that knowing the exact number undermines the spirit of his boast. On top of that, guess who defended “stuck” as an acceptable word in a casino? None other than a longtime professional player who is a member of the Blackjack Hall of Fame! QED! Continue reading Pushback and Bayes’ Rule
