aslan said:
We call that big fish a shark. lol I have heard the other type called a tuna or salmon "feesh." Personally, I like your (or someone's) previous analogy of grass (ploppies), deer (casinos) and carnivores (APs).
yup, right, right, truly some really AP stuff is represented in such analogies.
advantage stuff from the natural realm that when understood can be carried over into the affairs of mankind, sorta thing.
but the affairs of mankind have a complication with respect to advantage that is not a concern for other life forms, the question of morality.
so what might be the biggest fish, the most dangerous shark if you will, that one may face as an advantage player?
given no consideration of morality, i'd say the man in the mirror.
Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, religion and morality are part and parcel with gambling, but nonetheless quite difficult to discuss dispassionately by either religious or non-religious persons. I imagine if Stephen Hawking and Pope Benedict were having tea at some Swiss chalet, the conversation might be about soccer, the opera, or the current ski season. Maybe, preferred counting systems, too, but I don't know if either plays or has played blackjack. Would not surprise me though. :devil::whip:
i'll give you that such difficulty does arise, but i don't think it necessary that such discussions need to spiral into some passionate theological argument.
like ok, just me perhaps but it seems the Wizard of Odds lays out a good framework of proper comportment of advantage players in his Ten Commandments of Gambling:
http://wizardofodds.com/gambling/tencom.html
these sorts of issues such as Creeping Panther incorporates in his signature line, STRENGTH & HONOR, and his often alluding to the concept of RESPECT are imho, not by any stretch of the imagination a small part of advantage play but in fact the very foundation.
what makes this stuff a topic worthy of discussion is for one matter the fine line that separates moral actions from immoral actions with respect to strategies that an advantage player considers putting into action.
these matters are not always so clear it seems. one example that's been discussed is certain scavenger plays, AP's among ploppies sorta thing, where perhaps a poor basic strategy split is pawned off on the ploppy.