Midwest Player said:
KJ, Flash called you notorious......lol. Does this count as using one's name in vain?
I don't dislike (double negative for Don) Flash, or Norm or the T3 person for that matter and I am not at war with anyone. I am trying to adopt more of a 'live and let live' attitude because life is just too short.
BUT, I strongly object to people/players that make these misleading and factually wrong statement and worse yet, double down when they are corrected and proven to be wrong. That is just unfair to newer players who are being misled.
Flash's insistence that players MUST play a level two count (with side counts) or some other advanced count is just factually wrong. He personally knows and has played with players that play a level one count and are top players that make a comfortable living (some that have posted in this thread). And other top players, like LVBear, sometimes Norm, and others, occasionally weigh in and correct him, but he just doubles down....insistently, arrogantly.
The owner of that other site, will defend this as "opinion" and says everyone is entitled to their own. Well if someone posts that the earth is flat, that is NOT an opinion....that is factually wrong and should be rebuked. On a blackjack or AP site, if someone posts that the way to riches is the martingale system, that is NOT an opinion. That is factually wrong and should be rebuked. If Michael Morgenstern posts...well anything...that is wrong and should be rebuked.
To continue to state this factually wrong statement, should not be tolerated by any of us, including the guys that run the sites. It's NOT an opinion, it is an 'agenda'. I don't fully understand what is in it for him to continue to state this position that he knows is factually wrong, other than that it produces 'students' for this mentoring this that he does. Other than that, I don't know why he keeps insisting this nonsense. He personally KNOWS people that have great success playing hi-lo or an equivalent level 1 count. I can think of no other word to use other than deceiving....intentionally deceiving. And it should not be tolerated.
I had hoped with the announcement of his retirement that this was going to end. Sadly, it doesn't appear to be the case.
Since I have gone of the deep end with your little nudge, Midwest player, let me just say again. While I play hi-lo and am very pleased with my results, I honestly don't care what count players choose and use. There are successful players using all sorts of different counts including some very advanced stuff, I can't comprehend. There is no one single way to succeed at card counting. I just don't think it is fair or should be tolerated when some member of this community self labels himself some sort of 25 year expert (when his own posted results don't support that
) and then intentionally posts false statements misleading others for some sort of personal agenda and/or gain.
And I am not going to comment further so please don't instigate.
