DISCLAIMER: The following is taken out of context
I am not making this up... From his website -- www.johnpatrick.com, I quote (exactly):
I am an ethical swindler. All of us con men are ethical (at least in our own eyes). How else could I con people into buying my books unless they thought I was ethical in my daily con jobs??????????
JOHN PATRICK
recognise SARCASIM. John just can't write with out it.
...since as per Stanford, it is okay to criticize a person's post, but not the person themself, childish name calling (i.e."thick") would certainly seem over the line.
My 2 cents worth,
@^)
Cyclops
Why on earth anyone would even bother to read JP stuff anymore?
...when a grogeous woman calls me "thick!".
Broadcast Patrick's statement far and wide -- cast it to the winds and let it settle on the far reaches of the gambling community, go forth and procreate ye sinners!
8-)
--Mayor
According Psych 101, the easiest way to extinguish undesireable
behavior is to ignore it. So if we all pretend that JP and his
nonsense don't exist, may he will just vanish back into the
oblivion from whence he came--here's hoping.
Your 101-head in the sand approach will get your walet chewed on.
There are a dozen that know of the flaw, 4 are craps players also.
John, I know that you were earnest in your post, but there is a real big problem in just ignoring JP's...er, I mean Frank's posts:
If a newbie come to these pages, he does so because he is seeking ways to improve his game, and is willing to ask/listen to those who have more experience and knowledge in order to do so.
@^)
If someone like JP...(Oops, Sorry! Again I mean "Frank",) claims to be an expert, and is spouting nonsense telling beginners to split 10's against 5's (or whatever "hidden flaws" it is he claims to have found in basic strategy) and no one challenges him or at the very least points out that he is wrong, its just natural for those beginners to assume that those horrible plays must be correct!
So instead of coming here and getting good info to improve their game, they've come here and gotten garbage that will only hurt them.
@^(
I cannot just lie down and passively accept that.
@^!
In the BJ world, where legitimate counters sometimes have go to almost obsessive lengths to gain 1/4 of a percent in their theoretical advantage, it is surely morally wrong not to point out extremely flawed nonesense logic that could cost a beginner even more.
Don't you agree?
Take care,
@^)
Cyclops
ever find out.
..a BJ newbie friend once showed me a JP book, and I saw the total load of crap he was shoveling into the minds of a lot of unsuspecting BJ neophytes!
@^/
When Cubby challenged you, you couldn't seem to produce even a shred of anything substantial. So I, like most here, know you have absolutely nothing legitimate in this claim.
@^!
A drunken ploppy at my table once called me crazy for doubling my A,7 against a weak dealer card. At least she was drunk, Frank. What's your excuse?
@^D
Cyclops
While JP may have meant it as Sarcasm, in fact it is the most honest and truthful thing he has every said.
--Mayor
the whole A-7 thing does. However I have played next to a guy who
hates the A-7- never wins. We played at the table for two hours-
he did not win it, including the side by side we drew. He hit and
caught a 10, I DDd and got a deuce-dealer 19. Two unbroken trends
playing the same hand. ( that did not surprise me)
Mayor?
Maybe, in a Confederacy of Dunces.
You must be forgetting yesterday's lies..
cards. You are so set in your mind that you mis-read many posts.
The A-7 is 3-6, stand 2,7,8 hit 9-A- should look familliar.
But I did sit next to a guy that can't win with A-7, just like I
get beat on 19 & 20.
..I just can't play in the dark.
